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<br />"~ . <br /> <br />j' " <br /> <br />facilities will be maintained. Existing allotment management plans (AMPs) will be updated <br />as needed and new AMPs will be developed. New livestock facilities and land treatment <br />projects will be developed if needed to achieve AMP objectives. Vegetation condition <br />and trend monitoring studies will be established and/or maintained. Maximum sustained <br />livestock utilization levels of key forage species will be 50 percent. Allotment <br />categorization will determine management and monitoring intensity. <br /> <br />Forestry. Suitable commercial forest lands and pinyon-juniper woodlands will be <br />managed for sustained yield production within the allowable cut restrictions determined <br />by the Timber Production Capabilities Classification (TPCC) inventory, <br /> <br />Recreation. Public lands will be managed for extensive and diverse recreational use. <br /> <br />Cultural Resources. Cultural and historical sites will be inventoried. Clearances will be <br />conducted on sites of all proposed surface-disturbing activities. Measures designed to <br />protect cultural and historical resources will be developed in consultation with the Advisory <br />Council on Historic Preservation and the State Historic Preservation Officer and will be <br />required in all land use activity plans. <br /> <br />Paleontological Resources. Paleontological resources will be inventoried and <br />appropriate protective measures will be developed if necessary. <br /> <br />Powersite Withdrawals. Pending determination of potential, existing powersite <br />withdrawals will be maintained. These lands will not be subiect to further consideration <br />for disposal. No significant long-term investments will be made on these lands unless the <br />investment could be recovered prior to development. <br /> <br />Access. In addition to the specific access needs identified in the management unit <br />prescriptions, the access needs identified in the resource area's transportation plan will <br />be acquired as opportunities arise. <br /> <br />Fire Management. Any fire which occurs in a fire use category area before a prescribed <br />burn plan is approved, or which is not within the limits of the prescription, or which <br />threatens life of property, will be suppressed as a conditional suppression area fire. <br /> <br />Option A - Gunnison Gorge Special Recreation Management Area <br />(Existing Management) <br /> <br />Wilderness Study Area (Unit 6) <br /> <br />General. The WSA, totalling 22,078 acres, will be recommended as preliminarily suitable <br />for wilderness designation. Until a final congressional decision on wilderness designation <br />or non-designation is made, the Gunnison Gorge WSA will be managed according to the <br />Wilderness Interim Management Policy and the Gunnison Gorge RAMP. If designated as <br />Wilderness by Congress, activities and land uses that are consistent with preserving the <br />natural condition and wilderness character of the area would be permitted, <br /> <br />28 <br />