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<br />During recent years the National Park <br />Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management <br />(BLM), U.S. Forest Service (USFS), <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW), and <br />Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) have <br />increased their efforts to keep each other <br />informed of their activities, and in some <br />cases work together on specific projects and <br />issues. The agencies have consulted with <br />each other during planning and <br />environmental compliance. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />If S. 1424 becomes a reality, interagency <br />cooperation will increase as a result of <br />mandates of the legislation. The new <br />complex would consist of the park, the <br />conservation area, and the recreation area. <br />Under the proposed legislation, the NPS <br />would still manage the national park and the <br />national recreation area, and the BLM would <br />still manage the Gunnison Gorge. All <br />agencies would need to intensify their efforts <br />to "ensure that. . . to the maximum extent <br />practical, that personnel, equipment, and <br />other resources are shared among the <br />agencies and that the duplication of effort is <br />reduced or eliminated. " <br /> <br />Most partnering strategies are part of each <br />alternative and do not depend on legislation <br />passage. The management assessment and <br />planning processes that were used in tbe <br />development of this plan allow sufficient <br />flexibility for expanded interagency <br />involvement, or modification to include the <br />greater complex, if established. <br /> <br />66 <br /> <br />I <br />