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<br />OOil191 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPrER IV <br /> <br />LAND ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES <br /> <br />Production and utilization of forage are closely related to other <br />management programs on public lands. Allotment management plans are be- <br />ing developed in cooperation with range users. The plans are made in con- <br />sideration of impacts of livestock on available forage and on wildlife <br />and watershed relationships. Range management is accomplished n~inly <br />through management techniques. Capital Investments Hi th relat ion to <br />lIvestock grazIng are generally limIted to fences and Hater developments. <br /> <br />Timber production from public lands in the San Juan Area is minimal. <br />There is a small steady demand for Hoodland products SQch as fireHood, <br />posts, and poles Hhich Hill continue to be met from pinon-juniper forests <br />in the area. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />OpportlUlities for outdoor recreation are extensive in this unusual <br />canyonlands country. Development of Glen Canyon Dam and Reservoir and <br />creation of the Canyonlands National Park will draw people into the area <br />and increase recreat ional pressure on all publ ic lands. BU1 provides <br />facilities designed to meet current and anticipated needs for extensive <br />recreational uses such as rockhounding, hunting, sightseeing, and hiking. <br />BLM's recreational program will be coordinated with programs of the Na- <br />tional Park Service, Forest Service, and Indian reservations and with <br />state and local programs with a view of accommodating public needs con- <br />sistent with relations11ips of other land uses. <br /> <br />ELM considers ecological needs <br />eluding nongame animals and birds. <br />of wIldlife habitat on public lands <br />dent wildlife itself. <br /> <br />of all fish anel wildlife species, in- <br />Its responsIbility is for management <br />rather than for management of resi- <br /> <br />The study area contains the most significant remaining bighorn shec;p <br />habitat in Utah. Management efforts are directed tJward maintaining the <br />quality of this habitat to sustain a viable sheep population. There arc <br />a number of critical deer winter ranges within the San Juan study area. <br />BLM is working oooperatively with the Utah Division of Fish and Game co <br />mitIgate problems of range depletion by deer. <br /> <br />BI.Jvl is concerned with improvement and rraintenance of aesthetics of <br />the public land,s. Consi<.leration is given to preservation and protectIoi1 <br />of natural beauty in land management decisions. Efforts are being made <br />to educate and supervise the public in prevention of litter'ing which <br />creates an intrusion on natural beauty. Management efforts are also cou- <br />cerned with preservation'and interpretatiJn of archaeological, hIstorical, <br />and cultural features of the public lands. <br /> <br />BLM adminI stero the mIneral reSOUl'ces on all public land" in the <br />area. Administered activities include location and patenting of mining <br />claims, competitive and noncompetitive mineral leasing, and ::.-;ale and free <br />use dIsposal of mineral materIals not sub,ject to mining or leasIng laws. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />36 <br />