Shay Canyon

Land Use Plan:	Monticello Resource Management Plan
Acreage:	119
Date:	November 2008
Values:	Cultural
Management Guidance:	Off-highway vehicle (OHV) and mechanized travel limited to designated routes. No surface disturbance for vegetation, watershed, or wildlife treatments/improvements. No surface occupancy for oil and gas. Open to geophysical exploration as long as it is consistent with the objectives of the ACEC. Grazing restricted to trailing only. With the exception of side canyons, hiking limited to designated trails. Open to mineral entry with an approved plan of operations to avoid impacts to cultural and paleontological resources. Closed to disposal of mineral materials. Campfires not allowed. Unavailable for private or commercial use of woodland products including on-site collection of dead wood for campfires. Recreation use may be limited if cultural and paleontological resources are impacted. Managed as Visural Resource Management (VRM) Class II. VRM Class II areas are where changes in any of the basic elements (form, line, color, texture) caused by a surface-disturbing activity should not be evident in the characteristic landscape. Contrasts must not attract attention. Closed to camping. Rights-of-way avoidance area. A Cultural Resource Management Plan consistent with the goals and objectives of the Resource Management Plan (RMP) will be written for Shay Canyon ACEC and will not require a plan amendment to the RMP.