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Management Situation Analysis (MSA)

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MSA Table of Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Glossary Acronyms Appendices  Maps Map 1.1-1 Overview Map Map 1.1-2 Rawlins Field Office Area Map 3.1-1 Air Quality PSD Class I Areas Map 3.4-1 Forest Type & Stand Delineation Map 3.6-1 Surface Ownership Map 3.6-2 Federally Owned Mineral Rights Map 3.7-1 Rawlins Allotments Map 3.8-1 Major Geologic Units of the Rawlins Planning Area Map 3.8-2 Major Structural Elements of the Rawlins Planning Area Map 3.8-3 Rawlins Topography & Landmarks Map 3.8-4 Major Oil & Gas Field Locations Map 3.11-1 Recreation Sites Map 3.11-2 Special Recreation Management Areas Map 3.13-1 Statewide Soil Zones from 1987 RMP/EIS Map 3.14-1 Transportation Network Map 3.15-1 Ecological Provinces Map 3.15-2 GAP Vegetation Map & NWI Wetland Data Map 3.16-1 Visual Resource Management Classes Map 3.17-1 Fourth Order Watershed Map 3.18-1a Wild Horse Locations in 1971 Map 3.18-1b Wild Horse Management Areas Map 3.19-1 Antelope Crucial Winter Range & Herd Management Areas Map 3.19-2 Mule Deer Herd Management Areas & Crucial Winter Ranges Map 3.19-3 Elk Crucial Winter Range with Parturition Areas Map 3.19-4 Waterfowl Management Areas Map 3.19-5 Sage Grouse Leks Map 3.19-6 Upland Game, Small Game, Furbearer Management Areas Map 3.19-7 Raptor Concentration Areas Map 3.20-1 Wilderness Study Areas Map 3.20-2 ACECs-Como Bluff , Sand Hills, Jep Canyon, Shamrock Hills

Figures Figure 2.2.3-1 Flowchart for Management of Wildland Fire Figure 3.1-1a Mean Monthly Temperatures in the Great Divide Region Figure 3.1-1b Mean Monthly Maximum Temperatures in Rawlins, Wyoming Figure 3.1-1c Mean Monthly Maximum Temperatures in Centennial, Wyoming Figure 3.1-2a Mean Monthly Precipitation in the Rawlins RMPPA Region Figure 3.1-2b Mean Monthly Snowfall in the Rawlins RMPPA Region Figure 3.1-2c Mean Monthly Precipitation Trend in Rawlins, Wyoming Figure 3.1-2d Mean Monthly Precipitation in Centennial, Wyoming Figure 3.1-2e Mean Annual Total Precipitation Trend in the Rawlins RMPPA Region Figure 3.1-3 Capacity to Disperse Air Pollutants in Rock Springs, Wyoming Figure 3.1-4 Wind Rose for Centennial Figure 3.1-5a Mean Annual Concentrations of Nitrogen Compounds in Centennial, Wyoming Figure 3.1-5b Mean Annual Concentrations of Nitrogen Compounds in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Figure 3.1-6a Weekly Concentrations of Nitrate, Centennial, Wyoming Figure 3.1-6b Weekly Concentrations of Ammonium, Centennial, Wyoming Figure 3.1-7a Mean Annual Concentrations of Sulfur Compounds in Centennial, Wyoming Figure 3.1-7b Mean Annual Concentrations of Sulfur Compounds in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Figure 3.1-8a Weekly Concentrations of SO2 in Centennial, Wyoming Figure 3.1-8b Weekly Concentrations of SO4 in Centennial, Wyoming Figure 3.1-9 Mean Annual Ozone Concentrations In the Rawlins RMPPA Region Figure 3.1-10 Visibility in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Figure 3.1-11 Mean Annual Precipitation pH in the Great Divide Region Figure 3.1-12a Mean Annual Wet Deposition in the Snowy Range in Wyoming Figure 3.1-12b Mean Annual Wet Deposition in South Pass City, Wyoming Figure 3.1-13a Mean Annual Dry Deposition of Sulfur & Nitrogen Compounds in the Snowy Range in Wyoming Figure 3.1-13b Mean Annual Dry Deposition of Sulfur & Nitrogen Compounds in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Figure 3.1-14a Total Nitrogen Deposition in the Snowy Range in Wyoming Figure 3.1-14b Total Sulfur Deposition in the Snowy Range in Wyoming Figure 3.12-1 Land Ownership-Four County Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-2 Land Ownership-Rawlins RMPPA Figure 3.12-3 Population Estimate