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<br />002033 <br /> <br />Segments 2, 3, and 2 miles of 4 classified "recreational." <br />Segments 5, 6, and 8 classified "wild." <br /> <br />Segment 1 and 15 miles of 4 not classified. <br /> <br />Segment 7 classified "recreational," with exception of 1.3 miles <br />in Section 36, Township 7 North, Range 73 West, to be excluded <br />from designation so as to allow for construction of Rockwell <br />Reservoir. <br /> <br />The area would be managed to preserve or enhance the essentially primitive <br />character of wild segments, protect the river and other resource values of <br />recreational segments, and follow the "no action" (Alternative C in FEIS) <br />direction for segments not classified. <br /> <br />Alternative G (Revised NED Alternative, Non-Federal Alternative) <br /> <br />Water development potentials maximized using findings of TudorlState study; <br />designation of River above Elkhorn site (Map 15). <br /> <br />Segments 1, 2, and 3 not designated. <br /> <br />Most economically favored water storage project, Elkhorn, <br />constructed on mainstem. <br /> <br />Segments 4 and 7 classified recreation, with the Rockwell <br />Reservoir site recommended for no designation. <br /> <br />Segments 5, 6, and 8 classified "wild." <br /> <br />The non-designated mainstem area above the Elkhorn impoundment would be <br />managed to preserve or enhance the essentially primitive character of wild <br />segments and protect the River and other resource values of recreational <br />segments. Reaches below the structure would be managed consistent with <br />legislative and administrative guidance on an integrated, multi-resource <br />basis. Contribution to the NED objective would be emphasized. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />C. Recommended Action by USDA <br /> <br />The USDA recommendation (Alternative F), resulting from seven years of <br />analysis and study, is to designate 62 miles of the Cache la Poudre River <br />,. as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Recommended <br />'''''clas'sification of the 'River would be as follows: 32 miles (segments 2, 3, <br />2 miles of segment 4, and 7) as "recreational river" and 3D miles (segments <br />5, 6, and 8) as "wild river" (See Map 16). <br /> <br />Construction of the municipal water storage facility at Rockwell is antici- <br />pated, enabled by withdrawing lands necessary for construction and inunda- <br />tion from the study corridor. Twenty-one miles of river (the entirety of <br />Segment 1 and 15 miles of Segment 4) would not be recommended for inclusion <br /> <br />g <br />