Management Proposals for the Uncompahgre and San Juan National Forests, Public Hearing Notice

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UNITED STATES DF- PARTMENT or. AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE_ Rochv Mountain Region liui, ding 85, I)enver Uederal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 r , NOV Z7 1973 COLO. WATER CONSERVATION BOARD Dear Reader: In Reel K. lcr I o 2320 • ti +�r Fda�f For over a decade the Forest Service has been) reviewi�.g the Uncompahgre and Wilson Mountains Primitive Areas and contiguous lands of the San Juan and Uncompahgre National Forests, Colorado, for suitability and non - suitability for their inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. This brochure sets forth the review made pursuant to the Multiple Use - Sustained Yield Act of June 12, 1960, and the Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964. A public hearing record will be compiled between January 11 and February 15, 1974. The record will be open to receive written and oral comments on the proposal. Persons wishing to express their views on these or other management proposals are invited to submit written statements before February 15, 1974, to the Regional Forester, Building 85, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225. Oral statements will also be taken beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, January 11, 1974, at the Ouray High School gymnasium, Ouray, Colorado, and con- tinuing at 9 a.m, on January 12, 1974, at the Ramada Inn, 718 Horizon Drive, Grand Junction, Colorado. The purpose of this public hearing record is to set forth testimony on management possibilities and the subsequent formulation of recommendations for the management of the Uncompahgre and Wilson Mountains Primitive Areas and contiguous lands. The hearing record will be considered in formulating the recommenda- tions of the Secretary of Agriculture to the President and to Congress. The review of the Uncompahgre and Wilson Mountains Primitive Areas and contiguous lands identified four representative management alter- natives which are considered feasible and practical. These are described in this brochure. The management proposals reflect repre- sentative management arrangements. They have been identified to facilitate your analysis and stimulate thinking as to modifications and other alternatives. Other management alternatives mentioned in the brochure were discarded as not being feasible or practical. You may have others you wish to enter into the Record for consideration.