WSP01960

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 10/1/1975
• Author: MRBC
• Title: Missouri River Basin State and Federal Water and Related Land Resource Programs - Fiscal Years 1976-1980
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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LAND MANAGEMENT, BUREAU OF
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING SYSTEM

The bureau has developed a system by which its resource management
programs and practices are developed to the point of application on the
public lands administered, Various phases are involved from initial
policy guidance to determinations of actions to be taken for each resource
activity.

Guidance

General and specific program objectives, principles and policies are
established to constrain overall program development. Planning assumptions
and general standards are provided and land use decision criteria are for-
mulated to resolve conflicts between activities on the same land areas.
The program outlook guide is a moving 5-year projection of budget outlook
and program items for priority attention,

Regional Analysis

Continuing or ad hoc special studies are done for individual industries,
supply situation, demands, trends in resource, etc. They would not be done
on any preconceived regional boundary, but the region used would be that most
helpful for the topic.

In many cases these are studies by a specific activity, designed for
that activity's needs, but also useful for multiple-use planning, such as
EMARS, timber allowable cut analyses, and utility corridor studies, In other
cases, these might be accomplished by other agencies, with or without BLM
participation, such as the Nationwide Recreation Plan, various river basin
studies, and the Northern Great Plains Program. There will be some need for
special analyses, accomplished specifically for use in preparing Management
Framework Plans.

Unit Resource Analysis

A comprehensive display of physical resource data and an analysis of
current use, production, condition and trend, potentials and opportunities
within a planning unit for seven resource classes: lands, minerals, recrea-
tion, wildlife, forestry, range and watershed. It also included a profile
of ecological values,

Soc i a l-Economi c Profil e

An identification and analysis of social, economic and intergovernmental
coordination issues, problems and trends, divided into three parts: social-
economic factors; infrastructure systems, bureau relationships with planning
and land use control groups, actions, study and interest groups and key
individuals. State and district staff develop and use a library of social
and economic data (including the bureau SED system) and studies done by
other organizations. The purpose of the social-economic profile is to record