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<br />CHAPTER ONE - COMPARISON TABLE. PRMP AND ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />Table 1-1 (Cont'd) <br /> <br />SUMMARIZED COMPARISON OF THE PROPOSED PLAN AND THE MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />RE- <br />SOURCE/ <br />RE- <br />SOURCE <br />USE <br /> <br />MANAGEMENf UNDER EACH ALTERNATIVE <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE A <br />(Continuation or <br />Cunent <br />Manag..,,""t) <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE B <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE C <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE D <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE E <br />(PreI"erred <br />Alternative) <br /> <br />PROPOSED <br />RESOURCE <br />MANAGEMENf PLAN <br /> <br />. " .' . <br />. ."." .... ....".. '. <br />ciBJECTivEli:CGniiri...;i!ie <br />: p.~lI6ent' ~~.~I~~". 'mB~hl?dIl... <br />~.' mi:x"' ~f .multi~I". u~~:. <br />re8o':lr~e :. .ma~80e.rri~nt....' <br />.,,". m~nt8iOing'.: ex!8!~;,g: '..~8iis~' <br />.: .~':Put~~ .' :..and. . pro.t~ti~n <br />.8~ti..,;t;".~'... <br /> <br />. . . <br />." : ". ..... '.:. . .' <br />oiIJEl:TriIE$: ..:1'0 .ei:nphQ;. OBJECTIVES:. ..,.<> .~~tM;. <br />'~~'.:~ .'~. ~o.mp~~l~'. with 8i~.:~. high"d~'gree. :of. eco- <br />th~$O resol,n"e's. w.hich pro.: . riornic".' te~~n _8~. "rea.o.urc8' <br />mote:-. ."o.utdoar." r8:cr~eiioi1 p.roductjo':1i" whil.8: meint~in.. <br />.opportunities.. ~ouriam..'8CO-- "inti;. 'or. 'pr~teC~na;". Of 6~' <br />: "nomic . 'trt"abilitv~,,'"anct . the.' hancing th8' (IaturD! ~nvi'on- <br />.' qu~litv .'~f life. .' .. .. ment . 8t lJ. 4?o,;,patibte. and <br />:. ~~r8str.~tl.ng.le~ol. .. <br /> <br />. . <br />. h .. . . ... .. .. <br />OIiJECTlVES:. . To...ni;he: <br />.iz~.a ~ degree. of protec-:-... <br />~, . onh8ncement.. . and <br />~Binte~nCe fO....~8tur~..v~~ <br />~fJ~.. . ..whi.le. .. stist:alning . ~ <br />comp~tiblo t~"'C11 of. pr~uc-- <br />~j.on .for renew~~.and non.. <br />.re.ne".iable.r'SoUJc8s. . <br /> <br />... .... <br />. . <br />. .... .... ... <br />OBJECTIVES: ..... To .em~j,,;: <br />size ..i~o ~. 8r:-d ..v~rie~ ..l?f <br />.dc<:tions.:.tha(..bfJSt r~6& <br />. .~e. . ~89ue.9. .. arid. .....manage-: <br />~~ .:. Con~.ern9 .. ,~f.. .this. <br />.RMP/EIS; :to "aehleve. 8. bal- <br />a~ce" bitw~ein.. competing <br />.deroar:"d8 on .\I.~e8....of pu~!.lc. <br />lend. <br /> <br />.... .... .. .... <br />.. .. . . . <br />.~~ES~'..~o ~p~Bi~8:. <br />:~~. mix. .anet" .vari.8ty. of .Be:-.. <br />..tlOns ~h4t...~t..~eso!.~9:.ttiti. <br />. issues. .~d "-,8nt.lgenient.~on-. <br />.~erJ)8.. ,of: .t~8 . R~~/Eis:. . to . <br />. achieVe.. 