RHMA_Habitat_and_Gage_Dome_TMA_SOW.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management

Eastern Montana District – Billings Field Office

CULTURAL RESOURCE INVENTORIES FOR GAGE DOME

TRAVEL MANAGEMENT AREA IN

MUSSELSHELL COUNTY, MONTANA

AND

SAGE GROUSE HABITAT MANAGEMENT IN YELLOWSTONE COUNTY

STATEMENT OF WORK

I. Introduction and Background:

The Bureau of Land Management’s Billings Field Office (BiFO) is proposing a Class III inventory for two discrete projects in Yellowstone and Musselshell Counties, Montana. One report shall be submitted to encompass both projects.

The first project (A RHMA) consists of inventory of three parcels in Yellowstone County to identify areas for future habitat enhancement or management projects including but not limited to crested wheatgrass diversification. The parcels are all within Restoration Habitat Management Area (RHMA) lands.

In advance of future habitat enhancement projects, four Parcels have been designated for Class III cultural resource inventory. Project locations are presented in Table 1 and the attached maps.

The second project (B GDTMA) is for implementation the Gage Dome Travel Management Area (GDTMA) in Musselshell County. The TMA would provide the public with logical and sustainable travel and transportation networks to addresses the diverse transportation, access and recreational needs of the public while protecting sensitive natural and cultural resources on public lands administered by the BIFO.

Before implementation of the TMAs can occur, additional cultural resource investigations are required.

Survey shall be conducted to record any unrecorded cultural resources within select route corridors on land administered by the BIFO. The GDTMA has been divided into three parcels; GDA in the west, GDB in the center and GDC is in the southeast, depicted in Map 1.

The areas to be inventoried are divided into routes for public use and routes for administrative use.

The inventory along the selected public routes requires a 300’ corridor (150’ each side of center line) since those areas would be open to roadside camping. The selected administrate routes need only a 30’ corridor inventoried. The total acres to be inventoried is approximately 997 acres. Specific information per parcel is laid out in Appendix A.

The BLM is required to identify, evaluate, and protect pre-contact and historic cultural resources on public lands under its jurisdiction; and to ensure that BLM initiated or BLM authorized actions do not inadvertently harm or destroy historic properties. These requirements are mandated by the National Historic Preservation Act and related regulations found at 36 CFR 800.

II. Project Location A:

The project area is located in northern Yellowstone County, just south of Musselshell County. The project area is about 19 miles north of Ballantine, Montana, along I 94. A network of roads, including Bundy Road and CA Road will provide access to the project parcels.

Table 1- Project locations.

Acres Parcel Twn Rge Sec

1497 B 5N 29E

6N 29E 26 321 C 6N 29E 20

1662 D 6N 29E

Project Location B:

The project areas are all located in northwest Musselshell County, north of Roundup. Gage Dome B id due north of Roundup, about 12 miles, Gage Dope C is about seven miles northeast of Roundup, and Gage Dome A is roughly 13 miles to the northwest. Maps in Appendix A provide specific details about the project locations.

III. Specific Background:

A Class III Cultural Resources Inventory is a professionally conducted, continuous, intensive pedestrian survey of an entire target area aimed at locating and recording all cultural properties that have surface and exposed-profile indications. In general, a Class III survey is accomplished through systematic inspection carried out by walking a series of close-interval parallel transects until the area has been thoroughly examined. Artificial exposure of the subsurface (metal detecting, auger probing or cursory shovel probing/testing) is sometimes a necessary part of Class III surveys and should be included in identification efforts if ground/surface visibility is completely obscured by heavy vegetation cover. Paleontological localities, if identified, should be noted in the report; however, complete documentation of paleontological sites is not part of this contract.

The main objectives of the survey are to discover all cultural resources in a project area, evaluate the cultural resources for National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility, and provide recommendations for determinations of effect and management specific to the planned prescribed burning and mechanical vegetation treatment project.

Project A:

There have been a few cultural resource surveys done previously within the project parcels. The unresolved sites will need to be re-located and site forms updated (Table 2). Sites that have “Unresolved” status shall be evaluated for the Register when possible. Sites already determined ineligible for the Register do not need to be visited.

Table 2: Previously recorded sites in project area A.

