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2.0 Study Area Description <br />2.1 Location The study area is located in western Montrose County on the western edge of the <br />town of Nucla, Colorado. Major cities located in relation to Nucla are Montrose, 45 air miles east- <br />northeast and Grand Junction, 57 air miles north. The remoteness of the location is evidenced by <br />the several hours required to reach Nucla by vehicle from the above cities. <br />First Park, a mesa -like landform on which the study area is located, is approximately ten miles <br />southwest of the Uncompahgre Plateau. In earlier times First Park was referred to as Tabequache <br />Park, a sagebrush and pinyon - juniper dominated landscape historically used by the Ute Indians <br />and later by ranchers running livestock on open range. <br />The study area for 1987 and 1999 includes portions of the following sections: <br />Section 6. T46N, R15W <br />NW% <br />W' /2NE% <br />W'/2SE %NE% <br />W'/2NE %NE% <br />NY2NE %SW'/4 <br />Portions of N'/2SE% <br />Section 1, T46N, R16W <br />NE %NE %SE'/4 <br />NE% <br />W' /2NW% <br />Section 36, T47N, R16W <br />S1/2SW1/4 <br />SE1 /4 <br />Section 31. T47N. R15W <br />S1/2SW1/4 <br />(Revised October 2009) 2.04.10-10 <br />