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HR 6280 111th Congress House

Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act

Official title: To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate the Red Table Mountain, Pisgah M… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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, and Hoosier Ridge Special Management Areas, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 29, 2010 See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources ColoradoForests, forestry, treesLand use and conservationMotor vehicles
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Parks, recreation areas, trailsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
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Oct 13, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Sep 29, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 29, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 13, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act - Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to designate certain lands in Colorado in the White River National Forest and certain public lands administered by Colorado River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS).

Releases the portions of the Castle Peak and Bull Gulch wilderness study areas that are not designated as wilderness by this Act from further study for designation as wilderness.

Designates certain BLM administered lands and certain lands in the White River National Forest as the Red Table Mountain, Pisgah Mountain, and Castle Peak Areas.

Provides for the eventual designation of the Castle Peak and Pisgah Mountain Areas as the Castle Peak Wilderness and Pisgah Mountain Wilderness, respectively, upon publication of a notice in the Federal Register that such areas are no longer needed by the Colorado Army National Guard for helicopter training, testing, or evaluation.

Designates certain federal lands in the White River National Forest as: (1) the Tenmile and Hoosier Ridge Special Management Areas; and (2) the Porcupine Gulch Protection Area.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6280: Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6280/
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"H.R. 6280: Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6280/.
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H.R. 6280, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6280/.
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