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<br />"D~ ~.,,-) <br />0, .!..Jv ~ <br /> <br />TABlE 111-3 Existing Wildernesses Accessible from the Upper Gunnison River Vall, y <br />(above the Town of Gunnison) <br /> <br /> Area (Acres) From Study Area <br />Wilderness Prior to Added wi Total Distance Direction <br /> Dec. 180 PL96-560 - <br /> (miles) <br />Raggeds 68,000 68,000 0 West <br />Maroon Bells- 71,060 103,000 174,060 6 Northeast <br />Snowmass <br />Co lleg ia te 159,900 159,900 20 East <br />West Elk 61,412 133,000 194,412 6 Southwest <br />TOTAL 132,472 463,900 596,372 <br /> <br />Gunnison County contains 1,265,000 acres of National Forest <br />System lands. Of this, 355,250 acres, or 28%, is currently <br />classified as wilderness. <br /> <br />B. RECREATION RESOURCE <br /> <br />The current recreation management direction for the Study Area is <br />found in the East River Land Management Plall. The following direction <br />is included: <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Prepare and implement a dispersed area plan for the Type I <br />(primitive, non-motorized) and Type II (primitive, motorized) <br />recreation uses within the planning unit. II <br /> <br />Provide facilities in dispersed recreation areas experiencing <br />concentrations of public use as appropriate to avoid reduc:ng the <br />quality of the experience, polluting adjacent water, or pr~- <br />venting other resource damage." <br /> <br />Locate recreation trails to provide maximum scenic opportunity <br />2nd minimize the impact on other users.1I <br /> <br />Priorities for trailhead development ~re in the Poverty Gul;h, <br />Oh-Be-Joyful and Coal Creek areas. II <br /> <br />Permit existing use of motorized veh' cles to conti'1ue on the road <br />into Oh-Be-Joyful drainage." <br /> <br />Current annual recreation use within the <br />1,780 Recreation Visitor Days (RVD's)*. <br />Table 111-4 by recreation activity. <br /> <br />.;tudy Area is estimated ':0 be <br />:urrent use i~ shown in <br /> <br />*Recreation-visitor-days=twelve recreaticn visitor houLs, which may be <br />aggregated continuously, intermittently cr simultaneously by one or <br />more persons. <br /> <br />20 <br />