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<br />. . .ll\~ ~., <br /> <br />c~. f) ~ '~ <br />...... '" 1,"..... <br />. <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />SUMMARY ....................... .................................................................. ............................ ...... 1 <br /> <br />Location..... ...... ................................................................................................................ 1 <br />Natural Resources..................... ................... .............................. .................................... 1 <br />Distinguishing Characteristics....................................................................................... 3 <br />Proximity to Population and to Other Wilderness .......................................................... 4 <br /> <br />Acreage Summary.............. ....... ..................................................................................... 4 <br /> <br />THE AREA................ ....... ..... ......................... ..... ............................. .................................. 5 <br /> <br />General Description........................................................................................ ............... 5 <br />Principal Topographic and Scenic Features ................................................................. 6 <br /> <br />Climate and Soils ........................................................................................................... 6 <br />Cover Types............................... ..................................................................................... 6 <br /> <br />RESOUR CES .................... ............ .................................... ................. ...................... ........... 7 <br /> <br />Wilderness....................................................................................................................... 7 <br />Recreation....................................................................................................................... 7 <br />Wildlife............................................................................................................................ 8 <br />Water ..................... .................... ..................................................................................... 9 <br />Forage............................................................................................................................ 10 <br />Timber......... ................................................................................................................... 10 <br />Minerals.. ................................... ..................................................................................... 12 <br /> <br />PUBLIC REACTION .......................................... ................................ ............................... 15 <br /> <br />MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................ 18 <br /> <br />Structures and Activities ................................................................................................ 18 <br />Fire.................................................................................................................................. 18 <br />Insects and Disease ............................................. ......................................................... 18 <br />Non-Federal Lands Inside Boundary ............................................................................. 18 <br /> <br />CONCLUSIONS .............................................. .................................................................... 19 <br /> <br />Areas Suitable for Wilderness Designation .................................................................. 19 <br />Areas Not Recommended for Wilderness .....................................................................21 <br />Areas of Primitive Area Recommended for Declassification .......................................... 23 <br /> <br />APPENDIX ...................................................... .................................................................... 24 <br /> <br />Boundary Description ........................................... ......................................................... 24 <br />Acreage Compilation...................................................................................................... 29 <br />Views of Other Agencies of Government ........................................................................ 30 <br /> <br />Wilderness Act............................................................................. .................................. 52 <br />Regulations of Secretary of Agriculture ....................................................................... 59 <br /> <br />v <br />