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<br />002375 <br /> <br />LOST CREEK <br /> <br />Statistics <br /> <br />Jurisdiction: Pike/San Isabel National Forest, <br />RARE II Invenmried Roadless Area: <br />Further PlannlItg Area: <br />RARE II RecomEmdation: <br />Reagan Adminbrtxation Recommendation: <br />State of Colmado Recommendation: <br />ConservationiEs' Recommendation: <br /> <br />US Forest Service <br />22,300 acres <br />22,300 acres <br />Further Planning <br />Non-wilderness <br />11,000 acres <br />11,000 acres <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />The Lost Creet Further Planning Area is southwest of Denver, <br />directly sOUctlI of Kenosha Pass. <br /> <br />Wilderness Qwdities <br /> <br />This FPA is ~ addition to the existing Lost Creek wilderness. It <br />would round ~ a very popular wilderness which contains a variety <br />of terrain, including towering mountains, steep-sided canyons, <br />harsh granit~ock formations, and spruce-rimmed meadows. <br /> <br />Excellent re~ational and scenic qualities exist in the entire <br />addition, p~cularly in Rock Creek. This addition is a <br />continuationcf the topographic and geologic features found within <br />the Lost CraS Wilderness. The conservationists' proposal more <br />clearly delimates the topographic boundary than the does the <br />current wild~ss boundary. <br /> <br />Extensive am-alpine meadow and alpine wildlife habitat, <br />especially fa: large mammals, would be added to the limited <br />acreage cur rattly found in the wilderness area. The Lost Creek <br />addition wOUcldprotect all of the upper reaches of the botanically <br />varied Rock~k drainage. The Forest Service planning documents <br />also attest ,to the fact that a wilderness designation would be a <br />significant mnefit to the region's economy.21 Designation of the <br />addition wou~ complete the protection of the three mountain <br />ranges withimthe area: the Platte River, Kenosha, and Tarryalls. <br /> <br />During the ~ I process Lost Creek received more pro-wilderness <br />comments thanany other area in the state. <br /> <br />Resource Inf.-ation <br /> <br />Although some commercial forest lands do <br />are insignicmt when compared to the total <br />on the foresl:. The FPA' s greatest value <br /> <br />exist in the FPA, they <br />amount of timberlands <br />is not in profit for <br /> <br />21Piket~ Isabel National Forest Plan, October 1984. <br /> <br />18 <br />