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<br />:i"', "J"'5 <br />[J 'j :...... V \ <br /> <br />Table S-l (Continued) <br /> <br />COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />SUMMARIZED COMPARISON OF THE MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />RE- <br />SOURCE".' <br />RE- <br />SOURCE <br />USE <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE A <br />(Continuation of <br />Curnat <br />Management) <br /> <br />MANAGEMENT UNDER EACH ALTERNATIVE <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE B <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE C <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE 0 <br /> <br />p <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE E <br />(Prel'erred <br />Alternative) <br /> <br />WILDLlPB <br />HABITAT <br />MANAGE- <br />MBNf <br />(Cont'd) <br /> <br />Improve or maintain nOD~ Sagebrush treatments for <br />pme habitat as timber sage grouse hlbitat <br />harvestl are Implemented. maintenance and im- <br />provement to be COD- <br />Implement treatments and sidcred In aU activity plans <br />other m.e:uures to increase or CRMAPL All leks <br />forb spede&:, and sbnlb would be protected aDd <br />species on clt and deer seasonal surface distur- <br />crucial winter nnges, as bancc re&trictiODl apply <br />activity plans are imple- within 1/4 mile of aU leks. <br />mentcd. <br />New, compatible wildlife <br />Manage lage groule treatmcntJ permitted, and <br />broodrearlng babitat in existing treatments main- <br />riparian areas to improve lamed, if tbe timber base <br />or provide forage and or lM:&tock. forage is Dot <br />biding/cover for young decreasedon4S7,692ac:res <br />cbieb. in units C-l, C4, CS, and <br />C7, <br /> <br />Consider moose intro- <br />duction in Pawderbom <br />ACHe. <br /> <br />Vegetation impl'OYemCnl <br />projects permitted in <br />riparilUl ZODCS for wildlife <br />and bald cagle habitat In <br />units C9, C-IO, and CIl <br />(1,839 acros). <br /> <br />Unit 0-17 (22,365 aaos) <br />would be managed to <br />minimize dilturbance to <br />bighorn sheep habitat, aad <br />Jamb... bighorn sbeep <br />seasonally, and to p~nt <br />disease transfer from <br />domestic sheep to bighorn <br />sheep. Porage would be <br />allocated to wildlife. <br /> <br />Sage gro_ let areu <br />protceted lrom 6Urfacc <br />distwbancc 6CUOnally lor <br />mating grouse. <br /> <br />Intensively maDage aad <br />minimize disturbaace to <br />sage grouse brood-rearing <br />habitat and minimize <br />disturbance to sage grouse <br />in riparian areas iD unit <br />D-12 (9,657 acres); <br />intensively manage unit D. <br />14 (76,752 acres) for ..ge <br />grouse nuting/high <br />production ateU, mini. <br />mize disturbance to <br />grouse, and protect aU <br />leks. <br /> <br />Delignate Bigborn-A, <br />Bighom-B, and Cebolla <br />Creek ACHes (18,486 <br />acres) and manage to <br />minimize disturbance to <br />bigb~rn &beep, to protect <br />lambing bighorn sbeep, <br />and to prevent disease <br />transfer from domestic <br />sbeep to bighorn sbeep. <br />Cooperative livestock. <br />grazing pursued on Porest <br />Service lands adjacent to <br />Bighom-AJB ACHes. <br /> <br />Implement treatments and <br />other measures to increase <br />forb and shrub sped... <br />on elt and deer crucial <br />winter ranges, u activity <br />plans are implemented.. <br /> <br />About 7,122 acres of <br />habitat in unit 8-10 would <br />be managed to minimize <br />disturbance to bighorn <br />sheep and potential <br />lambing areas aloog <br />Cebolla Crect and <br />Cochetopo Creek. A <br />HMP would be prepared <br />for the unit. <br /> <br />Manage sage grouse <br />broodrearing habitat in <br />riparian areas (about 3S <br />milCl in E-14) to improve <br />or provide forage aDd <br />hiding COYer for young <br />chicks. Improve and <br />maintain sagebrush to <br />optimize grouse popu- <br />lations in unit E-ll, and <br />incorporate sagebrush <br />treatments and other habi- <br />tat improvemcnl5 in <br />AMPs, CRMAPs, etc. <br /> <br />Consider moose iolfo.. <br />duction in Powderhom <br />Primitive Are" SRMA <br /> <br />S-9 <br />