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Gila National Forest Plan Revision Evaluation Report of Lands Inventoried for Potential Wilderness Characteristics Final Report, December 2019 Cover Photo by Eric Flood: Gila River, Gila Wilderness In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident. 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Table of Contents Table of Contents .....................................................................................................................................i Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Step One – Inventory of Lands That May Possess Wilderness Characteristics (completed) ................. 2 Step Two - Evaluation of Inventoried Lands for Wilderness Characteristics ......................................... 2 Individual Area Evaluations of Wilderness Characteristics .................................................................. 10 Q1 – Largo ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Q2 – The Hub (formerly Q2 West and Q3 East Hub) ........................................................................... 13 Q4 – Chavez Lake ................................................................................................................................. 16 Q5 – Agua Fria ...................................................................................................................................... 18 Q6 – Fox Mountain (formerly Brushy Springs) .................................................................................... 20 Q7 – East Gallo ..................................................................................................................................... 23 Q8 – Bull Camp ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Q9 – Apache Mountain ........................................................................................................................ 27 Q10 – East Boundary ............................................................................................................................ 30 Q11 – Mother Hubbard ........................................................................................................................ 32 QG1 (formerly QG1a) – Nolan North ................................................................................................... 35 QG2 (formerly QG1b) – Nolan South ................................................................................................... 38 QR1 – Upper Frisco Box ....................................................................................................................... 41 QR2 – Upper Frisco Box East ................................................................................................................ 44 R1 – Eagle Peak .................................................................................................................................... 47 R3 – Moraga Canyon ............................................................................................................................ 50 R4 – O-Bar-O Mountain ....................................................................................................................... 53 R6 – Elk Mountains .............................................................................................................................. 56 R7 – Negrito ......................................................................................................................................... 58 R8 – T-Bar Ridge ................................................................................................................................... 60 R9 – Wagon Tongue ............................................................................................................................. 62 R10a, and R10b - Gila Additions North Reserve .................................................................................. 64 R10c - Gila Additions North Reserve .................................................................................................... 66 RB1 – East Elk Mountain ...................................................................................................................... 68 RWB1 – Canyon Creek ......................................................................................................................... 70 RWB2 – Gila Addition North Central .................................................................................................... 72 i Gila National Forest Plan Revision DRAFT Evaluation of Lands Inventoried for Potential Wilderness Characteristics RG1 – Aspen Mountain ........................................................................................................................ 74 RG2 – Devil’s Creek .............................................................................................................................. 77 RG3 – Brushy Canyon ........................................................................................................................... 80 RG4 – North Mogollon Mountains ....................................................................................................... 81 G1 – Mineral Creek .............................................................................................................................. 83 G2 – Blue Primitive Addition (formerly G2a – Blue Range South) ....................................................... 85 G2b and G2c – Blue Range South ........................................................................................................ 87 G3 – Gila Rain Creek Addition (formerly G3a – Gila Addition Northwest) .......................................... 89 G3c – Gila Addition Northwest ............................................................................................................ 91 G4a and G4b – Gila Additions West ..................................................................................................... 93 G5 – Park Mountain ............................................................................................................................. 95 G6 – Lower San Francisco .................................................................................................................... 97 G7 – Hell Hole .................................................................................................................................... 100 G8 – Smoothing Iron Mesa ................................................................................................................ 103 G9 – Blue Range SE Addition (formerly G2d – Blue Range South) ..................................................... 105 G10 – Blue Range SW Addition: (formerly G2e– Blue Range South) ................................................. 109 G11 – Gila Dry Creeks Addition: (formerly G3b – Gila Addition Northwest) ..................................... 112 G12 – Gila Whitewater Addition (formerly G3d – Gila Addition Northwest) .................................... 114 B1a, B1b, B1c, – Aldo Leopold Seco Additions (formerly south portion B1a, B1b, B1c – Aldo Leopold Addition East) ..................................................................................................................................... 117 B2– Brushy Mountain ........................................................................................................................ 120 B3– Big Dry Creek ..............................................................................................................................