Three Rivers resource management plan, record of decision, and rangeland program summary
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Date
1992-09
Authors
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Burns District
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Abstract
Implementation of the Plan would result in improvement of water quality
on 98 miles of stream; decadal timber harvest would be approximately 5.4 million board feet from 7,722 acres of
commercial forest land: forage allocations of 150,472 AUMs for livestock annually, 5,808 AUMs for wild horses
and burros annually, and 7,836 AUMs competitive forage for big game annually; improvement in wetland, aquatic,
and playa habitats: aggressive management of special status species and their habitats; administration of 17,056
acres as a Special Recreation Management Area; recommendation, through a legislative EIS, of 5.4 miles of river
for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; retention of 17,456 acres, and addition of 77,593
acres as Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs); approximately 36,704 acres of public land would be
considered for sale or exchange under various authorities over the life of the plan; provision for mineral exploration
and development would be maintained: soil, air quality, and recreation resources would be protected. Record of decision approves implementation of Plan.
Description
450 pp. Tables, maps, appendices, glossary, illus.
The Three Rivers PA contains 1,709,918 acres of public land
that lie within portions of Harney (1 ,587,073 acres), Grant
(8,484 acres), Lake (31,505 acres) and Malheur Counties
(22,856 acres) (Map GEN-2). The PA contains approximately
51,501 acres which are within the Lakeview District
(31,344 acres Federal, 18,562 acres State, 1495 acres
private), but that are administered by the Three Rivers
Resource Area (RA).
Captured August 7, 2007.
Keywords
Public lands -- Oregon -- Burns Region -- Management, Land use -- Oregon -- Burns Region -- Planning