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Forestry. Woodland harvest and/or management would be permitted only for control of insects and disease if determined necessary to protect resources outside the management unit. There is a total of 337 acres of productive woodlands within the WSA that would be unavailable for harvest. Recreation. Recreation use would be regulated as necessary to protect wilderness values. Highest priority would be given to low-impact recreation activities that could not be accommodated outside the wilderness environment. Opportunities for non-motorized recreation in a predominantly natural environment would be maintained. Facilities, improvements, and signs would be limited to those necessary to protect wilderness resources along with public health and safety. Permits would be required for all commercial recreation uses and, if necessary to protect wilderness values, for all non- commercial recreationists. Hunting, fishing, and recreational trapping would be permitted. The river corridor would be managed to maintain very low human group concentrations and little overall evidence of human use. River-boating use would be limited to six to ten group encounters per day with no more than two (as per the 1988 Gunnison Gorge RAMP) commercially outfitted trips allowed per day. Allocations between private and commercial river-boating use would be made if necessary to protect wilderness values or to emphasize opportunities for specific recreational experiences such as self-reliance as opposed to guided and outfitted experiences. Off-Road Vehicles. Vehicle use in general would be eliminated from the management unit. Vehicle use would be permitted in certain circumstances involving valid existing rights, livestock grazing, fire suppression, life-threatening emergencies, and wilderness area administration. The rugged canyon area has few vehicular access routes. Cultural and Paleontological Resources. In most instances, cultural and paleontological resources would be subject to the forces of nature in the same manner as other wilderness resources. Study or management would not entail excavation, stabilization, or interpretation. Exceptions may be granted by the BlM State Director for unusually significant cultural or paleontological resources. Visual Resources. The management unit would be managed under VRM Class I guidelines. Major Utilities. The management unit would be closed to development of utility facilities. The area is not within the lands identified as needed for future major utility development in the 1980 and 1985 Western Regional Utility Corridor Study(s). Hydroelectric Developments. Several hydroelectric projects have been proposed for development on the Gunnison River which would be within or affect the WSA. Protective withdrawals have restricted major on-the-ground evaluations by the proponents. The existing powersite reserves and BOR withdrawals affecting the Gunnison Gorge would be recommended for revocation. However, the final determination on the status of these withdrawals will be made by the President and Congress. Congress could elect to establish Wilderness and yet retain power of withdrawal, giving them the prerogative to 30