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Title: Canon City District wilderness planning amendment
Identifier: canoncitydistricunit (find matches)
Year: 1982 (1980s)
Authors: United States. Bureau of Land Management
Subjects: Wilderness areas; Land use
Publisher: Denver, Colo. : U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Contributing Library: Bureau of Land Management Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Bureau of Land Management

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b Miles Other Minerals Sand and gravel, fill, clay, etc. within the WSA have little or no value. Soils There are three soil associations within this WSA: Us tic Torriorthents-Rock outcrop, Boyle-Rock outcrop- Cathedral, and Raleigh-Wetraore-Rock outcrop. Refer to Appendix B for more detail. Water There are no perennial streams within the boundaries of this unit. Runoff from this area is usually in direct response to precipitation and flash floods are common. All of the gulches in the unit drain into the Arkansas River with the exception of Thomas Gulch which drains into Texas Creek. When these gulches flood, they wash sediment into the river. Average annual sediment yield is estimated to be less than 0.2 acre-foot per square mile which is considered low- There are no major aquifers in the area. Ground water is confined to weathered or fractured zones in the predominating metamorphic and igneous rocks. This unit contains several springs which yield water of good quality. Most of these are located in the bottoms of the larger gulches. All are important sources of water for livestock and wildlife. Range This unit is within two intensively managed allotments with 231 and 469 AUMs. Season of use is July 1 through December 15. The unit is considered predominately poor for livestock forage production but is ecologically stable. Major range forage consists mostly of mountain muhly and needle-and-thread grasses; rabbithrush and pinon also occur. One developed spring is present in Five Points Gulch. A pinon-juniper thinning (1,120 acres) is planned on two sites. Forestry Pinon-juniper exists on the lower slopes with some ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir at higher elevations. Some broad leaf species such as cottonwood and aspen are found in the drainage bottoms. There are about 1,190 operable acres of woodland and approximately 571 acres of operable PFL. This woodland presently supports 7,735 cords of firewood and could produce 27,370 cords over a 150-year time span. The PFL in this WSA presently has 1,645 Mbf on the stump and could produce 5,332 Mbf over rotation age (12 0 years for Douglas-fir and 150 years for ponderosa pine). Intensive forest management is planned for this area. Wildlife The unit is habitat for species such as mule deer, mountain lion, black bear, and turkey. Various raptors such as golden eagle and prairie falcon nest within the

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