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BIM's Wilderness Managerrent policy, dated September 24, 1981t states the follDti'ing: Buffer Zones and Adjacent Lands No buffer zones will be created around wilderness areas to protect them from the influence of activities on adjacent land. The fact that non-wilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within the wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area. When activities on adjacent lands are proposed, the specific impacts of those activities upon the wilderness resource and upon public use of the wilderness area will be addressed in environmental assessments or environmental impact staterrents, as appropriate. Mitigation of impacts from outside wilderness will not be so restrictive as to preclude or seriously impede such activities. The construction of the test well would affect the visual quality and noise levels of the area. This effect would be teqJOrary and of minor intensity. Therefore, the test project would be in compliance with the BIM Wilderness Study Area Managerrent Policy. If the test proves successful, a carplete analysis of impacts to the wilderness study area would be included in a supplerrent to the FES on the project. Wild and Scenic Rivers The proposed test site would be within the proposed Dolores wild and Scenic River corridor (J):)lores River wild and Scenic River Study, March 1976). The ELM's proposed wild and scenic river designation would extend from Little Gypsum Valley Bridge to 1 mile upstream of the Colorado Highway 90 bridge near Bedrockt as shown on the frontispiece map. The follDti'ing criteria are smrrnarized from the "Guidelines for Evaluating Wild, Scenic, and Recreational River Areas proposed... under Section 2, Public Law 90-542." These criteria were used to determine the classification eligibility of the various river segments. 1. F1Dti'-Free flDti'ing. Low dams, diversion works or other minor structures which do not inundate the natural river bank may not bar consideration as wild. Future construction restricted. 2. Accessibilty--Generally inaccessible by road. No roads in narrDti', incised valley. If broad valley, no road within 1/4 mile of river bank. One or two inconspicuous roads to the area may be permissible. 3. Shorelines--Shorelines essentially primitive. One or two inconspicuous dwellings, limited amount of domestic livestock, and land devoted to production of hay may be permitted. Watershed natural-like in appearance. 15 no r::'", ,J.