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BLM LIBRARY Albuquerque District, Rio Puerco Field Office • New Mexico The Bureau of Land Management sustains the health, diversity, and productivity ofthe public lands for the use and enjoyment ofpresent and future generations. BLM/NM/PL-12-10-1610 n^ ct Rio Puerco & Resource Management Draft Plan Environmental Impact Statement Volume III August 2012 United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Albuquerque District Rio Puerco Field Office [ I II. I '.' I ' .„ .'I! # 1 * 1 , 111 TABLE OF CONTENTS A CULTURAL RESOURCES ON NON-BEM EANDS EISTED ON THE NRHP A- B DESCRIPTION OF GRAZING ALEOTMENTS BY ACREAGE AND AUMS B-1 C EXAMPEES OF PRESCRIBED GRAZING SYSTEMS C-I C. Rest-Rotation Grazing C-I 1 C.2 Deferred Rotation Grazing C-I C.3 Deferred Grazing C-I C.4 Alternate Grazing C-1 C.5 Short-Duration, High-Intensity Grazing C-2 D RANGEEAND IMPROVEMENTS D-1 D. Introduetion D-1 l D.2 Struetural Improvements D-1 D.2.1 Fences D-1 D.2.2 Spring Development D-1 D.2.3 Pipelines D-1 D.2.4 Wells D-2 D.3 Nonstructural Improvements D-2 D.3.1 Burning D-2 D.3.2 Plowing and Seeding D-2 D.3.3 Interseeding D-2 D.3.4 Vegetation Treatments D-2 D.3.5 Standard Operating Procedures D-2 D.4 Prevention ofNoxious Weed Spread through Surfaee Disturbing Activities D-4 E AEEOTMENT MANAGEMENT CATEGORY AND APPEICABEE EAND USE PEAN E-1 F FUNDAMENTAES OF RANGEEAND HEALTH AND STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES F-1 G FEUID MINERAE DEVELOPMENT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES G- G.l General BMPs G-1 G.1.1 Cultural Resources G-1 G.1.2 Paleontological Resources G- G.1.3 Invasive and Noxious Weed Management G-2 G.1.4 Wildlife and Sensitive Species Management G-2 G.1.5 Visual Resource Management Class II and III Areas Management G-4 G.2 Site Eocation and Pre-Construction BMPs G-5 G.3 Construction BMPs G-6 G.3.1 Earthwork G-6 G.3.2 Site maintenance G-7 G.3.3 Spill Prevention and Containment G-7 G.3.4 Waste Management G-8 G.4 Access Road BMPs G-8 G.4. Road Design & Planning G-8 1 0029115711 G.4.2 Road Construction G-9 G.4.3 Road Maintenance G-9 G.4.4 Road Reclamation G-9 G.5 Interim Reclamation BMPs G- 1 G.6 Production and Maintenance BMPs G- 1 G.7 Final Reclamation BMPs G-1 H FLUID MINERAL SPECIAL LEASE STIPULATIONS H-1 H Background H-1 . 1 H.1.1 Standard Lease Terms and Conditions H-1 H.1.2 Types ofLease Stipulations H- H. 1.3 Waivers, Exceptions and Modifications H-2 H.1.4 Existing Leases H-2 H.2 RPEO Proposed Lease Stipulations H-3 H.2. Wildlife and Sensitive Species Stipulations H-3 1 H.2.2 Riparian Area Stipulations H-10 H.2.3 Soil and Slope Stipulations H-1 H.2.4 Cultural Resource Stipulations H- 1 H.2.5 Geological Resource Stipulations H-1 H.2.6 Paleontological Stipulations H- 1 H.2.7 Recreation Stipulations H-21 H.2.8 Socioeconomic Stipulations H-21 & H.2.9 Vegetation Forestry Stipulations H-23 H.2.10 Minerals Stipulations H-24 H.3 State Office Stipulations H-25 LN— H.3. Coal Protection (NM-8-LN) H-25 1 LN— H.3.2 Drainage (NM-IO-LN) H-25 — H.3.3 CSU Highway Material Site Right-of-Way (NM-4-CSU) H-25 NSO— 1.2H.3.4 Continental Divide Trail (NM-6-NSO) H-26 — H.3.5 NSO Occupied Structures and Dwellings (NM-12-NSO) H-26 — H.3.6 NSO Pooling Purposes Only (NM-9-NSO) H-26 — H.3.7 LN Cultural Resources (NM-1 1-LN) H-26 H.4 Washington Office Stipulations H-26 H.4.1 Endangered Species Act - Section 7 Consultation (WO-ESA-7) H-27 H.4.2 Bureau ofReclamation - Section 7 Consultation (WO-BOR-7) H-27 H.4.3 Cultural Resources and Tribal Consultation Stipulation H-27 AND WATER SOIL I I-l I.1 Major Soil Mapping Units, Soil Names, and