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<br />(JJ.J2~::3 <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />SUMMARY .................................................................. S-l <br /> <br />CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Purpose and Need .............................................................. 1-1 <br />ImplementatloolMonltoring of the Plan .............................................. 1-1 <br />Location of Planning Area and Land Ownership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 <br />Planning Issues, Criteria and Management Concerns .................................... 1-5 <br />Wilderness Study Process and the RMP/EIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 <br />Topics not Addressed In the RMP/EIS ............................................... 1-5 <br /> <br />Relationship to other Planning Documenta ............................................ 1-8 <br />Existing BLM Planning and Environmental Documents ................................. 1-8 <br /> <br />Management Situation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 <br />Wild and Scenic River Study Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 <br />Other Agency Documents. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 <br /> <br />CHAPTER TWO: AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT <br />Social and Economic Conditions/Concerns ............................................2-1 <br />Climate ...................................................................... 2-4 <br />Air Quality ................................................................... 2-5 <br />Air Quality Regulations .,...................................................... 2-5 <br />Existing Air Quality ........................................................... 2-1 <br />Topography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 <br />Minerai Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 <br />Locatable Minerals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-8 <br />Leasable Minerals ............................................................ 2-8 <br />Saleable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 <br />Solis ........................................................................ 2-9 <br />Water Resources .............................................................. 2-10 <br />Surface Water .............................................................. 2-10 <br />Ground Water .............................................................. 2-13 <br />General Water Dependency, Supply and Demand .................................... 2-14 <br /> <br />Vegetation ................................................................... 2-14 <br />Sagebrusb/Mixed Mountain Shrub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 <br />Ponderosa Pine-Douglas ru .................................................... 2-15 <br />Lodgepole Pine ............................................................. 2-15 <br />Aspen .................................................................... 2-16 <br />Blue Spruce ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 <br />Spruce-Fir ................................................................. 2-16 <br />Meadows .................................................................. 2-16 <br />Riparian Zones ............................................................. 2-16 <br />Alpine ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 <br />Rock Outcrops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 <br />Special Status Plant and Animal Species and Habitat .................................. 2-18 <br />Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-111 <br />Plants .................................................................... 2-18 <br />Invertebrates ............................................................... 2-19 <br />Wildlife Habitat Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 <br />Terrestrial Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 <br /> <br />,v <br /> <br />., <br />