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....'_. --: . .. -' indicates that through normal actions such as fencing, signing, routine patrols, and interagency coordination, the alternatives, as presented, could be easily administered with minimal impacts on visitor use, staffing and funding levels for each Agency involved. For those alternatives involving expansion of the monument boundary, additional planning would be required to assure appropriate access, determine development needs, and provide effective information and orientation services. A general management plan would be completed should the monument boundary be expanded. Should the area be designated a National Conservation Area, the BLM would complete comparable plans for management. In cases where the boundary of the national monument is expanded, it is assumed that existing, adjacent land uses will continue at the same levels and not be perceived as a threat to the lands added to the monument. It is also assumed that should BLM make significant changes in the management of adjacent lands, such actions will be preceded by appropriate public involvement. Each alternative boundary and the proposed management of the lands within must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. The matrix included in Appendix B was prepared to simplify the comparison of the alternatives. ALTERNATIVES In the following presentation of alternatives, Alternatives 1 and 2 represent additions to Black Canyon of the Gunnison NM. The justification and formulation of these two alternatives are based on the rationale as presented in the previous section, ANAL YSIS OF SIGNIFICANCE. Alternative 3 represents two BLM management options. ALTERNATIVE 1 Description This alternative provides for expanding the boundary of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. The expansion as indicated in Figure 3 would be an increase of 25,170 acres, which would include approximately 627 acres of private land. The expansion would bring the total monument acreage to 45,936. The expansion delineated by section lines would extend from the west and northwest boundary of BLCA north to State Highway 92. The boundary would include approximately 95 percent of the Wilderness Study Area identified by BLM and sufficient lands either side of the WSA to provide for adequate resource protection and visitor use. Analysis of Alternative 1 General. The NPS would manage all of the lands and portions of river corridors acquired. This alternative would change the management concept of the area involved from one of 20