Alternative 1 - Grand County, UT

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4 - Designate existing County/BLM travel plan and formally designate all RS 2477 assertion routes as county owned • Future travel management plan adjustments will be based on BLM process in place for considerations of changes or modifications • Designate 2 mile wide (18,145 acres) transportation corridor on federal lands from State block to I-70 Lands within corridor would be transferred to Grand County under RS 2477 agencies

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3 - Designate 117,856 acres as National Recreation area • Big Flat-Gemini Bridges-Klondike-Kane Springs areas • Mineral development within NRA allowed on existing leases. • NRA closed to new leasing and industrial development • Leasing of lands outside NRA to be determined based on the outcome of current BLM Master Leasing Plan • All forms of recreational activities allowed based on established review and approval process of regulatory • Current road and trail systems to remain in place • Future requirements for travel management plan adjustments will be based on BLM process in place for considerations of changes or modifications

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2 - Designate wilderness 218,195 acres of Wilderness per Grand County 1999 plan • Identify and designate critical cherry stemmed roads within wilderness areas for exclusion • Release BLM WSA management from WSA lands outside County wilderness areas

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1 - General Conditions • No Antiquities Act designations in Grand County • BLM would manage NRA • Livestock grazing to remain in place • Specific designations will only apply to federal lands within the boundary • Trade all state sections out of designated wilderness areas and NRA for federal lands within areas allowed for mineral development - Priority on trading for federal lands within Grand County - Consider trading for appropriate federal lands in adjacent counties

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