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• Board Meeting Date: 3/29/1999
• Description: Legislation - Redesignation of Black Canyon National Monument to National Park
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Agenda Item 22h

S 323 IS

I06th CONGRESS

1 st Session

S.323

To redesignate the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument as a national park and
establish the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 28, 1999

Mr. CAMPBELL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To redesignate the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument as a national park and
establish the Gunni~on Gorge National Conservation Area, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT mLE.

This Act may be cited as the 'Black Canyon National Park and Gunnison Gorge National
Conservation Area Act of 1999'.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--

(I) Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument was established for the
preservation of its spectacular gorges and additional features of scenic, scientific, and
educational interest;

(2) the Black Canyon and adjacent upland include a variety of unique ecological,
geological, scenic, historical, and wildlife components enhanced by the serenity and rural
western setting of the area;

(3) the Black Canyon and adjacent land provide extensive opportunities for educational
and recreational activities, and are publicly used for hiking, camping, and fishing, and for
wilderness value, including solitude;

(4) adjacent public land downstream of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National
Monument has wilderness value and offers unique geological, paleontological, scientific,

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