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<br /> <br />There is no state or county planning or zoning and no specific BLM plans <br />for the area other than continued multiple use management. Air quality, <br />water quality and visual aesthetics would not be significantly impaired. <br />The area is well above any flood plain and prime farmlands. Land in the <br />immediate vicinity is used for grazing domestic livestock. The key <br />vegetation types within the area are big sagebrush, needle and thread <br />grass, Indian ricegrass, and blue bunch wheatgrass. In areas with previous <br />disturbance, rabbitbrush and various annual forb species are found. No <br />threatened or endangered plant species were found during a survey of the <br />area, however, Oxyttopis obnapiformis, a species listed as endangered by the <br />Smithsonian Institute in 1975, has been located four miles west of the <br />proposed gravel pit. Key wildlife species in the area include: elk, mule <br />deer, mountain lion and sage grouse. The area has been identified as a <br />critical deer and elk winter range and as a year round deer range. The area <br />is within an identified bald eagle winter range, but no other threatened or <br />endangered species are known to inhabit the area. .None of the land is <br />timbered. There are no recreation areas or sites, natural areas, or <br />scientific sites directly involved. A survey for prehistoric and historic <br />values was conducted by a BLM archaeologist during May 1980. One isolated <br />find, LSIF118, and on lithic scatter site, SMF926, were located and recorded, <br />and would not be disturbed. The site may be eligible to the National <br />Register of Historic Places. There are no other known archaeological sites <br />directly involved. <br />3 <br />