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<br />THE DE!'oo"\-'FR PosT
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<br />Wednesday. "pOlS, 1998'~
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<br />COLORADO
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<br />Wilderness expansion backed
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<br />~o percent favor
<br />and protection
<br />n Colorado poll
<br />ly Mark Eddy
<br />_P'OOl~_
<br />AI the fNeral 8urnll of Land Mall-
<br />,eroenlprtpan:tlodeddeilUl,OOO
<br />ern of Colorado UllYOll llll!b ,.lId
<br />jghpla~'Ullbouldbefurtblorstudied
<br />~ deslgnltlOQ as 1riIdtr-. envlroa-
<br />IW!lltallfOllJlllDdpolltlclllllf'tleued
<br />poI1th.IIbowI~MllUoftbeJtlte
<br />upportp~r'VItloaoftbe1aocb..
<br />Of 500 rtgbtert'd Colorldo .oten
<br />J1kf'dittbe]&Ildabou]dbl!~led
<br />. "lIdemesa, SOpereellt aaJdtbeylUp-
<br />oft the Idea, 11 pereent "en! oppowd
<br />JldSpercenlhadl'lOopinlOQ,according
<br />o tbe IliM'tY rooducted last JUDe by
<br />:almey,DuttResl!a.rcb..
<br />SUpportCIIUICl'OA,endtr,potlt1cal
<br />iDdclemocr.ph1el1Des.~totbe
<br />IOU,....h1cblw.Inarf!noferrorofH
<br />~tuDtagepolnll.
<br />'"ThJ.t pO\lllmn "hat we &1..,7'__
<br />JeCt~ II true: Colorado e1t1nns-
<br />,~tber Republlcau or OtlOOC"lt, male
<br />II' fem.le, Of from tbe Wat Slope or
<br />be f'roIlt Ranp - support Jlrocier
<br />lI1)tectlOll for Colorado', wildlands,"
<br />aldEliJeJooesof1beLugueotCul.
<br />fl"ntlQll VoterS. .-
<br />Altbough tbe poll JbgW1lUpport for
<br />leslillIUnltbt.rt,,"..lIde~,
<br />mnmenu tbe BLM hu ~vtd from
<br />htpublle~farlel111elear-cut
<br />Pfllpletr'omoutsldetbelffectedar.
<br />,ubavt laid tbe 1and 1bouI4 be pre-
<br />ervtd as 'lI'lIdel'tlnl, IIleI Eric Fino
<br />tid..naturalrnourt'l!sp<<lallstfortbe
<br />11..... "Bllt tbe Iocll COtnalf'llt w~'",
<br />t\'ttin,lsllmosttbeoppallte.-
<br />MillY poIlUdaDa from tbe JUmlWld-
<br />ngltl!u.llXalnostdellttand~
<br />ItJyetofolland,ucompanlellflVOf
<br />~..lnltbelllKiopenttlr.mllltJtuOeof
<br />l1elI.FInnld....ld.
<br />To be COOJidenod for w1Idernea des-
<br />lll.tloo'anl",lmustbe.t~astUOO
<br />Icret witl1 no roads. Once dffipaUd,
<br />III and IU drilling. mWng and ~
<br />ItiOll11 Ictlylti~, 'Ilcb II blkillg and
<br />noton:yclln, tmI't uaualb allowleCl
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<br />Roadless areas up lor preservation
<br />Six western Slope areas It Cobraoo are beng recommended Dr
<br />proteCtiOn as wilderness areas because 01 their I9dl of roadS. Here
<br />ere !he areas being reviewed by !he U.S. Bureau of land
<br />Managemenl
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<br />1.Yampa River (15 miles southwest
<br />01 Craig, WI Mottat County)
<br />Total number of aclltS
<br />rltYiewed: 15.879
<br />Contiguous acru found
<br />to be roadless: 9.661
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<br />2. Vermillion Basin (00 miles west 01
<br />Craig, Moflat Counry)
<br />Total number of aclltS
<br />reviewed: 92.809
<br />ContigUOU1l acrn fot.lnd
<br />to btI n>>dl...: 79.958
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<br />3.Pii\onRidge (30lT\Iles
<br />norltlwest 01 Meeker. In Moffal
<br />end Rio Blanco rounlies)
<br />Total number of ecr..
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<br />6. CastleP9ak (B miles nortI of
<br />Eagle. Eagle County)
<br />Total number of ecrH
<br />rev~:3.996
<br />Contiguous IICl'U found
<br />to be roadktu: 3,970
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<br />5. Soultl Shale Ridge {2 m~es west 01
<br />o.IleQue, ...... Coonty)
<br />Twl number 01 ecr..
<br />reviewed: 33,400
<br />Contiguous ecru found
<br />to be roadless: 32.364
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<br />Tho eo-_
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<br />The BLM In 11180 determlll~ tI1lt
<br />800.00<IIc"" 01 it. wldt-Optll hl.h
<br />plltelllSf.lIdCIllYCMlImt1.tbtcriteri.
<br />for dtsIrnatioa as wUdtmtss. Of tI1,l!
<br />800,000. the lederlll,ellcy recom.
<br />melldtdthat400.000aCn':llbeprotecttd
<br />asw1lderntSi$.
<br />But btclUW the 100,000 aCl'1!S mt1.
<br />tbtc:r!terlllndbtcluJtlllllyCoagT'f'SS
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<br />candtslp.atewUdtrDtslltl!u.tbttn-
<br />tiJ"tICftlgewUlbtprottcttduntUl.w-
<br />muen matt I de:W0lI. Tbtre Is llO
<br />!jeadlille for I deciIioG.. and OOIndlClo
<br />tiOllthatllnt wUlcomeJOOll.
<br />But ellvlronment.1 ,rollpS ...id tI1e
<br />entirtaoo.OOOICn':lluweUasaootbtr
<br />300.00llIcrusbouJdbtprotl!ctl!d.....fttr
<br />t'TiucrossInI wtStl!nl CoIor.do to de-
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<br />termine bow milch of the Ilnd wu
<br />r'O'dless.tbeBL.\Iwdanothfl"U1.354 :
<br />Icfetcouldbtlddtdtotbfl1st.
<br />The public commellt period Oil
<br />aIlltllding tbt 1u4-uw plant for tht ar-
<br />elS flld! Thllrsdly. alld I declsloll
<br />sbouldbtlllllOUDCtdhyJWlf'9.
<br />Please see BlM Ol'\ 88
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