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' Access to the southern portion of the Preserve is from 400 North Street, Stewart Lane, and Kane Creek Road. Access to the ' northern portion of the Preserve is from State Highway 191 on an easement through the camp ground near the highway bridge and through a strip of Preserve property north of the Ferrell Gas ' facility. No roads enter the Preserve, although an overgrown off-road vehicle trail exists on the western edge. The Preserve is located within portions of sections 26, 27, 34, ' 35, T. 25 S., R. 21 E. and sections 2 and 3, T.26 S., R.21 E. In 1991, TNC and UDWR purchased the Preserve. TNC and the UDWR own separate areas of the Preserve. The UDWR owns 425.8 acres in the ' north half of the Preserve and TNC owns 450 acres in the south half and along the east boundary of the Preserve (Figure 3.). ' 1. Land Use The Preserve is currently used for wildlife habitat preservation. Hunting activities take place in the northern ' (UDWR) portion of the site. Trail facilities for visitors are currently being planned and built in the southern portion of the site. A small.parking lot has been built off ' Kane Creek Road in the southeast corner of the Preserve. Land use adjacent to the eastern boundary of the Preserve to 400 North Street include a camp park near the highway ' bridge, pastures, a natural gas storage facility, a few residences, agricultural crop land, and the Moab City sewage treatment plant. Land use south of 400 North to Kane Creek ' Road includes a mix of residential and pasture land. Historically, the Preserve has been used for livestock grazing since the settlement of Moab Valley in the mid ' 1800s. In 1992, all livestock grazing was discontinued within the Preserve. ' In the early 1950s, Moab experienced sudden growth associated with uranium mining and milling. As a result of this development, several land uses have occurred within and adjacent to the Preserve which have directly and indirectly ' impacted the flooded bottomland habitat. ' In the early 1950s, the state highway bridge across the Colorado River was replaced at a new location near the northeast corner of the Preserve. The bridge abutments stabilize the river banks and narrowed the river channel. A rock weir was constructed in the early 1960s across a minor channel of the Colorado River north of the Preserve. ' The weir was installed by Atlas Minerals to divert water during low flows to the Atlas Mill water pump on the north side of the river. As a result, vegetation became ' 7