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<br /> <br />003501 <br /> <br />SUMl1ARY <br /> <br />SPRUCE CREEK ADDITION WILDERNESS STUDY AREA <br />FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT <br />02-15-80-01 <br /> <br />Type of Action; Legislative <br /> <br />Lead Agency: USDA - Forest Service <br /> <br />Responsible OffiCial: John .R. Block, Secretary <br />U.S. Department of Agriculture <br />Washington, D.C. 20250 <br /> <br />For information contact: Richard Woodrow, Forest Supervisor <br />White River National Forest <br />P.O" Box 948 <br />Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. <br />303-945-6582 <br /> <br />The proposed a'rition recollll1ends a land use allocation for an 8.000 acre . <br />Congressional1\y c1esignated study area known as the Spruce Creek Additi.on. It <br />also discloses, lt~epotentia1 for wilderness declassification of an adjacent . <br />5.500 acreport'idnof the existing Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness known as the: <br />Deadman Projec~1ion. Both areas were included in the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilder~ess <br />Study Area rev~rewed by congress in 1978, but the Spruce Creek Area was excluded <br />frORl wildernessl d~signation because of its potential for use for other resou~ce <br />purposes. Both( areas are located. in northeastern Pitkin County, Colorado, i . <br />9.5 miles nort~~a$t of the Town of Aspen.. . . <br /> <br />The proposed action and alternatives to it are: <br /> <br />1. No ActiOn. (continuation of present management) for the Spruce Creek. <br />Area. aria coniinl~ed wil derne5s status for the Deadman Projecti on. <br /> <br /> <br />. . <br />This aher,native continues p~esent management practices in both the <br />Spruce:ClreekArea and the Deadman Projection. The area would be i. <br />managed;to maintain its existing wilderness character and potential <br />for inq'usion in the National Wilderness Preservation System until <br />CongresS determfnes otherwise. <br /> <br />2. Wildern,~ss designation for the Spruce Creek Area and continued. <br />wilderness status of the Deadman Projection. (Proposed Action) <br /> <br />The pro~os,ed act,ionrecornri1ends wilderness de~ignation for the 8,000 <br />acre Spl1uceCreek Area and continued wilderness status for the 5,500 <br />acreDe~ctman Projection. The Spruce Creek Area would probably become <br />part of; the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness. <br /> <br />ii <br /> <br />" ~ ;- <br />Uj~., ., <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />\. :1~ <br />!: li~ <br />!~1 <br /> <br />: ;'~'. <br />i;'~ <br />;- ~). <br />;K <br />; ~ <br />, ~ <br />; -~: <br />f. ~ <br />l ~ <br />i 11 <br />;: Z <br />!~ <br />~ -~ <br />iJ <br />. <br /> <br />Ji <br />.. <br />I <br />II <br />j .. <br />