Colorado Wilderness Act of 1986

Summary

Colorado Wilderness Act of 1986 - Designates the following lands in Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the St. Louis Peak Wilderness in the Arapaho National Forest; (2) the Vasquez Peak Wilderness in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests; (3) the Williams Fork Wilderness in the Arapaho National Forest; (4) the Lost Creek Wilderness in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests; (5) the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests; (6) the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness in the San Isabel and Rio Grande National Forests; (7) the Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness in the San Isabel National Forest; (8) the South San Juan Wilderness Expansion in the San Juan National Forest; (9) the Piedra Wilderness in the San Juan National Forest; (10) the West Needles Wilderness and Weminuche Additions in the San Juan National Forest and the San Juan Resource Area; (11) the Wheeler Geologic Wilderness in the Rio Grande National Forest; (12) the Powderhorn Wilderness in the Gunnison National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management Powderhorn Primitive Area; (13) the Fossil Ridge Wilderness in the Gunnison National Forest; (14) the Spruce Creek addition to the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness in the White River National Forest; (15) the Service Creek Wilderness in the Routt National Forest; and (16) the Davis Peak addition to the Mount Zirkel Wilderness in the Routt National Forest. Designates: (1) lands in the Rocky Mountain National Park as the Rocky Mountain Wilderness; (2) lands in the Colorado National Monument as the Colorado Wilderness; and (3) lands in the Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah as the Dinosaur Wilderness. Designates specified lands in the San Isabel National Forest, Colorado, as the Spanish Peaks (Wahatoya) National Recreation Area to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Requires the Secretary to develop and report to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive management plan for such area. Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) final environmental statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Colorado shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Colorado which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending the revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Colorado reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Colorado without express congressional authorization. States that the provisions above shall also apply to national forest system roadless lands in Colorado which are less than 5,000 acres in size.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 25 February 1986

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