8. .balanCe. betw~e~ <br />.competing demands on use.s. <br />01 ~ulilic tand:. .. <br /> <br />- <br />, <br />- <br />0- <br /> <br />Wll.DUFE <br />HABITAT <br />MANAGE- <br />MENT <br />(Cont'd) <br /> <br />Improve or maintlln DOn-game <br />habitat as timber huvelllll are <br />implemeoted. <br /> <br />Implement treat.menta and other <br />measure. to increne forb <br />speciel. and shrub specie. on <br />elk. and deer crucial winter <br />rangel, aI activity plana are <br />implemented. <br /> <br />Manage .age groUle <br />broodruring habitat in riparian <br />areas to improve or provide <br />forage and hiding/CoYer for <br />young chico. <br /> <br />Consider moose introduction in <br />Pmvderhorn ACEC. <br /> <br />Ne..... compatible ....ildlife <br />treatmentl pennitted, and <br />existing lIeatmcntJ maintained. <br />if !he limber base or livestock <br />forage i. not decrc.a1Cd on <br />457,692 acrel in unita C-I, <br />C-4. CoSo Ind C-7, <br /> <br />Vegetation improvement <br />projccl.l pennincd in riparian <br />zanet for ....i1dlife and bald <br />cagle habitat in units C-9. C. <br />10, and C-II (1.839 acrel). <br /> <br />Intenlively manage and <br />minimize dilturbance to Age <br />grouse brood-rearing habitat <br />and minimize disturbance to <br />Age grouse in ripan.n area. in <br />unit 0-12 (9,657 acres); <br />inteDJively manage unit D-14 <br />(76,752 acres) for sage grouse <br />ncsting/h.igh production arear, <br />minimize dilltUrbance to grouse. <br />and protect allieD. <br /> <br />De.ignate Bigborn-A, Bighorn- <br />B, and Cebolla Creek ACECI <br />(18.486 acre.) and manage to <br />minimize disruroance to bighorn <br />sheep, to protect lambing <br />bighorn lIheep, and to prevent <br />dillCalC traDJfer from domeltic <br />sheep to bighorn sheep. Coop- <br />erative Iive8tock. grazing <br />pursued on Forellt Service land. <br />.-djacem to Bighorn-AID AC- <br />ECI, <br /> <br />Improve or maintain non.gamc <br />habitat a. timber harve8ll a~ <br />implemented. <br /> <br />Implement l1'catmcntl and <br />other rnealUl'CS to increase <br />forb and shrub speciel on elk <br />and deer crudal winter rangc., <br />a. a~tivity pbm are imple- <br />mented. <br /> <br />About 7,122 acrel of habitat <br />in unit &10 would be <br />managed to minimize <br />distUrbance to bighorn sheep <br />and potential lambing area. <br />along Cebolla Creek and <br />Cochetopa Creck.. A lIMP <br />would be prepared for the <br />unit. <br /> <br />Manage sage groulJC brood- <br />rearing habitat in riparian <br />llreas (about 35 mile. in E-14) <br />to improve or provide forage <br />.nd hiding cover for young <br />chicD. Improve and maintain <br /> <br />Implement treatment!! and other <br />meaaurc. to increa.lIC forb and <br />shrub 'Pedes on elk and deer <br />crucial winter range', a, activity <br />planJ are lmplemcntc.d. <br /> <br />About 7,122 acre. of habitat in <br />unit 10 would be managed to <br />minimize diltUIbance to bighorn <br />sheep and potential lambing <br />areas along Cebolla Creek. and <br />Cochetopa Creek. A HMP <br />would be prepared for the unit. <br /> <br />Manage sage gl'OUac brood. <br />tearing habitat in riparian areas <br />(about 35 mile, in unit 14) to <br />improve or provide forage and <br />biding cover for young chico. <br />Sagebruah management guide- <br />line. in Appendix A would be <br />incorporated for improvement of <br />sage grouse habitat. <br /> <br />Consider moose introduction in <br />Ebwderhorn Primitive Acea <br />SRMA if area i!1 acted upon but <br />