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<br /> <br />D. Scope of Issues to be Addressed <br /> <br />1. General <br /> <br />This study included only the National Forest area <br />designated as a Wilderness Study Area by Public Law <br />96-560, and the contiguous Bureau of Land Management <br />WSA's identified in their Public Law 94-579 <br />inventory. The suitability or unsuitability of other <br />National Forest lands were evaluated in the RARE II <br />Final Environmental Statement and were not <br />reconsidered in this process. <br /> <br />Public Law 96-560 provided that areas in Colorado <br />reviewed in RARE II and not designated as wilderness <br />or for further study need not be reviewed for their <br />wilderness option prior to the revision of the <br />initial Forest Land and Resource Management Plans. <br /> <br />The alternatives in this study report relate only to <br />the suitability or unsuitability of the WSA's under <br />study and not to the site specific management which <br />could occur. <br /> <br />2. Issues and Management Concerns <br /> <br />The scoping process conducted early in the Forest <br />Land Management Planning process identified the <br />following public issues: <br /> <br />a. What are appropriate uses within wilderness and <br />how they will be regulated and managed? <br /> <br />b. <br /> <br />Some people feel existing amounts of <br />are adequate while others desire <br />reduce or expand the system. <br /> <br />wilderness <br />either to <br /> <br />c. Once an area is designated wilderness overuse <br />will occur. <br /> <br />d. Some local areas are economically depressed. <br />The designation of an area as wilderness will <br />help to futher depress the economy. <br /> <br />e. Resources may be foregone in wilderness, <br />excluding mining, proper grazing, or water <br />development. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />(I ~; 2611 <br />