Colorado National Forest Wilderness Act of 1980
PL 96-560 (H.R.5487), enacted 12/22/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-560—DEC. 22, 1980 
94 STAT. 3265 
Public Law 96-560 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To designate certain National Forest System lands in the States of Colorado, South 
Dec. 22, 1980 
Dakota, Missouri, South Carolina, and Louisiana for inclusion in the National 
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Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
National Forest 
System lands, 
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designations. 
STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND POLICY 
SEC. 101. (a) The Congress finds that— 
(1) many areas of undeveloped National Forest System lands in 
the State of Colorado possess outstanding natural characteristics 
which give them high values as wilderness and will, if properly 
preserved, contribute as an enduring resource of wilderness for 
the benefit of the American people; 
(2) the Department of Agriculture's second Roadless Area 
Review and Evaluation (RARE II) of National Forest System 
lands in the State of Colorado and the related congressional 
review of such lands have identified areas which, on the basis of 
their landform, ecosystem, associated wildlife, and location, will 
help to fulfill the National Forest System's share of a quality 
National Wilderness Preservation System; and 
(3) the Department of Agriculture's second Roadless Area 
Review and Evaluation of National Forest System lands in the 
State of Colorado and the related congressional review of such 
lands have also identified areas which do not possess outstanding 
wilderness attributes or which possess outstanding energy, min-
eral, timber, grazing, dispersed recreation and other values and 
which should not now be designated as components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System but should be avail-
able for nonwilderness multiple uses under the land manage-
ment planning process and other applicable laws. 
(b) The purposes of this title are to— 
(1) designate certain National Forest System lands in the State 
of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preserva-
tion System, in order to promote, perpetuate, and preserve the 
wilderness character of the land, protect watersheds and wildlife 
habitat, preserve scenic and historic resources, and promote 
scientific research, primitive recreation, solitude, physical and 
mental challenge, and inspiration for the benefit of all the 
American people, to a greater extent than is possible in the 
absence of wilderness designation; and 
(2) insure that certain other National Forest System lands in 
the State of Colorado be available for nonwilderness multiple 
uses. 
SEC. 102. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act, 16 USC 1131 
the following lands in the State of Colorado are hereby designated as "°*®-
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wilderness and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System: 
(1) certain lands in the Uncompahgre National Forest, Colo-
rado, which comprise approximately ninety-seven thousand 
seven hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Big Blue Wilderness—Proposed', dated November 1980, and 
which shall be known as the Big Blue Wilderness; 
(2) certain lands in the Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, 
which comprise approximately nine thousand four hundred 
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Cache La Poudre 
Wilderness—Proposed", dated October 1979, and which shall be 
known as the Cache La Poudre Wilderness; 
(3) certain lands in the Gunnison, San Isabel, and White River 
National Forests, Colorado, which comprise approximately one 
hundred and fifty-nine thousand nine hundred acres, as gener-
ally depicted on a map entitled "Collegiate Peaks Wilderness— 
Proposed", dated November 1980, and which shall be known as 
the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness; 
(4) certain lands in the Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, 
which comprise approximately sixty-seven thousand five hun-
dred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Comanche 
Peak Wilderness—Proposed", dated November 1980, and which 
shall be known as the Comanche Peak Wilderness; 
(5) certain lands in the San Isabel and White River National 
Forests, Colorado, which comprise approximately one hundred 
and twenty-six thousand acreas, as generally depicted on a map 
entitled "Holy Cross Wilderness—Proposed", dated November 
1980, and which shall be known as the Holy Cross Wilderness: 
Provided, That no right, or claim of right, to the diversion and 
use of existing conditional water rights for the Homestake Water 
Development project by the cities of Aurora and Colorado 
Springs shall be prejudiced, expanded, diminished, altered, or 
affected by this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
expand, abate, impair, impede, or interfere with the construc-
tion, maintenance or repair of said project, nor the operation 
thereof, or any exchange or modification of the same agreed to by 
the cities and the United States, acting through any appropriate 
agency thereof; 
(6) certain lands in the Rio Grande and Gunnison National 
Forests, Colorado, which comprise approximately sixty thousand 
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled * La Garita 
