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<br />001056 <br /> <br />GREEN - YAMPA STUDY <br /> <br />NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, STATE OF COLORADO, STATE OF UTAH <br /> <br />Study Team Finding <br /> <br />Both rivers are eligible for the National Wild and Scenic Rivers <br />System, at the following levels of classification: <br /> <br />Green <br /> <br />Segment a - Flaming Gorge Dam, Utah, to Indian Crossing <br />Utah (Red Canyon) 15 miles Scenic <br /> <br />Segment B-1 ndian Crossing to Gates <br />(Browns Park) <br /> <br />of Lodore, Colorado <br />32 miles federal finding-- <br />(18 in Colorado) Recreational <br /> <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources <br /> <br />finding--Scenic <br /> <br />Segment C - Gates of Lodore to southern boundary, Dinosaur National <br />Monument, Utah (Lodore, Whirlpool, and Split Mountain Canyons) <br />44 miles Wild <br />(18 in Colorado) <br /> <br />Yampa <br /> <br />Segment D - Yampa River in Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado <br />47 miles Wild <br /> <br />Team members have tentatively agreed to recommend the segments <br />be designated to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System at <br />these levels, with a split recommendation for the Browns Park <br />segment. <br /> <br />Costs <br /> <br />For scenic easements and developments, $913,000; increase in AO&M <br />is predicted to be 12,000. No change in costs if the Browns Park <br />segment is classified Scenic. <br /> <br />Description <br /> <br />Most of the rock structures of the area had taken roughly <br />their present form about 15 million years ago, when a blanket of <br /> <br />33 <br />