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<br />o <br />o <br />tv <br />CO <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />RECREA nON <br /> <br />The major recreation uses of the Greater Sagers Wash Watershed are hunting, mountain biking, <br />and off-highway vehicle (OHV) travel. Hunting use occurs mostly in the northern 1/3 of the <br />area, the Bookcliffs. The fall deer and elk hunting seasons are the peak use periods. Mountain <br />biking occurs mainly on the Kokopelli Trail which travels for about five miles through the <br />southeast comer of the watershed. April through June and October are the high use periods for <br />mountain biking. The OHV use occurs mostly in the middle and southern portion of the <br />watershed. The Grand Resource Area Resource Management Plan (RMP) designated much of <br />this area as limited to existing roads and trails for OHV activities to protect higWy erodible <br />Mancos Shale soils, watershed, and scenic values. OHV activity occurs from April through <br />October. Use data for these activities are not known for the watershed, but recreation use is <br />estimated to be low. <br /> <br />WILDERNESS <br /> <br />The northern portion of the Greater Sagers Wash Watershed (28,514 acres) is within the Coal <br />Canyon Wilderness Study Area (WSA). Management of the WSA is guided by the Interim <br />Management Policy (H-8550-1) which for watershed management states, land treatments (e.g., <br />trenching, ripping, pitting, terracing, plowing) will not be permitted, Hand or aerial seeding <br />of native species may be done to restore natural vegetation. Structural and similar watershed <br />rehabilitation measures will be permitted only if they satisfy the non-impainnent criteria. The <br />WSA will continue to be managed by this policy until Congress designates it as wilderness or <br />removes the WSA from the wilderness review process, <br /> <br />17 <br />