for Counties in the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-4 Ethnicity in the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-5 Unemployment Rate in the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-6 Employment by Industry in the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-7 Percentage of Gross Earnings by Industry in the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-8 Local Assessed Property in the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-9 Historic Gas Production in the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-10 Historic Production of Oil in the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-11 State Assessed Property in the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-12 Annual PILT Payments in the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-13 Percent of Minority Population by County in Wyoming, Including the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.12-14 Median Household Income & Poverty Rate by County for Wyoming, Including the Socioeconomic Study Area Figure 3.18-1 Wild Horse Population Fluctuations in Two of the Rawlins RMPPA Horse Management Areas Figure 3.19-1 Pronghorn Harvest in Wyoming & Major Herd Management Areas Within the Rawlins RMPPA Figure 3.19-2 Pronghorn Harvest by Major Herd Management Unit Within the Rawlins RMPPA Figure 3.19-3 Mule Deer Harvest in Wyoming & Major Herd Management Areas Within the Rawlins RMPPA Figure 3.19-4 Mule Deer Harvest by Major Herd Management Unit Within the Rawlins RMPPA Figure 3.19-5 Elk Harvest in Wyoming & Major Herd Management Areas Within the Rawlins RMPPA Figure 3.19-6 Elk Harvest by Major Herd Management Unit in the Rawlins RMPPA Figure 3.19-7 Harvest of Other Big Game Species in Wyoming Figure 3.19-8 Wyoming Harvest Data for Waterfowl, Other Water Birds, & Upland Game Birds Figure 3.19-9 Harvest of Waterfowl & Other Water Birds in the Major Management Areas of the Rawlins RMPPA Figure 3.19-10 Harvest of Upland Game Species in Major Management Areas of the Rawlins RMPPA

Tables Table 1.1-1 Land & Minerals Ownership & Administrative Jurisdiction within the Rawlins Field Office Table 1.4-1 The BLM Land Use Planning Process Steps Table 2.1.6-1 Withdrawal Summary Table 2.1.7-1 Minimum Monitoring Standards Table 2.1.8-1 Acreages with Seasonal & Surface Disturbance Restrictions Table 2.1.18-1 Ranking of Standard Habitat Types Table 2.3.6-1 Summary of Withdrawls Table 3.1-1 Concentrations of Criteria Air Pollutants Table 3.1-2 Summary of Air Quality in the Vicinity of the Rawlins RMPPA Table 3.4-1 Scientific Names for Plants & Animals Mentioned as Occurring Within the Rawlins RMPPA Table 3.5-1 List of Hazardous Constituents Potentially Used or Produced During Construction, Drilling, Production, & Reclamation Associated with Oil & Gas Operations Table 3.6.1 Lands & Mineral Ownership & Administrative Jurisdiction within the Rawlins RMPPA Table 3.6-2 Well Pad Sizes for Oil & Gas Development Proposed in the RMPPA Table 3.7-1 Cattle & Sheep Numbers in Albany, Carbon, & Laramie Counties from 1905 to 2000 Table 3.7-2 Livestock Actual Use in Animal Unit Months (AUMs) for the Rawlins RMPPA from 1991 to 2000 Table 3.7-3 Table of Range Allotment Information for the Rawlins RMPPA. Table 3.8-1 Rawlins RMPPA Well Status on April 1, 2002 Table 3.8-2 Known Locatable Minerals Deposits in the Rawlins RMPPA Table 3.9-1 Participants & Visitor Days Associated with OHV Use in the RMPPA. Table 3.10-1 Paleontological Classification Descriptions & Procedures Table 3.10-2 Paleontological Significance of Units & Formations Table 3.11-1 Recreational Management System Information on Recreation Participants & Visitor Days in the RMPPA Table 3.11-2 Recreation Visits by Location in the RMPPA Table 3.12-1 Geographic Characteristics of Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-2 