. Canon City District wilderness planning amendment. Wilderness areas; Land use. 28 accord with such designation. The State 'of Colorado 19 81 Ou tdoor Recrea t ion Plan rec ommends that BUI continue to provide dispersed recreation and report on suitability of areas as wilderness for congressional designation. It also indicates that wilderness uses in the state, region 4 (Park, Teller, and El Paso), and region 13 (Lake, Chaffee, Fremont, and Custer) are highly needed. In region 8 (Saguache, Mineral, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Conejos, and Costilla) the need is medium. The Forest Service has lan
. Canon City District wilderness planning amendment. Wilderness areas; Land use. 28 accord with such designation. The State 'of Colorado 19 81 Ou tdoor Recrea t ion Plan rec ommends that BUI continue to provide dispersed recreation and report on suitability of areas as wilderness for congressional designation. It also indicates that wilderness uses in the state, region 4 (Park, Teller, and El Paso), and region 13 (Lake, Chaffee, Fremont, and Custer) are highly needed. In region 8 (Saguache, Mineral, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Conejos, and Costilla) the need is medium. The Forest Service has land and resource management plans which Include wilderness. There are five areas with wilderness characteristics located near the BLM study areas. They are: Collegiate Peaks Wilderness (12 miles northwest of Browns Canyon), Buffalo Peaks RARE II area (12 miles north of Browns Canyon), Sangre de Crlsto (27 miles south of Browns Canyon, 10 miles southwest of Mclntyre Hills and the Grape Creeks, and within 6 miles of Sand Castle), and South San Juan Wilderness (30 miles west of San Luis Hills). UNIT BY UNIT DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENT The affected environment is described in each unit and by each affected resource value. The rationale is that each WSA should be described here and also analyzed later in Chapter IV on an individual basis to aid Congress in their study at a later date. This may cause some repetition of resource data presented. BROWNS CANYON (002) This unit contains 6,614 acres of land located approximately 6 miles south of Buena Vista and 7 miles northwest of Salida in Chaffee County. The WSA lies east of the Arkansas River in T. 51 N. , R. 8 and 9 E., NMPM and T. 15 S., R. 77 and 78 W., 6th PM. (See Map III-l.). 1"* Air This unit Is considered Class II by Federal Air Quality Standards. The Colorado State Air Pollution Control Commission has identified a large majority of this WSA as a zone of high air quality. Geology and Minerals The unit is located within the Up
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