 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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