Site # Site Type 1 Time Period Owner NR Status

24YL0946

Precontact Lithic Material Concentration

Prehistoric Middle Period BLM Ineligible

24YL0947

Precontact Lithic Material Concentration Prehistoric Late Period BLM Unresolved

24YL0948

Historic Homestead/Farmstead

Prehistoric More Than One Period BLM Ineligible

24YL0958

Historic Homestead/Farmstead

Historic More Than One Decade BLM Ineligible

24YL0959

Precontact Lithic Material Concentration No Data BLM Eligible

24YL0960

Historic Homestead/Farmstead

Historic More Than One Decade BLM Ineligible

24YL0961

Precontact Lithic Material Concentration No Data BLM Ineligible

24YL2231 Historic Road Historic Period Private Unresolved

24YL2424 Historic Stock Raising Historic More Than One Decade BLM Ineligible

24YL2433

Historic Homestead/Farmstead

Historic More Than One Decade BLM Ineligible

24YL2434

Historic Homestead/Farmstead

Historic More Than One Decade BLM Ineligible

24YL2437 Historic Stock Raising 1960-1969 BLM Ineligible 24YL2438 Historic Stock Raising 1940-1949 BLM Ineligible

Project B:

Seventy cultural resource inventories have been completed within Gage Dome TMA, although 51 of the inventories pre-date this century. These inventories have yielded 55 cultural resources, although only six sites are in or adjacent to the Area of Potential Effect (APE) for the current project. The eligible and unresolved sites will need to be re-located, evaluated where possible, and site forms updated (Tables 1 and 2). Sites that have been previously determined ineligible for the Register do not require project visitation.

Table 3: Previously recorded sites within the Gage Dome A APE.

Site # Site Type 1 Time Period Owner NR Status

24ML0700 Historic Agriculture 1910-1919 BLM Unresolved

24ML0705 Historic Homestead/Farmstead Historic More Than One Decade

BLM Unresolved

Table 4: Previously recorded sites within the Gage Dome B APE.

Site # Site Type 1 Time Period Owner NR Status 24ML0339 Historic Campsite 1900-1909 BLM Undetermined

24ML0504

Historic Homestead/Farmstead Historic Period BLM Undetermined

24ML0503

Precontact Lithic Material Concentration

Prehistoric Late Period BLM Undetermined

Table 5: Previously recorded sites within the Gage Dome C APE

Site # Site Type 1 Time Period Owner NR Status

24ML0953 Historic Ranch

Historic More Than One Decade BLM and Other Ineligible BLM PA

24ML0954

Historic Cairn/Land Marker

Historic More Than One Decade BLM and Other Ineligible BLM PA

IV. Objectives.

A. General Bureau Objective.

The overall Bureau objective is to meet the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act by identifying, documenting, and evaluating historic properties that have the potential to be either directly or indirectly affected by the proposed project. These requirements will be met in accordance with the requirements for a Class III Inventory as outlined in the BLM-Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota Handbook H-8110-1 Guidelines for Identifying Cultural Resources and Montana State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) guidance.

B. Specific Study Objectives.

To identify and evaluate, based primarily on surface indications, all cultural resources located on lands identified for survey within the project area. In general, site evaluations should be conducted using existing guidance from the Montana SHPO, the National Register Criteria (36 CFR 60.4), and the National Park Service National Register Bulletins.

V. Statement of Work.

A. The Contractor shall conduct a site file and literature search with the Montana SHPO to obtain site forms, reports and shapefiles to complete project tasks. The purpose of this file search is to ensure that the Contractor can complete the tasks required in this SOW, and to ensure the contractor is familiar with all previous work conducted in or near the project area.

This information will be a necessary component of the inventory report. The BLM Billings Field Office will provide the contractor with shapefiles of the project area and any additional project maps and any other background materials not available via the SHPO data request.

B. The Contractor shall possess a current cultural resource permit obtained from the BLM MT/DAK Deputy Preservation Officer. The Contractor shall also obtain a field work authorization (FWA) from the BiFO archaeologist. A summary table of information obtained via the SHPO file search shall be included with the FWA request.