Additions—Proposed", dated October 1979, and which are hereby 
incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the La Garita 
Wilderness as designated by Public Law 88-577; 
(7) certain lands in the San Juan and Uncompahgre National 
Forests, Colorado, which comprise approximately forty thousand 
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Lizard Head 
Wilderness—Proposed', dated November 1980, and which shall 
be known as the Lizard Head Wilderness; 
(8) certain lands in the Pike National Forest, Colorado, which 
comprise approximately one hundred and six thousand acres, as 
generally depicted on a map entitled "Lost Creek Wilderness— 
Proposed", dated June 1980, and which shall be known as the 
Lost Creek Wilderness; 
(9) certain lands in the Gunnison and White River National 
Forests, Colorado, which comprise approximately one hundred 
and three thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map 
entitled 
"Maroon 
Bells—Snowmass 
Additions—Proposed', 
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dated November 1980, and which are hereby incorporated in and 
shall be deemed to be a part of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass 
Wilderness as designated by Public Law 88-577; 
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(10) certain lands in the Arapaho and Pike National Forests, ^fi^ff^p,,,oo 
Colorado, which comprise approximately seventy-three thousand 
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acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Mount Evans 
Wilderness—Proposed , dated June 1980, and which shall be 
known as the Mount Evans Wilderness; 
(11) certain lands in the San Isabel National Forest, Colorado, 16 USC 1132 
which comprise approximately twenty-six thousand acres, as ^°^-
generally depicted on a map entitled "Mount Massive Wilder-
ness—Proposed", dated October 1979, and which shall be known 
as the Mount Massive Wilderness; 
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rado, which comprise approximately sixteen thousand two hun- ^°^-
dred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Mount 
Sneffels Wilderness—Proposed", dated October 1979, and which 
shall be known as the Mount Sneffels Wilderness; 
(13) certain lands in the Routt National Forest, Colorado, 
which comprise approximately sixty-eight thousand five hun-
dred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Mount 
Zirkel Wilderness Additions—Proposed", dated November 1980, 
and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a 
part of the Mount Zirkel Wilderness as designated by Public Law 
88-577; 
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(14) certain lands in the Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, ^?*f;cp 
which comprise approximately nine thousand nine hundred note 
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acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Neota Wilderness 
Proposal", dated October 1979, and which shall be known as the 
Neota Wilderness; 
(15) certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, 16 USC 1132 
which comprise approximately fourteen thousand one hundred "°*®" 
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Never Summer 
Wilderness—Proposed", dated September 1980, and which shall 
be known as the Never Summer Wilderness; 
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Forests, Colorado, which comprise approximately sixty-eight "°*®-
thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Raggeds Wilderness—Proposed", dated November 1980, and 
which shall be known as the Raggeds Wilderness; 
(17) certain lands in the Roosevelt and Routt National Forests, 
Colorado, which comprise approximately forty-eight thousand 
nine hundred and thirty acres, as generally depicted on a map 
entitled "Mount Rawah Wilderness Additions—Proposed", dated 
October 1979, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be 
deemed to be a part of the Rawah Wilderness as designated by 
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motorized access and the use of motorized equipment used for the "^^• 
periodic maintenance and repair of the McGuire Water Trans-
mission Line ditch; 
(18) certain lands in the San Juan National Forest, Colorado, 16 USC 1132 
which comprise approximately one hundred and thirty thousand ^°*®-
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "South San Juan 
Wilderness—Proposed", dated October 1979, and which shall be 
known as the South San Juan Wilderness; 
(19) certain lands in the Rio Grande and San Juan National 
Forests, Colorado, which comprise approximately sixty-six thou-
sand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Weminuche 
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Wilderness Additions—Proposed", dated October 1979, and 
which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a 
part of the Weminuche Wilderness as designated by Public Law 
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(20) certain lands in the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado, 
which comprise approximately one hundred and thirty-three 
thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "West 
Elk Wilderness Additions—Proposed", dated November 1980, 
and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a 
part of the West Elk Wilderness as designated by Public Law 
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and the Wilson Mountains Primitive Area are hereby abolished. 
