I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5059 
To provide for certain land exchanges in Gunnison County, Colorado, and 
Uintah County, Utah. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2010 
Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, and Mr. MATHESON) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for certain land exchanges in Gunnison County, 
Colorado, and Uintah County, Utah. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Central Rockies Land 
Exchange and National Park System Enhancement Act 
of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
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(1) to authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate 
two land exchanges in central Colorado and eastern 
Utah; 
(2) to enhance the National Park System by 
National Park Service acquisition of important lands 
in Colorado and Utah; 
(3) to protect the open space and natural values 
of certain lands conveyed out of Federal ownership 
through a permanent conservation easement; and 
(4) to provide for improved public access to cer-
tain lands in Gunnison County, Colorado. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BEAR
RANCH.—The term ‘‘Bear Ranch’’ 
means the Bear Ranch, LLC, a Colorado Limited 
Liability Corporation. 
(2) 
DARIEN
RANCH.—The 
term 
‘‘Darien 
Ranch’’ means the ranch operated by Larry and 
Dana Darien of 2880 County Road 3, Marble, Colo-
rado. 
(3) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the land or right-of-way to be conveyed by 
the United States in the land exchanges under this 
Act. 
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(4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means land to be conveyed to the United 
States in the land exchanges under this Act. 
(5) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means the Secretary of the Inte-
rior or Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate. 
SEC. 4. BEAR RANCH AND DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
LAND EXCHANGE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLO-
RADO, AND UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH. 
(a) LAND
EXCHANGE
REQUIRED.—If the Bear 
Ranch offers to convey to the Secretary of the Interior 
all right, title, and interest of the Bear Ranch in and to 
the non-Federal parcels identified in subsection (b) for in-
clusion in the National Park System— 
(1) the Secretary of the Interior shall accept 
the offer; and 
(2) the Secretary of the Interior and Agri-
culture shall simultaneously convey to the Bear 
Ranch all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to approximately 1,846 acres of Fed-
eral land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Land Management or the United States Forest 
Service, as applicable, comprising separate land par-
cels, as generally depicted and numbered on a map 
entitled ‘‘Central Rockies Land Exchange—Federal 
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Parcels 1–6—Bear Ranch’’ and dated February 
2010. 
(b) NON-FEDERAL LAND DESCRIBED.—The non- 
Federal land to be conveyed under this section consists 
of— 
(1) approximately 911 acres of land within the 
Curecanti National Recreation Area in Gunnison 
County, Colorado, and generally depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Central Rockies Land Exchange—Non- 
Federal parcel—Sapinero Mesa’’ and dated Feb-
ruary 2010; and 
(2) approximately 80 acres of land within Dino-
saur National Monument in Uintah County, Utah, 
and generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Central 
Rockies Land Exchange—Non-Federal parcel—Or-
chid Draw’’ and dated February 2010. 
(c) LAND TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal land con-
veyed to the Secretary of the Interior under this section 
shall be acceptable to the Secretary and shall conform to 
the title approval standards of the Attorney General of 
the United States applicable to land acquisitions by the 
Federal Government. 
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