C. The Contractor shall perform an on-the-ground search for all cultural resources located in the project parcels. Transects shall be spaced at 20 meter intervals. The Contractor shall serve as the Principal Investigator and Field Director of an inventory crew charged with identifying and evaluating cultural resources located in the project area; and with writing an inventory report upon completion of field work. The bid proposal shall clearly outline the fieldwork methods and personnel to be used in the survey.

D. Industry standards indicate the rate of cultural resource inventory does not exceed 70 acres per day per person. Deviations from this rate of inventory shall be justified to the BIFO archaeologist, with GPS data provided to demonstrate though coverage of the project area.

E. Formal testing will not be conducted; however, limited shovel testing or metal detecting, at the discretion of the field director, may be performed to establish potential for site deposition, site boundaries, or significance. If historic period architectural structures or remains are located the contractor is expected to conduct a land title examination as part of the site identification and evaluation effort.

F. The Contractor shall employ the Montana SHPO criteria for minimum site definition; i.e., an archaeological or historical site consists of any feature alone or in association with other features (cairns, stone rings) or five or more artifacts situated in a discrete location within 50 meters of each other and/or artifacts or features located more than 100 meters from each other but in obvious association. Sites may also include locations which contain no physical evidence but are important for their associations with the traditions of a group, ethnic community, or Indian tribe; e.g., National Register Bulletin 38. Linear cultural resources (ie.

historic roads) shall be recorded in their entirety (albeit only field checked for the portion of the linear site within project boundaries). Isolated features, such as historic mining prospect pits or claim markers shall be recorded as a site. Isolated finds are classified as any cultural artifact that is not a site. Examples include a single projectile point, a few lithic flakes, or a bottle smash.

G. The Contractor shall:

1. Cover the area to be inventoried on foot by employing standard survey methodology.

Systematic linear transect intervals will be spaced 20 meters or less. Steep landforms, such as rock faces, talus/scree slopes, and cliffs, should be inspected for the possibility of cultural remains including but not limited to human burials, rock shelters/caves, hunting blinds, rock art, and historic mining features. If transects are widened the contractor shall document the rationale employed which justifies deviation from the standard interval distance. In all cases, coverage must be thorough.

2. Identify from all surface and exposed indications all cultural properties or materials.

3. Collect time diagnostic and rare artifacts; e.g., projectile points and ceramics. Include both those found on sites and those occurring in isolation.

4. Locate each cultural resource on a United States Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5' quadrangle topographic map.

5. Record all cultural properties, including previously recorded sites, on Montana CRIS site or isolated find forms. Site forms shall be completed following the SHPO’s CRIS Instructions. Employ BLM/SHPO recording standards for stone circles as specified in Recordation Standards and Evaluation Guidelines for Stone Circle Sites, Planning Bulletin No. 22 (March 2002).

6. Do not include sites not within the project area in the report, whether in tables or on maps.

7. Take at least two photographs of each cultural resource and several of each survey unit.

Photos shall not contain people, shadows or gear, except when used for scale. The subject of the photo should be clearly visible. Noticeable changes in geography dictate that at least one photo of each land type within the unit should be included.

Standing historic structures shall be photographed on all sides to illustrate architectural features. Label all photos with a description, date/time, and orientation. Do not use photos with locational information embedded. A photographic record shall be maintained and included in the final submission.

8. Although scale maps of all sites shall be prepared and include topographic contour lines, cultural features, basic site contents, locations of all collected artifacts, and site boundaries, a physical site datum shall not be established unless a natural feature is present for such use. Site maps shall be consistent, eg, if a datum is depicted on one site map, it needs to be on all site maps. How site boundaries were determined should be fully explained in the site record and report (ie. topography, distribution of site features/artifacts, and/or specific distance from site constituents). Use of digital aerial photographs zoomed in to show the site is not acceptable when the details of the maps are pixelated and no longer identifiable. While it is not necessary to map all artifacts, indicate areas of artifact concentration. When GPS technology is not available (i.e. no satellite coverage) all pre-contact cultural properties shall be mapped by compass and tape or paced in meters. All historic period Euro-American standing structures and mining features; e.g., cabins, barns, adits, etc., shall be mapped in feet. Plot each individual features, diagnostic artifact and site boundary using a GPS unit or field computer with one-meter GPS accuracy. Note the type of GPS equipment and level of accuracy employed.

