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<br /> <br />.; <br /> <br />;:~ <br /> <br />:.:, <br /> <br />" <br />~ <br />" <br />';;.. <br />?~ <br />~; <br />:'1 <br />~ <br /> <br />:':; <br /> <br />~. , <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~: <br /> <br />>; <br /> <br />Special ecological features include many <br />ecosystems within a short horizontal distance. <br />However, these are often found in the Rocky <br />Mountain area. Special geologic features with <br />a unique rating were identified including the <br />fact that these are the youngest mountains in <br />Colorado with five peaks over 14,000 feet in <br />elevation and include limestone and marble <br />caves. The scenic values also received an <br />outstanding rating. Cultural features are also <br />present. <br /> <br />The overall rating for the above was 4 or <br />outstanding. <br /> <br />b. <br /> <br />Geographic Distribution of Wilderness <br /> <br />The Sangre de Cristo WSA is adjacent to the <br />Great Sand Dunes Wilderness administered by the <br />National Park Service. Figure 4 shows the <br />relationship of this WSA to existing wilderness <br />within and adjacent to the Pike and San Isabel <br />National Forests. Wi thin 150 airline miles <br />are other wildernesses as shown on Table C. <br />To,gether, those areas offer a wide variety of <br />recreation opportunity, terrain, vegetative <br />types, and scenic quality. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />(<2840 <br /> <br />32 <br />