PUBLIC LAW 95-450—OCT. 11, 1978
92 STAT. 1095
Public Law 95-450 95th Congress An Act To create the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area and the Arapaho National Recreation Area, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of revising the boundaries of the Rocky Mountain National Park, and to add certain lands to the Oregon Islands Wilderness.
Be it enacted by the Senate aTid House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE
1. This Act may be cited as the "Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, the Arapaho National Recreation Area and the Oregon Islands Wilderness Area Act". SECTION
FINDINGS AND PURPOSES
SEC. 2. The Congress finds that it is in the national interest— (1) to include the land within the Arapaho and the Roosevelt National Forests known as the Indian Peaks Area in the National Wilderness Preservation System so as to protect the area's enduring scenic and historic wilderness character and its unique wildlife i and to preserve the area's scientific, educational, recreational, and ' inspirational resources and challenges; and (2) to create the Arapaho National Recreation Area within the Arapaho and the Roosevelt National Forests and the Colorado Big Thompson project so as to preserve and protect the natural, scenic, historic, pastoral, and wildlife resources of the area and to enhance the recreational opportunities provided.
Oct. 11, 1978 [H.R. 12026]
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, the Arapaho National Recreation Area and the Oregon Islands Wilderness Area Act 16 USC 460jj note. 16 USC 460jj note.
I N D I A N PEAKS WILDERNESS AREA
SEC. 3. (a) An area of land comprising approximately seventy 16 USC 1132 thousand acres located in Boulder and Grand Counties, Colorado, note. within the Arapaho and the Roosevelt National Forests (as generally depicted as the "Indian Peaks Wilderness Area" on a map entitled "Indian Peaks Wilderness Area and Arapaho National Recreation Area", dated July 1978) is designated for purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131-1136) as a wilderness area and shall be known as the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. (b) The Indian Peaks Wilderness Area shall be administered by the Administration. Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") pursuant to those provisions of the Wilderness Act which govern areas designated by that Act as wilderness areas, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act. ARAPAHO NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
SEC. 4. (a) An area of land comprising approximately thirty-six 16 USC 460jj. thousand two hundred thirty-five acres located in Grand County, Colorado, within the Arapaho and the Roosevelt National Forests and the Colorado Big Thompson project (as generally depicted as the
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