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<br />CHAPTER ONE
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<br />Service (FS) vioi/or center in Lake City would be
<br />pursued, A CRMAP would be prepared, Two
<br />campgrounds would be upgraded and fees charged, if
<br />feasible,
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<br />Powtkrhom Primitive Area SRMA: Powderhorn
<br />Primitive Area SRMA, Management Unit 2, would
<br />be managed for enhancement of natural values and
<br />primitive recreation opportunities in Primitive and
<br />Semi-Primitive ROS settingo. A Recreation Area
<br />Management Plan. (RAMP) would be prepared,
<br />Commercial recreation permitting would continue,
<br />and use levelo would be established if necessary. If
<br />necessary, use levelo and a permit system for private
<br />recreation use would be implemented, The existing
<br />primitive area boundary would be adjusted to include
<br />all public lands in Management Unit 2, Acquisition of
<br />40 acres of private land and all state-<lwned minerals
<br />would be pursued,
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<br />Throughout the Planning Area, cleanup and periodic
<br />patrols would be conducted, and commercial
<br />recreation permitting would continue on a case-by-
<br />case basis,
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<br />Gunnison Extensive Recrealion Management Area:
<br />The remainder of the Planning Area would conlinue
<br />/0 be managed as the Gunnison Extensive Recreation
<br />Management Area (ERMA), Potential recreation
<br />projects at Hartman's Rocks, Slate River, and High
<br />Mesa would be considered, ROS settings would be
<br />determined, If proposed for development, these
<br />projects would be addressed in Recreation Project
<br />Plans,
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<br />The 1,595-acre American Basin recommended
<br />ACEC, Management Unit 4, and the 532-acre Dillon
<br />Pinnacles recommended ACEC, Management Unit 9,
<br />would be designated and managed for scenic and
<br />recreation values, The 1,407-acre Slumgullion
<br />Earthflow National Natural Landmark recommended
<br />ACEC, Management Unit6, would be designated and
<br />managed for geological interpretation,
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<br />Aboul 48,877 acres of public land, including
<br />Powderhorn Primitive Area SRMA, would be closed
<br />/0 off-highway vehicle use (OHV); OHV use on
<br />74,428 acres would be limited seasonally, if
<br />necessary for wintering elk and deer; OHV use on
<br />97,714 acres would be limited to designated routes
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<br />yearlong; and 363,993 acres would be open /0 OHV
<br />use,
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<br />Wild and Scenic River Study Segment. No portion
<br />of the Lake Fork of The Gunnison River, including
<br />the 13.3 mile long Study Segment A, which BLM
<br />determined /0 be eligible for inclusion in/o the
<br />National Wild and Scenic Riven; System (NWSRS),
<br />would be recommended as being suitable for
<br />designation and inclusion in/o the NWSRS. Values
<br />and resources within Study Segment A would be
<br />managed according to the prescriptions for
<br />Management Units I, 4, and 15 and STANDARD
<br />MANAGEMENT in Chapter Four of this PRMP,
<br />Please refer to Appendix I for the wild and scenic
<br />river analysis of slreams in the Planning Area,
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<br />Visual Resource Management. Public lands would
<br />be managed according to the objectives for the
<br />following Visual Resource Management (VRM)
<br />Classes: VRM Class I: 49,872 acres; VRM Class II:
<br />169,614 acres; VRM Class III: 135,738 acres; VRM
<br />Class IV: 225,776 acres, Rehabilitation would be
<br />considered on 4,812 acres classified as VRM Classes
<br />IIR, II1R, and IVR, The 1,595-acre American Basin
<br />recommended ACEC and the 5J2-acre Dillon
<br />Pinnacles recommended ACEC, Managemenl Units
<br />4 and 9 respectively, would be designated and
<br />managed for scenic and recreation values, Federal
<br />mineral estate in these recommended ACECs would
<br />be withdrawn from mineral entry and location, Any
<br />public lands in the Planning Area designated as
<br />wilderness by Congress would be also designated and
<br />managed according to VRM Class I objectives,
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<br />Wilderness Study Areas. The six Wilderness Study
<br />Areas (WSAs) in the Planning Area, totalling about
<br />114,247 acres, would be managed according /0
<br />BLM's Interim Management Policy and Guidelines
<br />for Lands Under Wilderness Review (IMP) until
<br />Congress decides on their designalion or non-
<br />designation in/o the wilderness system, Any areas
<br />acted upon by Congress and not designated into the
<br />system would be managed according to Standard
<br />Management and the Management Unil prescriptions
<br />in which they occur in this PRMP, Until Congress
<br />acts, actions in WSAs would be limited to those that
<br />could occur under BLM's IMP, Areas designated as
<br />wilderness would be managed as such, and a
<br />management plan would be written for those areas,
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