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<br />~ <br /> <br />o :) ii~l 315 <br /> <br />Adverse impacts would include limitations on trail maintenance to use <br />of nonmotorized equipment. About 3.020 feet of two-inch diameter <br />galvanized iron pipe, which is not currently being used, from the <br />spring on the north side of Deer Mountain to Aspenglen Campground <br />would have to be removed. About 60 percent of this pipe is on top <br />of the ground. Pipe underground could be left or removed and care <br />taken to minimize soil disturbance which might lead to erosion on <br />slopes up to 50 percent gradient. <br /> <br />This area was not included in the proposed wilderness area because <br />of intruding private inholdings, nearby roads and associated noise <br />(including a steam whistle on a commercial miniature train), small <br />dimensions of the area and visibility of houses and businesses to <br />the north and east, roads on all sides and downtown Estes Park on <br />the east. <br /> <br />C. Delete Lulu City and Access Corridor from Wilderness <br /> <br />If the Lulu City historic site and the access corridor were not <br />designated wilderness, the town site could be restored if desirable <br />to its original state with the aid of mechanical equipment. A <br />road could be built and access provided by motorized vehicle along <br />the old wagon route. <br /> <br />As wilderness the restoration is prohibited along with 'permanent <br />and complex interpretive devices. Stabilization of the present <br />structures would be permitted. <br /> <br />Current access to Lulu City site is possible along a three mile long <br />foot trail from Trail Ridge Road. Another trail, formerly a wagon <br />road, leads from Thunder Pass past Lulu City. The ecosystems along <br />the'Colorado River include wet meadows which are recommended for <br />avoidance of use and subalpine forest (spruce-fir-Iodgepole) with cold/ <br />moist biological climate where use is channelized by vegetation. <br /> <br />Removal of the Lulu City Corridor (about 2.5 miles long) and town <br />site would remove about 220 acres from the wilderness area, and allow <br />a potential intrusion of vehicles and motorized equipment. <br /> <br />Beneficial environmental impacts from including the corridor in <br />wilderness include protection of the wet meadow ecosystem in its <br />natural condition, uniformity of wilderness in this area by the <br />inclusion of this 2.5 mile long finger of nonwilderness, prevention <br />of developments and motorized intrusions into the wilderness, and <br />enlargement of wilderness. <br /> <br />34 <br />