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<br /> <br />~:IJ.J)ERN}:SS STU'i)\' fU~PO.n'i' <br /> <br />SANGRE DE CHISTO )1ILDEfGv'ESS ~TlJ:...''i ~'\?K!\ <br />-------___.__.~__n______._u_ _~_. ... _ .______... <br /> <br />San Isabel and Rio Grand'2 .Na~J ':-':!<:l"Grl,~t: <br /> <br />Colorado <br /> <br />I. PURPOSE AND NEED <br /> <br />A. Introduction <br /> <br />The 1980 Colorado Wilderness Act, Public Law 96-560 of <br />December 22, 1980, directed the Secretary of Agricul tu.r<-~ <br />to review and t.li thin three yea.\"8 after th~ date of <br />enactment, to report to the President and the Congress <br />his recommendations on the suitability' ox u.fJsuiiabjlity <br />of ten Wilderness Study Areas in Co10rado including tJle <br />Sangre de Cristo Wilden:Jess Stll_d~1 .t\re;~ ('\.lJSA) on i:he SdH <br />Isabel and Rio Grande National Forest.. <br /> <br />The Federal Land Policy and Han.agement Act, Public La'/J <br />94-579, of 1976 mandat.ed t.he i.nventory (ll ;.dl I"OA(1U:.:,-; <br />areas 5000 acres or more on lands ;i;JI,'jici,;'; L~'.t'i:~d bi t!\,-. <br />Bureau of Land Hanagement. This ",H~t. aJlv, [i'"{!l1irt:<! Llla~ <br />these lands be studied fOI' their :.:;uiL~b:ilit~r 0, <br />unsuitability for inclusion iJl the Na"),n.Jla.l. h!L:Ci('~nH~GC <br />Preservation System. Four BUl'f..'8H (d" Lin:d l'f,~nagemen[ <br />WSA I S are cont'iguous to t.he Sii~ngre de CcL-:.;t 0 HSA., a~.\'::l 371,~ <br />included in this study. <br /> <br />This study report includE->B the 3~ti!,g1<'_"\..;h~ Cr. i~;1:o \:.JSA ~ <br />containing approximately 2:\ 7'1832 de res on. the San } 3~bc:./' <br />and Rio Grande National forests and four conL,guOIJG <br />Bureau of Land Hanagement \lS,A j s cont;.l.:ini:ng :!pf:H'm;;:im:at_ely <br />4,910 acres which include the Black Canyon, ~)OHt~ Pine'.)' <br />Creek, Papa Keal, and Zapata Cr'eek u.u.il3. The YOier,:... <br />Service is the lead agency in the prep3j~.1ti0n nf t:.t,l':: <br />study report and the Bureau of Land .Management. is t.h2 <br />participating agency. <br /> <br />B. Nature and Purpose of Action <br /> <br />The purpose of this study rcpo tt i~> t.o <.11 ~pJ.cj tOe; <br />information and process used t{: de....,-f,:-]r-:p ,S ('e':-'(ljmM:'nd,~,~'~::\ <br />on the suitability or unsni.tabLl itV G:! UH: S~J.!{:,L" {k <br />Cristo Wilderness Study Ar~a [oc in('u~J00 in the <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />(n"6. 9 <br />\.1" <br />