Environmental Assessment Mt. Emmons Iron Bog Proposed Mineral Withdrawal

Summary

Environmental assessment (fifty years). Covers Mt. Emmons Iron Bog, Gunnison, Gunnison County. Topics: mineral withdrawal, fen, wetland protection, fen habitat. Agencies: USDA Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Cites 25 external works.

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Stakeholders (19)

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Bureau of Land Management (implied via Federal Register)United States Department of the InteriorUSDA Forest Service (Uncompahgre National Forest)Colorado Department of Wildlife (CDOW)U.S. Forest Service (Taylor River District)U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (implied via Ecological Services, Northeast Region)U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)Colorado State University (C.S.U.)

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Western State CollegeSecretary of the InteriorU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL)Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP)Harvard University

Concepts & Topics (15)

riparian wetlands Mineral leasing and development Cumulative impacts Scientific Research Paleontological resources Habitat Protection Wetlands Protection validity determination

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Endangered Species Listing Fens Mineral Withdrawal Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 404 Permit Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas

Species (26)

Beetles native plants Perymiscus species small mammals aquatic insects insects Aquatic Insect (general)vascular plants

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Hemiptera Chironomidae Dragonflies fish and wildlife fish and wildlife (general)Sphagnum

External References Cited (19)

Works cited by this document, grouped by type.

report (8)

Mineral Potential Report (2000) — USDA Forest Service
Wildlife Biological Evaluation (2000) — USDA Forest Service
Plant Biological Evaluation and Assessment (2000) — USDA Forest Service
Heritage Report (2000) — Gay Austin
Peatlands on National Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains: Ecology and Conservation (1998) — Chadde, Steve W.; Shelly, J. Stephen; Bursik, Robert J.; Moseley, Robert K.; Evenden, Angela G.; Mantas, Maria; Rabe, Fred; Heidel, Bonnie

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Ground water hydrology investigations at the Mt. Emmons Iron Bog, Gunnison County, Colorado (1998) — Lamm, N. B.
A key to the aquatic insects of streams in the vicinity of the RMBL, including chironomid larvae from streams and ponds (1985) — B.L. Peckarsky, S.I. Dodson, and D.J. Conklin, Jr.
Mount Emmons Mining Project Draft EIS (1982)