I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1701 
To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate the Red Table 
Mountain, Pisgah Mountain, Castle Peak, Tenmile, Hoosier Ridge, and 
Porcupine Gulch Special Management Areas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2011 
Mr. POLIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as com-
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
to designate the Red Table Mountain, Pisgah Mountain, 
Castle Peak, Tenmile, Hoosier Ridge, and Porcupine 
Gulch Special Management Areas, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation 
Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Designation of additional wilderness in the State of Colorado. 
Sec. 4. Red Table Mountain, Pisgah Mountain, and Castle Peak Special Man-
agement Areas. 
Sec. 5. Tenmile and Hoosier Ridge Special Management Areas. 
Sec. 6. Porcupine Gulch Special Management Area. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System land; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to public land administered by the Sec-
retary of the Interior through the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(2) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 
area’’ means each wilderness area designated, or 
area of National Forest System land incorporated in 
an existing wilderness area, by the amendments 
made by sections 3(a) and 4(c). 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL WILDERNESS IN THE 
STATE OF COLORADO. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wil-
derness Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–77; 107 Stat. 756; 
16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (18), by striking ‘‘1993,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘1993, and certain lands in the Acorn 
Creek/Ute Pass and Ptarmigan A areas of the White 
River National Forest which comprise approximately 
6,190 acres, as depicted on a map entitled ‘Addi-
tions to Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Proposal’ and 
dated September 2010,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(22) Certain lands in the White River Na-
tional Forest which comprise approximately 4,440 
acres, as depicted on a map entitled ‘Hoosier Ridge 
Proposal’ and dated September 2010, and which 
shall be known as the Hoosier Ridge Wilderness. 
‘‘(23) Certain lands in the White River Na-
tional Forest which comprise approximately 6,900 
acres, as depicted on a map entitled ‘Adam Moun-
tain Wilderness Proposal’ and dated September 
2010, and which shall be known as the Adam Moun-
tain Wilderness. 
‘‘(24) Certain lands in the White River Na-
tional Forest which comprise approximately 3,770 
acres, as depicted on a map entitled ‘Tenmile Pro-
posal’ and dated September 2010, and which shall 
be known as the Tenmile Wilderness. 
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‘‘(25) Certain lands in the White River Na-
tional Forest which comprise approximately 8,960 
acres, as depicted on a map entitled ‘Williams Fork 
Wilderness Proposal’ and dated September 2010, 
and which shall be known as the Williams Fork Wil-
derness. 
‘‘(26) Certain public lands administered by the 
Colorado River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of 
Land Management which comprise approximately 
14,670 acres, as depicted on a map entitled ‘Bull 
Gulch Wilderness Proposal’ and dated September 
2010, and which shall be known as the Bull Gulch 
Wilderness. 
‘‘(27) Certain lands administered by the Colo-
rado River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of 
Land Management which comprise approximately 
12,080 acres, as depicted on a map entitled ‘Castle 
Peak Proposal’ and dated September 2010, and 
which shall be known as the Castle Peak Wilderness. 
‘‘(28) Certain lands in the No Name, West 
Lake Creek, and Woods Lake areas of the White 
River National Forest which comprise approximately 
14,500 acres, as depicted on a map entitled ‘Addi-
tions to Holy Cross Wilderness Proposal’ and dated 
September 2010, and which are hereby incorporated 
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in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Holy 
Cross Wilderness designated by section 102(a)(5) of 
Public Law 96–560 (94 Stat. 3266). 
‘‘(29) Certain lands in the Freeman Creek and 
Spraddle Creek areas of the White River National 
Forest which comprise approximately 10,280 acres, 
as depicted on a map entitled ‘Additions to Eagles 
Nest Wilderness Proposal’ and dated September 
2010, and which are hereby incorporated in and 
shall be deemed to be a part of the Eagles Nest Wil-
derness designated by the first section of Public Law 
94–352 (90 Stat. 870).’’. 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) FILING.—As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary con-
cerned shall file a map and a legal description of 
each wilderness area with— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal de-
scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
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cept that the Secretary concerned may correct typo-
graphical errors in the maps and legal descriptions. 
