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<br /> <br />It is net anticipated that the knewn cultural reseuroe sites <br />in the area will be disturbed, either with er without preject <br />implementatien. <br /> <br />The ferage preduotien ef the area will prebably be less than <br />the present 10,900 animal unit menths (AUMs) per-year. sinoethe <br />area's ecenemy is affected to. a great extent by ranching, this <br />less ef fer age preductien will have a signifioant negative <br />impact. <br /> <br />with this expected deterieratien ef the fer age reseurce, the <br />area .becemes less aesthetically appealing. The net effect will <br />be a decrease in the interest to. engage in outdeer recreation in <br />the area. This will then affect theecenomy ef the area. <br /> <br />with the anticipated deterieratien in greund cever, eresien <br />will accelerate. This acceleratien will cause deterieratien ef <br />the seil reso.urce. The ability o.f the so.il to. retain seil <br />meisture will decrease in direct prepertio.n to. the seil reseurce <br />deterieratien. This acceleratien will also. precipitate increased <br />cests in read and railread maintenance. <br /> <br />The en-gaing pregrams do. nat provide an adequate amaunt ef <br />financial incentive ar training to. implement sound reSeurce <br />management systems. The existing pregramswhich pravide cast- <br />Sharing far canservatian practices include: the AgriCultural <br />Stabilizatian and canservatian Service's (ASCS) Agricultural <br />Censervatian Pragram (ACP) and the SCS's Great Plains <br />canservatian Pragram (GPCP). Based .an a review af the past 20 <br />years af cast-share assistance thraugh these pregrams, <br />degradatian is expected to. cantinue at its present rate ar <br />accelerate an the untreated areas af the watershed. At the <br />present rate af canservatian measure implementatian within the <br />area, the reseurce base will cantinue to. degrade. This <br />suppasitien is based en a review af the SCS field. effice recerds. <br />ef past censervatian measure applicatien and the cenditien af the <br />resaurces within the watershed. <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />I <br />