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Mount Emmons Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement Ch. 3 & 4
Summary
Environmental assessment (1979-1983). Covers Mount Emmons, Red Lady Basin, Keystone Mine. Topics: vegetation zones, alpine tundra zone, subalpine zone, upper montane zone. Agencies: Council on Environmental Quality, Fish and Wildlife Service, AMAX. Cites 23 external works.
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Stakeholders (14)
Agencies, organizations, and groups mentioned as actors in this document.
United States Forest ServiceUnited States Bureau of Land ManagementUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyUnited States Fish and Wildlife ServiceNational Park ServiceArmy Corps of EngineersCouncil on Environmental QualityAMAX
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Rural Electrification AdministrationGCEANFSREABMMLUSDI-FWS
Places (79)
ColoradoCrested ButteGothicGunnison BasinGunnison BasinEast RiverGunnison Countysouthwestern Colorado
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GunnisonGunnison River BasinAlmontCoal CreekWashington Gulch valleySlate RiverRifleSnodgrass MountainMount EmmonsAveryKebler PassCement Creek CaveElk CreekRedwell BasinCoal Creek WatershedOhio CreekCrested Butte MountainOurayMt. EmmonsPeanut MineOh-Be-Joyful AreaTown of Crested ButtePitkinPeeler BasinLake IrwinCrested Butte Ski AreaMontroseRed Lady BasinMorrow Point ReservoirWhetstone Mountain AreaPeanut LakeMesaRed MountainUpper Coal CreekJacks CabinTomichi HeightsGarfieldAlkali CreekMt. AxtellChance GulchChance GulchColorado 135East Long GulchOhio Creek ValleyMonarch PassAlkali BasinCarbon CreekBlue Mesa ReservoirIron BogOhio PassFlat Top MountainFlat TopsNorth Fork ValleyOh-Be-Joyful WildernessGreen LakeCarbon PeakCoon BasinSlate River mine siteBeaver PondsWest Elk WildernessSwampy PassGunsight PassDeltaScarp RidgeCortezCity of GunnisonCurecantiTomichi CreekU.S. 50Keystone MineGibson Ridge
Concepts & Topics (77)
vegetation community compositionvegetation community compositionvegetation community compositionsoil grain sizewater quality standardswater quality standardswater quality standardsriparian zone
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riparian zonefloodplain hydrostratigraphyplant qualityglacier retreatdepositional growthtundra biodiversityhabitat restorationlegacy effectsenergy budgetair quality monitoringacid mine drainagemesic resourcesvisitation ratesavalanche dynamics modelingsoil controlsecological consequencesavalanche dynamics modelingsoil controlsaquatic entomologyspectral sensitivityaspect effectsaspect effectsland use planningdevelopment ratesmaximum loading thresholdwildlife and piscatorial culture and procreationMancos ShaleMesaverde Formationtransmission ratepreventionmininglivestock grazingtransmission networkconservation statusmolybdenum mineralizationanimal personalitydust-on-snowanimal personalitylong-range transporthistoric and cultural resourcesirreversible and irretrievable commitmentsrecreational activitiescampingincorporation by referencerecreational activitiessubsidencehistoric and cultural resourceshang glidingskiingskiingbig game winter rangehuntingoff-road vehicle usehikingwetlands protectionwetlands protectionwetlands protectionvisual resourcesrecreational fishingeconomic developmentSpecial use permitrights-of-waycoaltailing reclamationtailing reclamationnoise impactsnoise impactsrecreational fishingdredge and fill permit
Species (89)
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Picea engelmanniiSeneciobenthic invertebratesEngelmann spruceSalvelinus fontinalisbrook troutAbies lasiocarpaOdocoileus hemionusOdocoileusmule deerArabisendangered speciesaspenPinus contortafish and wildlifeAbiesUrsus americanusPseudotsuga menziesiiAbies faxonianasubalpine firChironomidaeblack bearCentrocercus urophasianusPinus contorta var. latifoliaSage grouseLodgepoleDouglas Firlodgepole pinePseudotsuga menzeisiiGunnison Sage GrouseSalmo truttaPinus ponderosacottonwoodBrown Troutbig sagebrushOvis canadensisponderosa pineponderosaPuma concolorshrubs and treesbighorn sheepWaterfowlRocky Mountain bighorn sheepmountain lionSphagnumJuncuswildlife speciesHaliaeetus leucocephalusbald eagleDendragapus obscurusDeschampsia cespitosablue grousegame speciesbig sageraptorial birdsBlack sagebrushCatostomus catostomusCatostomusbig gameLongnoseRhinichthys cataractaeCarex utriculatalongnose suckersandhill cranestufted hairgrassCarex rostratacattlewillowfishjuniperelkwhooping craneAquilegia barnebyibeaked sedgeBaltic rushwhite suckerDouglas-firCatostomus commersoniiJuncus balticusGrus americanadeer
External References Cited (23)
Works cited by this document, grouped by type.
report (14)
- Environmental Report (1981) — AMAX
- AMAX 1981a (1981)
- BMML Report Table 10.5-6 (1981)
- AMAX Report (1981)
- BMML (1981)
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- BLM recreation sites report (1980)
- CDM, 1980 w, x and y (1980)
- CDM report (1980) — CDM
- Stoecker-Keammerer report (1980) — Stoecker-Keammerer
- Fish and Wildlife Service classification of wetlands (1979) — Cowardin, et. al.
- BLM (1979)
- National Park Service survey (1979)
- scoping document (1979) — Forest Service
- Appendix I
study (3)
- Langenheim study (1962) — Langenheim
- Oh-Be-Joyful Wilderness study — Forest Service
- wastewater planning study — EPA
legislation (2)
- Council on Environmental Quality Regulations
- Colorado Wilderness Act
other (2)
- Table 4-30
- Table 4-29
plan (2)
- East River Land Management Plan (1979) — Forest Service
- Master Plan
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