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SEC. 103. In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act, the 
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following lands are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, 
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
certain lands in the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota, which 
comprise approximately ten thousand seven hundred acres, as gener-
ally depicted on a map entitled "Black Elk Wilderness—Proposed", 
dated October 1979, and shall be known as the Black Elk Wilderness: 
Provided, That the provisions of the Act establishing the Custer State 
Park Sanctuary (41 Stat. 986) and the later named Norbeck Wildlife 
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Preserve (63 Stat. 708) shall also apply to the Black Elk Wilderness to 
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^j^g extent they are not inconsistent with the provisions of the 
Wilderness Act. 
SEC. 104. (a) As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall file the maps referred to in this title 
and legal descriptions of each wilderness area designated by this title 
with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States 
Senate, and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of 
Representatives, and each such map and legal description shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, however, 
That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal 
descriptions and maps may be made. Each such map and legal 
description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, 
(b) Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area designated 
by this title shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in 
accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 
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892) governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness areas, 
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except that, with respect to any area designated in this Act, any 
reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness 
Act of 1964 shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of 
this Act. 
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SEC. 105. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall review and within 
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three years after the date of enactment of this Act, shall report to the 
President and the Congress in accordance with subsections 3(c) and 
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3(d) of the Wilderness Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 892), his recommendations 
on the suitability or unsuitability for inclusion in the National 
Wilderness Preservation System of the following lands: 
(1) the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Study Area, consisting of 
approximately fifty-six thousand nine hundred acres in the San 
Isabel National Forest, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Study Area Proposal", dated June 
1980; 
(2) the Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area, consisting of 
approximately fifty-four thousand seven hundred acres in the 
Gunnison National Forest, as generally depicted on a map 
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entitled "Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area Proposal", dated 
December 1979; 
(3) the Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness Study Area, consist-
ing of approximately twenty-two thousand three hundred acres 
in the San Isabel National Forest, as generally depicted on a map 
entitled "Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness Study Area Pro-
posal", dated June 1980; 
(4) the South San Juan Wilderness Expansion Study Area, 
consisting of approximately thirty-two thousand eight hundred 
acres in the San Juan National Forest, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled "Montezuma Peak-V Rock Trail Wilderness Study 
Area", dated June 1980; 
(5) the Piedra Wilderness Study Area, consisting of approxi-
mately forty-one thousand five hundred acres in the San Juan 
National Forest, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Piedra 
Wilderness Study Area Proposal', dated June 1980; 
(6) the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Study Area, consisting of 
approximately two hundred and twenty-one thousand acres in 
the Rio Grande and San Isabel National Forests, as generally 
depicted on a map entitled "Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Study 
Area Proposal", dated June 1980; 
(7) the Spanish Peaks Wilderness Study Area, consisting of 
approximately nineteen thousand six hundred acres in the San 
Isabel National Forest, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Spanish Peaks Wilderness Study Area Proposal", dated June 
1980; 
(8) the Vasquez Peak Wilderness Study Area, consisting of 
approximately twelve thousand eight hundred acres in the 
Arapaho National Forest, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled "Vasquez Peak Wilderness Study Area Proposal", dated 
September 1980; and 
(9) the West Needle Wilderness Study Area, consisting of 
approximately fifteen thousand eight hundred acres in the San 
Juan National Forest, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"West Needle Wilderness Study Area Proposal", dated June 
1980. 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall review jointly the Wheeler Geologic Study Area consisting of 
approximately fourteen thousand acres in the Gunnison National 
Forest, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Wheeler Geologic 
Study Area Proposal", dated November 1980, and within three years 
following the date of enactment of this Act shall report to the 
President and to Congress their recommendations for management of 
the lands in such study area. In making such review and report, such 
Secretaries shall consider— 
(1) the natural, historical, cultural, scenic, economic, educa-
tional, scientific, energy, mineral, and geologic values of the 
study area; 
(2) the management and protection of fragile geologic 
resources within the area; 
(3) possible land management options or designations includ-
ing national park, national monument, or national recreation 
area designation; addition to the National Wilderness Preserva-
tion System; special administrative designations; and manage-
ment under the general laws and regulations applicable to the 
National Forest System; 
(4) the effect of possible land managment options on consum-
ers, national security, and national. State and local economies. 
