HR 5487 · 96th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Colorado National Forest Wilderness Act of 1980
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Public Law 96-560.(1980-12-22)
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Colorado National Forest System Wilderness Act of 1979 - Designates the following National Forest System lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Never Summer Wilderness, Comanche Peak Wilderness, Mount Evans Wilderness, Cache La Poudre Wilderness, and Neota Wilderness, all in the Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forest, (2) the Holy Cross Wilderness in the San Isabel and White River National Forests (preserving certain existing conditional water rights for the Homestake Water Development Project by the cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs); (3) the Elk Mountain-Collegiate Wilderness in the Gunnison, San Isabel, and White River National Forests; (4) the Raggeds Wilderness in the Grande Mesa-Uncompahgre National Forest; (5) the Lizard Head Wilderness in the San Juan and Uncompahgre National Forests; and (6) the Mount Sneffels Wilderness and the Big Blue Wilderness in the Uncompahgre National Forest. Designates certain additions to: (1) the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness in the Gunnison and White River National Forests; (2) the Mount Zirkel Wilderness in the Routt National Forest; (3) the Rawah Wilderness in the Arapahoe-Roose…
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