(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 
legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the ap-
propriate offices of the Forest Service or Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the wilderness areas shall be administered by the 
Secretary concerned in accordance with this section, Pub-
lic Law 103–77, and the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.), except that— 
(1) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the 
effective date of that Act shall be considered to be 
a reference to the date of the enactment of this Act; 
and 
(2) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a 
reference to the Secretary concerned. 
(d) FIRE MANAGEMENT
AND RELATED ACTIVI-
TIES.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary concerned may 
take such measures in a wilderness area as are nec-
essary for the control of fire, insects, and diseases 
in accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness 
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Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and House Report 98– 
40 of the 98th Congress. 
(2) FUNDING PRIORITIES.—Nothing in this sec-
tion limits funding for fire and fuels management in 
the wilderness areas. 
(3) REVISION
AND
DEVELOPMENT
OF
LOCAL 
FIRE MANAGEMENT PLANS.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary concerned shall amend the local fire manage-
ment plans that apply to the wilderness areas. 
(4) ADMINISTRATION.—Consistent with para-
graph (1) and other applicable Federal law, to en-
sure a timely and efficient response to fire emer-
gencies in the wilderness areas, the Secretary con-
cerned shall— 
(A) not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, establish agency ap-
proval procedures (including appropriate delega-
tions of authority to the Forest Supervisor, Dis-
trict Manager, or other agency officials) for re-
sponding to fire emergencies; and 
(B) enter into agreements with the State 
of Colorado or local firefighting agencies. 
(e) USE OF HORSES.—Subject to any terms and con-
ditions determined to be necessary by the Secretary con-
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cerned, nothing in this section precludes horseback riding 
in, or the entry of recreational or commercial saddle or 
pack stock into, a wilderness area in accordance with the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131). 
(f) MILITARY HELICOPTER OVERFLIGHTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act restricts 
or precludes, or should cause any other Federal reg-
ulation to restrict or preclude— 
(A) low-level overflights of military heli-
copters over the wilderness areas, including 
military overflights that can be seen or heard 
within the wilderness areas; 
(B) flight testing, and evaluation over the 
wilderness areas; or 
(C) the designation or creation of new 
units of special use airspace, or the establish-
ment of military flight training routes, over the 
wilderness areas. 
(2) MILITARY
AERIAL
NAVIGATION
TRAINING 
EXERCISES.—The Colorado Army National Guard, 
through the High-Altitude Army National Guard 
Aviation Training Site, may conduct aerial naviga-
tion training maneuver exercises over the wilderness 
areas designated by the amendment made by sub-
section (a)(2)— 
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(A) in the manner and degree consistent 
with current authorizations, and under current 
interagency agreements, in effect as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act; or 
(B) in a manner consistent with subse-
quent interagency agreements between the Colo-
rado Army National Guard or Department of 
Defense and the Bureau of Land Management 
or the Forest Service. 
(g) RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.— 
(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the pur-
poses of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), 
the portions of the Castle Peak and Bull Gulch wil-
derness study areas that are not designated wilder-
ness by the amendment made by subsection (a)(2) 
have been adequately studied for wilderness designa-
tion. 
(2) RELEASE.—Any public land referred to in 
paragraph (1) that is not designated as wilderness 
by the amendment made by subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) has been adequately studied for wilder-
ness designation pursuant to section 603(c) of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); 
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(B) is no longer subject to such section; 
and 
(C) shall be managed in accordance with 
the applicable land use plan adopted under sec-
tion 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712). 
SEC. 4. RED TABLE MOUNTAIN, PISGAH MOUNTAIN, AND 
CASTLE PEAK SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL AREAS.—Section 
9(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (Public Law 
103–77; 107 Stat. 764) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) Certain lands in the White River National 
Forest, comprising approximately 55,320 acres as 
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘Red Table 
Mountain Area’ and dated September 2010, except 
that, with respect to these lands and consistent with 
this section, the Secretary of Agriculture may take 
any measures that the Secretary determines to be 
necessary to control fire, insects, and diseases, in-
cluding, as the Secretary determines appropriate, the 
coordination of those activities with the State of Col-
orado or a local agency. 
‘‘(5) Certain public lands administered by the 
Colorado River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of 
Land 
Management, 
comprising 
approximately 
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