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<br />,........ Q':7 <br />;1., ......1.".. <br />" <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF <br />AND RECOMME <br /> <br />FINDINGS <br />NDATIONS <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />The segment of the Gunnison River evaluated by this study, as <br />shown in figure 1-1, extends approximately 29 miles (47 km) from <br />the upstream (southern) boundary of the Black Canyon of the <br />Gunnison National Monument downstream to the confluence with the <br />North Fork. Some of the more important considerations affecting <br />this study are summarized in this section. <br /> <br />FINDINGS <br /> <br />Existing management of the Gunnison River study area under the <br /> <br /> <br />administration of the National Park Service and Bureau of Land <br /> <br /> <br />Management primarily addresses outdoor recreation. There is a <br /> <br />small amount of land adjoining the lower end of the study segment, <br /> <br /> <br />comprising about 10 percent of the total study corridor, in private <br /> <br /> <br />ownership and used mainly for agriculture. <br /> <br />Eligibility and Classification <br /> <br />Based on criteria specified in the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (as <br />amended) and joint Interior-Agriculture Guidelines,l 26 miles (42 <br />km) of the upper study corridor were found to qualify for <br />designation as a wild river. The Gunnison is free-flowing; its <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />1. Guidelines for Evaluating Wild, Scenic, <br />Areas Proposed for Inclusion in the National <br />System Under Section ~, Public Law 90-542. <br /> <br />and Recreational River <br />Wild and Scenic Rivers <br />February 1970. <br /> <br />vii <br />