Surface Textures I-l Descriptions of the USGS Cataloging Units (8-digit HUC) with highest acreage of BLM-administered land 1-4 I.2.1 Rio Puerco Watershed (USGS Cataloging Unit 13020204) 1-4 1.2.2 Arroyo Chico Watershed (USGS Cataloging Unit 13020205) 1-4 1.2.3 Rio San Jose Watershed (USGS Cataloging Unit 13020207) 1-4 RIO PUERCO FIEED OFFICE SPECIAE STATUS SPECIES LIST J J-1 K NOXIOUS WEEDS K- K. New Mexico Noxious Weed List K- 1 K.1.1 Class A Species K-1 K.1.2 Class B Species K-1 11 K. 1.3 Class C Species K-2 K. 1.4 Watch List Species K-2 K.2 Noxious Weed Control Standard Operating Proeedures K-2 K.3 Weed Prevention Sehediile K-3 K.4 Albuquerque Field Office Seed Mixtures K-4 K.4. Grassland Vegetation Type (Sagebrush Draws) K-4 1 K.4.2 Pinon-Juniper Vegetation Type K-4 K.4.3 High Elevation Vegetation Type K-5 K.4.4 Alternative Species for Consideration K-5 L PLANT COMMUNITIES AND WILDLIFE FOR THE MAJOR ECOSYSTEMS OF THE RIO PUERCO L-6 L. I The Sagebrush/Grass Ecosystem L-6 L. 1.1 Soils L-6 L.1.2 Vegetation L-7 L.1.3 Wildlife L-11 L.1.4 Desired Plant Community L-12 L.2 The Pinon and Juniper Ecosystem L-12 L.2.2 Wildlife L-17 L.2.3 Desired Plant Communities L-20 L.2.4 Treatment Recommendations L-22 L.3 The Grassland Ecosystem L-24 L.3.1 Introduction L-24 L.3.2 Soils L-24 L.3.3 Species Composition and Cover L-25 L.3.4 Common Grassland Wildlife L-33 L.3.5 Desired Plant Communities L-34 L.3.6 Wildlife L-35 L.4 The Ponderosa Pine Ecosystem L-36 L.4.1 Introduction L-36 L.4.2 Ponderosa Pine Forest Soils L-37 L.4.3 1975 Forage Inventory L-37 L.4.4 USFS Research L-38 L.4.5 Understory herbaceous production: L-38 L.4.6 Silviculture L-39 L.4.7 Fire L-43 L.4.8 Visual Resources L-43 L.4.9 Desired Plant Community—Percent Composition (By Weight): L-44 L.5 The Riparian and Wetland Ecosystem L-45 L.5.1 Introduction L-45 L.5.2 Desired Plant Communities L-47 L.5.3 Vegetation L-48 L.5.4 Wildlife 48 L.6 References L-51 M VEGETATION TREATMENT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES M- N VEGETATION MITIGATION MEASURES N- LIST OF TABLES Table A. Cultural Resources on non-BLM Lands A-1 1 : AUMs Table B.l: Acres and ofGrazing Allotments B-1 Table E.l: Management Category and Land Use Plan E-1 Table LI: Major Soil Mapping Units, Soil Names, and Surface Textures I-l Table 1.2: County Water Use within the Planning Area 1-2 Table J. 1 : Special Status Species by County J-1 Table K.l: Class A Noxious Weed Species K-1 Table K.2: Class B Noxious Weed Species K-1 Table K.3: Class C Noxious Weed Species K-2 Table K.4: Watch List Species K-2 Table K.5: Weed Prevention Schedule K-3 Table K.6: Seed Mix for the Grassland Vegetation Type K-4 Table K.7: Seed Mix for the Pinon-Juniper Vegetation Type K-4 Table K.8: Seed Mix for the Eligh Elevation Vegetation Type K-5 Table K.9: Alternative Species tor Consideration K-5 Table L.l Mean Annual Plant Production by Plant Community E-7 : Table E.2: Vegetative Cover by State E-7 Table L.3: Low Serai Production by Species L-8 Table L.4: Mid Serai Production by Species L-9 Table L.5: Eligh Serai Production by Species E-9 Table L.6: Potential Plant Community Production by Species L-10 Table E.7: Species Composition ofP-J Sites ofthe Upper Rio Puerco Watershed, 1975 L-14 Table E.8: Mean Percent Cover within P-J Sites, Upper Rio Puerco, 1975 L-15 Table M.l: Vegetation Treatment Best Management Practices, by Method M-1 Table M.2: Vegetation Treatment BMPs for Cultural Resources and Native American Concerns M-3 Table N. Vegetation Mitigation Measures, by Affected Resource N-1 1 : I..%f>*,r.:'••..'•iiS. 'fc-ilf1; \ m

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