TABLE OF CONTENTS 

RECORD OF DECISION 

 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................ ROD-1 

 DECISION ................................................................................................................................................... ROD-1 

 ALTERNATIVES........................................................................................................................................ ROD-5 

 ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED BUT NOT ANALYZED IN DETAIL.................................................. ROD-5 

Alternatives Considered in the EIS....................................................................................................... ROD-6 

 MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS...................................................................................................... ROD-6 

Rationale for the Decision .................................................................................................................... ROD-6 

 MITIGATION MEASURES........................................................................................................................ ROD-7 

 PLAN MONITORING................................................................................................................................. ROD-7 

 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.......................................................................................................................... ROD-7 

Opportunities for Public Involvement in the Planning Process ............................................................ ROD-7 

Cooperating Agency............................................................................................................................. ROD-9 

Tribal Consultation and Coordination .................................................................................................. ROD-9 

Agency Consultation ............................................................................................................................ ROD-9 

Public Participation in Implementation .............................................................................................. ROD-10 

 APPROVAL............................................................................................................................................... ROD-11 

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN 

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 1-1 

 PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE PLAN ......................................................................................................... 1-1 

 PLANNING AREA............................................................................................................................................ 1-2 

 PLANNING PROCESS ..................................................................................................................................... 1-2 

Scoping/Issues Addressed............................................................................................................................. 1-4 

Issues Considered but Not Further Analyzed................................................................................................ 1-4 

Planning Criteria ........................................................................................................................................... 1-5 

Legislative Constraints.................................................................................................................................. 1-5 

Relationship to BLM Policies, Plans, and Programs..................................................................................... 1-6 

Collaboration ................................................................................................................................................ 1-6 

 RELATED PLANS ............................................................................................................................................ 1-7 

Relationship to BLM Plans.............................................................................................................................. 1-7 

Relationship to Other Agencies’ Plans ............................................................................................................ 1-7 

 POLICY CONSTRAINTS ................................................................................................................................. 1-7 

 OVERALL VISION........................................................................................................................................... 1-8 

 DECISIONS APPEALABLE AT RECORD OF DECISION SIGNING............................................................ 1-8 

CHAPTER 2 – MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.................................................................................................... 2-1 

 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................. 2-1 

Goals and Objectives................................................................................................................................... 2-1 

Management Actions ................................................................................................................................. .2-1 

Monitoring ................................................................................................................................................. .2-2 

 ACCESS AND TRANSPORTATION............................................................................................................... 2-3 

 AIR QUALITY .................................................................................................................................................. 2-8 

 AMERICAN INDIAN USES AND TRADITIONAL CULTURAL PRACTICES............................................ 2-9 

 CULTURAL RESOURCES............................................................................................................................. 2-11 

 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ....................................................................................................................... 2-14 

 FIRE MANAGEMENT.................................................................................................................................... 2-15 

 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/SOLID WASTE .............................................................................................. 2-16 

 LANDS AND REALTY................................................................................................................................... 2-17 
 LIVESTOCK GRAZING................................................................................................................................. 2-20 

 NOXIOUS WEED MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................. 2-22 

 PALEONTOLOGY.......................................................................................................................................... 2-24 

 PUBLIC LAND HEALTH ............................................................................................................................... 2-25 

 RECREATIONAL USES................................................................................................................................. 2-27 

 RIPARIAN AREAS ......................................................................................................................................... 2-33 

 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS................................................................................................... 2-35 

 SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES................................................................................................................. 2-36 

 SPECIAL GEOLOGIC FEATURES................................................................................................................ 2-38 

 SPECIAL STATUS PLANTS.......................................................................................................................... 2-39 

 THREATENED, ENDANGERED, AND SENSITIVE WILDLIFE SPECIES................................................ 2-40 

 VEGETATION AND WOODLANDS MANAGEMENT ............................................................................... 2-42 

 VISUAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................... 2-43 

 WILDERNESS AND WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS ................................................................................. 2-45 

 WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................... 2-46 

CHAPTER 3 – PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN IMPLEMENTATION.............................................................. 3-1 

CHAPTER 4 – MANAGEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION........................................................................ 4-1

 RMP LEVEL DECISIONS ................................................................................................................................ 4-1 

Issue 1 – Land Tenure Adjustment.............................................................................................................. 4-1 

Issue 2 – Access and Transportation ........................................................................................................... 4-2 

Issue 3 – Recreational Activities................................................................................................................. 4-2 

Issue 4 – Ecosystem Restoration................................................................................................................. 4-3 

Issue 5 – American Indian Uses and Traditional Cultural Practices ........................................................... 4-3

 PLAN DECISIONS............................................................................................................................................ 4-3 

CHAPTER 5 – PLAN EVALUATION/ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT............................................................. 5-1 

APPENDICES 

APPENDIX A Proclamation 7394 of January 17, 2001...........................................................................................A-1 

APPENDIX B Noxious Weed Prevention................................................................................................................B-1 

APPENDIX C Best Management Practices for Use with Vegetation Treatment Methods ......................................C-1 

APPENDIX D Visual Resource Management Classes & Objectives.......................................................................D-1 

APPENDIX E Recreation Opportunity Spectrum....................................................................................................E-1 

APPENDIX F Section 7 Correspondence with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ......................................................... F-1 

APPENDIX G Special-Status & Sensitive Animal Species in Sandoval County ....................................................G-1

APPENDIX H Plant Species of Concern in Sandoval County.................................................................................H-1 

APPENDIX I Wild & Scenic River Evaluation ....................................................................................................... I-1 

APPENDIX J Vegetative Treatments & Fire Management .....................................................................................J-1 

APPENDIX K Preparers of the Plan ........................................................................................................................K-1 

ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS...............................................................................................................A&A-1

GLOSSARY.......................................................................................................................................................... GL-1

REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................................R-1

MAPS 

MAP 1 Regional Map......................................................................................................................Map Section 

MAP 2 Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rock National Monument ..................................................................Map Section 

MAP 3 Planning Area Acreages......................................................................................................Map Section 

MAP 4 Roads & Trails .....................................................................................................................Map Pocket 

MAP 5 Potential Hazardous Fuel (Vegetative) Treatment Areas....................................................Map Section 

MAP 6 Livestock Grazing Allotment in the Monument & Southwest Acquisition ........................Map Section 

MAP 7 ROS (Recreation Opportunity Spectrum) Classifications...................................................Map Section 

MAP 8 Peralta Canyon Riparian Study Area ..................................................................................Map Section 
MAP 9 Soil Map Units (SMUs) ......................................................................................................Map Section 

MAP 10 Areas with Special Geologic features .................................................................................Map Section 

MAP 11 VRM (Visual Resource Management) Classifications .......................................................Map Section 

TABLES 

TABLE 1-1 Ownership of the Monument & Planning Area............................................................................1-3 

TABLE 2-1 Status of Road Segments in the Monument..................................................................................2-4 

TABLE 2-2 Status of Road Segments in the Southwest Acquisition ...............................................................2-5 

TABLE 2-3 Status of Trail Segments in the Monument & Southwest Acquisition .........................................2-6 

TABLE 2-4 Elements of Recreational Use in the Monument & Southwest Acquisition ...............................2-28 

TABLE 4-1 Summary of Decisions by Program..............................................................................................4-5