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The Uncompahgre Wilderness (formally called the Big Blue Wilderness) is a U.S. Wilderness Area in southwest Colorado comprising . Elevation in the Wilderness ranges from to , at the summit of Uncompahgre Peak.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Wilderness.net )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Colorado Wilderness )〕 Managed by the Uncompahgre National Forest, it is located approximately northwest of the town of Lake City and some east of the town of Ouray. The area is named for Uncompahgre Peak, which at is the highest peak in the San Juan Mountains. The Wilderness includes one other prominent fourteener, Wetterhorn Peak at . ==Mining claim== Located within the Uncompahgre Wilderness is the Robin Redbreast Gold Mine, owned by Robert and Marjorie Miller of Montrose, Colorado. Marjorie Miller’s father staked the claims in 1938, more than 50 years before the land was designated Wilderness, and was preserved by the General Mining Act of 1872. The Forest Service has established requirements that would lessen mining impacts, such as reducing motorized vehicle use and night lighting. The Millers say workers will use picks and shovels to extract ore, haul it out with mule teams over existing trails, and use helicopters to deliver larger equipment to avoid the impacts of truck use. Environmental groups have expressed concern that acid mine drainage and the human footprint created by mining activities will degrade the Wilderness. It is claimed in the book ''Forty Demons'' that Winston Branko Churchill, whose body was found near the mine in 2008, died while protesting the possibility of mining operations beginning in the Uncompahgre wilderness at the Robin Redbreast Mine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Uncompahgre Wilderness」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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