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<br />,- <br /> <br />~AT:::.:)~IAL <br />]9JE~!'.'E5 <br /> <br />TABLE 'l - 12 <br /> <br />(Cont' j) <br /> <br />CORP.ELATIO:f OF CBJECTI'JES >"~D PROBLEMS TO PPDJECrIONS A.~D PReFERENCES <br />R.1.0 Grande Bas1.n. Colorado <br /> <br />I.GCALLY CC~ICE!VED PP!JBLE~ <br /> <br />ECC~IC~'j:C CS~.!A..'W PP.'JJECTIO:-lS ~lO E~VIP.ONl"ENTAL PREft:RENCES <br /> <br />In3.dequate access to public land for <br />recreation, hunting and fishing. <br /> <br />As demands far recreation resources increase. pressures to <br />utilize presently inaccessible areas will also increase. <br />LoW' cost and expeditious procurement of right-of-way to <br />f:.lily utilize all public recreational resources is <br />economically preferred, while access systems should be <br />developed only to the extent necessary to be compatible with <br />resource use. <br /> <br />~ED 16 <br />~Q 7 <br /> <br />~rEO 17 <br /> <br />Insufficient tiIrber supply to operate <br />ex.istl.~9 mills at capacity, current level <br />of timber management will not alloW' basin's <br />resources to contribute their share of <br />nation's fut...:re needs; significant lIDrtality <br />in over mature and significant stagnation in <br />i::anature timber stands. <br /> <br />OBERS E' Basin Allocation <br /> <br />Timber <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Million Board Feet <br /> <br />1980 <br />1990 <br />2000 <br />2010 <br />2020 <br /> <br />60 <br />76 <br />82 <br />83 <br />84 <br /> <br />'::0 4 <br /> <br />Opportunities for scientific investigation <br />and recreation in wilderness setting may ~e <br />significantly diminished. <br /> <br />Basin Allocation - .oJilderness P.ecreation <br /> <br />~ Visitor Davs <br /> <br />Wilderness <br />Backcountry <br /> <br />2020 <br />2020 <br /> <br />796,800 <br />531,200 <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />2020 <br /> <br />1,329,000 <br /> <br />EQ 5 <br /> <br />EQ 6 <br /> <br />Decreasing big game winter range and <br />migration routes threatened by urban <br />development. <br /> <br />Maintain present winter range area 771.030 acres, (312,036 ha) , <br />and big game migration routes, but increase big game forage <br />production on winter range to attain maxi1llWll. big game animal <br />unit months. (115,480) by foregoing all livestock grazing . <br />on win te r range. <br /> <br />EQ 8 <br /> <br />Degradation of trout habitat due to <br />siltation of streams by road construction <br />and tiai:ler harvest activities. <br /> <br />Initiate and acoelerate management practices that minimize <br />erosion from road construction and timer harvesting; <br />reduce amount of raod: restrict off-road vehicles. <br /> <br />EQ 9 <br /> <br />Survival of endangered and threatened <br />wildlife species is in jeopardy. <br /> <br />Avoid extinction of the species by maintaining their habitat; <br />taking such measures as necessary to increase their numbers and <br />improve their habitat: reintroducing those species known to have <br />inhabited the areal and pursuing land man4gement programs <br />compatible with the propagation of the affected species <br /> <br />EQ 10 <br /> <br />Dispose of sawmill wastes by modification and further <br />processing into useable products to avoid burning. <br /> <br />Smoke from sawmill burners degrades air <br />quality. <br /> <br />003423 <br /> <br />V-33 <br />