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<br />development of surrounding lands- <br />water quality and aesthetics. <br /> <br />Conditions to be attained: <br /> <br />I) A strategy for a local community baseline <br />information system has been developed to <br />provide a better understanding of the <br />physical and ecological processes that shape <br />and contribute to the evolution of Black <br />Canyon and the Gunnison Basin. <br /> <br />2) Viewsheds remain generally natural as seen <br />from within the park. <br /> <br />3) A cooperative strategy for appropriate private <br />land development adjacent to Black Canyon <br />and on access routes leading into the park has <br />been developed with land management <br />agencies, private landowners, county <br />planning entities, and transportation <br />agencies, so that impacts to water quality and <br />aesthetic quality of the park experience have <br />been reduced. <br /> <br />4) Criteria and appropriate GIS data are <br />provided to county planning commissions <br />which identify critical viewshed and other <br />elements necessary to protect park resources <br />and values, This criteria is designed to help <br />protect the semi-primitive character and <br />setting of the park. <br /> <br />Curecanti National Recreation <br />Area <br /> <br />The following resource., geographic., <br />and issue. specific objectives apply to <br />Curecanti National Recreation Area. <br /> <br />Prime Resource <br /> <br />Prime resource lands are defined as those <br />resources that made a direct contribution <br />to establishing the park as a unit of the <br />national park system and are related to <br />the park's purpose and significance. <br />Other lands within the park are also <br />important to protecting and supporting <br />the prime resource, but are not <br />considered to be the prime resource. <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />Water is considered to be the primary <br />resource of the national recreation area, <br />Fresh water is a particularly important <br />and sensitive ecosystem component. Its <br />physical availability and quality are <br />critical determinants not only of aquatic <br />resources but of a park's overall natural <br />resource conditions, Surface water and <br />groundwater are important in determining <br />site suitability and uses, while also <br />serving as important transport <br />mechanisms, Depending upon watershed <br />characteristics and the hydrologic cycle, <br />water often connects park resources to <br />resources outside park boundaries. Water <br />may thus deliver pollutants generated by <br />activities outside park bounclaries to park <br />waters, or transport pollutants generated <br />within the park to waters outside its <br />boundaries. Similarly, impacts on aquatic <br />ecosystems due to alterations of natural <br />populations or environments will cross <br />park boundaries via the aquatic <br />environment. <br /> <br />Resource-Specific Objectives <br /> <br />· VEGETATION-Perpetuate native <br />plant life as part of natural ecosystems, <br /> <br />Conditions to be attained: <br /> <br />J) The spread of noxious weeds is controlled, <br /> <br />2) Habitat for candidate endangered species is <br />protected or enhanced. <br /> <br />3) Trespass livestock and their impacts on <br />resources have been identified, mitigated, <br />and managed, <br /> <br />· WILDLIFE - Perpetuate native <br />wildlife as an integral part of the natural <br />ecosystems, <br /> <br />Conditions to be attained: <br /> <br />I) Endangered and threatened species are <br />protected, <br />