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Citation Label: MT30
Publication Name: Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement
Publication Type: Project NEPA Document
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Author Name: Bureau of Land Management
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Publication Year: 2008
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http://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/lewistown_field_office/um_rmp_process/rmp.html

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Annotation: This Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement describes and analyzes six alternatives for managing the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument located in portions of Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, and Phillips Counties in northcentral Montana. The alternatives address the following four main areas: health of the land and fire; visitor use, services and infrastructure; natural gas exploration and development; and access and transportation.
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Required and Recommended -- An FSEIS is not a decision document. Its purpose is to inform the public and interested parties of the BLM's analysis potential impacts associated with implementing the proposal and other alternatives. Various appendices include required and recommended practices.
Ownership: "Federal -- The Monument includes about 375,000 acres of BLM land in north-central Montana in Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus and Phillips Counties. This planning area is shown in Figure 1.1. The Monument also includes about 396,000 acres of federal minerals. The BLM has no jurisdiction over private or state land and minerals, and these lands and minerals are not part of the Monument. Chapter 1, pg1"