H. R. 1576
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To designate the James Peak Wilderness and Protection Area in the Arapaho
and Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘James Peak Wilderness and
Protection Area Act’’.
SEC. 2. WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.
(a) INCLUSION WITH OTHER COLORADO WILDERNESS AREAS.—
Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (Public Law
103–77; 107 Stat. 756; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(21) Certain lands in the Arapaho/Roosevelt National
Forest which comprise approximately 14,000 acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘Proposed James Peak Wilderness’,
dated September 2001, and which shall be known as the James
Peak Wilderness.’’.
(b) ADDITION TO THE INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS AREA.—Section
3 of the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area and Arapaho National
Recreation Area and the Oregon Islands Wilderness Area Act
(Public Law 95–450; 92 Stat. 1095; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(c) The approximately 2,232 acres of Federal lands in the
Arapaho/Roosevelt National Forest generally depicted on the map
entitled ‘Ranch Creek Addition to Indian Peaks Wilderness’ dated
September 2001, are hereby added to the Indian Peaks Wilderness
Area.
‘‘(d) The approximately 963 acres of Federal lands in the
Arapaho/Roosevelt National Forest generally depicted on the map
entitled ‘Fourth of July Addition to Indian Peaks Wilderness’ dated
September 2001, are hereby added to the Indian Peaks Wilderness
Area.’’.
(c) MAPS AND BOUNDARY DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-
culture (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall
file with the Committee on Resources of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate a map and a boundary description of the area designated
as wilderness by subsection (a) and of the area added to the Indian
Peaks Wilderness Area by subsection (b). The maps and boundary
descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if included
in the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 and the Indian Peaks
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Wilderness Area and Arapaho National Recreation Area and the
Oregon Islands Wilderness Area Act, respectively, except that the
Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the maps
and boundary descriptions. The maps and boundary descriptions
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office
of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture and
in the office of the Forest Supervisor of the Arapaho/Roosevelt
National Forest.
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF JAMES PEAK PROTECTION AREA, COLORADO.
(a) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.—
(1) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(A) The lands covered by this section include important
resources and values, including wildlife habitat, clean
water, open space, and opportunities for solitude.
(B) These lands also include areas that are suitable
for recreational uses, including use of snowmobiles in times
of adequate snow cover as well as use of other motorized
and nonmotorized mechanical devices.
(C) These lands should be managed in a way that
affords permanent protection to their resources and values
while permitting continued recreational uses in appropriate
locales and subject to appropriate regulations.
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to provide
for management of certain lands in the Arapaho/Roosevelt
National Forest in a manner consistent with the 1997 Revised
Land and Resources Management Plan for this forest in order
to protect the natural qualities of these areas.
(b) DESIGNATION.—The approximately 16,000 acres of land in
the Arapaho/Roosevelt National Forest generally depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘Proposed James Peak Protection Area’’, dated Sep-
tember 2001, are hereby designated as the James Peak Protection
Area (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Protection Area’’).
(c) MAP AND BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION.—As soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
file with the Committee on Resources of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate a map and a boundary description of the Protection
Area. The map and boundary description shall have the same
force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary
may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and
boundary description. The map and boundary description shall be
on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief
of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and in the office
of the Forest Supervisor of the Arapaho/Roosevelt National Forest.
(d) MANAGEMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, the Protection Area shall be managed and administered
by the Secretary in the same manner as the management
area prescription designations identified for these lands in the
1997 Revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan
for the Arapaho/Roosevelt National Forest and the Pawnee
National Grasslands. Such management and administration
shall be in accordance with the following:
(A) GRAZING.—Nothing in this Act, including the
establishment of the Protection Area, shall affect grazing
on lands within or outside of the Protection Area.