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<br />......... <br /> <br />oonO~8 <br /> <br />The ar~a 01 the P1e<1r:1. from lndW.n <br />er....",k north to road liJl br1dge, tn- <br />c1ud1np; t.'le low~r portion ot Wemmudte <br />Cn:>}!!.. ;lo'M '''ntath'ely de,lgnatp.' u <br />wild by U'lt' ~\uay team. T:;al d'!'sl.gn.a- <br />tlon would Umlt a<:<:eu an1 use ct the <br />river area. Some gro'lT)!:j agt't"E'd .1Ul <br />that de.'ilgnaUon, but onE; group sug- <br />gested the lower part ot that area. trom <br />Indian Cr~ek to rtr.st For.. should <br />receive the scenic clanltJc:atton <br />because the ro.a.~ Is so close to the r1ver <br />tnthatli.reio.. <br />The deslg-natlon ot tho<' Ea.:'!t Fork and <br />mtddJe st'h"T;1e~: 0t tl-.e Piedra nor"..h cf <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />~.~ "":;'~::;~:-:~;;'" ~,,;:'e.-"::- <br /> <br />- .....~- <br /> <br />eel by all g-rot:ps They ....ere con<:erned <br />.:loou! the nurr.ber at rlU\el'ies and dwell- <br />lngslnthea:-e3.. <br />Con<:ern WlUl also expn"slIed about the <br />possibility or taking away pnvate water <br />nght3 along the E~t Fork In order to <br />make It a tree-Oowing river and, thus, <br />ellg1ble for ela.SlIlflcaUon undt'f the <br />federal act. The groups recommended <br />that the two 1U't'1UI be declared 1neUg1- <br />ble lor 1:\cIuslon under the act. <br />One group suggested the areas ot the <br />ma.nagement study that a.re already <br />develo~d should be len as they are, <br />.....tIlle the undevelopE'd anti roadlpss <br />areas should be inCluded In the propos.a.l <br />as requiring further wtldern~s study. <br />But one ~up member !laid, "Someday <br />you've got to preserve In.''es a..s well a..s <br />cut them." <br /> <br />I <br />, <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />Another group suggestl.'d limited <br />Umber cutting lIhouhi be allowed <br />throughout the Piedra study ana. <br />The proposal ot anothl.'r group read, <br />"The Piedra Rlvl.'r should be managl.'d <br />tor recreation. aesthetl<:s and water <br />quallty without cJassl!l.caUon." A <br />pr1...ate landowner In the area added, <br />"All pri...ate lant! should be left out of <br />the picture. The forest .il.erylce can <br />manage thelr land as t.'ley feel." <br />The U...e management aJternatives, <br />.....h1<:h study team leader WaJt Werner <br />explained were not the only po3- <br />.!I1blllth's, ranged trom toW de...elop- <br />ment at the area. through ....Ilf)1.ng <br />(Continued on Page 101 <br /> <br />-.- <br />