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All Citizens’ Identified Boundaries
this map is linked to from Background/Inventory and Roadless Areas

This map shows the boundaries of areas identified as unroaded as based on citizen's inventories performed by members of the Southern Rockies Conservation Alliance between the years 2000 and 2003. For more information on Citizens' inventories, see the link below.

Data from: Citizens' Roadless Area Inventory

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US Forest Service Inventoried Roadless Area (IRA) Boundaries
this map is linked to from Background/Inventory and Roadless Areas

This map shows the boundaries of areas identified Inventories Roadless Areas (IRAs) as of the 2001 Roadless Rule.

Data from:   US Forest Service

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US Forest Service Roadless Rule Categories
this map is linked to from Background/Legal Summary, Background/Roadless Rule, and  Background/Threats

This map shows the boundary categorizations as of the 2001 Roadless Rule.

• acres of IRA where road construction or reconstruction is allowed: 3,488,775 (78.9%)

• acres of IRA where road construction or reconstruction is not allowed: 922,339 (20.9%)

• acre of IRA where road construction or reconstruction is not allowed and the forest plan recommends for Wilderness: 10,767 (.2%)

Data from:   US Forest Service

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Wildland/Urban interface
this map is linked to from Background/Wildfire

This map shows the overlap between citizens' inventoried roadless areas and the wildland-urban interface.

• Percentage of USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas within 1/2 mile of Communities: 3.5%

• Percentage of the CO Conservation Community Roadless Areas within 1/2 Mile of Communities: 4.5%

Data from:
Community Fire Planning Zones are defined by the Wilderness Society's document "Targeting the Community Fire Planning Zone" by Bo Wilmer and Gregory H. Aplet, PH.D. May 2005
For more information go to:Targeting CFPZ report and Wildland Fire Challenge
 

Wildland/Urban interface
this map is linked to from Background/Wildfire

This map shows the overlap between USFS' inventoried roadless areas and the wildland-urban interface.

• Percentage of USFS Invenotried Roadless Areas within 1/2 mile of Communities: 3.5%

• Percentage of the CO Conservation Community Roadless Areas within 1/2 Mile of Communities: 4.5%

Data from:
Community Fire Planning Zones are defined by the Wilderness Society's document "Targeting the Community Fire Planning Zone" by Bo Wilmer and Gregory H. Aplet, PH.D. May 2005
For more information go to:Targeting CFPZ report and Wildland Fire Challenge
 

US Forest Service Inventoried Roadless Areas & Native Trout Habitat
this map is linked to from Background/Wildlife and Background/Recreation

This map shows habitat of three native Cutthroat Trout species: Colorado River Cutthroat, Greenback Cutthroat, and Rio Grande Cutthroat

• 21.1% - Of the Existing Native Trout Habitat is within USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas

• 102 Roadless areas contain Colorado River Cutthroat Trout habitat

• 26 Roadless areas contain Greenback Cutthroat Trout habitat

• 17 Roadless Areas contain Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout habitat

Data from: Colorado Division of Wildlife

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Acreage w/in a Mile of a Road
this map is linked to from Background/Roads

This map shows the US Forest Service IRA acreage that is within 1 mile of a road.  A road is defined by the Cartographic Feature File numbers that are described as a road. 

• Roadless Acres within 1 mile of a road 74.1% (3,278,301 acres)

• Roadless Acres more than 1 mile from a road 25.9% (1,143,579 acres)

Data from:   US Forest Service IRAs and US Forest Service Travel Management Layer

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Management Prescriptions
this map is linked to from Background/Recreation and Background/Roads

This map shows where US Forest Service management prescriptions designate open or closed to motorized travel:

• Roadless Acres in Management Prescriptions Allowing Motorized Travel: 69.% (3,054,251 acres)

• Roadless Acres in Management Prescriptions NOT allowing motorized travel: 30.1% (1,367,329 acres)

Data from:  Current US Forest Service Management Prescriptions (not including DRAFT US Forest Service Management Prescriptions)
 

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RAs Adjacent to other RAs
 this map is linked to from Background/Connectivity

This map shows citizens’ inventoried roadless areas that are adjacent to other citizens'  inventoried roadless areas.  his could occur if two or more roadless areas are adjacent and in separate forests, if two or more roadless areas are adjacent and in separate states, or were left separate by the citizens’ inventory group.

Data from:  Citizens' Roadless Area Inventory

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RAs Adjacent to Wilderness
this map is linked to from Background/Connectivity

This map shows citizens’ inventoried roadless areas that are adjacent to existing Wilderness or other congressionally designated areas managed as Wilderness.  These areas can be 1,000 acres or more.

Data from: Citizens' Roadless Area Inventory

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RAs by Acreage
this map is linked to from Background/Connectivity

This map shows the citizens’ roadless areas categorized by their size in acres.

Data from: Citizens' Roadless Area Inventory

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SREP’s Wildlands Network Design Designations
this map is linked to from Background/Connectivity

This map shows the citizens' inventoried roadless areas and the predominant classification of the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project’s Wildlands Network Design.

For more information on SREP's Wildlands Network Design, see the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project.

Data from: Citizens' Roadless Area Inventory, SREP WND