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Under the Routt Count17 zoning resolution, the Yoast Mine permit area is currently <br />designated as an agriculture/forestry use area. Redesignation of the area for mining use <br />is accomplished by application for a Special Use Permit through the Routt County Regional <br />Planning Commission. <br />Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Approximately 200 acres of federal lands in four parcels <br />occur within the Yoast Mine permit area. These lands are administered by the BLM's Craig <br />District and are included in Management Unit 1 of the Little Snake Resource Area. <br />Management units in this resource area were developed based on opportunities for managing <br />the resource values and uses present to attain the best multiple -use prescriptions to <br />provide maximum benefit to the general public. <br />Management Unit 1 is located in the eastern portion of the resource area and contains the <br />majority of the federal coal planning area. This is also an area of significant oil and <br />gas reserves. The management objectives of the unit are to realize the potential for <br />coal, oil, and gas resources. Other resource uses/values within this unit are allowed <br />consistent with coal, oil, and gas resource development objectives. Current uses for the <br />four parcels within the -Toast Mine permit area include livestock grazing, wildlife, <br />woodland, and recreation. The parcels are currently leased for livestock grazing, coal, <br />and oil and gas. <br />References <br />CDOW. 1993. Colorado Division of Wildlife - Wildlife Resource Information System (WAIS). <br />Range Maps for Mt Harris and Dunkley Quads. <br />Dennis, E.C. and D.W. Antonio. 1980. Common Colorado Range Plants. USDA -Soil <br />Conservation Service. Denver, Colorado. <br />Routt County Regional Planning Commission. Routt County Master Plan, Vols. I, II, and <br />III, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. December 1980. <br />USDA-ASCS. 1991. Conservation Reserve Program, Farm Program Fact Sheet. February 1991. <br />USDA -SCS. Range Site Descriptions, Colorado Technical Guide, Section IV. Steamboat <br />Springs field office. <br />USDI-Bureau of Land Management. 1989. Little Snake Resource Management Plan, Craig <br />District. April 26, 1989. <br />12 <br />