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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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