WSP01632

• File Number: 8200.765
• Description: Little Snake River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 9/1/1986
• Author: DOI-BLM
• Title: Little Snake Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Resource
Element
Air Qual i ty
Topoqrap\1y
Coal

on and Gas

Other Mineral s

Vegetation

C 1 ;ma~
High
Medium
low

Th reatened/E nr1a ngered,
Candidate and Sensitive
Plants

SUMMARY OF IMPACTS BY AL TEr_NAT IVE

TAB" [ 5-3

Current
ManaqEment
No s'iqni ficant impacts
No s'iqni ficant impacts
Sufficient coal would be
available to meet demand.
Lo....est acreage ~vdi lable
for consideration for
leaslng 1172,GOO dcres:
131,200 surface &. under.
ground, 41,000 underground
only). Potential hypass
si tudt ions.
1.15 million dcres ....ould
be open to leasing ....lth
standard lease terffiS,
special st:pul ations ....ould
apply on 702,167 acres; no
ne.... leasi ng would be
allowed on 27,424 acres.

110 signi fiCilnt impact

[~pected long-tenn changes
In ecologieal seral stages.
I,

~'i'

3,
3'

tlo impacts to thredtened
or endangered p1.1nts ;
possible impacts to
candidate and sensitive
plant 50 Or' habi tat in d reas
....here avoidance would be
impossi tile.

Energy and
Minerdls
~jo siqnificant impacts
~jo siqnifiCdnt impacts
SufflClent coal ....ould be
avai lable to meet demand.
Lat"'gest acreage avai lable
for conSldc'.ation for
ledSing (638,7~ acres:
465,689 surf ace &. under-
ground, 173,069
underground only).

1.10 million acres ....ould
be open .to leasi n9 wi t\1
standdrd ledse terms:
special stipulations ....ould
apply on 741,897 acres: ria
new leasing would be
allowed on 35,38C dcres.

~Ii nor 1mpacts; 10.... 1 evel
of r~.,triction., in
general, closure to
operation of mining la,"/s
(35,380 acres).

Expected long-tem changes
in eC(llcgical seral stages.
l>
+ 3.:-
6'

2'

Same impacts as Current
~;anagement, except
additional protection to
sensiti ve plants provided
by designation of 3 I(ECs
Jnd 3 RNAs (19,380 acres).

5-16

ComOdity
Production
No siqnificant impacts
~jo siqnificant impacts
Sufficient coal would be
avai lable to meet demand.
Ldrgest acreage available
for consi derat ion for
1 easi ng (638,758 ac res;
418,669 surface & under-
ground, 220,089
underground only).

1.08 mill ion acres would
be open to leasi ng ....i th
standard lease tenns;
special stipulations wou ld
apply on 781,177 acres; no
new leasing would be
allowed on 14,081 dcres.

Minor impacts; low level
of restrict ion., in
general; closure to
operation of mi ning 103....50
(14,081 acres 1.

[);pected 10ng-tenn changes
in ecological seral stages.
l:

+ 5-:'

,"
3'

Same impacts as Current
Management, except
additional protection
provided to sensitive
plants by designation of 2
AC[Cs and l RNAs 13,110
acresl.