16 U.S.C. § 460zzz–1 — Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area

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This law creates the 209,610-acre Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area in Colorado. The Secretary must manage it to protect its natural, cultural, and water resources. Motor vehicles are limited to designated roads and trails, except for emergencies or administration.

(a) Establishment. (1) This law creates the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area in Colorado. (2) The Conservation Area covers about 209,610 acres of public land, roughly shown on the Map. (b) Purposes. The Conservation Area exists to conserve and protect, for people now and in the future: (1) the land's unique resources and values — geological, cultural, archaeological, paleontological, natural, scientific, recreational, wilderness, wildlife, riparian, historical, educational, and scenic; and (2) the water in area streams — based on seasonal flows — needed to support water-dependent, streamside, and land plants and animals. (c) Management. (1) In general, the Secretary must manage the Conservation Area (A) as part of the National Landscape Conservation System, (B) in a way that protects and improves the resources listed in (b), and (C) following the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, this subchapter, and any other applicable laws. (2) Uses. (A) The Secretary may only allow uses that further the Conservation Area's purposes. (B) Motorized vehicles: Except for administrative or emergency use, and except in the Wilderness, motor vehicles may only be used on roads and trails set aside for them — following the management plan in effect on March 30, 2009, until a new management plan takes effect, and following the new plan afterward. This rule doesn't limit using motor vehicles for administration or emergencies, and it doesn't apply to the Wilderness at all.

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(a) Establishment

(1) In general

There is established the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area in the State.

(2) Area included

The Conservation Area shall consist of approximately 209,610 acres of public land, as generally depicted on the Map.

(b) Purposes

The purposes of the Conservation Area are to conserve and protect for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations—

(1)

the unique and important resources and values of the land, including the geological, cultural, archaeological, paleontological, natural, scientific, recreational, wilderness, wildlife, riparian, historical, educational, and scenic resources of the public land; and

(2)

the water resources of area streams, based on seasonally available flows, that are necessary to support aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial species and communities.

(1) In general

The Secretary shall manage the Conservation Area—

(A)

as a component of the National Landscape Conservation System;

(B)

in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the resources and values of the Conservation Area described in subsection (b); and

(C)

in accordance with—

(i)

the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);

(ii)

this subchapter; and

(iii)

any other applicable laws.

(2) Uses

(A) In general

The Secretary shall allow only such uses of the Conservation Area as the Secretary determines would further the purposes for which the Conservation Area is established.

(B) Use of motorized vehicles

(i) In general

Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), use of motorized vehicles in the Conservation Area shall be allowed—

(I)

before the effective date of the management plan, only on roads and trails designated for use of motor vehicles in the management plan that applies on March 30, 2009, to the public land in the Conservation Area; and

(II)

after the effective date of the management plan, only on roads and trails designated in the management plan for the use of motor vehicles.

(ii) Administrative and emergency response use

Clause (i) shall not limit the use of motor vehicles in the Conservation Area for administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency.

(iii) Limitation

This subparagraph shall not apply to the Wilderness.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–11, title II, § 2402, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1102.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

2009Enacted · Pub. L. 111-11 · 123 Stat. 1102

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 111-11 on 2009-03-30.

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