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<br />PROPOSED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN
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<br />conditions, as established from the 1981-83 surveys,
<br />The level of survey would depend on funding and
<br />personnel.
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<br />3, Wildlife-use adjustments would be implemented
<br />through consultation and coordination with CDOW,
<br />if monitoring data indicated that adjustments were
<br />necessary, Negotiation to implement changes in wildlife
<br />use would proceed as soon as data were available 10
<br />support that change, In no case, would more than 5
<br />years of rangeland monitoring be required for
<br />adjustments,
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<br />4, Wildlife habitat would be maintained or improved
<br />through application of mitigative measures or
<br />restrictions applied to all wildlife habitat-disturbing
<br />activities.
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<br />5. Wildlife habitat would be maintained or improved
<br />lhrough application of seasonal restriclions on resource
<br />activities to maintain wildlife production areas and
<br />imponant wildlife habitat (Table 4),
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<br />TABLE 4
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<br />WILDLIFE SEASONAL RESTRICTIONS TO
<br />RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
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<br />Type of Area Restricted
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<br />Dates Activity Allowed
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<br />Greater sandhill crane nesting and
<br />staging area buffer zones
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<br />Sage grouse strutting ground buffer
<br />zone
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<br />Oct. 15 - Feb,28
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<br />June I - Feb, 28
<br />Aug, I - Jan, 31
<br />April 15 - Oct, 31
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<br />Critical raptor nest buffer zones
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<br />Bald eagle babitat
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<br />Sharplail grouse dance ground
<br />buffer zone
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<br />Mule deer and elk migration routes
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<br />June ]5 - March 15
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<br />May 15 - Oct. 15 and
<br />Dee, I - March 15
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<br />Mule deer, bighorn sheep, pronghorn
<br />antelope. mountain lion, elk critical
<br />winter range
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<br />Elk calving
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<br />Pronghorn antelope fawning,
<br />bighorn sheep lambing
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<br />April 15 - Nov, 30
<br />July I - April 15
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<br />July I - April 30
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<br />6, Wildlife habitat for raptors, the greater sandhill crane,
<br />wildlife watering areas, beaver colonies, sage-grouse-
<br />strutting grounds, and potential black-footed ferret
<br />habitat (some prairie-{!og towns) would have no-
<br />surface-occupancy stipulations applied to new oil and
<br />gas leases, These areas vary in size between 10 and
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<br />640 acres and are scallered lhroughout the resource
<br />area; current known total habitat is 16,240 acres, Such
<br />stipulations would also be applied to similar habital
<br />identified in fulure surveys,
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<br />7, AClivity would not be permitted in threatened,
<br />endangered, and sensitive species' habitat that would
<br />jeopardize their continued existence, The CDOW and
<br />the U,S, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) would
<br />be consulted pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered
<br />Species Act before implementation of projects that
<br />might atTect threatened and endangered species' habitat.
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<br />8, BLM would cooperale with the Colorado Division of
<br />Wildlife in monitoring the habitat and populations of
<br />bighorn sheep on Cross Mountain and in the Cold
<br />Spring Mountain area.
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<br />9, BLM would coordinate with the Colorado Division of
<br />Wildlife for joint funding of wildlife projects,
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<br />10, The federally endangered American peregrine falcon,
<br />Colorado squawfish, humpback chub, bonytail chub,
<br />and lhe stale protecled razorback sucker would be
<br />prolected by designation of Cross Mountain Canyon
<br />ACEC (see proposed plan map),
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<br />I I, Wildlife habitat management plans would be prepared
<br />and implemented, emphasizing aquatic/riparian
<br />habitats for priority areas, for the Little Snake River,
<br />Yampa River, Vermillion Creek, Beaver Creek, Canyon
<br />Creek, Dry Creek, Shell Creek, Morgan Gulch, Milk
<br />Creek, Fortification Creek, West Timberlake Creek,
<br />Willow Creek, and Fourmile Creek,
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<br />12, Aquatic surveys would be completed on 3,000 acres
<br />of riparian and 400 acres of known wetland wildlife
<br />habitat.
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<br />13, Inventories would be conducted to determine if other
<br />riparian or wetland habitats occur in the resource area
<br />and to determine their wildlife value as wildlife habitat.
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<br />14, Wildlife walering guzzlers would be installed on
<br />Godiva Rim, Sand Wash Basin, Cross Mountain, and
<br />Dry Mountain. Additional environmental analyses
<br />would be completed and design specifications would
<br />be adhered to before any wildlife habitat improvement
<br />projecl would be implemented.
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<br />15, Sage grouse and elk habitat would be improved on
<br />West Cold Spring Mountain by rollerchopping or
<br />burning irregular-shaped areas (maximum size 100
<br />acres) of sagebrush,
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<br />16, Elk habitat would be improved in Bald Mountain Basin
<br />and Greal Divide by conducting prescribed burns
<br />within irregular-shaped areas (maximum size 300
<br />acres),
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