9. The Contractor shall obtain Smithsonian site numbers from the Montana SHPO for all cultural resources not previously assigned such numbers. The BLM will review all site forms for adequacy prior to the submission to the SHPO for site numbers. The BLM reserves the right to request site forms be submitted as many times as necessary to verify appropriate changes have been completed.

H. Collections.

1. Collections shall be labeled and catalogued, using BLM catalog cards, and shall be processed in accordance with Billings Curation Center (BCC) packaging standards (forms and packaging requirements are available from the Billings Curation Center).

2. All collections belong to the United States Government and will be delivered directly to the BCC by the contractor as part of submitting the final inventory report. A copy of the inventory report and site forms related to the collections shall be included with the collections.

I. Methodologies.

The Contractor shall determine the methods and techniques necessary for completion of this study using the guidelines identified herein, discuss those methods and techniques in their bid proposal, and conduct the work according to the procedures so specified.

Survey methodology or proposed avoidance of certain areas needs to be addressed in the proposal and inventory report.

J. Technical Direction

The performance of work will be subject to the technical direction of a COR appointed in writing by the Contracting Officer. The term "Technical Direction" is defined to include, without limitation, the following:

(1) The COR may provide information to the Contractor which assists in the specifications or technical portions of the work description.

(2) The COR approves adequacy of reports, site forms, and any other material submitted by the Contractor as required by the contract.

(3) The COR may conduct site visits to verify the Contractors work at any point over the duration of the contract.

K. Specifications and Standards.

1. Inventory guidelines and standards for BLM generated cultural resource investigations can be found in BLM's Guidelines for Identifying Cultural Resources (H- 8110-1). The Handbook is available upon request. Additional requirements for the recordation of tipi rings are described in the Handbook and SHPO guidance.

2. Additional guidance can be found on the Montana State Historic Preservation Office website: http://mhs.mt.gov/shpo/.

3. Upon award the contractor shall provide a safety plan to address safety concerns for personnel performing the work specified in the proposal, as well as an in-house quality control plan.

M. Analysis and Report Preparation.

1. Upon completion of the Class III Cultural Resource Inventory; prepare a professional quality report, addressing the general categories outlined below:

a. Title Sheet. Signed by the Principal Investigator.

b. Abstract. Provide a 250-word or less abstract of the report. The abstract must outline the report contents and refer to specific highlights from the narrative.

c. Table of Contents. Provide a complete inventory of report contents.

d. Introduction. Provide an overview of the project including its purpose.

Identify the units inventoried for this project, by legal description in table form.

e. Literature Search. Provide a brief but complete discussion on the work that has been conducted in the project area.

f. Environmental and Cultural Setting. Provide a brief but complete overview of the environment in which the survey units are located. In addition, discuss the cultural setting, again briefly, including both the pre-contact and historic periods.

g. Inventory Results. Provide a summary description of each cultural resource recorded that is narrative in nature and illustrates the environmental and cultural constituents of the site (refrain from simply rehashing the site data in a list format). Include photographs of cultural properties located during the surveys.

Use other graphics and tables as appropriate. Note any issues connected with the property's recordation. If a site boundary extends outside of the project boundaries, the site will be recorded in its entirety if on public lands or if on private lands where landowner permission is obtained. If the site extends onto private property and landowner permission is not obtained, then other methods

(ie. aerial photography) to document the site will be used, if possible.

h. Summary and Recommendations. Discuss the results of the inventory in summary form. Include the following information in one table:

i. Identify the sites recorded, whether the sites are pre-contact or historic, and what type of site is represented.

ii. Indicate recommendations from evaluation of eligibility and determinations of effect (36 CFR 800.9). Measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate adverse effect findings shall be identified in the inventory report and treated as recommendations to the

BLM BIFO.

iii. Evaluate each cultural resource for its eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) using guidance found in National Registers Bulletin 15. Contractor shall use an appropriate "Context" in which to evaluate historic properties and shall employ the National Register Criteria (describing both significance and integrity) in those evaluations. Contractor shall clearly describe the rationale used to determine which sites are eligible, unevaluated, and not eligible. Contractor shall recommend treatment needed to better assess eligibility on unevaluated sites.

iv. Evaluate each historic property for effects created by the proposed project.

v. Different tables of previously recorded and newly recorded sites shall be produced.

i. References Cited. Include a list of all sources cited in report.

j. Maps and Graphics. Provide appropriate maps, charts, tabulations and graphics necessary to support the report narrative. Maps, graphics, and photos in all copies of reports must show the same degree of detail as the electronic images.