Review and 
report to 
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including timber harvest, tourism, grazing, energy, water, min-
eral, and other commercial activities; 
(5) the need for additional mineral exploration in such area; 
and 
(6) the suitability and desirability of permanent or temporary 
road or other mechanized access into the study area, with special 
attention to access by the elderly and the handicapped. 
(c) Subject to valid existing rights, the study areas designated by 
subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall, until Congress determines 
otherwise, be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture so as to 
maintain their presently existing wilderness character and potential 
for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System: Pro-
vided, That with respect to grazing of livestock and oil, gas, or 
mineral • exploration and development activities, such study areas 
shall be administered according to the laws generally applicable to 
the National Forest System. 
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SEC. 106. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall review and within 
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three years after the date of enactment of this Act, shall report to the 
President and the Congress in accordance with subsections 3(c) and 
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3(d) of the Wilderness Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 892), his recommendations 
on the suitability or unsuitability for inclusion in the National 
Wilderness Preservation System of the following area: 
(1) the Oh-Be-Joyful Wilderness Study Area, consisting of 
approximately five thousand five hundred acres in the Gunnison 
National Forest, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Oh-Be-
Joyful Wilderness Study Area—Proposed", dated November 
1980. 
(b) Subject to valid existing rights, the Oh-Be-Joyful Wilderness 
Study Area shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture so 
as to maintain its presently existing wilderness character and poten-
tial for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
Provided, That such management requirement shall not extend 
beyond a period of two years from the date of submission to Congress 
of the President's recommendation that such area be designated as 
wilderness, or beyond the date of submission to Congress of the 
President's recommendation that such area not be designated as 
wilderness: Provided further. That, with respect to oil, gas and 
mineral exploration and development operations in such study area, 
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the terms of the Wilderness Act of 1964 shall apply. 
SEC. 107. (a) The Congress finds that— 
(1) the Department of Agriculture has completed the second 
Roadless Area Review and Evaluation program (RARE II); and 
(2) the Congress has made its own review and examination of 
National Forest System roadless areas in the State of Colorado 
and of the environmental impacts associated with alternative 
allocations of such areas. 
(b) On the basis of such review, the Congress hereby determines and 
directs that— 
(1) without passing on the question of the legal and factual 
sufficiency of the RARE II Final Environmental Statement 
(dated January 1979) with respect to National Forest System 
lands in States other than Colorado, such statement shall not be 
subject to judicial review with respect to National Forest System 
lands in the State of Colorado; 
(2) with respect to the National Forest System lands in the 
State of Colorado which were reviewed by the Department of 
Agriculture in the second Roadless Area Review and Evaluation 
(RARE II), except those lands remaining in further planning 
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upon enactment of this Act, areas listed in sections 105 and 106 of 
this Act, or previously congressional designated wilderness study 
areas, that review and evaluation shall be deemed for the 
purposes of the initial land management plans required for such 
lands by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 as amended by the National Forest Man- 16USC1600 
agement Act of 1976 to be an adequate consideration of the ??\®;ap ,^^^ 
suitability of such lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness ^ote 
Preservation System and the Department of Agriculture shall 
not be required to review the wilderness option prior to the 
revision of the initial plans and in no case prior to the date 
established by law for completion of the initial planning cycle; 
(3) areas in the State of Colorado reviewed in such Final 
Environmental Statement and not designated as wilderness or 
for study by Congress or remaining in further planning upon 
enactment of this Act need not be managed for the purpose of 
protecting their suitability for wilderness designation pending 
revision of the initial plans; and 
(4) unless expressly authorized by Congress the Department of 
Agriculture shall not conduct any further statewide Roadless 
Area Review and Evaluation of National Forest System lands in 
the State of Colorado for the purpose of determining their 
suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation 
System. 
