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0) o::t' '" ...-4 BUREAU OF lAND MANAGEMENT actively considered for development by the Bureau of Reclamation, a sup- plement to this report would be required to assess the impact on BLM lands not herein considered. II. EFFECTS ON BLM PROGRAMS The major features of the project which would directly affect BLM ad- ministered lands and resources are: (1) the Crookton Canal (and possible laterals not yet identified), which would traverse, in aggregate, about 2 miles of BLM land, and (2) the identified 410 acres of public domain (see Form 1730-4c) considered in the finalized Bureau of Reclamation map as serv- ice area. The Elko Dam and Reservoir will lie entirely with the Gunnison National Forest beyond any BLM impacted areas. All service areas identified, including BLM acreages, are meadow lands presently under irrigation, and are in the BLM's Tomichi Planning Unit (north of Tomichi Creek), the Cochetopa Planning Unit (south of the creek), both within the Gunnison Resource Area of the Montrose District. BLM has completed a Unit Resource Analysis for the Cochetopa Planning Unit, and one is planned for the Tomichi Planning Unit during FY 1972. It is here pointed out that there is no updated Bureau of Reclamation report or document that presents this portion of the Upper Gunnison Project, as it is now proposed. This impact report, including the recommendations, is based entirely on recent information gathered through informal memos and meetings between Bureau of Reclamation officials in Grand Junction and the Planning Coordinator in Montrose. The purpose of this interagency li- aison has been to arrive at the quickest and most efficient administrative method of handling the project to assure that it proceeds in a timely man- ner. Problems faced have included the shortage of time as concerns the projeet itself, the shortage of fUnds and manpower in both agencies, and the changing and poorly defined status of the project. These problems lim- ited alternatives and strongly influenced subsequent recommendations. The recommendations were partly the result of interagency liaison, cooperation and compromise. As presently envisioned, the project's adverse impact on BLM manage- ment programs in the impacted area would be minimal if certain recommen- dations are followed and safeguards insured. A discussion of the impact of the project on individual resources and subsequent recommendations follows: (a) Lands Much of the impact identified by and associated with other re- source activities can be serviced by the Lands activity. 59