Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0—INTRODUCTION
1-1
1.1
Overview
1-1
1.2
Purpose of and Need for the Resource Management Plan
1-1
1.3
Purpose of the Analysis of the Management Situation
1-2
1.4
General Description of the Planning Area, Geographic Scope, and Resource Programs 1-3
1.5
Key Findings of the Analysis of the Management Situation
1-4
2.0—AREA PROFILE
2-1
2.1
Resources
2-1
2.1.1
Regional Context
2-1
2.1.2
Air Resources
2-8
2.1.3
Geology
2-40
2.1.4.
Soil Resources
2-64
2.1.5
Water and Watershed Resources
2-70
2.1.6
Vegetative Communities
2-97
2.1.7
Fish, Wildlife, and Habitat
2-106
2.1.8
Special Status Species
2-115
2.1.9
Cultural Resources
2-118
2.1.10
Wildland Fire Ecology and Management
2-131
2.1.11
Paleontological Resources
2-141
2.1.12
Visual Resources
2-157
2.1.13
Wilderness Characteristics
2-165
2.1.14
Cave and Karst Resources
2-167
2.2
2.3
2.4
Resource Uses and Trends
2-172
2.2.1
Facilities
2-172
2.2.2
Forestry and Woodland Products
2-177
2.2.3
Livestock Grazing
2-185
2.2.4
Lands and Realty
2-194
2.2.5
Recreation and Visitor Services
2-201
2.2.6
Minerals
2-206
2.2.7
Renewable Energy
2-230
2.2.8
Transportation and Access
2-234
Special Designations
2-240
2.3.1
Special Management Areas
2-240
2.3.2
Wilderness Study Area
2-247
2.3.3
Wilderness
2-249
2.3.4
Areas with Wilderness Characteristics
2-250
Social and Economic Situation
2-250
2.4.1
Tribal Interest
2-250
2.4.2
Public Safety
2-252
2.4.3
Social and Economic Conditions
2-257
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
TOC-i
December 2009
Table of Contents
3.0—CURRENT MANAGEMENT DIRECTION
3-1
3.1
Relevant Plans and Amendments
3-1
3.2
Management Decisions
3-2
3.2.1
Current Management of Resources
3-3
3.2.2
Air Resources
3-3
3.2.3
Geology
3-5
3.2.4
Soil Resources
3-5
3.2.5
Water Resources (Surface and Groundwater)
3-6
3.2.6
Vegetative Communities
3.2.7
Fish, Wildlife, and Habitat
3-10
3.2.8
Special Status Species
3-14
3.2.9
Cultural Resources
3-16
3.2.10
Wildland Fire Ecology and Management
3-19
3.2.11
Paleontological Resources
3-21
3.2.12
Visual Resources
3-22
3.2.13
Wilderness Characteristics
3-25
3.2.14
Cave and Karst Resources
3-26
3.3
3-8
Current Management of Resource Uses
3-28
3.3.1
Forestry and Woodland Products
3-28
3.3.2
Livestock Grazing
3-31
3.3.3
Minerals
3-36
3.3.4
Recreation and Visitor Services
3-42
3.3.5
Transportation and Access
3-46
3.3.6
Lands and Realty
3-49
3.3.7
Special Designations
3-53
3.3.8
Social and Economic
3-56
4.0—MANAGEMENT ADEQUACY AND OPPORTUNITIES
4-1
4.1
Resources
4-1
4.1.1
Air Quality
4-1
4.1.2
Geology
4-1
4.1.3
Soil, Water, and Watershed Resources
4-3
4.1.4
Vegetative Communities
4-6
4.1.5
Fish, Wildlife, and Habitat
4.1.6
Special Status Species
4-13
4.1.7
Wildland Fire Ecology and Management
4-13
4.1.8
Cultural Resources
4-14
4.1.9
Paleontological Resources
4-18
4.1.10
Visual Resources
4-20
4.1.11
Wilderness Characteristics
4-20
4.1.12
Cave and Karst
4-21
4.2
4-8
Resources Uses
4-23
4.2.1
Facilities
4-23
4.2.2
Forestry and Woodland Products
4-23
December 2009
TOC-ii
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
Table of Contents
4.3
4.2.3
Livestock Grazing
4-26
4.2.4
Minerals
4-32
4.2.5
Renewable Energy
4-33
4.2.6
Recreation and Visitor Services
4-33
4.2.7
Transportation and Access
4-35
4.2.8
Lands and Realty
4-36
4.2.9
Special Designations
4-39
4.2.10
Social and Economic Conditions
4-39
Areas of Relative Importance to Guide Land Uses and Management
4-39
5.0—CONSISTENCY/COORDINATION WITH OTHER PLANS
5-1
5.1
Air Resources
5-1
5.2
Soils
5-2
5.3
Water and Watershed Resources
5-2
5.3.1
Regional Water Plans
