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Colorado Federal Wilderness Areas
Listed below are the federal acts of congress that have defined the
wilderness in this state.
1964 - Wilderness Act approved by Congress on September 3,
1964. [Pub. L. 88-577] Pertained only to the Forest Service, National
Park Service, and U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) was excluded. 2.
1976 - FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT of 1976 (FLPMA)
[Pub. L. 94-579] approved by Congress October 21, 1976. Section 603
authorized BLM participation in the Wilderness Act.
1993 - COLORADO WILDERNESS ACT OF 1993 [Pub. L. 103-77] This
act created the Powderhorn and Uncompahgre Wilderness areas to be
managed by the BLM, and (in Section 9) directed that the BLM “Tabeguache
Area” (among others) be managed “so as to maintain the areas’ presently
existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the National
Wilderness Preservation System.”
1999 - BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK and GUNNISON
GORGE NATIONAL CONSERVATON AREA ACT of 1999. On October 21, 1999,
the 23rd anniversary of FLPMA, President Clinton signed Public Law
106-76, redesignating the (NPS) Black Canyon of the Gunnison National
Monument as a National Park (and increasing its size with land transferred
from BLM); and creating the (BLM) Gunnison Gorge NCA, including the
Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Area (17,700 acres).
2000 - COLORADO CANYONS NCA AND BLACK RIDGE CANYONS WILDERNESS
ACT OF 2000 [Pub. L. 106-353] created The Colorado Canyons NCA and
the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness, the latter with 70,319 acres in
CO and 5,120 acres in UT.
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