. Canon City District wilderness planning amendment. Wilderness areas; Land use. conflicts and narrow spurs of land which * would be difficult to manage as wilderness. The remaining portion of the unit (17,000 acres) which would be recommended for designation is a concentrated configuration of land with outstanding opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation and solitude. Additionally this portion of the unit contains Beaver Creek with very scenic cliffs and deep narrow canyons. UPPER GRAPE CREEK (CO-050-017) Alternative A - All Wilderness Designation Designation would preclude the h
. Canon City District wilderness planning amendment. Wilderness areas; Land use. conflicts and narrow spurs of land which * would be difficult to manage as wilderness. The remaining portion of the unit (17,000 acres) which would be recommended for designation is a concentrated configuration of land with outstanding opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation and solitude. Additionally this portion of the unit contains Beaver Creek with very scenic cliffs and deep narrow canyons. UPPER GRAPE CREEK (CO-050-017) Alternative A - All Wilderness Designation Designation would preclude the harvest of 21,206 cords of firewood in the long term and prohibit back-country vehicle travel (which is currently around 100 annual recreation days). Restrictive access could impact 30 acres of non-Federal inholdings and 148 existing mining claims. There Is no legal access to this unit. Wilderness values would be preserved. Alternative B - No Wilderness Designation - No Action (Preferred Alternative) This alternative recommends no acreage for wilderness designation. Wilderness values would be lost on approximately 19 percent of this unit as a result of proposed projects by other resources. Alternative C - Partial Wilderness Designation - I The size of the unit in this alternative would be approximately 9,600 acres. The boundary was adjusted to exclude approximately 360 acres in the northeast corner along Grape Creek. Omitting this narrow arm would result in a more concentrated and manageable unit excluding an area that would be difficult to manage because of back-country vehicle use. An additional 240 acres excluded under this alternative omits patented mining lands along the eastern boundary. Alternative D - Partial Wilderness Designation - II Since no resource conflicts nor manageability problems would be changed by a second logical boundary adjustment, no Alternative D was studied for this unit. SAND CASTLE (CO-050-135) Alternative A - All Wilderness Designation (Preferred Al
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