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WILLIAM L. ARMSTRONG COLORADO 1;""'875 'tinitcd ~tatcs ~cnatc WASHINGTON. DC 20510 section by section Description TITLE I ADDITIONS TO THE WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM SEC. 101. Designation of Wilderness Areas -- wilderness areas to Colorado, adding 471,875 Preservation System. Name of Study Area American Flats Buffalo Peaks cannibal Plateau/ Powderhorn Davis Peak Greenhorn Mtn. Lost Creek Piedra Sangre de Cristo Service Creek South San Juan/ V-Rock/Montezuma Peak Spruce Creek Vasquez Weminuche Additions Wheeler Geologic Acres Studied 4,710 56,950 72,470 8,100 22,300 23,000 41,500 222,742 39,860 32,800 8,000 12,800 33,660 11,390 proposed Acres 1,200 29,400 62,300 9,800 22,000 7,000 41,500 195,100 33,600 10,800 8,000 11,300 28,744 15,900 adds fourteen new acres to the Wilderness Name of wilderness Area addition- Big Blue Buffalo Peaks powderhorn addition- Mt. Zirkel Greenhorn Mountain Lost Creek piedra Sangre de Cristo Sarvis Creek addition- South San Juan addition- Hunter-Fryingpan Vasquez Peak addition- Weminuche, and West Needle Wheeler Geologic SEC. 102. Grazing reaffirms the allowance of continued grazing within wilderness areas in accordance with the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the Colorado wilderness Act of 1980. SEC. 103. State Jurisdiction -- protects the State of Colorado's jurisdiction and responsibility with respect to fish and wildlife within national forests in Colorado. SEC. 104. Administration of Wilderness -- directs the Secretary to administer the newly created areas in accordance with the Wilderness Act and this Act. SEC. 105. Hunter-Fryingpan -- deletes the provision of law which created the Spruce Creek Wilderness Study Area, since that area is designated as wilderness by this Act. SEC. 106. Colorado wilderness Act Amendments -- deletes the provision of law which created the wilderness study and further planning areas in Colorado since those areas are designated as wilderness or national recreation areas, or are released for multiple-use by this Act. SEC. 107. BLM wilderness Study Areas -- deletes the provision of law which created those BLM Wilderness Study Areas contiguous to Forest Service Study areas which are designated as wilderness or national recreation areas, or are released for multiple-use by this Act.