NEPA--Environmental Assessment

Silverton Landscape Grazing Analysis Environmental Assessment
List of Tables
Table 2-1. Project Design Criteria for General Management of Permitted Domestic Sheep .......29
Table 2-2. Project Design Criteria to minimize contact between Bighorn and Domestic Sheep ..34
Table 2-3. Current Grazing Management by Allotment...............................................................38
Table 2-4. Potential Adaptive Options – Livestock Grazing Management Actions....................43
Table 2-5. Comparison of Alternatives Based on Significant Issues.............................................50
Table 3-1. Forest-wide habitat and population trends for MIS......................................................88
Table 3-2. Acres of habitat affected for MIS.................................................................................89
Table C-1. Federally Listed Species for the San Juan Public Lands. .........................................111
Table C-2. FS Region 2 and Colorado BLM Sensitive Species. .................................................111
Table C-3. Forest Plan MIS species for the SJNF .......................................................................115
Table C-4. Migratory Bird Species List.......................................................................................117
List of Figures
Figure 1-1. Project Analysis Area................................................................................................. 12
Figure 1-2. Suitable Sheep Grazing Acres.................................................................................... 17
Figure 1-3. Management Emphasis Areas.................................................................................... 18
Figure 1-4. 2008 Data Collection Points....................................................................................... 22
Figure 1-5. Bighorn Overlap......................................................................................................... 23
Figure 1-6. Wilderness Overlap.................................................................................................... 24
Figure 2-1. Proposed Action - Avoidance Areas.......................................................................... 42
Figure 3-1. Proposed Action - Bighorn Overlap........................................................................... 83
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