SEC. 108. The Congress hereby declares that, without amending the ^^^Y^^ ^^^^ 
Wilderness Act of 1964, with respect to livestock grazing in National 
Forest wilderness areas, the provisions of the Wilderness Act relating ^^^.g ^ 
to grazing shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with 
the guidelines contained under the heading "Grazing in National 
Forest Wilderness" in the House Committee Report (H. Report 
96-617) accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 109. The Secretary of Agriculture is directed to review all 
policies, practices, and regulations of the Department of Agriculture 
regarding disease or insect outbreaks, forest fires, and the use of 
modern suppression methods and equipment in National Forest 
System components of the National Wilderness Preservation System 
in the State of Colorado, to insure that— 
(a) such policies, practices, and regulations fully conform with 
and implement the intent of Congress regarding forest fire, 
disease and insect control, as such intent is expressed in the 
Wilderness Act and this Act; and 
(h) policies, practices, and regulations are developed that will 
allow timely, and efficient fire, insect, and disease control, to 
provide, to the extent reasonably practicable, adequate protec-
tion of adjacent Federal, State, and private nonwilderness lands 
from forest fires and disease or insect infestations. 
SEC. 110. Congress does not intend that designation of wilderness 
areas in the State of Colorado lead to the creation of protective 
perimeters of buffer zones around each wilderness area. The fact that 
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas 
within the wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or 
uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area. 
SEC. 111. (a) The boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park, the 
Roosevelt National Forest, and the Arapaho National Forest are 16 USC i92b-9. 
revised as generally depicted on the map entitled "Boundary Adjust-
ments, Rocky Mountain National Park", numbered 121-80,047, dated 
October 1, 1979, which shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the Office of the Director, National Park Service, 
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Department of the Interior, and the Office of the Chief, Forest 
Service, Department of Agriculture: Provided, That the area shown 
on such map as E-5 and known as the Twin Sisters area shall remain 
a part of the Rocky Mountain National Park. All lands added or 
tranferred by this Act to Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt 
National Forest, and Arapaho National Forest shall be subject to the 
laws and regulations applicable to the appropriate National Park or 
National Forest. Lands within the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area as 
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designated by Public Law 95-450 (92 Stat. 1099) that are transferred 
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by this Act to Rocky Mountain National Park shall remain in the 
National Wilderness Preservation System. Lands within the Rocky 
Mountain National Park that are adjacent to the Indian Peaks 
Wilderness and that are transferred by this Act to the Roosevelt 
National Forest shall be incorporated in and become part of the 
Indian Peaks Wilderness. 
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transfered by this Act to Rocky Mountain National Park, and the 
Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to lands added or transferred 
by this Act to Roosevelt and Arapaho National Forests, may acquire 
lands and interests in such lands, by donation, purchase with donated 
or appropriated funds, or by exchange. The Secretary of Agriculture, 
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amended, may accept on behalf of the United States title to any land 
in section 30, township 7 north, range 73 west, of the sixth principal 
meridian which lies within the boundary of Rocky Mountain 
National Park as revised by this Act, in exchange for which the 
Secretary of the Interior, notwithstanding section 8(a) of the Wild and 
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Scenic Rivers Act (Public Law 90-542, 82 Stat. 906), is authorized to 
issue patent to lands lying within the Cache La Poudre Wild and 
Scenic River study corridor. Upon completion of the exchange, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer to the administrative jurisdic-
tion by the Secretary of the Interior the portion of such land lying 
within the boundary of the Rocky Mountain National Park as revised 
by this Act. 
(c) The Federal lands within the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Land Management and within the areas referred to as E-2 
and GL-3 on the map referred to in subsection (a) shall be transferred 
to Rocky Mountain National Park without transfer of funds. 
(d) If the city of Longmont, Colorado, notifies the Secretary of the 
Interior that lands within the area referred to as E-8 on the map 
referred to in subsection (a) of this section that are owned by such city 
are necessary for the development of a reservoir, the Secretary shall 
by publication of a revised boundary description in the Federal 
Register revise the boundary of Rocky Mountain Park within such 
area to exclude the lands which are necessary for the development of 
the reservoir: Provided, That the authority of such Secretary to revise 
the boundary for this purpose shall expire on November 1, 1981; and 
the only lands which may be excluded are the approximately one 
hundred twenty-nine acres owned by such city. 
(e) If after the completion of two complete fiscal years following the 
date of enactment of this Act the Secretary of the Interior has not 
purchased interests in the lands of approximately one thousand two 
hundred acres known as the Old McGregor Ranch located within the 
area referred to as E-2 on the map referred to in subsection (a), and 
the owner of such lands petitions the Secretary to exclude such lands 
from Rocky Mountain National Park, the Secretary shall by publica-
tion of a revised boundary description in the Federal Register return 
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the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park in such area E-2 to 
the boundary as it existed before the enactment of this Act. 
