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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Wilderness Site Profiles <br /> <br />Adobe Badlands Acreage: 10,611 <br />Flourishing wildlife including desert striped whipsnakes, northem sagebrush liz.:rrds, and antelope and two <br />endangered cactus species are thought to inhabit the area. <br /> <br />Bangs Canyon Acreage: 21,410 <br />Deer and elk inhabit this area of remoteness and solitude. <br /> <br />Beaver Creek Acreage: 37,390 <br />Bighom sheep and trout inhabit one of the Front Range's last wild granite <br />canyons, complete with waterfalls and pools. <br /> <br />Black Mountain-Windy Gulch Acreage: 22,574 <br />Mule deer, elk, and mountain lions inhabit the rugged mountains along the <br />White River. -,--- - __ _ <br /> <br />Black Ridge Canyons Acreage: 70,311 <br />Contains the second largest concentration of natural arches in the Southwest, <br />and is home to desert bighorn sheep, deer, mountain lions, and raptors. <br /> <br />Browns Canyon <br />Steep gulches are the home to deer, elk, and bighom sheep. <br /> <br /> <br />Beaver Creek <br />Acreage: 21,809 <br /> <br />Bull Canyon Acreage: 14,913 <br />Palisades tower above small creeks and is inhabited by elk, golden eagles and great homed owls, <br /> <br /> <br />'1;'- '~~'--i: ~:~; ';'-.~ <br /> <br />.,...,. ..... <br /> <br />"..',Black Ridge Canyon <br /> <br />, , <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />Bull Gulch Acreage: 15,203 <br />Douglas fir forests provide habitat for deer, <br />elk, mountain lion, bobcat, and coyote. <br /> <br />Castle Peak Acreage: 16,300 <br />Mid-level peak supports spruce-fIr forest and <br />elk, deer, grouse, and raptors. <br /> <br />Cold Spring Mountain Acreage: 50,371 <br />Deer, elk, bighorn sheep, and mountain lions <br />dwell in sagebrush meadows mixed with <br />timber stands of ~en and Douglas fir. <br /> <br />Cross Canyon Acreage: 25,979 <br />Archaeological ruins and artifacts of the <br />Anasazi Indian inhabitants who lived there <br />between 450 and 1300 A.D. <br />