Management Of Subalpine Forests Building On 50 Years Of Research

Excerpt from Management of Subalpine Forests, Building on 50 Years of Research: Proceedings of a Technical Conference, Silver Creek, Colorado, July 6-9, 1987 Although Indians, probably Utes and possibly Arapahos, undoubtedly entered the St. Louis Creek drainage from time to time before the arrival of the white man, they left little or no visible evidence of their presence. With the settlement of the West, however, miners and trappers came into the valley in the late 18005. Numerous ruins of mine shafts and cabins attest to their presence. The earliest recorded mining claims near St. Louis Pass date from the early 19005. Most of the miners were looking for gold, but found lead, zinc, and silver. In addition to those claims near St. Louis Pass, early miners were active in the Iron and Mine Creek drainages (fig. Mining continued on a limited basis in upper Mine Creek through the 19505. How ever, the volume of ore extracted was never high enough to warrant extensive operations. The Fraser Experimental Forest was withdrawn from mineral entry in the early 19505, and today there is no mining activity on the Forest. On May 12, 1905, that part of St. Louis Creek drainage that lies north of Sections 32, 33, 34, and 35, tis, r76w, gpm was set aside as part of the Leadville Forest Reserve. The Leadville Reserve included southern Grand County from Kremmling, Hot Sulpher Springs, Fraser, and east to the Continental Divide. On July 1, 1908, it became part of the Arapaho National Forest when that Forest was established. The land north of that line was in private ownership at the beginning of this century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Historically the management of public lands from a multiple use perspective has led to a system that emphasizes those habitat components or faunal elements that primarily resulted in some sort of definable economic value. While this often benefitted other species that were not even considered in the original prescriptions, it also negatively impacted others. We no longer can afford to take this simplistic view of ecosystem management. We need to use a more holistic approach where ecological landscapes are considered as units, and land management practices incorporate all elements into an integrated policy. This includes examining the impacts of proposed land uses on amphibian, reptile, and small mammal populations.