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<br /> <br />.',..."......,u <br /> <br />economic impacts. t1Major changes" include <br />road closures, closing an area to hunting <br />and fishing, wilderness designation, or <br />changing from one major land use to <br />another (i.e. from grazing to recreation). <br /> <br />Due to the <br />industry's <br />economy of <br /> <br />importance of livestock <br />Use of public land <br />Saguache County: <br /> <br />to <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />(1) Present range management practices <br />such as rotational or deferred <br />grazing, proper salting and riding, <br />and necessary range improvements <br />should be encouraged and improved. <br /> <br />(2) State and Federal land managers, <br />permittees, and lessees should be <br />encouraged to coordinate any changes <br />in grazing or allotment plans. <br /> <br />(3) Changes in AUMs should not be <br />unilateral and permittees/lessees <br />should be given the opportuni ty to <br />present their OWn expert testimony. <br /> <br />(4) State and Federal revenue gathered <br />from leasing rangeland should be used <br />to maintain or increase AUMs where <br />economically and environmentally <br />feasible. Measures for which such <br />revenue should be used include grass <br />seeding, shelter belts, erosion <br />control, and noxious weed control. <br /> <br />State and Federal land management agencies <br />are encouraged to provide a wide range of <br />recreational opportunities provided <br />rangelands important to the county economy <br />are not diminished and environmental <br />resources are not destroyed. <br /> <br />Mining operations on'state and Federal <br />lands should be allowed if impacts on <br />water quality and wildlife habitats are <br />kept to a minimum, visual impact is <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />(i r, I') 6. 2 <. <br />. ,J... ~.,I, <br /> <br /> <br />13 <br />