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<br />002G96 <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />ation Management Area. AB a general rule, the Committee does not <br />favor naming wilderness areas after living persons, even persons <br />associated with the establishment or expansion of the National <br />Wilderness Preservation System, and therefore agreed to the re- <br />quest of Representative Skaggs and former Senator Wirth to delete <br />the prop-oBed naming of one area 8S the "Wren and Tim Wirth Wil- <br />derness '. The revised trail and road provisions are discussed in <br />more detail in the Section-by-Section Analysis portion of this Re- <br />port. <br /> <br />SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS <br /> <br />Section 1 provides a short title, namely the "Colorado Wilderness <br />Act of 1993", and a definition for the term "the Secretary". <br /> <br />AREAs DESIGNATED AS WILDERNESS <br /> <br />Section 2 (a) would designate 19 areas to be managed as wilder- <br />ness (either as separate components of the National Wilderness <br />Preservation System or as additions to existing units of that Sys- <br />tem). These areas are as follows: <br />Are... <br />American flats (addition to existing wilderness) ........................................... <br />Bill HarelLarson Creek (addition to existing wilderness; transfer to For- <br />est Service from BLM) ................................................................................. <br />Bowen Gulch (addition to existing wilderness) ............................................. <br />Buffalo Peaks ............................ ......... ............. ...................... ........... ................ <br />Davis Peak (addition to existing wilderness) ................................................ <br />Fossil Ridge . ....... .......... ................ ...... ...... .......................... ............... ............... <br />Greenhorn Mountain . ........... ............................ ... .............. ... .... ........ ............... <br />Lost Creek (addition to existing wilderness) ................................................. <br />O-Be.Joyful (addition to existing wilderness) ............................................... <br />Powderhorn (part managed by BLM) ............................................................ <br /> <br />Ptannigan Peak ............................................................................................... <br />Sangre De Cristo ............................................................................................. <br />Sarvis Creek ....... ............... ....... ...... ........... .... ............... ........... ...... ............... .... <br />South San Juan (addition to existing wilderness) ........................................ <br />Spruce Creek (addition to existing wilderness) ............................................. <br />St. Louis Peak (renamed "Byers Peak") ........................................................ <br /> <br />Vasquez Peak ..... ................. ..... .................. ..... ............... ..... .............. ... ............ <br />West Needles-Weminuche (additions to existing wilderness) ...................... <br />Wheeler (addition to existing :wilderness) ..................................................... <br />A more detailed description of these areas follows: <br /> <br />American Flats, Bill Hare Gulch / Larson Creek: <br />These additions to the existing "Big Blue Wilderness" (which the <br />bill renames as Uncompahgre Wilderness) are located north of <br />Lake City, Colorado. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wilder- <br />ness studies determined these additions would be a logical exten- <br />sion of the wilderness, especially with regard to American Flats, an <br />area above treeline marked by undulating hills that form the wa- <br />tershed divide separating Cow Creek and Wildhorse Creek from <br />Henson Creek. They provide unobstructed views of Wetterhorn and <br />Uncompahgre Peaks and much of the San Juan Mountains. Com- <br />prised mostly of alpine tundra, but including (in the Bill Hare <br />Gulch and Larson Creek areas) some lower-elevation ponderosa <br />pine and spruce/fir forests these areas are a summer habitat for <br />several species of big game. Hinsdale and Ouray counties are popu- <br />lar with tourists and outdoor enthusiasts, including ofT-road vehicle <br /> <br />kreage <br />3,390 <br /> <br />815 <br />6,990 <br />43,410 <br />20.750 <br />33,060 <br />22,040 <br />14,700 <br />5,500 <br />60,100 <br />13,175 <br />226,455 <br />47,140 <br />31,100 <br />8,330 <br />8,095 <br />12,300 <br />28,740 <br />25,640 <br />