5-2
5.3.2
New Mexico State Water Plan
5-2
5.3.3
Source Water Assessment and Protection Program
5-3
5.4
Vegetative Communities
5-3
5.5
Fish, Wildlife, and Habitat
5-3
5.5.1
5-4
State Agencies
5.6
Special Status Species
5-4
5.7
Cultural Resources
5-4
5.7.1
Other Federal Agencies
5-4
5.7.2
State Agencies
5-5
5.7.3
City and County Plans
5-5
5.7.4
Other Plans
5-5
5.8
Wildland Fire and Ecology
5-6
5.8.1
Joint Powers Agreements/Operating Plans
5-6
5.8.2
Review and Update of the 1995 Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy and
National Fire Plan
5-7
5.9
Paleontological Resources
5-8
5.10
Wilderness Characteristics
5-9
5.11
Cave and Karst Resources
5-9
5.12
Recreation
5-9
5.12.1
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
5-9
5.12.2
National Management Strategy for Mountain Biking
5-9
5.12.3
New Mexico Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan 2004-2009
5.13
Transportation and Access
5.13.1
5-10
New Mexico Department of Transportation FY 2003–2008
Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
5.14
5-10
5-10
Public Safety
5-10
5.14.1
5-10
State Plans and Programs
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
TOC-iii
December 2009
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 6.0—LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS
6-1
6.1
Environment—General
6-1
6.1.1
BLM Land Use Planning Handbook H-1601-1
6-2
6.1.2
Council on Environmental Quality Regulations
6-2
6.1.3
Environmental Quality Improvement Act
6-2
6.1.4
Federal Land Policy and Management Act
6-2
6.1.5
National Environmental Policy Act
6-2
6.1.6
National Landscape Conservation System
6-3
6.1.7
Protection and Enhancement of Environmental Quality
6-3
6.1.8
Federal Action to Address Environmental Justice in Minority
Populations and Low-Income Populations
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6-3
Air Resources
6-4
6.2.1
6-4
Clean Air Act
Soil Resources
6-4
6.3.1
Federal Laws, Regulations, Statues, and Orders
6-4
6.3.2
State Laws and Regulations
6-5
Water Resources
6-5
6.4.1
Executive Order 11514
6-5
6.4.2
Executive Order 11752
6-5
6.4.3
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
6-5
6.4.4
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments
6-5
6.4.5
Floodplain Management
6-6
6.4.6
Clean Water Act
6-6
6.4.7
Protection of Wetlands
6-6
6.4.8
Safe Drinking Water Act
6-6
6.4.9
Water Resources Planning Act
6-6
6.4.10
Water Rights
6-6
6.4.11
BLM Policy
6-7
6.4.12
MOUs
6-8
6.4.13
State Laws and Regulations
6-8
Vegetative Communities
6-9
6.5.1
Federal Noxious Weed Act
6-9
6.5.2
Invasive Species
6.5.3
Noxious Plant Control Act
6-10
6.5.4
Public Rangelands Improvement Act
6-10
6.5.5
Carlson–Foley Act
6-10
6.5.6
Property and Resources
6-10
6.5.7
BLM Policy
6-10
6.5.8
State Laws and Regulations
6-10
6-9
Fish, Wildlife, and Habitat
6-11
6.6.1
Animal Damage Control Act
6-11
6.6.2
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
6-11
6.6.3
Conservation of Migratory Birds
6-11
December 2009
TOC-iv
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
Table of Contents
6.7
6.8
6.9
6.10
6.6.4
Endangered Species Act
6-11
6.6.5
Exotic Organisms
6-12
6.6.6
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
6-12
6.6.7
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
6-12
6.6.8
Recreational Fisheries
6-12
6.6.9
Sikes Act
6-13
6.6.10
BLM Policy
6-13
6.6.11
State Laws and Regulations
6-14
Wildland Fire Ecology and Management
6-15
6.7.1
6-15
Timber Protection Act
Cultural Resources
6-15
6.8.1
Act for the Preservation of Antiquities
6-15
6.8.2
Recreation and Public Purposes Act
6-16
6.8.3
Historic Sites Act
