Date:  December 20, 2000
For Release:  Immediate
For Additional  Information Contact: Kay Hopkins, (970) 947-2812

BLM Releases Final Wilderness Inventory Findings on the Southeast Cliff Unit near Rifle, Colorado

The Bureau of Land Management has released the final findings of last summers roadless review and wilderness character inventory for the Southeast Cliff Unit on the Roan Plateau, northwest of Rifle, Colorado.

Four comments were received regarding the Southeast Cliff Unit inventory however, no new information was received regarding:

  • the presence or condition of man-made structures, facilities or vehicle routes,
  • outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation or
  • supplemental values

The final results have not changed and are as following:

Finding

Southeast Cliffs

Total area inventoried

5,338

Area found to be roadless

5,336

Area with wilderness character

5,193

Area without wilderness character

145

The roadless review and wilderness character inventory is now completed for the Roan Plateau. The collected inventory information will be used when the Glenwood Springs Field Office updates its Resource Management Plan for the Roan Plateau over the next two years.

Copies of the final findings of the roadless review and wilderness character inventory for the Southeast Cliff Unit are available by contacting Kay Hopkins at (970)947-2812, or at the Bureau of Land Management, Glenwood Springs Field Office, P.O. Box 1009, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602.

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