. Canon City District wilderness planning amendment. Wilderness areas; Land use. Upper Grape Creek Upper Grape Creek (10,200 WSA 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 and exclude an area that would be difficult to manage because of back-country vehicle use. The other 240 acres exclude patented mining lands along the eastern boundary eliminating this resource conflict. The size of the unit in this alternative would be approximately 9,600 acr
. Canon City District wilderness planning amendment. Wilderness areas; Land use. Upper Grape Creek Upper Grape Creek (10,200 WSA 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 and exclude an area that would be difficult to manage because of back-country vehicle use. The other 240 acres exclude patented mining lands along the eastern boundary eliminating this resource conflict. The size of the unit in this alternative would be approximately 9,600 acres. Sand Castle (1,644 WSA acres) - This WSA is contiguous with the Great Sand Dunes Wilderness Area. One 160-acre parcel of the unit is located approximately 7 miles from the majority of the unit. This alternative would omit this isolated parcel since its distance from the rest of the unit would make wilderness management difficult. Under this alternative 1,484 acres would be recommended for wilderness designation. San Luis Hills (10,240 WSA acres) - This alternative makes three boundary changes, leaving approximately 7,440 acres to be recommended for wilderness designation. The current southeastern boundary follows the legal land status and Is difficult to find on the. Lower Grape Creek ground. The alternate boundary would be withdrawn to the beginning of the hills omitting approximately 1,360 acres. The northern boundary would be adjusted to exclude approximately 1,440 acres which have possible mineral potential and some mineral exploration pits. This boundary adjustment also excludes a state section inholdlng. These changes would improve manageability and eliminate a resource conflict. ALTERNATIVE D Partial Wilderness Designation - II As in Alternative C, this alternative also considers partial areas of the WSAs for wilderness designation (see Map II-3). The Beaver Creek WSA is the only unit in which a second boundary adjustment would logically resolve additional conflicts.
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