WSP01334

• File Number: 8273.400
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agencies - Bureau of Land Management
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 11/1/1996
• Author: BLM
• Title: Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact for Adoption of Standards for Public Land Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management in Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

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GLENWOOD SPRINGS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN

The Glenwood Springs RMP is amended to include the standards for public land health and
guidelines for .livestock grazing management dated November 1996. Existing RMP decisions
modified or replaced by adoption of standards for public land health and guidelines for livestock
grazing management are shownin the following table.

Page # in Description of Change/Rationale
Approved RMP . /modifications are shown in italics) .
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11 Replace (remove) the water yield management .objllctive, that reads, "To .
increase water yield throughout the resource erea through forest management
practices and through tre.atment of mountain brush vegetation types to
improve livestock and big game forage."
Rationale: This objective is inconsistent with the standards.
18 Modify the terrestrial habitat management objective by deleting, "(the amount
needed to meet Colorado Division of Wildlife goals in 1988). so that the
objective reads, "To provide approximately 57,933 animal unit months
(AUMs) of big game fcirageto improve existing wildlife habitat conditions,and
to increase wildlife species diversity."
Rationale: This reference to the Colorado Division of Wildlife's 1988 goals is
out of date, and is not needed. . .
20 Modify the first sentence of the livestock grazing management objective to
read, "To provide 56,885 animal unit months of livestock forage
commensurate with meeting public iand health standards."
Rationale: This objective is modified to be consistent with the regulations and
to avoid a potential conflict with the standards.
31 Modify the forest management objective to read, "To manage allsuH:able
commercial forest land and woodland to meet sawtimber and fuelwocid
demand and to maintain stand productivity commensurate with meeting
public land health standards. .
Rationale: This objective is modified to assure consistency with the .standards. .

Recommended by:

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Mike M tice, Area Manager
Glenwood Springs Resource Area

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