(f) The Secretary of the Interior shall convey, to the city of Grand 
Lake, Colorado, without compensation or consideration, the lands, 
not to exceed two acres, within the area referred to as GL-5 on the 
map referred to in subsection (a). 
(g) The Secretary of the Interior may provide for the use of 
snowmobiles along the East Shore Trail of Shadow Mountain Lake if 
after study the Secretary determines such use will not result in any 
significant adverse impact upon wildlife. 
TITLE II 
SEC. 201. In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act, the 
following lands are hereby designated as wilderness, and therefore, 
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System— 
(a) certain lands in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, 16 USC 1132 
which comprise approximately eight thousand five hundred and ^°^' 
thirty acres, are generally depicted on a map entitled "Bell 
Mountain Wilderness—Proposed", dated February 1980, and 
shall be known as the Bell Mountain Wilderness; 
(b) certain lands in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, 16 USC 1132 
which comprise approximately three thousand nine hundred and "°^-
twenty acres, are generally depicted on a map entitled "Rockpile 
Mountain Wilderness—Proposed", dated February 1980, and 
shall be known as the Rockpile Mountain Wilderness; 
(c) certain lands in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, 16 USC 1132 
which comprise approximately eight thousand four hundred ^°^^-
acres, are generally depicted on a map entitled "Piney Creek 
Wilderness—Proposed", dated February 1980, and shall be 
known as the Piney Creek Wilderness; 
(d) certain lands in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, 16 USC 1132 
which comprise approximately six thousand eight hundred acres, ^°^-
are generally depicted on a map entitled "Devils Backbone 
Wilderness—Proposed", dated February 1980, and shall be 
known as the Devils Backbone Wilderness; 
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Carolina, which comprise approximately five thousand one hun- ^°^-
dred acres, are generally depicted on a map entitled "Wambaw 
Swamp Wilderness—Proposed", dated May 1980, and shall be 
known as the Wambaw Swamp Wilderness; 
(f) certain lands in the Francis Marion National Forest, South 16 USC 1132 
Carolina, which comprise approximately one thousand nine ^°^^-
hundred and eighty acres, are generally depicted on a map 
entitled "Hell Hole Bay Wilderness—Proposed", dated May 
1980, and shall be known as the Hell Hole Bay Wilderness; 
(g) certain lands in the Francis Marion National Forest, South 
Carolina, which comprise approximately five thousand acres, are 16 USC 1132 
generally depicted on a map entitled "Little Wambaw Swamp ^°^^-
Wilderness—Proposed", dated May 1980, and shall be known as 
the Wambaw Swamp Wilderness; 
(h) certain lands in the Francis Marion National Forest, South 16 USC 1132 
Carolina, which comprise approximately one thousand six hun- ^°^^-
dred and forty acres, are generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Wambaw Creek Wilderness—Proposed", dated May 1980, and 
shall be known as the Wambaw Creek Wilderness; 
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acres, are generally depicted on a map entitled "Kisatchie Hills 
Wilderness—Proposed , dated May 1980, and shall be known as 
the Kisatchie Hills Wilderness. 
MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS 
SEC. 202. As soon as practicable after the provisions of this Act take 
effect, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file maps and legal descrip-
tions of each wilderness area designated by this title with the 
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committees on 
Energy and Natural Resources and Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the United States Senate, and each such map and legal 
description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this 
Act: Provided, however. That correction of clerical and typographical 
errors in such legal descriptions and maps may be made. Each such 
map and legal description shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the office of the Chief, United States Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture. 
ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS 
SEC. 203. Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area 
designated by this title shall be administered by the Secretary of 
Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act 
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of 1964 (78 Stat. 892) governing areas designated by that Act as 
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wilderness areas, except that, with respect to any area designated in 
this Act, any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the 
Wilderness Act of 1964 shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
effective date of this Act. 
Approved December 22, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-617 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) and No. 
96-1521 (Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-914 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 125 (1979): Dec. 10, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 126 (1980): Sept. 25, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 3, House agreed to conference report. 
Dec. 4, Senate agreed to conference report.