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<br />OGJOl~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />The Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, is presently studying <br />four roadless areas that border the park for inclusion in the National <br />Wilderness Preservation System. These are the Indian Peaks area (71,000 <br />acres) south of the park, Never Summer Mountains (9,700 acres) west of <br />the park, Neota-Flattops (8,000 acres) northwest of the park, and the <br />Comanche-Big South area (47,000 acres) north of the park. These areas <br />are being studied for suitability, availability, and relative need for <br />inclusion in the system. The time schedule set by the Forest Service <br />for completion of the studies precludes their being considered concur- <br />rently with the present National Park Service proposal. <br /> <br />Three previously established areas on national forests in the region <br />are the Rawah Wilderness Area about 10 miles from the northwest corner <br />of the park in the Roosevelt National Forest, the Mount Zirkel Wilder- <br />ness Area in Routt National Forest, 35 miles west, and the Gore Range- <br />Eagle's Nest Primitive Area in the Arapaho-White River National Forests, <br />35 miles to the southwest. <br /> <br />11 <br />