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Environmental Sciences

1999

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Management Alternatives And Environmental Assessment, Mormon Row Historic District Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States, Department Of The Interior, National Park Service Jan 1999

Management Alternatives And Environmental Assessment, Mormon Row Historic District Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States, Department Of The Interior, National Park Service

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Few people visiting Mormon Row today realize that the six remaining homesteads constitute about a fifth of those that once defined the Mormon Row community. Time and the harsh climate have taken an extreme toll. Most structures that remain stand abandoned and in need of repair. The farms are not interpreted and most visitors probably do not even know that the historic area is within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park. Nevertheless, the area receives a light but steady amount of visitation. Visitors remark about inadequate parking, lack of interpretation, the deteriorated condition of many of the historic structures, …


Environmental Assessment For Wild Horse Gathering Inside And Outside Wild Horse Herd Management Areas, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1999

Environmental Assessment For Wild Horse Gathering Inside And Outside Wild Horse Herd Management Areas, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

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Enclosed you will find the Environmental Assessment (EA) which describes the impacts of gathering wild horses in the Rock Springs Field Office area. Gathering wild horses would take place in the Great Divide Basin, White Mountain, Little Colorado, and Salt Wells Creek Wild Horse Herd Management Areas (HMA) and in an area known as the North Baxter/Jack Morrow area (outside the HMAs).


Environmental Assessment For Wild Horse Gathering Outside Wild Horse Herd Management Areas, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1999

Environmental Assessment For Wild Horse Gathering Outside Wild Horse Herd Management Areas, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

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The Bureau of Land Management is responsible for the welfare of wild horses. The wild horse program is under constant scrutiny by the public for actions concerning wild horse management and gathering. Within the Rawlins field office (RFO) there is a substantial acreage of "checkerboard" lands. Approximately 50 percent of these lands are BLM-administered public lands and 50 percent are private lands controlled by many private entities. The northern portition of the gather area contains this type of land pattern.


Management For The Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite Big Horn County, Wyoming, Environmental Assessment, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1999

Management For The Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite Big Horn County, Wyoming, Environmental Assessment, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

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A review of existing land-use planning decisions is being conducted to evaluate how to best manage public lands, resources, educational opportunities, and other values associated with the recent discovery of dinosaur tracks on BLM-administered public lands near Shell, Wyoming. The tracks were not addressed in the Washakie Resource Management Plan (RMP) which was completed in 1988. A review of BLM's planning decisions for the discovery area is needed to evaluate the adequacy of existing management prescriptions for the protection of the tracks and related values.