Proposed Resource Management Plan & Final Environmental Impact Statement (September 2011)

• Notice of Availability & Summary
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Alternatives
  • Map 2-1: Wildlife Habitat Management – Alternative A
  • Map 2-2: Wildlife Habitat Management – Alternatives B-D
  • Map 2-3: Special Status Species Management – Alternatives A
  • Map 2-4: Special Status Species Management – Alternatives B-C
  • Map 2-5: Special Status Species Management – Alternative D
  • Map 2-6: Visual Resources Management – Alternative A
  • Map 2-7: Visual Resources Management – Alternative B
  • Map 2-8: Visual Resources Management – Alternative C
  • Map 2-9: Visual Resources Management – Alternative D
  • Map 2-10: Lands Managed to Protect Wilderness Characteristics – Alternative B
  • Map 2-11: Lands Managed to Protect Wilderness Characteristics – Alternative C
  • Map 2-12: Recreation Management Zones – Alternative B
  • Map 2-13: Recreation Management Zones – Alternative C
  • Map 2-14: Recreation Management Zones – Alternative D
  • Map 2-15: Utility Corridors and Right-of-Way Authorizations – Alternative A
  • Map 2-16: Utility Corridors and Right-of-Way Authorizations – Alternative B
  • Map 2-17: Utility Corridors and Right-of-Way Authorizations – Alternative C
  • Map 2-18: Utility Corridors and Right-of-Way Authorizations – Alternative D
  • Map 2-19: Travel Management – Alternative A
  • Map 2-20: Travel Management – Alternative B
  • Map 2-21: Travel Management – Alternative C
  • Map 2-22: Travel Management – Alternative D
• Chapter 3 - Affected Environment
  • Map 3-1: Nonattainment Areas
  • Map 3-2: Sensitive and Fragile Soils
  • Map 3-3: Surface Water Basin
  • Map 3-4: Vegetation
  • Map 3-5: Sonoran Desert Tortoise Habitat Management Units
  • Map 3-6: Visual Resource Inventory Classes
  • Map 3-7: Federal Mineral Estate
  • Map 3-8: Mineral Districts, Mining Claims, and Salable Mineral Material Source Areas
  • Map 3-9: Grazing Allotments
  • Map 3-10: Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
• Chapter 4 - Environmental Consequences
• Chapter 5 - Consultation and Coordination 
• Glossary, References, and Index

• Appendix A – Presidential Proclamation 7320
• Appendix B – Planning Criteria
• Appendix C – Grazing Administration Guidelines
• Appendix D – Administrative Actions
• Appendix E – Conservation Measures
• Appendix F – Ephemeral/Perennial Classification Criteria
• Appendix G – Route Inventory and Evaluation
• Appendix H – Waterman Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• Appendix I – Recreational Shooting Analysis
  • Map I-1: Sonoran Desert Tortoise Habitat
  • Map I-2: Significant Vegetation Areas
  • Map I-3: Rare and Unique Plants
  • Map I-4: Vegetation Habitat Management Areas (Proposed RMP)
  • Map I-5: Desert Bighorn Sheep, Wildlife Habitat Management Area (Proposed RMP)
  • Map I-6: Visual Resources from Main Roads
  • Map I-7: Combined Sensitive Resources
  • Map I-8: Shooting Noise Sensitive Areas
  • Map I-9: Potentially Safe Shooting Terrain
  • Map I-10: Site Visit Locations
• Appendix J – Response to Public Comment
• Appendix K – Utility Corridor Analysis

Draft Resource Management Plan / Draft Environmental Impact Statement (March 2007)

Historical Reference Material

• Phoenix Resource Management Plan (December 1988, 6.5M)
• Eastern Arizona Grazing Draft Environmental Impact Statement (September 1985, 10M)
• Eastern Arizona Grazing Final Environmental Impact Statement (September 1986, 3M)
• Record of Decision for the Phoenix District Portion of the Eastern Arizona Grazing Environmental Impact Statement and Rangeland Program Summary (September 1987, 1M)
• Proclamation Establishing the Ironwood Forest National Monument (June 2000)

If you have questions, concerns, or want to find out more information about the Ironwood Forest National Monument planning process, please contact:

Laura Olais, Acting Monument Manager, 520-258-7242;
or Darrell Tersey, Natural Resource Specialist, 520-258-7218

or write to:
 Tucson Field Office, 
2661 E. Broadway, 
Tucson, AZ 85748

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