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Water Supply Protection
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7630.285
Description
Wild and Scenic - General
State
CO
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Statewide
Date
6/1/1967
Author
Donald N Baldwin
Title
Wilderness-Concept and Challenge - Reprinted from Colorado Magazine - Summer 1967
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />0;:\0918 <br /> <br />, The report itself might warrant complete reproduction here because it stated so well <br />Carhart's position, but limitations of space permit reference to only some of the salient <br />points, Under the title "Preservation" Carhart asserted that the "first logical step" in any <br />work of this type is to "plan for preservation and protection of all of those things that are <br />of values great enough to sacrifice a certain amount of economic return so there may be a <br />greater total return from the aesthetic qualities,"3 0 <br /> <br />This step was discussed under such additional headings as "Game," "Timber," <br />"Portage," and "Ownership." That the plan was practical and yet provided for wilderness <br />protection through the exclusion of roads in the forest, was shown under a section headed <br />"Accessibility,"31 (It should be noted that these proposals were made in 1919,) As Carhart <br />remarked: "Suffice it to say that good auto roads lead to the edge of this plan at many <br />points, that railways touch the border in such a manner that they can carry much traffic to <br />the borders of the [planned areal, . . ,32 He then added that the plan "does not take rank <br />with the mere placing of campsites, It goes far beyond that," Carhart further explained that <br />in order to get "full return" from the forest areas, in order to "correlate uses" so there will <br />be no interference resulting in loss to the nation, and in order that "this National Forest <br />shall have its development based on sound foundations of a size commensurate with the <br />importance of its recreation possibilities, it is imperative that the planning reach what may <br />be known for want of a better term as Forest Regional Planning."33 <br /> <br />, <br />U <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />The year 1919 was indeed a banner one for the Forest Service and for the State of <br />Colorado. I n the summer of that year, Arthur Carhart was assigned to make a survey of the <br />Trappers Lake area in the White River National Forest of Colorado, The purpose of the <br />survey was to plot several hundred summer homesites on the lakeshore and to plan a <br />through road around the lake, During July, 1919, operating out of what was then Scott <br />Teague's Camp located at the outlet of Trappers Lake, Carhart laid survey lines around the <br />lake eccording to his instructions, It seems that Paul J. Rainey and William McFadden were <br />guests of Teague at this time, so Carhart had a chance to meet them there, After a series of <br />spirited talks together, Rainey and McFadden persuaded Carhart that the Forest Service <br />should keep Trappers Lake in a wild,land condition,34 Carhart, in turn, then translated the <br />idea into a functional plan through his landscape architectural training and his basic <br />orientation toward nature and the unspoiled wilderness. <br /> <br />Upon his return to the District Office in Denver, Carhart furnished his immediate <br />supervisor, Carl J, Stahl, not only with the completed surveys but also with the unsolicited <br />comment that he opposed the plan of making homesites on the lakeshore, After some <br />discussion, Stahl agreed with him that the Trappers Lake area should remain road less and <br />that the many applications for homesite permits around the lake should not be honored, <br />This was an unprecedented step in Forest Service history; it marked the first de facto <br />application of the wilderness concept.3 5 <br /> <br />By 1919 the backlog of applications for summer homesites36 had begun to plague the <br />District Office in Denver. To men like Stahl, Carhart's opposition to developing the <br />Trappers Lake area merited further study and discussion with others in the Service who had <br />similar problems, One such man was Aldo Leopold, who, after hearing Stahl tell about the <br /> <br />5 <br />
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