6-16
6.8.4
Reservoir Salvage Act
6-16
6.8.5
National Historic Preservation Act
6-16
6.8.6
National Environmental Policy Act
6-17
6.8.7
Executive Order 11593
6-17
6.8.8
Federal Land Policy and Management Act
6-17
6.8.9
Archaeological Resources Protection Act
6-17
6.8.10
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
6-18
6.8.11
National Trails System Act
6-18
6.8.12
Executive Order 13007
6-18
6.8.13
Executive Order 13287
6-18
6.8.14
Chacoan Outliers Protection Act
6-19
6.8.15
Galisteo Basin Archaeological Sites Protection Act
6-19
6.8.16
Policies
6-19
6.8.17
MOUs
6-20
6.8.18
State Laws and Regulations
6-21
6.8.19
Other Local
6-21
Paleontological Resources
6-21
6.9.1
Archeological and Paleontological Salvage for Federal Highway Projects
6-21
6.9.2
Archaeological Resources Protection Act
6-22
6.9.3
Federal Cave Resources Protection Act
6-22
6.9.4
Mineral Leasing Act
6-22
6.9.5
San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act
6-22
6.9.6
State Laws and Regulations
6-22
Visual Resources
6-23
6.10.1
BLM Policy
6-23
6.10.2
State Laws and Regulations
6-23
6.11
Wilderness Characteristics
6-23
6.12
Cave and Karst Resources
6-24
6.12.1
6-24
Federal Cave Resources Protection Act
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
TOC-v
December 2009
Table of Contents
6.13
6.14
6.15
6.16
6.12.2
National Antiquities Act
6-24
6.12.3
National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act
6-24
6.12.4
BLM Policy
6-24
6.12.5
MOUs
6-25
Recreation
6-25
6.13.1
Americans with Disabilities Act
6-25
6.13.2
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
6-25
6.13.3
National Parks and Recreation Act
6-27
6.13.4
National Trails System Act
6-27
6.13.5
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions Act
6-27
6.13.6
Visitor Services
6-27
6.13.7
Rules of Conduct
6-27
6.13.8
BLM Policy
6-28
6.13.9
New Mexico Laws and Regulations
6-28
Forestry and Woodland Products
6-29
6.14.1
Forest Service Authorities
6-29
6.14.2
Healthy Forests Initiative
6-29
6.14.3
Healthy Forests Restoration Act
6-29
6.14.4
Material Disposal Act
6-30
6.14.5
NEPA
6-30
6.14.6
Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act
6-30
6.14.7
Timber Protection Act
6-31
6.14.8
Tribal Forest Protection Act
6-31
6.14.9
BLM Policies
6-31
Livestock Grazing
6-31
6.15.1
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act
6-31
6.15.2
NEPA
6-31
6.15.3
Public Rangelands Improvement Act
6-32
6.15.4
Standards for Land Health
6-33
6.15.5
Taylor Grazing Act
6-33
6.15.6
MOUs
6-33
6.15.7
Other
6-34
Mineral Resources
6-34
6.16.1
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act
6-34
6.16.2
Domestic Minerals Program Extension Act
6-34
6.16.3
Energy Policy Act
6-34
6.16.4
Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act
6-34
6.16.5
Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act
6-35
6.16.6
General Mining Law
6-35
6.16.7
Geothermal Resources Leasing and Operations: Final Rule
6-35
6.16.8
Geothermal Steam Act
6-35
6.16.9
Materials Sales Act
6-35
6.16.10 Mineral Leasing Act
December 2009
6-36
TOC-vi
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
Table of Contents
6.17
6.18
6.19
6.20
6.21
6.22
6.16.11 Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands
6-36
6.16.12 Mineral Resources on Weeks Law Lands Act
6-36
6.16.13 Mining and Mineral Policy Act
6-36
6.16.14 National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research, and Development Act
6-36
6.16.15 Stock Raising Homestead Act
6-36
6.16.16 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
6-36
6.16.17 BLM Policy
6-37
6.16.18 NEPA
6-38
6.16.19 MOUs/JPAs
6-38