VI. Health and Safety Concerns The Field Director shall ensure that all field work is done a safe manner. Areas considered by the Field Director to pose health or safety concerns shall not be inventoried or otherwise entered by any field crew members. In such cases, the Contractor shall immediately report these conditions to the BLM BIFO Archaeologist who will then advise the contractor on how to proceed.

VII. Acceptance

Final acceptance of all items/services to be delivered under this contract shall be the responsibility of the Contracting Officer. The government may withhold final payment pending completion of any necessary rework by the Contractor.

VIII. Deliverables (to be submitted to the COR)

A. The Contractor shall submit hard and digital copies of typed site forms with original photographs to the BLM for review prior to submission to the Montana SHPO for issuance of site numbers. Site form maps should have the location of the cultural resource described, features and other items described in the site form, eg material concentrations or points.

Revisions of previously recorded sites should also be submitted at this time for review. After review and changes, if any, the Contractor will obtain site numbers. The Contractor is responsible for addressing comments SHPO may have on site forms.

B. One hard and digital copy of the draft Class III cultural resource inventory report.

Additional draft reports may be requested as many times as necessary to ensure the report meets what is describe in this SOW.

C. Two (2) bound copies of the final Class III cultural resource inventory report, unless collections are made. The report shall be typed and printed on 8 ½ " x 11" paper and shall be single-spaced. All temporary site numbers shall be replaced with SITS numbers across all deliverables, including GIS data. A copy of the report and any site forms associated with the collections shall also be provided with any collections.

D. One completed Cultural Resource Annotated Bibliography System (CRABS) form.

E. Two sets of final site forms with Smithsonian site numbers and with original color photos, unbound and stapled individually.

F. One copy of photo log for projects where extensive photos are taken.

G. All catalog records and associated forms as specified by the Billings Curation Center.

Packaging requirements for collections made shall be obtained from the BCC.

H. Two electronic copies (thumb drive) of the report, site forms, photos, photo log, GIS data and associated metadata. GIS data should contain, at a minimum, shapefiles of unit boundaries, area surveyed, and site boundaries. Site boundaries shall be delivered in a single shapefile; a geodatabase is preferred but not necessary. The Contractor will use NAD 1983 Zone 12 or 13 (as appropriate) as the projected coordinate system. KMZ files are not acceptable.

IX. Period of Performance

A. Site file and literature search shall begin no later than 10 calendar days after the order has been issued. A summary table of this information shall be turned in with the fieldwork authorization request.

B. Contractor shall provide a table summarizing the results of the inventory and site shapefiles to the COR within 15 days of completing fieldwork. The table shall contain legal locations and results of survey (i.e., indicate type/number of cultural resources located and recorded).

C. Draft site forms shall be submitted within three months of fieldwork completion. One digital copy of the draft Class III Cultural Resources Inventory report with eight months of contract award.

D. The COR will review all deliverables and comment on their adequacy within 20 calendar days of submission. All deliverables (including collected artifacts and associated documentation and a completed CRABS form) are due within two months of submission of draft report.

X. Payment Schedule

A. Payment shall be tied to completion and acceptance of tasks identified in Section IX. Period of Performance per the following: A (10%), B (40%), C (30%), and D (20%).

B. Invoices shall not be submitted unless the contractor has received approval from the COR.

Invoices shall include the Purchase Order number. Rejected invoices are the responsibility of the contractor for not following this instruction.

Map Reference (Project A): BLM Surface Management Status Map 1:100,000-Scale Roundup, Montana 2017. PK Ranch 1980, Cherry Spring 1980, Steamboat Butte 1980, PK Ranch NE 1980 7.5’ Topographic Quadrangles

Map Reference (Project B): BLM Surface Management Status Map 1:100,000-Scale Musselshell, Montana 2017. Big Wall West 1986, Big Wall NW 1986, Lake Mason NE 1986, Lake Mason NW 1986, Lake Mason SE 1986, Timber Buttes North 1986, Lake Mason 1986, Pender Coulee 1986 7.5’ Topographic Quadrangles

