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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8080.400
Description
Sierra Club vs. Department of Agriculture (Lyng, Yeutter, other names)
Date
9/22/1987
Title
Report on Methods for Protecting Wilderness Water Resources on Lands in Colorado - related material to Sierra Club vs. Dept of Ag.
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<br />. <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />The next largest parcel of land is approximately 640 acres of State- <br />owned land in parts of Sections 35 and 36, T. 12 S., R. 86 W., 6th <br />P.M. in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness on the Gunnison National <br />Forest. This land is mostly mountainous, except for a small area of <br />Copper Creek valley (approximately 80 acres). Development of water <br />resources on this land is not feasible, because of the steep terrain <br />and the small amount of level land available for storage facilities. <br />Another large parcel, 320 acres, is 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 the Lost Creek Wilderness in the Pike <br />National Forest. The reservoir planned for this site, Lost Park <br />Reservoir, has not been built and 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 a mineral patent of approximately 160 <br />acres on the side of a mountain. This location is so steep that it <br />does not provide an opportunity for 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 designations. As discussed in the <br />analyses for these wildernesses in Appendix III, these land ownerships <br />within the wilderness pose no threat to wilderness water resources, <br />typically because of their rough or steep terrain, inaccessibility, <br />limited watersheds, and other factors which hamper water resource <br />development. <br /> <br />Non-Federal lands above wilderness. Of the 24 wilderness areas, 14 <br />wildernesses do not have non-Federal lands on the watersheds above <br />them. There are several large non-Federal ownerships above 3 <br />wilderness areas: the Cache la Poudre, Eagles Nest, and Raggeds <br />Wildernesses. <br /> <br />The largest such ownership is about 2,605 acres, comprised of mixed <br />ownership (Sections 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20, T. 14 S. R. 87 W., <br />6th P.M.) above the Raggeds Wilderness on the Gunnison National <br />Forest. The risk of future water developments harmful to wilderness <br />values, however, is considered low. Because the private lands are in <br />the extreme upper portion of the drainage basin and because there is a <br />large watershed area of NFS land between the private land and the <br />wilderness boundary, it is estimated that there would not be a <br />noticeable effect on the wilderness should the waters on those lands <br />be developed in the future. <br /> <br />The next largest is about 1,380 acres (Sections 16, 17, 20, 21, 29, <br />T. 9 N., R. 73 W., 6th P.M.) in mixed ownership above the Cache la <br />Poudre Wilderness. There are also 16 smaller parcels of land above <br />this same wilderness that range in size from 160 acres to 440 acres <br />
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