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<br />:J^ }"l2~ <br /> <br />') <br /> <br />hun.' the stl.lIJe Cor('c Hlld dft.ct. ll,"; if indlltlf'd in this Act: <br />Prot'ided, /W1.L'eVa, Thll t rorrpetion of derir'ul :HHf t "'1'0- <br />grllphical errors in such lpg-al (l'-'~('riptioll llnd ntHp IllU)' bl' <br />made. <br />SEC. ;~. Tlw "\'milluche \rild('rtll'~:" :;;}lUlI be lldminist{'r('d <br />h~~. th(> Sl'lTClllr.\' (!f .Agricul tlll'f' ill uce(~rdallee with the pro- <br />t'1i;lOns of the 'r~ld('l'IIcss Ad govPl'IlIng lIreu.s de:::ignutf"d <br />by thut Act a~ wlldcrJH';-;S an'a:.., ('xccpt that nny reference <br />in sw'h pro\'ision~ t.o the efrectin~ dutp of the \Vilderlwss AI:t <br />:-,;hall be deemed to be fi reference to the effective Jute of thi... <br />.\el. <br />SEC. 4. The previous (.Jas....ification of the Sun .Juun and <br />UPPI'f Hio Gntnde Primitive Areas i~ hen~by lluolished. <br /> <br />I. PUHPOSE <br /> <br />;::,. ISH.!, inlrodtH',-'d hy Sellutor IIllSkc!J with SNwtor Domilliek ll...'i <br />11 ("O~pOIl~or, would de~ig-Jlllt(. as wildl'flws:-, uj)prOXilllHtl.ly 4:33.745 <br />:HT('S ill the Hio GnuHle 1111(1 San JUllU l'\utioJ1a F()r('~ts, in the Stille <br />of <- 'olonulo. Thl' de;-;ignnLed areu, to IH' kwm 11 us tile ,1\rcllliuuche <br />\\'ildf'fIH'SS". \,ould be udminis1{'r('d by tlie Ullited Stutes Forest <br />::;('ITi{'(' in uecordanee wilh tIll' \\'ildf'rIH'sS Al:t of 1964 (78 Stilt. 690). <br /> <br />II. D1';";CHIPTIO;\ OF TIlE AlmA <br /> <br />A. GEXEIUI.. <br /> <br />Tlil' propo~('d .la:~,74;,-aCTe \\'f>JIlinllche "~ildl'rn{'~s i~ situnted <br />witliill the boundaries of IIH'. Hio Grull.le nlHl :-)lHl .IUlu} .:\Htiolllll <br />Forf>:4s ill Ilinselldc, I.ll Pluta. .\Iin('l"ul, and oSlin .Jllan COlluties in <br />southwe;-;t Colorado. It i:;:. approximately 25 mill's n(lrth~ast of the <br />lown of DunHlgo and 40 miles We.'it of the tOWI1 of :\loIlte Vista. .A <br />population of o\'cr 2,000,000 veov1e lins uecC'ss to the area within <br />:!50 miles t1ri,"e by nutoJllobile. <br />As lIotC'd ill the De/>urtlllent of Agrieultlll'e's proposul for a \Vpmi- <br />Buche \\'ihlerness, ,.r 'hC' proposl'll area embodies all of the ChUfUC- <br />tl'ristie:-> of a wil.-Ienless." I <br />The area is charfi('trl~7.{'d by SI)l'{.t:\('ulllr, rll~g-NI mOllntldn penks <br />nnd lofty ridge.; ~{,plLmlt.tl hy prf'cipitolls cnnyolls or deep. nnr- <br />row \"'nllpys whir'h }uln-' heeJl (':un'u hy dl'nr, rushing mountnin <br />stl'P:llllS and riVf'rs. Frolll many ....istas ,dthin th(> n.rea, 1he Pl.llIOf:Ullll <br />of natuml ltuHIs('npf' (.Olll\ot'.... solitude f'IllIUlllting- (rom u nut,ural <br />l'Il\"ironnwnt. The d{'.n, plneitllHkes l\no fn",t moving strenms, tOg'(>tht-'r <br />with the tfllflqllil Jl!piIl<' mrudows llnd rUg'f!'('J mountllins, all b!{'utl tu <br />fashion a prinH'vnl retrf'ut from the fllst p:U"l' of modern li,'ing:. <br />In SOlI1(' lU'PllS \"nthin lhf' propo;-;ed wilderne.-:s pff'('umhl'ittn rOl.ks <br />w('ft, on'rlain iI," Ps)pozoif" !'lIld .\Iesozoir- ;-;f'dinll'IltllfV rocks. ThC':-:.e <br />w(>re in tl1rn ovprluin with VOkllllic (>xtru~i\'e mcks which W('ft' ~uL~t.- <br />'lllcnt.ly t'rod{'d by gl(l('i{'~ or other nllturlll fOI'('l':-; to form the presl-'ut <br />dll~' topography, <br />Tht' Continl-'nt:d Dividl' hi"';f'ds tIlt' llrl-'U fnull {'list to w(>st. The <br />t'),j"';ling (:ontint'ntnl Divith' '!'mil lllukt's llvlliluble t.o the wildt'rnt'ss <br />\"i...itor ~tl vnst nrray of jaggptl ppuks, rug-gC't1 Ylllll'Y:-;', nlpim. nH'l\dow~. <br /> <br />I P. 3. reprinted in U. Doc. No. 9"J-U~. pt. 16; <br />