6.16.20 State Laws and Regulations
6-39
Renewalbe Energy
6-39
6.17.1
NEPA
6-39
6.17.2
BLM Policy
6-40
6.17.3
State Laws and Regulations
6-40
Transportation and Access
6-40
6.18.1
FLPMA
6-41
6.18.2
Off-Road Vehicles
6-41
6.18.3
Air Transportation
6-42
6.18.4
BLM Policy
6-42
6.18.5
State Laws and Regulations
6-44
Lands and realty
6-45
6.19.1
Desert Land Act
6-45
6.19.2
Exchanges of Public Land for Non-Federal Land
6-45
6.19.3
Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act
6-45
6.19.4
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act
6-45
6.19.5
Recreation and Public Purposes Act
6-45
6.19.6
Rights-of-Way
6-45
6.19.7
BLM Policy
6-47
Special Designations
6-47
6.20.1
Wilderness Act
6-47
6.20.2
Other Special Designations
6-48
Tribal Interests
6-48
6.21.1
Federal Laws, Regulations, Statues, and Orders
6-48
6.21.2
American Indian Religious Freedom Act
6-48
6.21.3
National Historic Preservation Act
6-48
6.21.4
Archaeological Resources Protection Act
6-48
6.21.5
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
6-49
6.21.7
Presidential Memorandum of April 29, 1994
6-49
6.21.8
Executive Order 13175
6-49
6.21.9
Presidential Memorandum of November 5, 2009
6-49
Public safety
6.22.1
6-49
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and
Liability Act
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
6-49
TOC-vii
December 2009
Table of Contents
6.23
6.24
6.22.2
Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act
6-50
6.22.3
Federal Compliance with Pollution Control Standards
6-50
6.22.4
Superfund Implementation
6-50
6.22.5
Federal Compliance with Right to Know Laws and Pollution Prevention Requirements 6-50
6.22.6
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
6-50
6.22.7
Toxic Substances Control Act
6-51
6.22.8
Pollution Prevention Act
6-51
6.22.9
Solid Waste Disposal Act
6-51
6.22.10 State Laws and Regulations
6-52
Social and Economic Conditions
6-53
6.23.1
Federal Laws, Regulations, Statutes, and Orders
6-53
6.23.2
BLM Policy
6-53
Other Federal Laws, Regulations, Statutes, or Orders
6-53
6.24.1
Base Closure and Realignment Act
6-53
6.24.2
Federal Advisory Committee Act
6-54
6.24.3
Federal Power Act
6-54
6.24.4
Federalism
6-54
6.24.5
Freedom of Information Act
6-55
6.24.6
Land and Water Conservation Fund
6-55
6.24.7
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs
6-55
6.24.8
Privacy Act of 1974
6-55
6.24.9
Regulatory Impact Analysis
6-56
6.24.10 Takings
6-56
7.0—SCOPING REPORT SUMMARY
7-1
8.0―LIST OF PREPARERS
8-1
9.0―GLOSSARY
9-1
10.0—REFERENCES CITED
10-1
TABLES
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10
2.11
2.12
2.13
2.14
2.15
2.16
Rio Puerco RMP Ecoregion Acres by Planning Unit
Emission Sources by County Summary
Typical Noise Levels by Source
Temperature and Precipitation Data, Albuquerque
Temperature and Precipitation Data, Gallup
PSD Class I Areas within the Study Area
Sensitive Class II Areas within the Study Area
Major Soil Mapping Units, Soil Names, and Surface Textures
USGS-Designated Watershed Areas for Planning and Decision Areas
Annual Precipitation and Snowfall Data for Selected Weather Stations
Applicable Portions of the New Mexico 303(D) List of Impaired Waters
Water Use of Counties within the Planning Area
MLRAs and LRUs in the Planning Area
LRUs by County within the Planning Area
Noxious Weeds Occurring within the Planning Area
Acres of Herbicide Application by Year and Species
December 2009
TOC-viii
2-2
2-17
2-23
2-26
2-26
2-39
2-40
2-68
2-84
2-85
2-88
2-90
2-99
2-100
2-101
2-103
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
Table of Contents
TABLES (CONT.)
