Alternative 3
This multiple-use alternative would modify the current
Management Plan direction by adopting additional special area
R.67W.
designations, such as Research Natural Areas, Special Interest
R.70W.
R.66W.
R.65W.
R.64W.
R.63W.
R.69W.
Areas, and placing added emphasis on native plants and
animals and recreation opportunities.
DRAFT
T.55N.
T.48N.
Environmental
Impact Statement
T.54N.
T.47N.
Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest
Thunder Basin National Grassland
T.46N.
1999
PLEASE NOTE: Management areas are defined as parts
of the grasslands that are managed for a particular
emphasis.
T.45N.
R.73W.
R.72W.
R.71W.
R.70W.
R.69W.
R.68W.
Each management area has a prescription that
consists of a theme, desired conditions, and standards and
guidelines that apply to it. The management area prescriptions are grouped into eight major categories, based on a
continuum from least evidence of disturbance (Category
1) to most (Category 8).
T.44N.
The management areas on this map are further explained
in Chapter 3 of the Revised Land and Resource Management Plan. The differences between alternatives may be
better understood if the reader compares alternative maps
while reviewing the accompanying Environmental Impact
Statement.
The management area boundaries on this map were
T.43N.
computer generated. These lines and their locations
are only approximate at this scale.
T.42N.
N
W
E
S
5
0
T.41N.
5
10
Miles
1 : 253,440
1/4 inch = 1 mile
T.40N.
T.39N.
Management Areas
1.2
-
Acres
Recommended for Wilderness
14846
1.31- Backcountry Recreation Nonmotorized
T.38N.
6545
2.1
- Special Interest Areas
12566
2.2
- Research Natural Areas
1213
3.63- Black-Footed Ferret Reintroduction Habitat
45473
3.65- Rangelands with Diverse Natural-Appearing Landscapes
T.37N.
116564
3.68- Big Game Range
33893
4.32- Dispersed Recreation: High Use
25779
5.12- General Forest and Rangelands: Range Vegetation Emphasis
129482
6.1
- Rangeland with Broad Resource Emphasis
118131
8.4
- Mineral Production and Development
47993
Upton
Osage
Spring Creek
Vicinity Map
Cellar
Rosecrans
Fairview
Clareton
Management Areas
1.2
Legend
Desired Vegetation Condition
Administrative Boundaries
- Recommended For Wilderness
Vegetation
Township & Range Lines
Matrix Key
.
1.31 - Backcountry Recreation Non-motorized
2.1
- Special Interest Areas
2.2
- Research Natural Areas
3.63 - Black-Footed Ferret Reintroduction Habitat
State Lands
Concurrent Management
areas exist for the same piece of ground.
area will show up in the colored legend.
4.4
- National River System: Recreation Rivers Recommended
Highlight
Broken
Bill
Hills
Black-Footed Ferret Reintroduction Habitat
Concurrent management areas exist when two compatible management
4.32 - Dispersed Recreation: High Use
|-Residual Vegetation Structure-|
.2
mid to late seral
The dominant management
The other management area or
areas will showup as cross-hatching over the colored legend.
a
150409
80%
b
156941
85%
c
2870
90%
d
176646
e
20389
Variable
f
45230
Variable
90%
Variable
Vegetation Composition is the mix of plant species found on a site. Composition
Desired Vegetation Condition
is used to describe a seral (successional) stage in relation to the site's potential
to grow vegetation.
For example, a buffalo grass/blue grama grass composition
is an early seral stage compared to the site's potential to grow western
by Geographic Area
Concurrent Management Areas
Acres
- Rangeland with Broad Resource Emphasis
Black-Footed Ferret Reintroduction Habitat (3.63)
wheatgrass/ green needlegrass (mid to late seral stage).
Vegetation structure is the height and density of the herbaceous (grass, sedge
5
0
5
10
15
Miles
density of standing herbaceous vegetation following the grazing season.
Areas labeled "e" are lands not suitable for domestic livestock production.
5925
1/8 inch = 1 mile
- Mineral Production and Development
Low
and forb) community. Residual vegetation structure is the height and
Legend
8.4
Moderate
Desired Vegetation condition is described in terms of composition and structure.
5.12 - General Forest and Rangelands: Range Vegetation Emphasis
6.1
Acres
Composition
High
3.65 - Rangelands with Diverse Natural-Appearing Landscapes
3.68 - Big Game Range
Vegetation
Acres
1 : 506,880
Areas labeled "f" are ferret reintroduction areas.