BLM Colorado Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

1. BLM Colorado Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Draft Resource Management Plan – Draft Environmental Impact Statement October 2007

2. 2 The Proclamation Containing the highest known density of archaeological sites in the Nation…natural resources and spectacular landforms…rugged and dissected geology…and wildlife species…I proclaim for the purpose of protecting the objects identified above…Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.

3. 3 Planning Area • 165,000 acres public land surface • 18,000 acres private land surface • 80% currently leased for fluid minerals development • Montezuma and Dolores Counties Major Planning Issues • Cultural Resources • Grazing Administration • Fluid Minerals • Recreation • Transportation

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5. Alternative I No Action Continuation of current management as specified in the San Juan/San Miguel RMP and ROD (1985) and Amendments and the Anasazi ACEC Management Plan (1986), USDOI and BLM Interim Management, and the Mail Trail Settlement Agreement. Alternative II Emphasizes landscape-scale cultural resource values, i.e. communities, sites and isolated finds and including tribal values, cultural resource protection, and natural resource protection and enhancement. Alternative III Emphasizes cultural resource site protection, i.e. communities and sites, and natural resource values, while providing for resource use and development. Emphasizes cultural resource site protection, i.e. communities and sites, and natural resource values, while encouraging resource use and development. Emphasizes cultural resource values, i.e. communities, sites and including tribal values, cultural resource and natural resource protection and enhancement, while providing for resource use and development. Alternative IV Alternative V Preferred Alternative 5 ALTERNATIVES

6. 6 Cultural Resources:Alternatives Comparison

7. Cultural Resources:Alternatives Comparison 7

8. Grazing:Alternatives Comparison 8

9. 9 Fluid Minerals:Alternatives Comparison

10. 10 Recreation:Alternatives Comparison

11. 11 Recreation:Alternatives Comparison

12. 12 Transportation:Alternatives Comparison

13. 13 Transportation:Alternatives Comparison DRMP/DEIS defines a “road” as an open way for the passage of vehicles, persons, or animals on land.“Off-road” is defined as cross-country travel between designated roads. All off-road travel by motorized and/or mechanized vehicles is prohibited on the Monument.

14. Federal Register Notice of Intent April 2002 90-Day Public Comment Period September 2007 to January 2008 Public Scoping Period April 2002 to November 2003 Preparation of Final Environmental Impact Statement Analysis of Management Situation 2005 Preparation of Draft Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision Resource Management Plan September 2008 Notice of Availability Draft Environmental Impact Statement September 2007 Resource Management Plan Implementation Canyons of the Ancients Key Dates 14 Notice of Availability Final Environmental Impact Statement Spring 2008 Alternative Formulation Protest Period/ Governor’s Consistency Review

15. 15 The Outdoor Museum A Planned Romance…. We are moving into an era of managed remoteness, of planned romance. I think that is probably how it has to be if we are to preserve the qualities of the area at all in an increasingly mobile and exploitive society. The challenge is to have an effective management that does not itself overwhelm the values it is designed to protect. Bill Lipe 1980