WSP11312

• File Number: 7630.275
• Description: Wild and Scenic-Flat Tops Wilderness Area
• State: CO
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Author: USFS
• Title: Flat Tops Wilderness Area-A Proposal Flat Tops Wilderness-White River and Routt National Forests-Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Proximity to Population and to Other \rilderne~:;
The proposed Wilderness lies within 250 mUes of approximately 2 million people.
There are five Wildernei"s units and five other Primith'e Areas in Colorado. The
Wilderness units are:
)"Iaroon Bells-SnO\nnass, \\bite River Xational Forest
~lt. Zirkel. Routt XationaJ Forest
La Carita, Gunnison and Rio Grande :'\ational Forests
Rawah, Roosevelt XationaI Forest
West Elk, Gunnison :\'ational Forest
These th'c Wilderness units total 281,163 acres.
The Primiti\"t~ Areas are:
Gore Range- Eagles -,"est, Arapaho and \\bite River Xational Forests
San .Juan. San Juan Xational Forest
Uncompahgre, lJncompahgre XationaI Forest
Upper Rio Grande, Rio Grande XationaJ Forest
\\'U..-on ~lollntains. San .Juan and Uncompahgre :\'ational Fore~b
These five Primitive Areas total 454.475 acres.
Of thet'e 10 areat'o the closest to the Hat Tops i:.: Gore Range - Eagles :\'est Primi.
th..e Area. about 50 miles distant.

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Acreage Summary
flat Tops Prinlitive Area ....................................._..............................
Areas not recommended for \\'ilderncss .................................................

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-2.635
99.489
42.741
142.230

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Contiguous areas proposed for addition .................................................

Total Xational Forest area within proposed boundaries ........................
There are no non- Federal lands ......ithin the proposed boundaries.

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