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<br />. ' ' F:\M6\MCINNI\MCINNL32A <br /> <br />H.L.C. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />1 tivities, ecological research, and recreational activi- <br /> <br />2 ties, and are publicly used for hiking, camping, and <br />3 fishing, and for wilderness value, including solitude. <br />4 (4) Other public and private lands adjacent to <br />5 the Great Sand Dunes National Monument offer ad- <br />6 ditional unique geological, hydrological, paleontolog- <br /> <br />7 ical, scenic, scientific, educational, wildlife, and rec- <br />8 reational resources, and these lands contribute to <br />9 the protection of the sand sheet associated with the <br />10 dune mass, the ground water system on which the <br />11 features of the dunes and the adjacent wetlands rely, <br />12 and the wildlife, viewshed, and scenic qualities of the <br />13 Great Sand Dunes National Monument. <br /> <br />14 ( 5) Some of the private lands described in para- <br />15 graph (4) contain important portions of the sand <br />16 . dune mass, the associated sand sheet, and unique al- <br />17 pine environments, which would be threatened by fu- <br />18 ture development pressures. <br />19 (6) The designation of a Great Sand Dunes Na- <br />20 tional Park, which will encompass the Great Sand <br />21 Dunes National Monument and additional lands, will <br />22 . provide greater long-term protection of the geologi- <br />23 cal, hydrological, paleontological, scenic, scientific, <br />24 educational, wildlife, and recreational resources of <br />25 the area, including the sand sheet associated with <br /> <br />March 27. 2000 (10:02 AM) <br />F'\V~\n~?7nO\(),q?7nn 017 <br />