16 U.S.C. § 410fff–5 — Establishment of the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area
submitted 27 years ago by Pub. L. 106-76 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 519 words · no verdicts yet
Congress creates the roughly 57,725-acre Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area. The Bureau of Land Management manages it and later added about 7,100 more acres. Hunting and fishing are generally allowed, and new mining claims are barred.
(a) In general: (1) Congress establishes the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area*, about 57,725 acres, as shown on the Map*. (2) Its boundary is expanded by about 7,100 acres, as shown on a map dated April 2, 2003.
(b) Management: The Secretary*, acting through the Bureau of Land Management Director, must manage the Conservation Area to protect its resources under (1) this law, (2) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and (3) other applicable laws.
(c) Withdrawal: Except for valid existing rights, all federal land in the Conservation Area is removed from the public land laws that allow entry, claiming, or acquiring land; from the mining laws; and from all mineral and geothermal leasing laws.
(d) Hunting, trapping, and fishing: (1) The Secretary must allow hunting, trapping, and fishing in the Conservation Area under applicable U.S. and Colorado law. (2) After consulting the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the Secretary may set zones and times where hunting or trapping isn't allowed, for reasons of (A) public safety, (B) administration, or (C) public use and enjoyment.
(e) Motorized vehicles: Besides using established roads, motorized vehicles may be used in the Conservation Area to the extent allowed by the off-highway vehicle rules in the management plan that was in effect on October 21, 1999.
(f) Conservation Area management plan: (1) Within four years of October 21, 1999, the Secretary had to (A) create a comprehensive long-range protection and management plan for the Conservation Area, and (B) send it to (i) the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and (ii) the House Resources Committee. (2) The plan (A) had to describe appropriate uses and management under this law; (B) could reuse fitting decisions from earlier management or activity plans finished before October 21, 1999; (C) could reuse fitting wildlife habitat plans for land in or near the Conservation Area from before that date; (D) had to be prepared closely with federal, state, county, and local agencies; and (E) could use information gathered before that date from studies of the area.
(g) Boundary revisions: The Secretary may adjust the Conservation Area's boundary after acquiring land needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was created.
There is established the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area*, consisting of approximately 57,725 acres as generally depicted on the Map*.
The boundary of the Conservation Area is revised to include the addition of approximately 7,100 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park* and Gunnison Gorge NCA Boundary Modifications”, and dated April 2, 2003.
The Secretary*, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall manage the Conservation Area to protect the resources of the Conservation Area in accordance with—
this subchapter;
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
other applicable provisions of law.
Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands within the Conservation Area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation or disposal under the public land laws; from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and from disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing, and all amendments thereto.
The Secretary shall permit hunting, trapping, and fishing within the Conservation Area in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations) of the United States and the State of Colorado.
The Secretary, after consultation with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, may issue regulations designating zones where and establishing periods when no hunting or trapping shall be permitted for reasons concerning—
public safety;
administration; or
public use and enjoyment.
In addition to the use of motorized vehicles on established roadways, the use of motorized vehicles in the Conservation Area shall be allowed to the extent the use is compatible with off-highway vehicle designations as described in the management plan in effect on October 21, 1999.
Not later than 4 years after October 21, 1999, the Secretary shall—
develop a comprehensive plan for the long-range protection and management of the Conservation Area; and
transmit the plan to—
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.
The plan—
shall describe the appropriate uses and management of the Conservation Area in accordance with this subchapter;
may incorporate appropriate decisions contained in any management or activity plan for the area completed prior to October 21, 1999;
may incorporate appropriate wildlife habitat management plans or other plans prepared for the land within or adjacent to the Conservation Area prior to October 21, 1999;
shall be prepared in close consultation with appropriate Federal, State, county, and local agencies; and
may use information developed prior to October 21, 1999, in studies of the land within or adjacent to the Conservation Area.
The Secretary may make revisions to the boundary of the Conservation Area following acquisition of land necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the Conservation Area was designated.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 106–76, § 7, Oct. 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 1129; Pub. L. 108–128, § 3, Nov. 17, 2003, 117 Stat. 1356.)
- 1999Enacted · Pub. L. 106-76 · 113 Stat. 1129
- 2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-128 · 117 Stat. 1356
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-76 on 1999-10-21.
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