Browns Canyon National Monument
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Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, USA |
Nearest city | Salida, Colorado |
Coordinates | 38°36′43″N 106°03′36″W / 38.6119°N 106.06°W |
Area | 21,586 acres (8,736 ha) |
Authorized | February 19, 2015 |
Governing body | Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service |
Website | Browns Canyon National Monument |
Browns Canyon National Monument is a 21,586 acres (87 km2) national monument in
Designation of the monument was requested by numerous Colorado lawmakers, including
The monument is run jointly by the Bureau of Land Management and United States Forest Service.[6]
History
In 1972, the Forest Service completed the original Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE I), identifying Inventoried roadless areas. RARE I determined that all U.S. Forest Service lands within Browns Canyon and surrounding areas, tens of thousands of acres, were suitable to be designated as wilderness.[9] In 1976, the BLM, as directed by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, proposed protection of Browns Canyon for primitive values, initiating a review for wilderness designation.[9] In 1979, the Forest Service completed the RARE II process, identifying 23,500 acres of Forest Service land near Browns Canyon as roadless.[9] Also in 1979, the BLM identified 6,614 acres in and around Browns Canyon as possessing wilderness characteristics.[9] The BLM officially designated 7,451 acres as a wilderness study area in 1993.[9][10]
The
See also
References
- Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- National Archives.
- ^ a b c "Finally, national monument status for Browns Canyon". denverpost.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ Greiner, Joe. "Browns Canyon National Monument Ceremony". Inaraft.com. Wilderness Aware Rafting. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ a b c "New Browns Canyon National Monument to protect southern Colorado's recreation paradise". Wilderness.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Obama to declare Browns Canyon in Colorado a national monument". denverpost.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Colorado Republicans blast Obama's latest national monument as land grab – Washington Times". The Washington Times. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ a b c "Obama Browns Canyon border 'very similar' to Udall's". The Chaffee County Times. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Timeline | Friends of Browns Canyon". Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "Programs: National Conservation Lands: Colorado: Browns Canyon WSA | Bureau of Land Management". www.blm.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ a b c d "The tangled legislative history of Browns Canyon". brownscanyon.org. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "H.R.4235 – 109th Congress (2005–2006): Browns Canyon Wilderness Act – Congress.gov – Library of Congress". congress.gov. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "S.1971 – 109th Congress (2005–2006): Browns Canyon Wilderness Act – Congress.gov – Library of Congress". congress.gov. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "S.3066 – 110th Congress (2007–2008): Browns Canyon Wilderness Act – Congress.gov – Library of Congress". congress.gov. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ a b "S.1794 – 113th Congress (2013–2014): Browns Canyon National Monument and Wilderness Act of 2013 – Congress.gov – Library of Congress". congress.gov. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
External links
- Bureau of Land Management.gov: official Browns Canyon National Monument website
- U.S. Forest Service.gov: official Browns Canyon National Monument website
- Friends of Browns Canyon
- Pike & San Isabel National Forests, and Cimarron & Comanche National Grasslands — Homepage
- Whitehouse.gov: Presidential proclamation establishing Browns Canyon National Monument