Planning Drafts

The planning area consists of about 2.1 million acres of land which includes lands in the Monument, non-monument lands administered by GSENM, lands administered by the Kanab Field Office and Arizona Strip Office of the BLM and portions of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. These lands occur in Kane and Garfield Counties, Utah and a small area in Coconino County, Arizona.

The BLM prepared this Plan Amendment because the land use plans that provide direction for livestock grazing and rangeland management for most of the areas administered by GSENM were completed in 1981 and were outdated.

The BLM prepared this Plan Amendment because the land use plans that provide direction for livestock grazing and rangeland management for most of the areas administered by the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument were completed in 1981 and are more than 20 years old. Because the Monument Management Plan (MMP) did not address most of the prior livestock grazing decisions, these earlier plans continue to govern livestock use and rangeland management.  This Plan Amendment will allow the integration of livestock and rangeland management with the other resources in the MMP. Decisions for livestock grazing and rangeland management on lands in the planning area outside of GSENM would be integrated into the Kanab Resource Management Plan (RMP).

The GSENM also administers livestock grazing on lands managed by the National Park Service (NPS) within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (GCNRA) as well as lands within BLM’s Kanab and Arizona Strip Field Offices through intra-agency agreements. This Plan Amendment incorporates current plans or portions of plans prepared by those agencies that address livestock grazing. The analysis in the EIS will also lead to the renewal of grazing permits on the Monument in conformance with the direction of the selected alternative.

The comment period concluded on January 8, 2009. 

Draft Monument Management Plan Amendment & Draft Rangeland Health Environmental Impact Statement

Cover, Abstract, Table of Contents, Executive Summary (1621KB)

Chapter 1  Purpose and Need (726KB)

Chapter 2  Alternatives (4331KB)

Chapter 3  Affected Environment (3002KB)

Chapter 4  Environmental Impacts (843KB)

Chapter 5  Consultation and Coordination (76KB)

Glossary (232KB)

References (85KB)

Abbreviations/Acronyms (8KB)

Appendices

Appendix 1  Part A (8594KB)

Appendix 1  Part B Maps Combined (322MB)

Appendix 2  Drought Policy (83KB)

Appendix 3  Cultural Protocol (106KB)

Appendix 4  Riparian Toolbox (65KB)

Appendix 5  County Plan Consistency (156KB)

Appendix 6  Vegetation - Desired Plant Community (216KB)

Appendix 7  Relinquishments (25KB)

Appendix 8  Fundamentals of Rangeland Health (36KB)

Appendix 9  Sensitive Wildlife Species List (341KB)

Appendix 10  Standard Operating Procedures (122KB)

Appendix 11  Rangeland Health Assessment and Evaluation Process (55KB)

Rangeland Health Draft EIS/Plan Amendment Maps

Map-1 General Location (240KB)

Map-2 Land Status (1151KB)

Map-3 Grazing Alternative A (7410KB)

Map-4 Grazing Alternative B (7371KB)

Map-5 Grazing Alternative C (7391KB)

Map-6 Grazing Alternative D (7612KB)

Map-7 Grazing Alternative E (7707KB)

Map-8 Rangeland Improvements-Seedings (5686KB)

Map-9 Threatened/Endangered Plants (1096KB)

Map-10 Hydrologic Units (6430KB)

Map-11 Physiographic Regions (1590KB)

Map-12 Sage Grouse (1573KB)

Map-13 Desert Big Horn Sheep (1582KB)

Map-14 Mule Deer (1561KB)

Map-15 Pronghorn Antelope (1552KB)

Map-16 Mexican Spotted Owl (1583KB)

Map-17 Southwest Willow Flycatcher (1564KB)

Map-18 Chuckwalla (1549KB)

Map-19 High Density Recreation Use (6899KB)

Map-20 Allotment Pasture Map (107.2MB) 

For additional information about GSENM visit: 

• Grand Staircase-Escalante Partners 
• Glen Canyon Natural History Association