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<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,
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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
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