8N27E8N26E8N25E8N24E8N23E

9N27E 9N26E

9N25E 9N24E

9N23E

10N27E 10N26E

10N25E 10N24E

10N23E

11N27E 11N26E

11N25E 11N24E

11N23E

12N27E12N26E12N25E 12N24E12N23E

Gage Dome C

Gage Dome A

Gage Dome B

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Gage Dome Project Parcels

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Appendix A

Project A Details

6N 29E

5N 27E

6N 28E

5N 28E

5N 29E

N Marsh Rd Huffine Rd

Marsh Ranch Rd

Roen Rd

Rai lr oadC r eek Rd

Bundy Rd

Marsh Rd

Hib b ard Creek Rd

CharterRd

Sa ndo Rd

Bundy R dC A Rd

Hawk Creek Rd

4N30E4N29E 4N28E

4N27E

5N30E

5N29E 5N28E

5N27E

6N30E6N29E

6N28E6N27E

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B

C D

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State Highway Highways

Interstate Hwy

US Hwy

MT Primary State Hwy

MT Secondary State Hwy (paved)

MT Secondary State Hwy (gravel)

Ramps, Interchanges, & Business Loops

WY State Hwy

Open Road Non-Highway Rds

Collector Rd (paved)

Collector Rd (gravel)

Local/Resource Rd (paved)

Local/Resource Rd (improved)

Local/Resource Rd (unimproved/unknown)

6N 29E

Huffine Rd

Railroad Creek Rd

Marsh Ranch Rd

Marsh Rd

C A Rd

5N29E

5N28E

6N29E6N28E

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B

C

D

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17 15

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State Lands State Land

Private or Undetermined Lands Private or Undetermined

Appendix A

Project B Details

Gage Dome Parcel A

Table 6: Gage Dome A Public Route Miles and Acres.:

ROUTE NAME BLM_MILES Acres

GD2002 1.95 71.018

GD2001 1.21 44.151

GD2001 1.15 41.663

GD2001 1.02 37.001

GD2003 1.14 41.478

GD2003 2.13 77.388

Totals: 8.61 312.698

Table 7: Gage Dome A Administrative Miles and Acres:

ROUTE NAME BLM MILES acres

GD2015 0.42 1.54

GD2014 0.42 1.54

GD2016 0.47 1.73

GD2011 0.00 0.01

GD2011 0.09 0.33

GD2012 0.16 0.59

GD2012 0.78 2.85

GD2012 0.29 1.05

GD2010 0.49 1.79

GD2004 0.31 1.12

GD2005 1.23 4.47

TOTALS: 4.68 17.01

10N 24E

10N 23E

9N24E9N23E

10N24E

10N23E

Gage Dome A

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GDA public route APE

Gage Dome TMA

Federal Lands BLM - Public Domain

BLM - Land Use (Bankhead Jones)

State Lands State Land

Gage Dome A

GD2001

G D

GD20

G D

GD2003

G D

GD20

GD2

GD2015

G D

GD2010

GD2012

GD2005

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GD A open roads for inventory

10N24E

10N23E

Gage Dome A

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GDA public route APE

9N24E

9N23E

10N24E10N23E

Gage Dome A

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10N23E

Gage Dome A

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Gage Dome Parcel B

Table 8: Gage Dome B Open Route Miles and Acres.:

ROUTE NUMBER ROUTE NAME BLM_MILES ACRES

Gary Graves Rd 0.89 32.36

GD1035 0.18 6.70

GD1042 0.12 4.44

Snowy Mountain Rd 0.55 19.83

GD1042 0.24 8.76

GD1042 0.22 7.82

GD1041 0.68 24.75

GD1012 1.11 40.27

GD1042 0.03 1.05

GD1007 1.20 43.72

GD1012 0.38 13.74

GD1002 0.86 31.36

GD1035 0.75 27.17

0.02 0.85

GD1042 0.16 5.73

GD1035 0.28 10.09

GD1014 0.68 24.65

TOTALS 8.34 303.30

Table 9: Gage Dome B Administrative Route Miles and Acres.

