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File Number
7630.150
Description
Wild and Scenic-Dinosaur National Monument
Date
12/28/1973
Author
DinosaurNatMonument
Title
Dinosaur National Monument Wilderness-DOI Draft Environmental Statement-Proposed Dinosaur National Monument Wilderness
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<br />About 2.9 miles of primitive road--three short sections within the <br />proposed wilderness--would be closed or obliterated. The influence <br />of these roads is minor at present, but their elimination is <br />necessary in order to conform to wilderness legislation. <br /> <br />"'. <br /> <br />This proposal to designate portions of the monument in wilderness <br />and potential wilderness addition have been correlated with other <br />possible projects for the monument. The following proposals have <br />been approved for public hearing: <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />- A new 16 mile paved road linking the two existing spur roads <br />that lead to the quarry and Harpers Corner, with a side road <br />to Cub Creek to historic and prehistoric features. Sheltered <br />lunch stops and rest areas would be provided on Blue Mountain <br />Plateau. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />A new entrance road into the canyon portal at the Gates of <br />Lodore would enter at the extreme north boundary ('Of the monu- <br />ment and continue southward along the east side of the Green <br />River to the end of the existing c8lllpground. <br /> <br />124J <br /> <br />The backcountry would continue to be managed as a primitive <br />zone. Reasonable access by autOlDobile would continue to be <br />available to Echo Park, which is regarded by many as second <br />only to the dinosaur exhibit in the total park experience. <br />Rivers will be managed in a way that would permit maximum human <br />utilization with overcrowding or destroying the natural environ- <br />ment along the rivers. Primitive ranch roada would be retained as <br />long as there is grazing, but as grazing privileges expire, many <br />of them would be abandoned. A trail system would be planned. <br /> <br />'" <br />,,\ <br /> <br />Support services, such as private campgrounds, guest ranchea, <br />restaurants and pack stetions catering to stock trips into the <br />backcountry, would be encouraged outside the monument. <br /> <br />Regional visitor centelll may be established at Vernal, Utah; <br />Craig, Colorado; and at Flaming Gorge National Recreatil'l1 Area <br />northwest of the monument in Utah. Locally, information would <br />be available at loop-tour starting points on or near U.S. Highway <br />40 and at outlying canyon portals. <br /> <br />Enlargement of the monument to include two parcels of land <br />totalling 3340 acres along the south boundary in the vicinity <br />of Harpers Corner is proposed. <br /> <br />[- Elimination of grazing and continued general resource manage- <br />ment that encourages preservation of native plants and /I!Iimals, <br />and avoids introduction of exotic plants and animals would be <br />pursued. <br /> <br />9 <br />
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