2.17
2.18
2.19
2.20
2.21
2.22
2.23
2.24
2.25
2.26
2.27
2.28
2.29
2.30
2.31
2.32
2.33
2.34
2.35
2.36
2.37
2.38
2.39
2.40
2.41
2.42
2.43
2.44
2.45
2.46
2.47
2.48
2.49
2.50
2.51
2.52
2.53
2.54
2.55
2.56
2.57
2.58
2.59
2.60
2.61
2.62
2.63
2.64
2.65
2.66
2.67
2.68
2.69
Prescribed Fire on Public Land of the Planning Area 2001–2008
Class III Survey and Site Status for the Planning Area (All Jurisdictions) by Fiscal Year
Cultural Resource Surveys and Sites in the Planning Area
Cultural Components Recorded in the Planning Area
Linear Transportation Corridors within the Planning Area
Special-Status Cultural Resources in the Planning Area
Current Fire Regime Condition Classes
Fire Regime Condition Class Acreages by Planning Unit
Approved Fire Management Unit Category Overview
Description of Wildland Fire Management Strategies by FMU in the Planning Area
Description of Approved Fuels Management Treatments by FMU in the Planning Area
Wildland Fire History Trends on Public Land of the Planning Area 1980–2008
Prescribed Fire on Public Land of the Planning Area 2001–2008
Management Concerns by Potential Fossil Yield Classification
Planning Unit I Fossils Produced by Geologic Period
Acres by PFYC in Planning Unit 1
Planning Unit 2 Fossils Produced by Geologic Period
Acres by PFYC in Planning Unit 2
Planning Unit 3 Fossils Produced by Geologic Period
Acres by PFYC in Planning Unit 3
Planning Unit 4 Fossils Produced by Geologic Period
Acres by PFYC in Planning Unit 4
Planning Unit 5 Fossils Produced by Geologic Period
Acres by PFYC in Planning Unit 5
Cave and Karst Resources by Planning Unit (Acres)
Cave and Karst Potential by Planning Unit
Leased Assets
Summary of Owned Constructed Assets
Summary of Operation and Maintenance
Deferred Maintenance Costs
Forest Inventory Analysis for the Planning Area by County
Forest Inventory Analysis Data―Total Trees per Acre by Size Class
Standing Volume by Forest Type
Forest and Woodland Net Annual Growth
Acres of Forest Land by Percent of Maximum Stand Density
Stand Age Classes (Years) by Forest Type, 2000
Desired Forest Conditions by Management Emphasis/Treatment Alternative
Grazing Allotment Acreage by Ownership/Jurisdiction
Livestock Use of the Planning Area 1997–2008
AUMs Permitted in the El Malpais National Monument till December 31, 1997
Selective Management Categories by Planning Unit
Surface Management within the Planning Area
Types of Withdrawal by Planning Unit
Mineral Ownership by Planning Unit
Roads and Attributes in the Planning Area
1982 RMP Decisions for Special Management Areas
Identified Road Projects for 2009–2013
Special Designations
Pueblos and Tribes Located Entirely or Partially within the Planning Area
Pueblos and Tribes Not Located within the Planning Area, but that Have
Traditional Use Areas within the Planning Area
Number and Percent of Persons of Hispanic Origin (of Any Race)
Estimated Racial Composition of 2008 Population and Change since 2000
Share of Population Living below Poverty Level and Change
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
TOC-ix
2-104
2-122
2-123
2-125
2-126
2-127
2-132
2-133
2-134
2-135
2-136
2-137
2-139
2-143
2-133
2-146
2-147
2-148
2-149
2-149
2-150
2-151
2-152
2-154
2-170
2-171
2-175
2-175
2-176
2-177
2-179
2-180
2-182
2-183
2-183
2-183
2-184
2-186
2-186
2-189
2-192
2-195
2-198
2-206
2-235
2-237
2-239
2-241
2-250
2-251
2-264
2-264
2-269
December 2009
Table of Contents
TABLES (CONT.)
