Show Diamond Mountain fountain resource plan given The land use plan for the natural resource lands on Diamond Mountain has just been completed by the Bureau of Land Management The planning effort of gathering information on the resources of the area was started last fall tall falland falland talland and a public meeting for comments about possible management alternatives was held last spring reported Mark Bailey area manager m DECISIONS have been made concerning com future management and use of national resource lands on Diamond Mountain after reviewing comments by interested users Wiers and groups federal ral and und state agencies Continued on Page II 11 Diamond M Min n Continued from Page 1 resource data and specialists Management decisions have been made based on the wide variety and diversity of interests and Information gathered stated Mr Bailey As new or additional Information becomes available it will be reviewed and de decisions updated or changed accordingly Some of the decisions arrived at by the study are presented as follows LEGAL ACCESS to national resource lands that can only be attained by crossing private lands In some cases should obtain easements to secure legal access to the public lands In some cases an effort should be made to cooperate with adjacent private landowners to promote joint use of private and public lands for hunting and other recreation pursuits the report sta stated ted The establishment of an off off- road vehicle trail on Wild Mountain in both Utah and Colorado should not be designated because of conflicts with other resources ASEf grass production pro pro- production by spraying or 91 plowing sagebrush is not economically justifiable for developing livestock forage stated the land use plan The problem of small isolated parcels of land should be transferred to private ownership Exchanges with private landowners will be emphasized to block up public lands and provide access for public uses on isolated national resource lands On way rights-of-way the study decided they should be restricted to corridors along existing way rights-of-way routes Exceptions may be granted for short distribution lines where Itis it itis itis is not possible to conform to the corridors CONCERNING snowmobiling snowmobiling snowmobiling snow- snow the report stated that Uintah County should not be expected to keep the road open on Diamond Mountain to encourage snowmobiling Other areas can satisfy this need Concerning mineral leasing the plan would leave the area open to phosphate and oil and gas leasing Concerning harvest of woodland products the decision suggested sales of woodland products cactus line trees pine nuts etc consistent with the preservation of forest and other natural values A timber inventory will be conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted before making a decision on sale of the product the study report stated TilE THE STUDY recommended selling two small tracts of national resource lands being farmed by an adjacent landowner landowner lan Ian downer if the they qualified under the Unintentional Agricultural Trespass Act passed by Congress in 1968 and if they were not specifically needed for public use |