Colorado National Forest Wilderness Act of 1980

Summary

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-Roosevelt National Forest (requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to permit motorized access for maintenance and repair of the McGuire Water Transmission Line ditch); (4) the Weminuche Wilderness in the Rio Grande and San Juan National Forests; (5) the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness in the San Isabel and White River National Forests; (6) the West Elk Wilderness in the Grande Mesa-Uncompahgre National Forest; and (7) the La Garita Wilderness in the Rio Grande and Gunnison National Forests. Repeals previous classifications of the Wilson Mountains Primitive Area and the Uncompahgre Primitive Area. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees, within 12 months after the enactment of this Act, an evaluation of the Wheeler Geologic Special Study Area. Specifies items to be evaluated in such study. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, when determining the use of grazing permits on National Forest System lands, to permit ingress and egress to such areas by means customarily enjoyed, and to permit the use of equipment customarily used, for purposes of operation, repair, and maintenance of structures and facilities used for grazing.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 23 December 1980

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 3 December 1980

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 25 September 1980

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 22 August 1980

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 10 December 1979

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 14 November 1979

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 September 1979

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