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<br />Photocoonesy oflhe ilIl=u orland Mangemenl
<br />HikeI5 rrmke their way along a creek in Bull Omyon south.of .
<br />Dinosaur National Monume1)t. .. _ .w:.~-<::,:::~."-}.:"_.__
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<br />plant species, The 'headwaters
<br />rush from alpine forests of the
<br />White River and Routt national
<br />forests, then flow generally west
<br />for more_ than 300 roUes, through
<br />several natural ecosystems and
<br />political jurisdictions., to join the
<br />Green River at Dinosaur Monu-
<br />ment.
<br />The Yampa is set in an area
<br />rich in glorious scenery - high
<br />mounta~, flattops and awe-
<br />some desert. Dinosaurs roamed
<br />here, and the geologic history of
<br />the area is evident in great red-
<br />rock formations that reach to
<br />the sky, smudgim by dark black
<br />mineral streaks. .
<br />People have left their marks
<br />since earliest times, such as the
<br />intriguing pictographs in Canon
<br />Pintado and artifacts left by pre-
<br />historic people. Victorian-era
<br />outlaws settled outside Brown's
<br />Park where they were accepted
<br />by the locals because they
<br />brought hard cash - from their
<br />bank robberies - a commodity
<br />in short supply in this merciless
<br />country.
<br />Butch Cassidy and The Wild
<br />Bunch were among the unsavory
<br />yet glamorous-in-memory who
<br />hid out there at one time. There
<br />also was an 1880s scam artist
<br />who announced he had made a
<br />major find of diamonds, salted
<br />an old mine shaft with the stones
<br />and invited investors to have a
<br />look. After he had fleeced a num-
<br />ber of marks, he took off for
<br />South America and was never
<br />seen in the area again.
<br />"Our greatest asset is our
<br />greatest liability. . . marvelous
<br />open space and lack of access,"
<br />said Don Birkner, Craig city
<br />manager. "Any development
<br />strategy in Moffat County that
<br />ignores federal lands is insane,
<br />for everything that can be farm~
<br />ed or ranched here is farmed or
<br />ranched. The only one virtually
<br />unlimited possibility is what we
<br />can do with puhlic lands, and
<br />they're the largest resource we
<br />have."
<br />But the land managers are
<br />
<br />torcycle club has offered to map
<br />existing trails in BLM's popular
<br />Sand Wash Basin, help plot new
<br />ones and abandon those that
<br />should not be used. The Forest
<br />Service is discussing redevelop-
<br />ing some of its existing camp-
<br />grounds that have been over-
<br />used, and the Park Service is
<br />proposing additional primitive
<br />camping facilities.
<br />Steamboat Springs and Craig
<br />received $200,000 from the
<br />state's Energy Impact Fund, and
<br />a portion is being used to have
<br />the Design Workshop, a planning
<br />firm, create a preliminary Yam-
<br />pa Valley Trail and Recreation
<br />Plan. The draft plan will be
<br />completed by September.
<br />
<br />build a core trail for 4 miles
<br />along the Yampa in town, con-
<br />necting neighborhoods with city
<br />parks and the ski mountain. It
<br />will be part of the proposed
<br />- Yampa Valley Trail. Chris Wil-
<br />= SOD was appointed Steamboat's
<br />city trails coordinator a year
<br />ago, after Ii-years on-Boulder's
<br />Open Space trail program.
<br />"It's not 8.;:Juestion of if the
<br />hordes of people come here. but
<br />when.. . . So if we plan now we
<br />can.do a better job and be pre-
<br />pll1'ed,~' Wilson said as he
<br />watched in-iine skaters, bicy-
<br />clists, -<I- senior~citizen couple and
<br />a mother with child in stroller
<br />make their way along Steam-
<br />boat's river trail.
<br />
<br />A $10,000 grant from Burling-
<br />ton Resources !,-ation is be-
<br />ing used to pia LM's 800-
<br />acre Cedar Moun am outside
<br />Craig, above a wintering area of
<br />several thousand elk.--- - --
<br />"It's time to direct the uses of
<br />what happens here," said Glen
<br />Secrist, area manager of the
<br />BLM Little Snake Resource Of-
<br />fice, as he surveyed the splendid
<br />view of the countrvside, with
<br />contrasting swirls 'of planted and
<br />barren ground, stretching to the
<br />Flat Tops and Black Mountain
<br />on the horizon.
<br />Steamboat Springs has a head
<br />start on trails. In 1989, the town
<br />approved a $3.5 million bond is-
<br />sue, of which $2 million was to
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<br />sensitive to the fears of the
<br />ranchers, too. At one planning
<br />session Terry Doherty, recre-
<br />ational specialist for Craig parks
<br />and recreation, saId, "Ranchers
<br />are concerned this will raise
<br />'their' taxes for 'your' reCre-
<br />ation."
<br />Dave Cooper of BLM's Craig
<br />office added that any planning
<br />must preserve lifestyles and help
<br />farmers and ranchers use public
<br />lands. Originally, discussions fo-
<br />cused on placing the trail along
<br />the river, but there was concern
<br />about the impact on the river.
<br />Many ranchers were disturbed
<br />about trail users' behavior on
<br />private lands and the numbers of
<br />dogs they might bring and let
<br />run loose.
<br />That changed the focus to U.S.
<br />40, and the plan now being con"
<br />sidered calls for widening the
<br />shoulder of the highway where
<br />needed to accommodate a trail.
<br />That proposal addresses another
<br />demand to get bikes off the high,
<br />way, a concern of local resi-
<br />dents.
<br />Any trail would be multiuse,
<br />open to bicyclists, hikers and
<br />horses. Meeting all their needs is
<br />a challenge whenever a trail is
<br />discussed. There are ahout 150
<br />miles of trail in primitive BLM
<br />lands and Dinosaur Monument,
<br />and Steve Bennett, BLM staff
<br />person and coordinator for the
<br />Yampa Valley Alliance, hopes
<br />that ultimately there will be an-
<br />other 100 miles of trail. Together
<br />with some other existing trails,
<br />the entire network could reach
<br />300 miles.
<br />Although progress seems slow,
<br />Bennett said BLM is working on
<br />a land exchange to get river ac-
<br />cess for floaters at Juniper Can-
<br />yon near Maybell and is hoping
<br />for other critical access spots. A
<br />private landowner is considering
<br />opening up his land to allow
<br />boaters to put in their craft for a
<br />fee. The agency is planning
<br />mountain bike trails on Duffy
<br />and Juniper mountains and at
<br />Twelve-mile Mesa. A local mo-
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