This section of the Approved RMP presents the Desired Future Conditions, Land Use Allocations, and Management Actions established for public lands managed by the BLM’s Hassayampa Field Office in the Bradshaw-Harquahala planning area. Most of the Desired Future Conditions are long-range in nature and will not be achieved immediately, but rather are assumed to require a period of time to achieve. These management decisions are presented by program area. Not all types of decisions were identified for each program.

Many of the following management decisions are applicable to the entire Bradshaw-Harquahala area. Other decisions apply only within specific geographic regions, which have been defined as Management Units. These six regions, shown on Map 4 , include the Black Canyon Management Unit (MU), Castle Hot Springs MU , Hassayampa MU , Harquahala MU , Harcuvar MU , and Upper Agua Fria River Basin MU . Together the Management Units include 858,520 acres of BLM-administered surface. The outlying areas are managed under the decisions applicable to the entire planning area.

Implementation or activity level decisions are decisions that take action to implement land use plan decisions. These types of decisions require appropriate site-specific planning and NEPA analysis. Implementation decisions generally constitute BLM’s final approval allowing on-the-ground actions to proceed and are generally appealable to the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) under 43 CFR 4.410. This Approved RMP does not identify Implementation Decisions. However, some decisions in this plan will be incorporated into future implementation (activity- or project-level) plans. These implementation plans will provide the required additional site-specific planning and NEPA analysis. At that time, the decisions will become appealable. The appeal process will be listed in the future individual implementation plans.

Through adaptive management, monitoring plans will ensure that Land Use Allocations and Management Actions achieve Desired Future Conditions. The content of the decisions remains as contained in the Proposed RMP , except as described in the Modifications and Clarifications sections of the ROD .

Data used in development of the Approved RMP are dynamic. The data and maps used throughout the Approved RMP are for land use planning purposes and will be refined as site-specific planning and on-the-ground implementation occur. Updating data is considered plan maintenance that will occur over time as the Approved RMP is implemented. Please note that all acreages presented in the Approved RMP are estimations, even when presented to the nearest acre.

Complete consideration of the Approved RMP also includes Administrative Actions and Standard Operating Procedures (which are presented in Appendix A, Administrative Actions and Standard Operating Procedures). These actions and procedures outline the objectives, basic management policy, and program direction. Administrative Actions are not land use plan decisions. However, these are day-to-day activities that are not ground-disturbing and are an important component when considering program activities.

This section is organized alphabetically by program area. The decisions for each program are coded and numbered consecutively to reflect the primary resource that is affected. The codes are presented below.