WSPC01202

• File Number: 8210.761.09
• Description: Colorado River-Federal Agencies-US NPS-Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Title: General Management Plan 1-Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument and Curecanti National Recreation Area
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

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Specific objectives further refine the
management objectives completed during the
1993 management assessment workshops.
They provide clarity and priorities. These
objectives are resource-, geographic-, or
issue-specific. They may include products to
be produced or conditions to be attained or
maintained. As a whole, objectives are
interrelated and interdependent. The specific
objectives provide a basis for allocating
resources and define management regions in
the park.

Curecanti National Recreation Area

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The following resource-, geographic-, and
issue-specific objectives apply to Curecanti
National Recreation Area.

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Prime Resource

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Prime resource lands are defined as those
resources that made a direct contribution to
establishing the park as a unit of the national
park system and are related to the park's
purpose and significance. Other lands within
the park are also important to protecting and
supporting the prime resource, but are not
considered to be the prime resource.

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Water is considered to be the primary
resource of the national recreation area.
Fresh water is a particularly important and
sensitive ecosystem component. Its physical
availability and quality are critical
determinants not only of aquatic resources
but of a park's overall natural resource
conditions. Surface water and groundwater
are important in determining site suitability
and uses, while also serving as important
transport mechanisms. Depending upon
watershed characteristics and the hydrologic
cycle, water often connects park resources to
resources outside park boundaries. Water
may thus deliver pollutants generated by

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activities outside park boundaries to park
waters, or transport pollutants generated
within the park to waters outside its
boundaries. Similarly, impacts on aquatic
ecosystems due to alterations of natural
populations or environments will cross park
boundaries via the aquatic environment.

Resource-Specific Objectives

· VEGETATION - Perpetuate native plant
life as part of natural ecosystems.

Conditions to be attained:

1) The spread of noxious weeds is controlled.

2) Habitat for candidate endangered species is
protected or enhanced.

3) Trespass livestock and their impacts on
resources have been identified, mitigated, and
managed.

· WILDLIFE - Perpetuate native wildlife
as an integral part of the natural ecosystems.

Conditions to be attained:

I) Endangered and threatened species are
protected.

2) Habitat fragmentation of bighorn sheep and
other large ungulate range is quantified.

3) Park works cooperatively with other agencies to
develop plans to identify and mitigate causes
and impacts of habitat fragmentation.

4) Facility development does not adversely impact
sensitive wildlife and vegetative habitat.

5) Prescribed fire is used, where appropriate, to
improve forage and escape terrain for bighorn
sheep.

6) Strategies for prevention of the spread of
domestic sheep diseases to bighorn sheep
populations have been developed and are
implemented.

· WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES-
Maintain and restore aquatic terrestrial
habitats to protect their ecological and

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