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<br />Section 4: M.S. 1944, Combination .................................................... <br />Owner - Highland-Bavarian Corporation <br /> <br />5.170 acres <br /> <br />M.S. 1945, Valley................ .... ...... ...................... ............... <br />Owner- HigWand-Bavarian Corporation <br /> <br />5.170 acres <br /> <br />194.603 acres <br /> <br />These lands should be acquired, if possible, by land exchange or purchase. So long <br />as they remain in private ownership there is a potential for developments or use which <br />would be incompatible with wilderness. <br /> <br />CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />Three major alternatives presented at a hearing conducted on October 8 and 9 and <br />October 12 and 13, 1970 at Frisco and Denver, Colorado, respectively were examined <br />and evaluated. These were: <br /> <br />I. The Hearing Proposal for the Eagles Nest Wilderness to contain 71.785 acres. <br />(Figure 1) <br /> <br />2. A proposal for a wilderness of about 125,000 acres. (Figure 2) <br /> <br />3. A proposal for complete declassification of the Gore Range Eagles Nest Primitive <br />Area. <br /> <br />During the review process, it was determined that only about 105,000 acres were <br />suitable for consideration to be included in the National Wilderness Preservation System <br />(Figure 3.) <br /> <br />AREAS SUITABLE FOR WILDERNESS DESIGNATION <br /> <br />Primitive Area <br /> <br />The boundary of the proposed Eagles Nest Wilderness is delineated on Map A, which <br />is part of this report. and is described in Appendix A. It follows to the extent possible, <br />definable natural features such as mountain peaks. rock outcrops and escarpments, <br />prominent benches, ridges. and drainages. Where natural features were not available, <br />the boundary has been described by bearings and distances between prominent points <br />which will be monumented with brass caps when the area is designated as the Eagles <br />Nest Wilderness and becomes a National Forest Unit of the National Wilderness Preser- <br />vation System. The detailed boundary is also drawn on a set of aerial photographs <br />which are on me in the office of the Regional Forester, Rocky Mountain Region, Denver <br />Federal Center. Buildihg 85, Denver, Colorado. <br /> <br />About 58,840 acres within the proposed Wilderness have been managed and used <br />as the Gore Range-Eagles Nest Primitive Area since 1933. Reviews by the Forest <br />Service which have been carried on since early 1964 show that this area is eminently <br />suitable for Wilderness. There is no reason to discontinue wilderness type management <br />and use of this area. <br /> <br />1338 <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />I' <br />