Record of decision and approved resource management plan for the Bureau of Land Management Colorado River Valley Field Office

2015·45 MB·English

by  United States. Bureau of Land Management. Colorado River Valley Field Office, issuing body

U .S. Department of the Interior
B ureau of Land Management

Colorado River Valley Field Office

Record of Decision and
Approved Resource Management Plan

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June 2015
BLM/CO/GI-15/003
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BLM’s Mission

To sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of
America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of
present and future generations.
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Record of Decision
and
Approved
Resource Management Plan

for the

Bureau of Land Management
Colorado River Valley Field Office

BLM/CO/GI-15/003

Prepared by

United States Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Colorado River Valley Field Office
Silt, Colorado

June 2015
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 1. RECORD OF DECISION FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY
FIELD OFFICE APPROVED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN

1.1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 1
1.1.1 Purpose and Need for the RMP Revision ............................................. 1
1.1.2 Lands within the CRVFO Administrative Boundary............................ 2
1.2. ALTERNATIVES............................................................................................... 4
1.2.1 Draft RMP/Draft EIS ............................................................................ 4
1.2.2 Proposed RMP/Final EIS ...................................................................... 4
1.2.3 Alternatives Considered, But Not Further Analyzed ............................ 4
1.2.4 Alternatives Considered in Detail ......................................................... 5
1.3. NOTICE OF CLARIFICATIONS ..................................................................... 6
1.3.1 Notice of Clarifications to the Proposed RMP and Adopted by
this ROD and Approved RMP ........................................................................ 6

1.3.2 Editorial, Organizational and Technical Changes to the Approved
RMP and Appendices ..................................................................................... 6

1.3.3 Clarification of the BLM and USFS Suitability Decisions ................... 7

1.3.4 Clarification of How the BLM and USFS Intend To Interact with the
Stakeholder Group and Evaluate the Success of the Upper Colorado River
Wild and Scenic Stakeholder Group Management Plan ................................. 8

1.4. DECISIONS IN THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN .......................... 10
1.4.1 Types of Land Use Plan Decisions ....................................................... 10
1.4.2 Implementation Decisions .................................................................... 11
1.4.3 Valid Existing Rights ............................................................................ 11

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1.5 MITIGATION MEASURES .............................................................................. 12
1.6 RMP AMENDMENTS, MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND
MAINTENANCE ..................................................................................................... 12

1.6.1 RMP Amendments ................................................................................ 12
1.6.2 RMP Monitoring ................................................................................... 13
1.6.3 RMP Evaluation .................................................................................... 13
1.6.4 RMP Maintenance ................................................................................ 14
1.7 THE PLANNING PROCESS .............................................................................. 14
1.7.1 Policies and Legislative Constraints ..................................................... 14
1.7.2 Relationship to the Northwest Colorado BLM Greater
Sage-Grouse Plan Amendment and EIS ......................................................... 15

1.8. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLANNING PROCESS .......................... 15
1.8.1 Public Scoping ...................................................................................... 16
1.8.2 Trails and Routes Data-Collection Workshops ..................................... 16
1.8.3 Public Review and Comment of the Draft RMP/ Draft EIS ................. 16
1.8.4 Public Review and Protest of the Proposed RMP/Final EIS ................ 16
1.8.5 Results of the Protest Period………………………………………….17
1.8.6 Results of the Governor’s Consistency Review...…………………….17
1.9. COORDINATION AND CONSULTATIONS .................................................. 18
1.9.1 Cooperating Agencies ........................................................................... 18
1.9.2 Tribal Consultation and Indian Trust Assets ........................................ 18
1.9.3 Consultation Efforts with the Colorado State Historic Preservation
Officer ............................................................................................................. 19

1.9.4 Resource Advisory Council .................................................................. 19
1.9.5 Upper Colorado River Wild and Scenic Stakeholder Group ................ 20
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