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<br />ISSLes <br />L lvestock Grazi ng <br /> <br />Wildlife Habitat <br /> <br />Th reatenE:d/E ndanger~d, <br />Candidate. and Colorado <br />BLM Sensitive Plants <br /> <br />Wi ld Horses <br /> <br />TAGLE S-l (LCflt inucd) <br /> <br />SUMMARY Cf PROPOSED I'\6.NAGEf.l[Nl ALl IONS bY AL TERNA1IVE <br /> <br />All Alternatl ves <br />All dllutments wUlJld l;e <br />assigned to 0ne 0f three <br />management categuries. <br />Appr0priatE: 1 i vestock 1..50(' <br />levels wculd be based on a <br />ccmbi nati Cll of monl toring <br />data and baseline <br />inventory dJta. Grazing <br />Prefererx:e wOlJld remain <br />active in all all c.tments <br />unti 1 rel iable data ...ere <br />ava il able. <br /> <br />IIlllCM;ts to...ildlife <br />habitat would b~ mitigaten; <br />moni toring "tudies. would <br />be 1 nltiatcd; habitat <br />management ~lans. wOl.ld he <br />implerrentcd; threatened, <br />er,dangered, and sens'i ti ve <br />species hauitat ...culd bE: <br />prutected; and seas.onal <br />res.trlctions wculd he <br />'impc.sed to de\rel4Jment <br />actiVIties lIoithin certcllll <br />a re-l ~. <br /> <br />N o-surfdC~- occupancy <br />stipulations. to protect <br />identified tnreatened, <br />endangered, and Cclndidate <br />s.pec'ies ano avoldclnce sUp. <br />l..lcltions. to prvtect identl- <br />fied sensi ti VI;; plants. <br />would be imposed; plant <br />inventories. would be <br />conducted. <br />Wild Horses would be <br />1 'imited to the Sarld Wash <br />Dasin; annual counts clnd <br />veget<'l t 1 on IIlon i tori ng <br />w0uld be Cunduc teu. <br /> <br />Current Hanilqement <br />Use 0f full prefererx:e <br />(lbb,1.l~5 AU~\~) ~lolJld be <br />authorized clnd present <br />management on .111 <br />all utmr.nts (l,l;'o ,:..4\J <br />clcresl, el. i sti ng A/>1Ps <br />(~L, ,J.::o ac res), clnd <br />ImplerTW:!ntation cf range <br />lmp rOVetnents ...ol"ld <br />continl.e. <br /> <br />Ha~itat wculd be provlded <br />on SLM lclnds to slJpport <br />apprQ.\imately G3,4UU mule <br />deer, o,70lJ en, L,3UO <br />pron'3norn and 7LJ lJighom <br />sheep contribl..tll1g to total <br />resource cll"E'd PCPl.lati c.ns <br />of 10:',750 deer, Zl,~OO <br />10'1 k, ll,40lJ ~ronghOl'll, and <br />7U bighorn sheep on an <br />area-wioe UaSlS. <br /> <br />tlQ areas would be <br />designated to ~I'otec t <br />serlsitive plants. <br /> <br />The herd would be <br />n-Lonitored at 160 horses, <br /> <br />S-6 <br /> <br />[ncrqy and Minerals <br />Use lJf l~l,~lJt AUk, 1.(Juld <br />be authol'i zed; present <br />management on 17o,~(;lJ <br />Jcres U42 allotJnentsl <br />....ol.ld conti l1ue; 1 and <br />tn:atrrents on 111 <br />allotments wOLld Increase <br />dvai lJble forage by 11,30CJ <br />AUMs; j~'J prOJec ts Hould <br />be deve 1 eped In eb <br />a110tments, and management <br />syst611S WOuld be devel qled <br />fc.r all a11otments. <br />Ha~i tat wOLld be provided <br />on f.LM lands to 50 upport <br />!:.3,~1J1J mule deer, 5,:.oU <br />el"', ~ ,300 pronghorn, and <br />7l.J bighorn sheep <br />COf,triblJtl ng to total <br />reSOL:rce area P41lJlati{.l'ls. <br />of pCrpulations cf 8<J.~UO <br />mLle deer, 18,3UU eH., <br />7,100 pronghorn, and 70 <br />tJighorl1 sheep a rc.a-....i de; <br />1 ivesto:k/t:.ig gilmc wi nter <br />and spring range use areas <br />weLld be monitored. <br /> <br />Designati (II (,f Ink Spring <br />~A and Cross. Mountain <br />Lanyon, I ri sn Lanyon, and <br />Loolout Moul1tain ACECs <br />....ol.ld be sl;ppo'ted to <br />protect Colorado SUI <br />"ensi tl ve plants (lS,JaO <br />acres). <br /> <br />Same dS Current tolanagE"Olent. <br />