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Lands with Wilderness Characteristics: Waugh Mountain Lands with Wilderness Characteristics: Waugh Mountain Waugh Mountain, Royal Gorge Field Office Photo: John Sztukowski The intent of this report is to present objective data to illustrate that the area in question qualifies as Lands with Wilderness Characteristics (LWC), in accordance with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Manuals 6310 and 6320. The information presented in this report meets the minimum standards for review of new information per Manual 6310, and accordingly BLM must review this information and make its findings and documentation of the review process available to the public as soon as practicable. Lands with Wilderness Characteristics: Waugh Mountain BLM Royal Gorge Field Office, Front Range District BLM Unit Identifier: CO-020-041 (Waugh Mountain) Submitted by: Wild Connections 2168 Pheasant Place, Colorado Springs, CO 80909 [email protected]; (719) 686 - 5905 Prepared by: John Sztukowski, Wildlands Inventory Coordinator, Wild Connections [email protected]; (817) 939 - 4239 Report Date: March 2015 Table of Contents Map of Waugh Mountain LWC ........................................................................................................... 3 Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Discussion of Wilderness Characteristics including Boundary Delineations.................. 6 I. The Waugh Mountain proposed LWC meets the minimum size criteria for roadless lands. 6 II. The Waugh Mountain proposed LWC is primarily affected by the forces of nature. ............... 9 III. The Waugh Mountain proposed LWC provides outstanding opportunities for solitude and primitive recreation. ..................................................................................................................................... 10 IV. The Waugh Mountain proposed LWC has supplemental values that would enhance the wilderness experience and should be recognized and protected. ................................................... 11 Summary Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 12 Waugh Mountain Proposed LWC Waypoints ............................................................................. 14 2 Map of Waugh Mountain LWC 3 Overview The Waugh Mountain proposed Lands with Wilderness Characteristics (LWC) unit consists of approximately 5,600 contiguous acres in central Colorado. This unit is located about 20 miles north of Cotopaxi, CO in north Fremont County. This unit ranges from an elevation of approximately 9,300 feet up to 11,470 feet atop Waugh Mountain East. The proposed LWC supports a diversity of vegetation and much wildlife, bolstered by ecosystems consisting of high elevation mixed forests, montane grasslands, and riparian drainages. The Waugh Mountain proposed LWC primarily encompasses Waugh Mountain East, the foothills of Loco Mountain to the south, and a couple of large drainages in between. The western boundary of the unit is bordered by Waugh Mountain Road, which splits the Waugh Mountain complex as Waugh Mountain West is excluded from the unit. Waugh Mountain Road provides the only public access points to the unit. The remainder of the unit is bound by private property on all sides. Fremont County Road 2 parallels the unit to the north, however it provides no public access to the unit. This unit supports a diversity of plant and wildlife habitats, due to its topographic variety and numerous ecosystems. Montane grasslands are common in this unit, supporting an array of wildflowers, shrubs, and native grasses. However most of the unit consists of high elevation mixed forests of Colorado blue spruce and quaking aspen, with bristlecone pine mixing in at the higher elevations. Ponderosa pine and lodge pole pine mix in as well in parts of the unit. Creeks and tributaries, including North Waugh Creek, Fear Creek, and North Tallahassee Creek, drain the unit. The Conservation Science Partners (CSP) recognizes nearly the entire unit, 5,527 acres, as a core area possessing conservation values: important ecologically based indicators of high biodiversity, resilience to climate change, and landscape connectivity. This is one of only six core conservation areas that CSP identified in the RGFO region. The Waugh Mountain proposed LWC high habitat and range values for many wildlife species, including Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, black bear, elk, mule deer, pronghorn, mountain lion, and the threatened and endangered species Canadian lynx. Valued bird species identified in this area include the wild turkey. Opportunities for solitude and primitive recreation are abundant in the 5,600 acre contiguous roadless area that forms the proposed Waugh Mountain LWC. The high elevation mixed forests and grasslands provide extensive opportunity for solitude in the forms of isolation, remoteness, lack of visitation and vegetative screening. Primitive recreation is also available in all seasons, including hunting, backpacking, hiking, snowshoeing, wildlife viewing, bird watching, horseback riding, and photography. The BLM inventoried this unit (delineated by the green line in the above map) in 2012, identified as unit COF-020-041 (Waugh Mountain). In their report, the BLM identified an area of 5,127.9 acres (delineated by the green line in the above map) and found this land to have wilderness characteristics. 