Water Rights - Bureau of Land Management will begin collecting baseline hydrologic, biologic, and water use information that will be required to make instream flow recommendations to the State of Colorado on streams that flow through the Monument. The same types of information will also be collected to support applications for water rights to support Monument water uses and management purposes, and to manage existing water sources and developments. Fuelwood and Vegetative Use Permits - Commercial forest products sales will not be permitted. Vegetative use areas for private fuelwood and vegetative use permits will be identified by December 1, 2000. These areas will be limited to previously chained areas to remove dead and down wood and to reduce fuel load and fire hazards.
Vegetative uses are an integral part of traditional tribal subsistence activities.
Fire - The goal of fire management will be to manage fuels so as to minimize risk to cultural resources. Resource benefit fires will be allowed only where risk to cultural resources is minimal. With firefighter safety as the primary concern, suppression activities will be conducted to protect and generally avoid cultural sites. Mechanized equipment may be used on the ground. However, an archaeologist must be present to ensure that impacts are minimized and cultural sites are avoided whenever possible.