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The Gunnison Field Office (GFO) is responsible for the management and stewardship of more than 600,000 acres of public land in the upper Gunnison River Basin of southwestern Colorado. Collaborating with a number of public and private partners, GFO management and staff guide the protection and sustainable use of a wide variety of public resources. Ecosystems within the GFO range from dry sagebrush steppes at 7,000 feet to forests of aspen, ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, and subalpine fir to alpine tundra meadows that reach to over 14,000 feet. |
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The Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Record of Decision (ROD) for the Gunnison Resource Area was issued on February 5, 1993, in fulfillment of the requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 CFR 1600). The Draft RMP and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was published in March 1991, and the Proposed RMP and Final EIS was published in April 1992, in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. |
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The ROD approves BLM decisions pertaining to management of approximately 585,012 surface acres and 726,918 acres of federal mineral estate within the Gunnison Resource Area. The Approved RMP contains essentially the same management decisions as outlined in the Proposed RMP, with modifications noted in Chapter One. Management described in the Proposed RMP reflects Draft Alternative E, with modifications as a result of internal review and public input gathered during the comment period for the Draft. |
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