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<br />Archaeological and Historical Resources (CulluraI
<br />Resources). Cultural resources would be managed
<br />according to existing legislation and policies.
<br />Measures would be included in all plans involving
<br />surface disturbance to mitigate, protect, interpret, or
<br />otherwise enhance. significant cultural resources,
<br />Class I and III inventories, and clearances, would be
<br />conducted prior to disturbances. Inventories to
<br />discover historic sites on public lands would continue,
<br />and inventories would also be conducted to determine
<br />archaeological site density, diversity, and distribution
<br />in order to build a data base for management of
<br />archaeological resources, Cultural resources
<br />identified or discovered would be evaluated according
<br />to BLM's Cultural Resource Use Categories and/or
<br />considered for mitigation, Stabilization would
<br />continue on significant historical sites or to eliminate
<br />public safety hazards, Cooperative management of
<br />historic sites with the National Park Service in the
<br />Alpine Triangle SRMA would continue.
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<br />Paleontological Resources. Prior to any surface-
<br />disturbing activity occurring in areas containing
<br />potential for the occurrence of paleontological
<br />values, inventories would be completed, and protective
<br />measures would be taken for known or discovered
<br />fossil values,
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<br />Trano;portation and a<<ess. The existing 333 miles
<br />of roads, 110 miles of trails, and 32 easements would
<br />continue to be provided and mainlJlined as funds are
<br />available, New access to public lands would be
<br />pursued into eleven (11) areas, The transportation
<br />plan map would be updated,
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<br />Disposal of Public Lands. A total of 43 tracts of
<br />public land containing about 3,120 acres would be
<br />classified as Category I lands and would be idenlified
<br />as being available for disposal by public sale under
<br />criteria in Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy
<br />and Management Acr (FLPMA) of 1976. The
<br />remainder of the public lands in the Planning Area
<br />would be classified as Category II lands that would
<br />be managed for multiple use. purposes, These
<br />Category II lands would not be available for public
<br />sale, but, on a case-by-<:ase basis, could be disposed
<br />of through exchange, boundary adjustments, state
<br />indemnity selections, Recrealion and Public Purpose
<br />Act (R&PP) applications or other appropriate
<br />authority, if disposal complies with legislation and
<br />policy, and serves the public interest. All disposal
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<br />SUMMARY OF THE PRMP
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<br />would comply with the requirements of the National
<br />Environmental Policy Acr (NEPA) of 1969. A land
<br />disposal activity plan would be prepared, Disposal of
<br />public lands with T &E plants would QC4:ur only if the
<br />viability of overall populations would not be
<br />jeopardized,
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<br />Acquisition of Non-Federal Lands. Non-federal
<br />lands surrounded by or adjacent to Category lllands
<br />or lands unavailable for disposal would be considered
<br />for acquisition on a case-by-<:ase, willing seller-
<br />willing buyer basis, Acquisition would be contingent
<br />on potential proposals meeting NEP A requirements
<br />and one or more of the criteria for acquisition as
<br />established for this PRMP, If available, acquisition
<br />of the following non-federal lands would be pursued:
<br />40 private acres, and all state-owned mineral estate
<br />within the Powderhorn Primitive Area SRMA,
<br />Management Unit 2; private lands within the Alpine
<br />Triangle SRMA, Management Unit I; 40 private
<br />acres in American Basin ACEC, Management Unit 4;
<br />private lands in South Beaver Creek ACEC,
<br />Management Urnt 8; and 270 private acres in Dillon
<br />Pinnacles ACEC, Management Unit 9,
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<br />Rights-ilfWay. About 448,219 acres of public land
<br />would be open to the location of rights-of-way, on a
<br />case-by-<:ase basis, and seasonal cons!ruction
<br />restrictions would apply to 155,870 of these acres,.
<br />About 85,387 acres and 51,406 acres would be
<br />designated rights-of-way avoidance and rights-of-way
<br />exclusion areas, respectively.
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<br />Rights-ilf-Way Corridors. A right-of-way (ROW)
<br />corridor one-mile wide would be designated along the
<br />exisling Western Area Power Association (W AP A)
<br />230 K v Curecanti to Salida electrical transmission
<br />line in Management Units 8, 11,12, 13, and 17. A
<br />ROW window 1,000 feet in width (500 feet either
<br />side of the centerline) would be designated where the
<br />existing W AP A line crosses Management Unit 8, A
<br />similar one-mile wide ROW corridor would be
<br />designated along the Colorado Ute Electric
<br />Association's existing 230 Kv Blue Mesa to Lake
<br />City line across Management Units I, 13, and 16,
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<br />Fire Management. Wildfires on about 508,388
<br />acres of public lands would be suppressed according
<br />to a conditional suppression policy and according to
<br />a full suppression policy on about 76,624 acres,
<br />Within condilional suppression areas some wildfires,
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