16 U.S.C. § 410fff–6 — Designation of wilderness within the Conservation Area

(a) Gunnison Gorge Wilderness: (1) Within the Conservation Area, the roughly 17,700-acre Gunnison Gorge Wilderness is designated as wilderness and added to the National Wilderness Preservation System, as shown on the Map. (2)(A) The roughly 300-acre part of the wilderness study area shown on the Map for release under section 1782 of title 43 is not subject to section 1782(c) of title 43. (B) That 300-acre piece instead becomes part of the Conservation Area. (b) Administration: Subject to valid rights existing on October 21, 1999, the Secretary must manage the designated wilderness areas under the Wilderness Act — except that any reference in the Wilderness Act to its own effective date instead means this law's effective date, and any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture instead means the Secretary of the Interior. (c) State responsibility: As allowed by section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act, nothing in this law or the Wilderness Act changes Colorado's authority over wildlife and fish on public land in that state. (d) Maps and legal descriptions: As soon as practical after October 21, 1999, the Secretary of the Interior had to file a map and legal description of the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Resources Committee. These documents count as legally part of this law. The Secretary may fix clerical and typing errors in them, and they must be kept on file and available at the Bureau of Land Management office.