4 The boundaries and wilderness characteristics identified by the BLM generally align with Wild Connections’ inventory. However there is an approximately 500 acre contiguous area to the southwest, consisting of the Loco Mountain foothills west of Fear Creek, which should be included in the overall Waugh Mountain proposed LWC. The BLM excludes this section due to an access route, CO-020-041-H that is closed to the public, which the BLM asserts should be a Wilderness Inventory Road and thus a boundary road. However this route is being reclaimed by vegetation and doesn’t appear regular and continuous, as documented in the BLM’s report. The BLM even considers this to be a way a short distance after it traverses across this section of BLM land and furthermore the BLM does not provide any photo evidence or documentation to support that this section is a road according to BLM Manual 6310. In sum, this section of CO-020-041-H should remain within the unit as a way, which extends the roadless contiguous Waugh Mountain proposed LWC to 5,600 acres. BLM's Manual 6310 states that the boundary delineation for a LWC unit "is generally based on the presence of Wilderness Inventory Roads" but can also be based on property lines between different types of land ownership or on developed rights of way (Manual 6310, p 4). These were the guidelines that Wild Connections used to determine the boundaries of the Waugh Mountain proposed LWC. Only after the true boundaries of the contiguous roadless unit are identified can an objective and thorough assessment of that unit's wilderness characteristics be made. In the spring of 2013, Wild Connections produced a preliminary boundary delineation for this unit based on the size and contiguity requirements stated in Manual 6310 (p 6). During the summer of 2014, Wild Connections' mapping teams visited the Waugh Mountain proposed LWC to conduct in-depth, on-the-ground inventories of this unit. Our goal was to assess this area for wilderness characteristics, based on BLM's Manual 6310, and report our findings to the BLM's Royal Gorge Field Office in efforts to identify potential wilderness areas to expand "wildlands" corridors in central Colorado. Additionally we have reviewed the 2012 BLM RGFO inventory and 2013 report and have made assessments and adjustments based on our in-depth field inventories. Wild Connections’ report offers new in-depth data and information, including photo, narrative, and geo-referenced data, supporting the Waugh Mountain proposed LWC. The boundary delineations and narratives describing the wilderness characteristics found within this unit are detailed below. Waypoints (many with photos) are referenced throughout this report; the photos with geo-data, time and date stamp, description, and page number can be found at the end of the report, akin to the one shown below. 5 Waugh Mountain (34) - SSW View of Sangre de Cristo mountain range from Waugh Mountain East (p. 12) Discussion of Wilderness Characteristics including Boundary Delineations I. The Waugh Mountain proposed LWC meets the minimum size criteria for roadless lands. The Waugh Mountain proposed LWC comprises approximately 5,600 contiguous roadless acres, surpassing the minimum size criteria of 5,000 acres to qualify for wilderness, as specified in BLM’s Manual 6310 (p 6). With regard to route determination, this manual states that a "way" maintained solely by the passage of vehicles does not constitute a "road" for purposes of inventorying wilderness characteristics. A "way" that is used on a continuous and regular basis still does not constitute a road. Additionally, a vehicle route that was constructed by mechanical means, but is no longer being maintained by mechanical methods is also not a road. By comparison, a Wilderness Inventory Road (WIR) is a vehicle road that has "been improved and maintained by mechanical means to ensure relatively regular and continuous use" (Manual 6310, p 11). Wild Connections' inventory of this area used the above definitions to determine whether routes are or are not considered WIRs. Routes
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