Land Use Allocations and Resource Programs

This section provides a description of objectives, land use allocations, and management actions/direction for the resource management plan. The term "land use allocations" is used in two ways. First, it pertains to the major land use allocations derived from the SEIS and its record of decision (e.g., Riparian Reserves and Late-Successional Reserves) and the other resource program allocations of this resource management plan. The second use pertains to data and text describing specific allocations (e.g., acres, miles, and number of sites) under each major land use allocation and resource program.

The rest of this Land Use Allocations and Resource Programs description has two major parts:

Major land use allocations— objectives, allocations, and management actions/direction for each major land use allocation; and
Resource programs— objectives, allocations, and management actions/direction for each resource program.

Although described separately, each of these elements contributes collectively and cumulatively to meeting the overall management strategy and must be considered together to accurately reflect the concept of ecosystem management. There is some duplication of objectives and management actions/direction for major land use allocations and resource programs. A reader interested in either topic will find a basic package of related management guidance in one location.

All management actions/direction in this resource management plan are subject to refinement through planning based on watershed analysis and the adaptive management process. In some areas, land use allocations overlap. A hierarchy of allocations and related management actions/direction will be used to guide plan implementation (see the SEIS record of decision, appendix A-2).

Most resource programs have basic requirements for activities such as inventory, site-specific analysis, planning, and environmental assessment prior to project implementation and monitoring after project implementation. Inherent in the resource management plan is a BLM commitment to continue these activities in the future. For the sake of simplifying text, these activities are generally not repeated in the management actions/direction that follow.