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<br />n;,\:,'''1 <br />i] ~..."...... v <br /> <br />Table S-l (Continued) <br /> <br />COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />SUMMARIZED COMPARISON OF THE MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />MANAGEMENT UNDER EACH ALTERNATIVE <br /> <br />RE- <br />SOURCFJ <br />RE- <br />SOURCE <br />USE <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE A <br />(Continuation or <br />Current <br />Management) <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE B <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE C <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE D <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE E <br />(Prererred <br />Alternative) <br /> <br />RECRE- <br />ATION <br />MANAGE- <br />MEN!' <br />(Conl'd) <br /> <br />Develop and manage B <br />400 acre tract site along <br />the Slate River for day.usc <br />and overnight use. <br />Develop an overnight <br />campground on High <br />Mesa. Construct a hiking <br />trail into the Rock Creek <br />area. <br /> <br />Continue to manage OHV <br />use as in Current <br />Management with these <br />exceptions: close the <br />Powderhorn ACEC <br />(48,033 acres), and close <br />600 acres adjacent to <br />Sapinero State Wildlife <br />Area. Approximately <br />368,745 acres would be <br />designated open to OHV <br />use; DHV use on 92,927 <br />acres would be limited to <br />designated routes year- <br />long; DHV use on 74,707 <br />acres would be limited <br />seasonally, if necessary, in <br />crucial winter range, and <br />48,633 acres would be <br />closed to OHV use. <br /> <br />Remainder of public lands <br />would be managed for <br />extensive, dispersed rec- <br />reation uses. <br /> <br />Public lands 9r'Ould be <br />designated, rcgarding <br />OlN use, as closed (600 <br />acres), limited seasonally <br />to designated routes, if <br />necessary for wintcring elk <br />and deer (74,7rJ7 acres) <br />and open (509,705 acres). <br /> <br />noatboating, and historic <br />site stabilization and <br />interpretation. Manage <br />historic sites coopeI'Btivc:1y <br />with the NPS. <br /> <br />The remainder of the <br />Planning Area would be <br />managed for extensive <br />recreation use, within the <br />Gunnison ERMA. Small <br />scale day use and <br />overnight facilities would <br />be developed at High <br />Mesa and on a tract on <br />the Slate River. <br /> <br />Public lands would be <br />designated, regarding <br />OHV use, as closed <br />(57,851 ams), limited <br />seasonally, if necessaI}', <br />for wintering elk and deer, <br />(79,995 acres), limited to <br />designated routes yearlong <br />(127,870 acn:s) and open <br />(319,296 acn:s). <br /> <br />Primitive Area Boundary <br />would be adjusted to <br />include aU public lands in <br />unit E-2. Pursue <br />acquisition of 40 acres of <br />non.federal lands, and <br />state-owned minerals. <br /> <br />Designate and manage <br />American Basin ACBC <br />(1,595 acres) and Dillon <br />Pinnacles ACBC (532 <br />acres) for scenic and <br />recreuion values; <br />designate and manage <br />Slumgullion Earthnow <br />National Natural Land- <br />mark ACEC (1,407 acres) <br />for interpretation. <br /> <br />The remainder of the <br />Planning Area 9r'Ould be <br />managed for extensive <br />recreation use, within the <br />Gunnison ERMA A <br />RAMP would be prepared <br />and ROS settings <br />detennined. Small scale <br />overnight facilities would <br />be developed at High <br />Mesa and considered for 8 <br />tract on the Slate River. <br /> <br />Public Lands would be <br />designated regarding <br />OHV use, as closed <br />(48,877 acres), limited <br />seasonally, if necessary, <br />for wintering elk and deer, <br />(74,428 acn:s), limited 10 <br />designated routes yearlong <br />(97,714 acn:s) and open <br />(363,993 acn:s. The <br />Powderhorn Primitive <br />Area SRMA would also <br />be closed to mounlain <br />bike use. <br /> <br />S-15 <br />