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Appendices, Browns Canyon National Monument BLM Mission The Bureau of Land Management's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. USFS Mission The mission of the USDA Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. BLM/CO/PL-20/008 Cover photo credit: Logan Myers Browns Canyon National Monument Proposed Resource Management Plan / Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2: Appendices Prepared by U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office Cañon City, Colorado and U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands Salida, Colorado April 2020 This page intentionally left blank. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Appendix A. Bibliography Appendix B. Glossary Appendix C. Key Word Index Appendix D. Maps Appendix E. Laws, Regulations, Policies, Guidance, and Monument Resources, Objects, and Values Appendix F. Consultation and Coordination Appendix G. Best Management Practices Reference List Appendix H. Updated Evaluation of Relevance and Importance Criteria Appendix I. Wild and Scenic River Study Appendix J. Cumulative Impact Methodology and Past, Present, and Reasonably Foreseeable Future Actions Appendix K. Mitigation Strategy, Adaptive Management, and Monitoring Measures Appendix L. Management Zones Frameworks for Recreation and Visitor Services Appendix M. USFS Wilderness Inventory Suitability Determination Appendix N. Draft RMP/EIS Comment Analysis Report Browns Canyon National Monument i Proposed Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement April 2020 Table of Contents This page intentionally left blank. Browns Canyon National Monument ii Proposed Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement April 2020 Appendix A. Bibliography Appendix A. Bibliography Browns Canyon National Monument A-i Proposed Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement April 2020 Appendix A. Bibliography This page intentionally left blank. Browns Canyon National Monument A-ii Proposed Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement April 2020 Appendix A. Bibliography Adams, et. al. 2017. “Temperature Response Surfaces for Mortality Risk of Tree Species with Future Drought.” Environmental Research Letters, Volume 12, Number 11. Available online at: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa93be/meta. Accessed December 18, 2017. Bartlett G., Cerveney L., Golomb J., Harner J. 2017. Social Landscape Assessment of Browns Canyon National Monument. Beck, Jeffery L., D.L. Mitchell. 2000. “Influences of livestock grazing on sage grouse habitat.” Wildlife Society Bulletin. 2000. 28(4):993-1002. Briske, D.D., J.D. Derner, J.R. Brown, S.D. Fuhlendorf, W.R. Teague, K.M. Havstad, and W.D. Williams. 2008. “Rotational grazing on rangelands: Reconciliation of perception and experimental evidence.” Rangeland Ecology & Management 61:3-17. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). 2019. Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for U.S. City Average. Department of Labor. Accessible online at: https://www.bls.gov/regions/mid- atlantic/data/consumerpriceindexhistorical1967base_us_table.htm. Accesses July 26, 2019. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 1984. Visual Resource Management. BLM Manual MS-8400. U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). April 5. Available online at: https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/uploads/mediacenter_blmpolicymanual8400.pdf. 1991a. Report to Congress regarding Browns Canyon WSA CO-050-002. 1983 Buena Vista East Colorado 15’ Quadrangle Black Line Map; SE ¼ N3845 – W10600/7.5. 1991b. Report to Congress regarding Browns Canyon WSA CO-050-002. 1983 Nathrop Colorado 15’Quadrangle Black Line Map; NE ¼ N3837.5 – W10600/7.5. 1993. Royal Gorge Resource Area Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement. Appendix L, Wild and Scenic River Study Report. September. Available: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front- office/projects/lup/68393/87766/105021/RGFO_Draft_RMP_1996.pdf. Accessed August 22, 2019. 1995. Royal Gorge Resource Area Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement. BLM Cañon City District. January. 1996. Royal Gorge Resource Area Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan. BLM Cañon City District. May. 1997. Standards for Public Land Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management. DOI, BLM. Colorado State Office. Lakewood, Colorado. February 3, 1997. 1998. Riparian Area Management, A User Guide to Assessing Proper Functioning Condition and the Supporting Science for Lotic Areas. Technical Reference 1737-15. Available online at: https://www.blm.gov/or/programs/nrst/files/Final%20TR%201737-15.pdf. Accessed January 2, 2018. 2005 & 2017. Royal Gorge Field Office Public Land Health Assessment Evaluation 2005 and 2017. GIS Data. 2013a. COF-020-005 Railroad Gulch Wilderness Characteristics Inventory Form. 2013b. COF-020-044 Browns Canyon North, Ruby Mountain Wilderness Characteristics Inventory Form. 2014. Manual H-8320-1 – Planning for Recreation and Visitor Services. Release 8-85. August 22, 2014. DOI, BLM. Browns Canyon National Monument A-1 Proposed Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement April 2020 Appendix A. Bibliography . 2015a. Analysis of the Management Situation for the Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan. DOI, BLM. Royal Gorge Field Office, Cañon City, CO. June. Available online at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front- office/projects/lup/39877/59426/64617/AMS_for_Eastern_CO_RMP.4.pdf. Accessed January 3, 2018. 2015b. Final Wild and Scenic River Eligibility Report for the Royal Gorge Field Office. December 2015. DOI, BLM. 2015c. Royal Gorge Field Office Visual Resource Inventory. April 2015. 2018a. Properly Functioning Condition Data for Browns Canyon National Monument Planning Assessment. Transmitted by Joseph Vieira January 8, 2018. 2018b. BLM Colorado State Office geospatial datasets extracted from BLM’s LR2000 database. Available via ArcGIS REST Services Directory at: https://www.blm.gov/site-page/services-geospatial- gis-data-colorado. Accessed February 6, 2020. 2019a. Programs: Lands and Realty: Land Tenure: Recreation and Public Purposes Act block Available online at: https://www.blm.gov/basic/programs-lands-and-realty-land-tenure-recreation-and- public-purposes-act-block. Accessed July 10, 2019. 2019b. Wild & Scenic River Suitability Report—Royal Gorge Field Office: April 2019 Draft: A Supplement to the Eastern Colorado Draft Resource Management Plan. Cañon City, CO: DOI, BLM, Royal Gorge Field Office. Available online at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front- office/projects/lup/39877/175086/212684/WSR_Suitability_Rept_RGFO--- Draft_ECRMP_supplement.pdf. Accessed September 10, 2019. BLM and U.S. Forest Service (USFS). 2018a. Browns Canyon National Monument Management Plan – Environmental Impact Statement Planning Assessment. February 2018. 2018b. Browns Canyon National Monument Management Plan – Environmental Impact Statement Baseline Socioeconomic Report. April 2018. 2019a. Browns Canyon National Monument Management Plan – Environmental Impact Statement Planning Criteria Report. March 2019. 2019b. Browns Canyon National Monument Management Plan – Environmental Impact Statement Final Scoping Report. July 2019. Chaffee County. 2017. Chaffee County, Colorado, Resolution 2017-35 Opposing the Curtailment or Elimination of Grazing Allotments on Federal Public Lands. http://chaffeecounty.org/EndUserFiles/57254.pdf. Accessed August 23, 2019. Cole, D.N., and P.B. Landres. 1995. “Indirect effects of recreation on wildlife.” In Wildlife and Recreationists – Coexistence Through Management and Research. Washington, DC: Island Press. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). 2015a. Section 303(d) Listing Methodology, 2016 Listing Cycle. Water Quality Control Division, Denver, Colorado. March. Available online at: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/303dLM2016.pdf. Accessed October 23, 2017. 2015b. 2015 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Assessment. Available online at: https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/tech_doc_repository.aspx?action=open&file=2015_CO_5yr_Net work_Assessment.pdf. Accessed December 8, 2017. 2017. Colorado Air Quality Data Report 2016. 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