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| No. 2 |
COLORADO WILDERNESS
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In 1980, Congress
established 1.4 million acres of national forest wilderness out of six
million acres of roadless areas in Colorado. It left some 900,000
acres as Wilderness Study Areas and further planning areas for later
consideration. |
| This year, the House
approved a bill that would designate approximately 565,000 acres of
these lands as wilderness. |
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| The Senate is considering
this legislation, along with measures by the two Senators from Colorado
to set aside 733,000 acres and 443,000 acres, respectively, of the
areas for wilderness purposes. |
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| Environmental
organizations and sportsmen's groups have carefully selected some
830,000 acres of the roadless lands as the last opportunities to
protect outstanding wilderness in Colorado's national forests. |
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| These proposed
wildernesses protect undisturbed watersheds which supply quality,
stable flows of water for millions of downstream users. They
possess spectacular wild scenery and habitat for elk, bighorn sheep and
other wilderness - dependent wildlife. They provide much
wilderness recreation for Colorado's rapidly increasing human
population. |
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| The Federation of Western
Outdoor Clubs urges the Congress of the United States to enact
legislation at least equivalent to the 733,000 acres level to include
outstanding national forest wildlands in Colorado as parts of the
National Wilderness System. |
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