ROUTE NAME BLM MILES ACRES

GD1005 0.31 1.11

GD1005 0.07 0.27

GD1005 0.67 2.43

GD1005 0.06 0.23

GD1008 0.33 1.19

GD1005 0.30 1.08

GD1005 0.05 0.19

GD1005 0.04 0.15

GD1005 0.06 0.21

GD1011 1.32 4.81

GD1040 0.08 0.31

GD1039 0.18 0.66

GD1038 0.21 0.77

GD1038 0.61 2.23

ROUTE NAME BLM MILES ACRES

GD1039 0.15 0.56

GD1039 0.14 0.52

GD1038 0.11 0.39

GD1038 0.10 0.35

GD1038 0.51 1.84

GD1039 0.13 0.47

GD1040 0.06 0.21

GD1040 0.07 0.25

GD1038 0.51 1.84

GD1039 0.14 0.52

GD1039 0.13 0.47

GD1039 0.18 0.66

GD1038 0.61 2.23

GD1039 0.15 0.56

GD1038 0.11 0.39

GD1038 0.10 0.35

TOTALS 7.49 27.24

11N 25E

10N 26E

11N 26E

10N 25E

10N26E 10N25E10N24E

11N26E

11N25E

11N24E Gage Dome B

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GDB admin APE

GDB public route APE Federal Lands

BLM - Public Domain

BLM - Land Use (Bankhead Jones)

State Lands State Land

Gage Dome B

GD1035

GD1042

G D

GD1041

GD10

G D

GD10

GD1038

GD1005

GD1011

USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road Data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State Humanitarian Information Unit; and NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Coastal Relief Model. Data refreshed April, 2023.

0 1 20.5 Miles

Gage Dome B Project Routes

Legend GDB all admin routes

GD B open roads

Gage Dome TMA

Gary Graves Rd

Snowey Mountain Road

26E

11N26E11N25E

Gage Dome B

Gage Dome B

090807

17 16

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Legend Gage Dome TMA

GDB admin APE

GDB public route APE

10N25E 10N24E

11N25E11N24E

Gage Dome B

13 18

24 20

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10N25E

11N26E

11N25E

Gage Dome B

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10N26E

11N26E

Gage Dome B

09 10

17 16

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Gage Dome Parcel C

Table 10: Gage Dome C Public Route Miles and Acres.

ROUTE

NUMBER BLM MILES ACRES

GD3003 0.63 23.075

GD3004 0.22 7.966

GD3005 2.77 100.594

GD3004 0.31 11.337

GD3012 0.02 0.646

GD3001 0.51 18.577

GD3011 0.98 35.760

GD3012 0.46 16.727

GD3012 0.52 18.747

1.04 37.711

GD3001 0.97 35.257

GD3013 0.33 12.027

TOTALS 8.76 318.424

Table 11: Gage Dome C Administrative Route Miles and Acres.

ROUTE

NUMBER BLM MILES ACRES

GD3014 0.14 0.53

GD3015 0.13 0.47

GD3018 0.51 1.87

GD3014 0.17 0.61

GD3016 0.26 0.94

GD3014 0.69 2.51

GD3017 0.74 2.69

GD3009 0.46 1.66

GD3006 1.97 3.29

GD3006 1.97 3.49

GD3006 1.97 0.38

GD3008 0.13 0.47

GD3007 0.40 1.40

TOTALS 9.53 20.30

9N

9N27E

9N26E

9N25E

10N27E

10N26E

Gage Dome C

Gage Dome C

Gage Dome C

Gage Dome C

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GDC public routes APE

Gage Dome TMA

Federal Lands BLM - Public Domain

BLM - Land Use (Bankhead Jones)

State Lands State Land

Private or Undetermined Lands

Gage Dome C Project Area

Gage Dome C

GD3014

G D

GD3007

G

D

G D

GD3017

GD3006

GD3012

GD3004

GD3013

G D

G D

GD3003

GD3001

GD30

GD3005

USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road Data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State Humanitarian Information Unit; and NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Coastal Relief Model. Data refreshed April, 2023.

0 0.75 1.50.375 Miles

Gage Dome C Project Routes

Legend GD C open roads

GDC admin routes all

9N27E

9N26E

10N27E10N26E

Gage Dome C

Gage Dome C

33 34

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GDC public routes APE

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9N

9N26E

Gage Dome C

Gage Dome C

Gage Dome C

Gage Dome C

31 32

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GDC public routes APE

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