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<br />CHAPTER ONE <br /> <br />Table 1-2 <br /> <br />PLANNING ISSUES AND CRITERIA <br /> <br />ISSUE <br /> <br />PLANNING CRITERIA <br /> <br />1. How shouJd cxWing livestock and other <br />uses be managed in riparian areas for <br />protection Bnd enhancement of riparian <br />values? <br /> <br />2. What management should occur to <br />maintain or impl'OYC forage conditions in <br />allotments not covered by current <br />Allotment Management Plans (AMPs) or <br />outdated management plans? <br /> <br />A. Comply with all public land laws. <br />B. Consider impacts to watershed conditions (upland, riparian, channels), watershed <br />vuJncmbility. and watershed responsiveness. <br />C. Maintain erosion condition class of slight/moderate as described in Montrose <br />District Office Soil Erosion Monitoring Program. <br />D. Comply with criteria Cor minimum acceptable vegetation and 'Watershed conditions <br />that must be met through management activities. <br />B. Consider changing livestock numbers, livestock classes, seasons of use, and <br />distribution of livestock to improve plant vigor and frequency. <br />F. Consider use of vegetative treatments to increase plant basal c~r and perennial <br />plant species. <br /> <br />3. How and where should. sagebrush <br />community types be managed for wildlife <br />and livelitOCk.? <br /> <br />A. Comply with all public land laws. <br />B. Consider impacts to v.ratersbed cond.itions (upland, riparian, channels), watershed <br />vulnerability, and watershed responsiveness. <br />C. Maintain erosion condition class of slightlmodenHe as described in Montrose <br />District Office Soil Erosion Monitoring Program. <br />D. Comply with criteria {or minimum acceptable vegetation and watershed conditioRli <br />that must be met through management activities. <br />E. Consider providing for the maintenance of a heallhy viable breeding population <br />of elk and deer. <br />F. Provide sagebrosh habitat to maintain the cx.istjng Sage Grouse population in the <br />Razor Creek drainage, North and South Parlin Plats, and Chance Gulch area; consider <br />providing li8.gebrush habitat to increase the Sage Grouse populations where feasibJe. <br />G. Consider managing the sagebrush communities for ecological site potential or <br />increased production of wildlife habitat or livestock forage. <br /> <br />4. In view of the importance of recreation <br />and tourism for local economiea:. what <br />steps can be taken to improve recreation <br />divenity and opportunities, while <br />p.re&erving the resources necessary for <br />desirable recreation settin~1 <br /> <br />A. Comply with all public land laws. <br />B. Consider public lands in extensive recreation areas needing special management <br />for development or protection of recreation resources. <br />C. Conliider needed changes to current off-highway vehicle designations. <br />D. Consider measures to maintain or reduce resource impacts caused by recreation <br />activities and improve recreation management in the Resource Acea, especially in the <br />Lake Fork and Powderhom areas. <br />E. Consider measures to improve the quality and availability of public recreation <br />resources where possible. <br />P. Identify problems occurring to recreation and tourism caused by other land uses <br />and recommend possible solutions. <br /> <br />1.6 <br />