The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) describes a Proposed Action and alternatives to the Proposed Action for the future management of the land and resources of the Cibola National Forest and the Kiowa, Rita Blanca, McClellan Creek and Black Kettle National Grasslands. It also describes the affected environment and discloses the environmental consequences of implementing the Proposed Action and alternatives to it.

Eight aternatives for managing the 11,519 acre Las Huertas canyon Study Area on the Cibola National Forest are described and compared. The alternatives are: Alternative A is the current management strategy. Alternative B provides for the Forest Service and cooperating agencies to increase services and management intensitylevelsbyutilizingexistingdirectionandauthoritiesintheLasH uertasCanyonStudyArea. AlternativeCprovidesmaximumemphasistothefloraandfaunaandnonmotorized recreations opportunities found in Las Huertas Canyon by closur eofSR165fromthenorthForestboundarytoLasHuertasPicnicGround. Alte rnativeDprovidesemphasistothefloraandfaunaandnonmotorizedrecreationopportunitesfoundin upper Las Huertas Canyon by closure of SR 165 from Balsam Glade Picni cGroundtothesouthboundaryoftheEllisTract. AlternativeFprovidesemp hasistoanimprovedtransportationsystem.