EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Biological Evaluation for Terrestrial And
RGNF and SLRA-BLM – Soil, Watershed and Fisheries Conservation Treatments Biological Evaluation for Terrestrial and Aquatic Species EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Biological Evaluation for Terrestrial and Aquatic Fish and Wildlife Species – Soil, Watershed and Fisheries Conservation Treatments on the Rio Grande National Forest and San Luis Valley Resource Area, BLM - Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Hinsdale, Custer, San Juan and Archuleta Counties, Colorado June 2003 Proposed Action Location: The proposed actions are located across the Rio Grande National Forest, which includes approximately 1,852,000 acres of National Forest System lands. These NFS lands are located in Township 25 South through Township 29 South; Range 72 West and 73 West of the Sixth Principle Meridian; Alamosa, Costilla and Saguache, Colorado; and Township 48 North through Township 32 North; Range 12 East through Range 6 West, New Mexico Principal Meridians; Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Hinsdale, Custer, San Juan and Archuleta Counties, Colorado. The proposed actions are also located across the San Luis Resource Area, which includes approximately 530,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management lands. Purpose and Need: This evaluation assesses the relative effects of soil, water and fisheries conservation treatments. Although soil, water and fisheries conservation treatments are included in existing programs guided by the recently revised Rio Grande National Forest - Land and Resource Management Plan [“Forest Plan”] and associated Biological Evaluation developed at that time (USDA-FS 1996a, USDI-FWS 1996b), this proposal would facilitate a more timely response to immediate watershed conservation needs. Similarly, this evaluation assesses the same soil, water and fisheries conservation treatments in association with the Bureau of Land Management - Resource Management Plan for the San Luis Resource Area [“SLRA’] and Record of Decision 1991 [“BLM RMP”] and Colorado Public Land Health Standards (USDI-BLM 1997).
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