2.70
2.71
2.72
2.73
2.74
2.75
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12
3.13
3.14
3.15
3.16
3.17
3.18:
3.19
3.20
3.21
Estimated Annual Employment and Labor Income Contributions
Annual AUM Authorizations in the RPFO
Racial and Ethnic Composition of Farm Operators
RPFO Expenditures and Employment
Current Role of RPFO Contributions in the Impact Area Economy
Specialization by County in the Impact Area
List of Relevant Plans and Amendments
Current Management of Air Resources
Current Management of Soil Resources
Current Management of Water Resources
Current Management of Vegetative Resources
Current Management of Fish and Wildlife
Current Management of Special-Status Species
Current Management of Cultural Resources
Current Management of Wildland Fire Ecology and Management
Current Management of Visual Resources
Acres of Public Land within Each VRM Class in Planning Units
Current Management of Wilderness Characteristics
Current Management of Forestry and Woodland Products
Current Management of Livestock Grazing
Current Management of Minerals
Current Oil and Gas Lease Stipulations
Current Management of Recreation
Current Management of Transportation and Access
Current Management of Lands and Realty
Plans and Amendments relevant to SMAs and Special Designation Areas
Current Management of Tribal Interests
2-272
2-274
2-275
2-279
2-281
2-283
3-1
3-5
3-6
3-7
3-9
3-10
3-15
3-18
3-20
3-22
3-25
3-26
3-29
3-32
3-37
3-39
3-42
3-48
3-49
3-53
3-56
FIGURES
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10
2.11
2.12
2.13
2.14
2.15
2.16
2.17
2.18
2.19
2.20
2.21
2.22
CASTNet Station Map USA
Wind Velocity, Jemes, New Mexico
Background Concentrations of Air Pollutants in/near the Planning Area 2008
Best Visibility
Annual Visibility near the Rio Puerco Planning Area, Bandelier National Monument
San Pedro Visibility
Hydrogen Ion Concentration
Temperature Increases since 1976
Rate of Long-Term Trend Temperature Change
Rate of Long-Term Trend Precipitation Change
Carbon Monoxide Concentrations in the Planning Area, Unit 2
Carbon Monoxide Concentrations in the Planning Area, Unit 4
Mean Annual Nitrogen Dioxide in the Planning Area
Ozone Concentration in the Planning Area, Unit 2
PM10 Concentration in the Planning Area
PM2.5 Concentration in the Planning Area, Unit 2
PM2.5 Concentration in the Planning Area, Unit 4
Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations near the Planning Area
Mean Annual Precipitation pH near the Planning Area
Total Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition in Mesa Verde National Park
Stratigraphic Chart for the Planning Area
Stratigraphic Cross Section
December 2009
TOC-x
2-9
2-16
2-17
2-19
2-20
2-21
2-22
2-24
2-25
2-25
2-28
2-29
2-29
2-31
2-32
2-33
2-34
2-35
2-37
2-38
2-45
2-47
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
Table of Contents
FIGURES (CONT.)
