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<br />STANDARD 3: Healthy, productive plant and animal communities of native and othar desirable
<br />spacies are mairttained at viable population levels commensurate with the species and habitat's
<br />potential. Plant$ and animals at both the community end population level are productive,resilient,
<br />diverse, vigorous, and able to reproduce and sustain natural fluctuations, and ecological processes.
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<br />Indicators:
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<br />. Noxious weeds and undesirable species are minimal in the overail plant community.
<br />. Native: plartt and animal communities are spatially distributed across the landscape with a
<br />density, composition, and frequency of species suitable to ensure reproductive capability
<br />and sustainability.. _ - .
<br />. Plants :and animals are present in mixed age classes sufficient to sustain recruitment -_lmd -
<br />mortality fluctuations.
<br />. LandsClapes exhibit. connectivity of habitat or presence of corridors to prevent habitat
<br />fragmentation.
<br />. Photosynthetic activity is evident throughout the growing season.
<br />. Diversity and density of plant and animal species are in balance with habitat/landscapa
<br />potential:and exhibit resilience to human activities.
<br />. Appropriate plant litter accumulates and is evenly distributed across. the landscape.
<br />. Landsdapes ara composed of sevaral plant communities that maybe in a variety of
<br />successional stages and patterns.
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<br />STANDARD 4: Special status, threatened and endangered species (federal and state), and other
<br />plants and anima:ls officially designated by the SLM, and their habitats are maintained or enhanced
<br />by sustaining healthy, native plant and animal communities.
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<br />. All the indicators associated with the plant and animal communities standard. apply.
<br />. There are stab.le and increasing populations of endemic and protected species in suitable
<br />habitat.
<br />. Suitable habitat is available .for recovery of endemic and protected species.
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<br />STANDARD 5: The water quality of all water bodies, including groundwater where-applicable,
<br />loceted on or influenced by BlM lands will achieve or exceed the Water Quality Standards
<br />established by th/l State of Colorado. Water Quality Standards for surface and ground. waters
<br />include tha designated beneficial uses, numeric criteria, narrative criteria, and antidegradation
<br />requirements set forth under State lew as found in (5 CCR 1002-8). as required by Section 303(0)
<br />of the Clean Water Act.
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<br />Indicators:
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<br />. Appropriate populations of macroinvertabrates, vertebrates, and algae are present.
<br />.. Surface and ground waters only contain substances (e..g. sediment, scum, floating debris,
<br />odor, heavy metal precipitates on channel substrata) attributable to humans within the
<br />amounts, concantrations, or combinations as directed by the Water Quality Standards
<br />established by the State of Colorado (5 CCR 1002-81.
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