BLM/BIA FMG RMPA/EIS

4. BLM Alternatives

Liil Neilozi (BLM) Binahat’ah Alkeesiniligiih

Summary of BLM Alternatives

No Action Alternative

  • Continues management direction in 2003 RMP

  • Goals and objectives for BLM-managed surface lands and federal minerals would not change

  • Appropriate and allowable uses and restrictions would remain the same

  • No stipulations or closures around CCNHP boundary or Chacoan roads and outliers

 

Liil Neilozi (BLM) Binahat’ah Alkeesiniligiih

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4. BLM Alternatives

Alternative A

  • Focus on enhancing habitats with measures designed to support natural ecosystems; greatest number and extent of measures

  • Integrates adaptive management and prioritizes natural and nonrenewable resource programs

  • Vegetation managed to support resiliency

  • Closure and NSO stipulations around and outside CCNHP boundary

Alternative B

  • Focus on preservation of Chacoan and cultural landscapes

  • Prioritize cultural and paleontological properties, including specific measures proposed by stakeholders

  • Sub-Alternatives B1 and B2 would involve closures to oil and gas leasing for varying distances around the CCNHP and the boundaries of Pueblo Pintado and Kin Bineola

Alternative C (Preferred Alternative)

  • Focus on balancing community needs and development while enhancing land health

  • Emphasis on tribal and local perspective of the landscape

  • Sub-Alternatives C1-C6 involve:

    • NSO stipulations and closures to oil and gas leasing for varying distances around the CCNHP boundary and boundaries of Pueblo Pintado and Kin Bineola

Alternative D

  • Maximize resources that target economic outcomes while sustaining land health

  • Promotes development of fluid mineral resources

  • Would emphasize other multiple uses as a priority over protecting wilderness characteristics

  • No closures or stipulations to areas around CCNHP boundary or Chacoan roads and outliers

Next Station

 

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