99 S.69 Title: A bill to designate certain additional lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Sponsor: Sen Hart, Gary W. [CO] (introduced 1/3/1985) Cosponsors (None) Related Bills: H.R.34 Latest Major Action: 1/3/1985 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water.
SUMMARY AS OF: 1/3/1985--Introduced.
Colorado Wilderness Act of 1985 - Designates the following lands in Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness in the San Isabel National Forest; (2) the St. Louis Peak Wilderness in the Arapaho National Forest; (3) the Cannibal Plateau Wilderness Area in the Uncompaghre National Forest and in the Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Basin Resource Area; (4) the Fossil Ridge Wilderness in the Gunnison National Forest; (5) the Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness in the San Isabel National Forest; (6) lands in the White River National Forest which shall be incorporated in the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness; (7) lands in the Rio Grande National Forest which shall be incorporated in the La Garita Wilderness; (8) certain lands in the Routt National Forest which shall be incorporated in the Mt. Zirkel Wilderness; (9) the Piedra Wilderness in the San Juan National Forest; (10) lands in the Gunnison National Forest which shall be incorporated in the Raggeds Wilderness; (11) the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness in and adjacent to the Rio Grande and San Isabel National Forest; (12) the Service Creek Wilderness in the Routt National Forest; (13) lands in the San Juan National Forest which shall be incorporated in the South San Juan Wilderness; (14) the Vasquez Peak Wilderness in the Arapaho National Forest; (15) lands in the San Juan National Forest which shall be incorporated in the Weminuche Wilderness; (16) the Spanish Peaks Wilderness in the San Isabel National Forest; (17) the Lost Creek Wilderness in the Pike National Forest; (18) the Williams Fork Wilderness in the Arapaho National Forest, with specified restrictions on the management of the Williams Fork Further Planning Area; and (19) lands in the Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Basin Resource Area which shall be incorporated in the Big Blue Wilderness.
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.
MAJOR ACTIONS:
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ALL ACTIONS: 1/3/1985: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 1/3/1985: Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water.
TITLE(S): (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
• SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED: Colorado Wilderness Act of 1985 • OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED: A bill to designate certain additional lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
COSPONSOR(S):
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COMMITTEE(S):
Committee/Subcommittee: Activity: Senate Energy and Natural Referral, In Committee Resources Subcommittee on
Public Lands, Reserved Referral Water and Resource Conservation
RELATED BILL DETAILS: (additional related bills may be indentified in Status)
Bill: Relationship: H.R.34 Identical bill identified by CRS H.R.34 Companion bill
AMENDMENT(S):
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