Final Laramie Peak big horn sheep habitat management plan
By: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Rawlins District Office
Contributors: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Rawlins District; United States. Bureau of Land Management. Divide Resource Area; Wyoming. Game and Fish Department; United States. Forest Service
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Rawlins District Office
Published: 1995
Place of publication: [Rawlins, Wyo.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Public lands; Wildlife habitat improvement; Habitat; Wildlife management; Bighorn sheep; Rare animals; Conservation; Management
Other titles: Final Laramie Peak bighorn sheep habitat management plan; Laramie Peak big horn sheep habitat management plan; Laramie Peak bighorn sheep habitat management plan; Laramie Peak bighorn sheep habitat management plan :
Description: The Laramie Peak Habitat Management Plan (HMP) is a comprehensive Bureau of Land Management (BLM) activity plan prepared and implemented under authority of Title II, Public Law 93-452, otherwise referred to as the Sikes Act. This document is a cooperative effort among the BLM, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD), and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to manage bighorn sheep habitat on public lands in and adjacent to the Douglas Ranger District of the Medicine Bow National Forest. Although this is a cooperative effort, it has been prepared by a BLM Wildlife Biologist and follows the BLM Manual 6780, Habitat Management Plan, therefore, it incorporates and tiers from many Bureau policies and land use plans that address wildlife issues and concerns. This HMP area is relatively large in geographical scope and is located throughout the Laramie Range north of Wyoming State Highway 34, east of Wyoming Highway 487 and south to south-west of Interstate Highway 25 (R. 68-78W., T. 19-33 N.). This is the entire WGFD Hunt Area 19, which yields to less difficult management both economically and politically. The primary goal of the HMP is to improve the distribution of bighorn sheep populations and associated genetic diversity by increasing and improving the amount and quality of open, secure foraging areas (adjacent to water and escape cover) in site-specific habitat areas. The primary objective is to increase the bighorn sheep population from 173 animals to 500 animals by manipulating approximately 9,000 total acres of habitat by the year 2009-2010. There are fifteen (15) proposed habitat sites that will use the following planned actions, collectively or in a combination of, to implement the objectives of the HMP: prescribed burns, small commercial logging practices, assorted fence modifications, diverse riparian improvements that include in-stream structures, fencing, plantings, and reservoir developments. Site-specific Environmental Assessments (EAs) will be completed for each proposed site throughout the 10-15 year time span of the HMP, therefore, specific planned actions will be determined at that time.
Notes: Cover title.

"Great Divide Resource Area."

"June 1995."

"BLM/WY/PL-95/014+1100."--Page [2] of cover.

"Prepared by Mary J. Read, Great Divide Resource Area, Rawlins District, BLM."--Page i.

"HMP No. T-34."--Page i.

Includes bibliographical references.