2.23
2.24
2.25
2.26
2.27
2.28
2.29
2.30
2.31
2.32
2.33
2.34
2.35
2.36
2.37
2.38
2.39
2.40
2.41
2.42
2.43
2.44
Dakota Sandstone Aquifer
Mancos Shell
Mesa Group Division
Aquifers in the Region of the Planning Area
Rio Grande Aquifer
Colorado Plateau Aquifer
Average Total Monthly Precipitation in the Planning Area
Annual Estimate of Population for Counties in the Planning Area
Distribution Age Class Densities for the Inventory of Forest and Woodlands
Coal Fields―Planning Unit 1
Oil and Gas Pools
Coal Fields―Planning Unit 4
Known Geothermal Resource Areas―Planning Unit 4
Mining―Coal Deposits, Planning Units 4 and 5
Potential Mining Districts
Impact Area Counties
Population Change for Counties within the Impact Area
Impact Area Industry Employment Distribution
Average Annual Unemployment Rates of Six-County Economic Impact Area
Economic Impact Area Labor Income Distribution
Oil and Gas Production in Sandoval County
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Attributable to BLM Entitlement Category
2-57
2-58
2-59
2-75
2-76
2-79
2-86
2-163
2-180
2-209
2-212
2-213
2-215
2-221
2-223
2-258
2-262
2-264
2-266
2-270
2-278
2-277
APPENDICES
A
2009 New Mexico Noxious Weed List
B
Best Management Practices
C
Vegetation Treatment Mitigation Measures
D
Plant Communities and Wildlife for…
E
Management Category…
F
Rio Puerco Planning Area Cultural Resources on non-BLM Lands Listed on the NRHP
G
Summary of Owned Constructed Assets
H
Description of Grazing Allotments in Planning Area
I
Type of Grazing Management Systems
J
Rangeland Improvements
K
Rio Puerco Stipulations
L
Coal Unsuitability Criteria
M
Renewable Energy
N
Employment Specialization
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
TOC-xi
December 2009
Table of Contents
MAPS (IN A SEPARATE BINDER)
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10
2.11
2.12
2.13
2.14
2.15
2.16
2.17
2.18
2.19
2.20
2.21
2.22
2.23
2.24
2.25
2.26
2.27
2.28
2.29
2.30
2.31
2.32
2.33
2.34
2.35
2.36
2.37
2.38
2.39
2.40
2.41
2.42
2.43
2.44
2.45
2.46
Rio Puerco Field Office
Rio Puerco Planning Units Map
Planning Unit 1
Planning Unit 2
Planning Unit 3
Planning Unit 4
Planning Unit 5
RPFO Ecoregions Defined by EPA
Air Resources
Geology Resources of the Planning Area
2.3 — Legend
Physiographic Provinces in New Mexico
Soil Mapping Units in the Planning Area
Hydrologic Unit Classifications in the Planning Area
Fire Regime – Geographic Location
Fire Management Units – FMU Categories
Potential Fossil Yield Classification Map
Current VRM Classes
Grazing Allotment Map
Lands and Realty - Rights-of-way
Lands and Realty - Surface Management
Lands and Realty - Land Ownership Adjustments
Federal Mineral Ownership
Current Oil and Gas Leases by Planning Unit
Coal and Mining Districts
Mining Claim Locations
Solid Mineral Mining Operations
Torrejon SMA
Torrejon East ACEC
Torrejon West ACEC
Pelon SMA
Homestead SMA
Canon Jarido SMA
Jones Canyon SMA
Jones Canyon ACEC
Headcut SMA
San Luis Raptor SMA
San Luis Raptor ACEC
La Lena WSA
Azabache Station SMA
Cabezon Peak SMA
Cabezon Peak ACEC
Cabezon Peak WSA
Ignacio Chavez SMA
Ignacio Chavez WSA
Chamisa WSA
Big Bead Mesa SMA
Canon Tapia SMA
Canon Tapia ACEC
Guadalupe Ruin & Community SMA
Elk Springs SMA & Juana Lopez RNA
Elk Springs ACEC
Ojito SMA
Ojito ACEC
December 2009
TOC-xii
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
Table of Contents
MAPS (IN A SEPARATE BINDER) (CONT.)
.47
2.48
2.49
2.50
2.51
2.52
2.53
2.54
2.55
3.1
Ball Ranch SMA/ACEC
Pronoun Cave Complex SMA
Pronoun Cave Complex ACEC
Continental Divide Trail
Wagon Road Trail SMA
Petaca Pinta SMA
Petaca Pinta WSA
Bluewater Canyon SMA
Bluewater Canyon SCEC
Travel Management Plan
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation
TOC-xiii
December 2009
Table of Contents
Page intentionally left blank.
December 2009
TOC-xiv
Rio Puerco Field Office RMP/EIS
Analysis of the Management Situation