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<br />9 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The next lRt"gest parcel of lun,i is rWPr'Qx~mHt.cly 6/;n al:I.~es of State- <br />owned land in parts of Sections }') lil.t! 36. T, 12 S" R, 86 Iv., 6th <br />P.M. in the Maroon Bells-Snc~rnDss Wilde~ness on the Gunnison Nationul <br />Forest. This land is mostly mnunt.ai.nollS, except for a small area o~. <br />Copper Creek valley (approxi"""".'!:: Sn acres), D"velopment of water <br />resources on this land is not :'""s i,.le, because of the steep terrain <br />and the small amount of level l~lj aVailable for storage facilities. <br />Another large parcel, 320 acres, 1S owned by the Denver Water Board in <br />Section 35. T. 9 S., R. 72 W., 6th P.M. and Sections 1 and 2, <br />T, 10 S,. R. 72 W., 6th P.M. in th2 Lost Creek Wilderness in the Pike <br />National Forest. The reservoir planned for this site, Lost Park <br />Reservoir, has not been built WId has never stored water, and future <br />storage is unlikely because of the permeability of the geologic <br />formation at the site. The Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness in the White <br />River National Forest contains ~ m1neral patent of approximately 160 <br />acres on the side of a Clountai.1, This location is so steep that it <br />does not provide all opportunity r.>r water development that would <br />affect wilderness values, <br /> <br />There are numerous smaller parcels of non-Federal land within several <br />of the wilderness areas, all of which relate to ownership or claims <br />that preceded the wilderness j~"lgnations. As discussed in the <br />analyses for these wildernesses in Appendix III, 'these land ownerships <br />wi thin the wilderness pose no 1,!T2at to wilderness water resources t <br />typically because of their rou~'h or steep terrain, inaccessibility. <br />limited watersheds, and other factors which hamper water resource <br />development. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Non-Federal lands above wilderr',.ocS. Of the 24 wilderness areas, 14 <br />wildernesses do not have non-federal lw~ds on the watersheds above <br />them. There are several large !lon-Federal ownerships above 3 <br />wilderness areas: the Cache la Poudre, Eagles Nest, and Raggeds <br />Wildernesses. <br /> <br />The larg~5t such ownership i~ about 2,605 acres, comprised of mixed <br />owne~ship (Sections 9. 10, 15. l6, 17, 18 and 20, T. 14 S. R. 87 W., <br />6th P.N.) above the Ragged.> Wilr;erness on the Gunnison National <br />r-arest. The risk of future ~atep develop~ents harmful to wilderness <br />values, however. is considered !cw, eeca~se the private lands are in <br />the extreme upper portier. of tr.0 d~'9inage bn.sin and because there is a <br />large watershed area of I'iFS laIld b'8twe~n t,he private land and the <br />'.dl.-!e('ness boundary. it is e~timcit"d that th<:re would not be a <br />naticeable effect on ~h~ ~ildern~ss sr.ould the waters on those lands <br />be developed in the future. <br /> <br />Thn next lo.cgest is abot~c 1.3~~.CJ iJCl'C, (Sections 16.17.20.21,29, <br />T. 9 N.. R. 73 \,'. 6th P. 'I.) in mix"ct cwr,,,rship above the Cache la <br />Poudre Wildernes3. There are nLso 16 smaller parcels of land ahove <br />this same wilderness that. range in size f('om 160 ac('es to 440 ac('es <br /> <br />. <br />