WSP08384

• File Number: 8200.300.20.I
• Description: Great Sand Dunes National Monument
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1999
• Author: Various
• Title: News Articles and correspondnece
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: News Article/Press Release

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1 the dune mass and. the ground water system on
2 which the sand dune and wetlands systems depend,
3 and expanded visitor use opportunities.
4 (7) Lands in and adjacent to the Great Sand
5 Dunes National Monument are-

6 . (A) recognized for offering exceptional

7 multiple use opportunities;

8 (B) recognized for offering natural, eco-

9 logical, cultural, scenic, paleontological, wilder-

10 ness, and recreational resources;

11 (C) recognized as being a fragile and irre-
12 placeable ecological system that could be de-
13 stroyed if not carefully protected; and
14 (D) worthy of consideration for additional
15 protection.
16 (8) Designation of certain Federal lands and in-
17 terests therein in the vicinity of the proposed Great
18 Sand Dunes National Park, but outside the bound-

19 aries of the national park, as a park preserve is nec-
20 essary to provide continued game management.
21 (b) DEFINITIONS.-In this Act:
22 (1) ADVISORY COUNCIL.-The term "Advisory
23 Council" means the Great Sand Dunes National

24 Park Advisory Council established under section

25 7(a).

March 27, 2000 (10:02 AM)
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