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ODl28~ RECORD OF DECISION UNCOMPAHGRE BASIN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN ,.."hls'document records the decisions reachsd .I! by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for managing 483,077 surface acres of public land and 755,923 acres (Including those beneath the surface acres) of federal mineral estate within the approximately 1.38, million aCTe Uncom' pahgre Basin Planning Area. DECISION The Uncompahgre Basin Resource Manage- ment Plan (RMP) as described In Chapter Two of the attached RMP Is approved. The plan was prepared under the regulations' for im- plementing the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 (43 CFR 1600). An environmental impact statement was prepared for this plan In compliance with the Na- tional Environmental Policy Act (NEPAl of 1969. The, plan described In Chapter Two of the at- tached RMP reflects the proposed plan as set forth In the proposed plan and associated final environmental Impact statement published in September 1988. AL TERNATIVES,CONSIDERED Four alternatives for managing the resources' within the' planning area were considered In the development of the plan. These were iden- tnIed as the Continuation of Current Manage- ment Alternative; the Production Alternative. the Conservation Alternative, and the Preferrsd Al- ternative. Each alternative was described and '. analyzed In the draft RMP/EIS and proposed RMP/final environmental Impact statement. The Continuation of Current Management Al- ternative maintained present management direction utilizing existing Management Framework Plan decisions, This alternative was the No Action Alternative required by the Nation- al Environmental Policy Act. The Production Alternative was designed to continue multiple-use management of the public lands with the objective of promoting the development, production, and transportation of those resources which provide minerals, food, timber and fiber. The Conservation Alternative was' designed to contlnue multiple-uss management of the publlc lands with the Objective of promoting conserva- tion and protection of resources such as wilder- ness, cultural sites, wlldme habitats, watersheds, and recreation areas, The Preferred Alternative was developed based on an analysis of the' other three alternatives, It was modllled as a result of public Input and be- came the Proposed Plan accompanied by the final environmental impact statement. The Proposed Plan (Preferred Alternative) Is the en- vironmentally preferable alternative. No protests were received on this proposed plan/Final EIS and It has been selected as the Un- compahgre Basin Resource Management Plan. This alternative (as well as the other alternatives) proposes areas' for special designations. The iii