Population Centers in the Rawlins Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-3 Components of Population Change in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-4 Personal Income in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-5 Estimated Poverty Rates in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-6 Change in Civilian Labor Force in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-7 Economic Diversity in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-8 Estimated Value of Grazing Activities on BLM Lands within the Rawlins RMPPA for 1997 Table 3.12-9 Percentage of Agricultural Sales in the Socioeconomic Study Area Attributed to Grazing on BLM Lands in the Rawlins RMPPA for 1997 Table 3.12-10 Assessed Property Valuations within the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-11 Value of Oil & Gas Production in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-12 Mineral Ad Valorem Tax Revenues in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-13 Ad Valorem Tax Revenues on Oil & Gas & Coal in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-14 Oil & Gas Tax Revenues as a Percentage of County Property Tax Table 3.12-15 Severance Tax Distribution for Government Entities in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-16 Severance Tax by Product in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-17 Estimated Ad Valorem Tax Production Table 3.12-18 Estimated Severance Tax Production Table 3.12-19 Estimated Federal Royalties Production Table 3.12-20 Lodging Tax Distributions in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-21 Sales & Use Tax Distributions in the Socioeconomic Study Area Table 3.12-22 Population Distribution by Race & Hispanic Status in the Socioeconomic Study Area of the RMPPA Table 3.13-1 Statewide Soil Zones & the Soil Descriptions Occurring Within them in the RMPPA Table 3.15-1 RMPPA Vegetation Zones Mapped from Plant Community Classes Developed from GAP Satellite Imagery, Including Zone Total Area & Description Table 3.15-2 Plant Species Typical of Wetlands & Wet Meadows in Wyoming Table 3.15-3 Threatened & Endangered Plants In The RMPPA Table 3.15-4 BLM Sensitive Plant Species in RMPPA Table 3.15-5 Poisonous Plants in the RMPPA Table 3.16-1 Visual Resource Management Classifications & Acreages in the RMPPA Table 3.17-1 Watersheds & Their Acreage Within the RMPPA Table 3.17-2 Discharge from Selected USGS Gaging Stations in the RMPPA Table 3.18-1 Wild Horse Management Areas (HMAs), & Other Areas Affected by Wild Horses within Appropriate Management Levels (AMLs), & Estimated Populations in the RMPPA Table 3.18-2 The Association of RMPPA Wild Horse Herds with Regional Metapopulations Table 3.18-3 Grazing Within the Wild Horse Management Areas (HMAs) of the RMPPA Table 3.18-4 Age & Sex Distribution of Wild Horses in the I-80 South Area of the RMPPA in 1999-an Example Table 3.18-5 Status of Riparian Areas Surveyed in HMAs of the RMPPA Table 3.19-1 Acreage for Pronghorn Herd Units & Hunt Areas in the RMPPA Table 3.19-2 Pronghorn Harvest in the Primary Herd Management Areas of the RMPPA Table 3.19-3 Mule Deer Harvest in the Primary Herd Management Areas of the RMPPA Table 3.19-4 Elk Harvest in the Primary Herd Management Areas of the RMPPA Table 3.19-5 Documented Presence of Upland Game Birds, Small Game Mammals, & Furbearers in Management Areas of the RMPPA Table 3.19-6 Characterization of Raptor Nests in the RMPPA Table 3.19-7 Federally Threatened & Endangered Wildlife Species in the Rawlins RMP Planning Area Table 3.19-8 State of Wyoming Sensitive Mammal & Bird Species Table 3.19-9 Fish species present in the RMPPA Table 3.20-1 Recreational Management System Information for Special Management Areas Within the RMPPA Table 4.0-1 Assumptions for MSA Impact Analysis