Wilderness

Colorado Wilderness Act of 2009

It is my pleasure to introduce the Colorado Wilderness Act of 2009.  For the last decade, I have introduced legislation to protect wilderness quality public land across Colorado.  However, since that time, we have seen many of our state’s special places and wilderness quality areas put under pressure and in threat of being lost forever. 

The Colorado Wilderness Act of 2009 would protect 34 areas, comprising a total of 850,000 acres.  These areas represent some of the most cherished and magnificent public lands in our state, and it is my strong belief that we must conserve these areas for future generations.  Colorado has a remarkable outdoor heritage, and it is the outdoors that will remain central to our economy and lifestyle. 


Sincerely,


Diana DeGette
Member of Congress

Fact sheet on the Colorado Wilderness Act

Comment Form 


Proposed Areas
 Acreage County PDF
Badger Creek 25,229 Fremont badgercreek.pdf 
Bangs Canyon 21,110 Mesa bangscanyon.pdf
Beaver Creek 38,378 Fremont/El Paso beavercreek.pdf
Browns Canyon 20,025 Chaffee brownscanyon.pdf
Bull Gulch 15,155 Eagle bullgulch.pdf
Castle Peak 16,263 Eagle castlepeak.pdf
Cross Canyon 25,947 Dolores crosscanyon.pdf
Deep Creek 20,843 Eagle/Garfield deepcreek.pdf
Demaree Canyon 25,881 Garfield demareecanyon.pdf
Dolores River Canyon 41,133 Montrose/Delta doloresrivercanyon.pdf
Flat Tops Addn 16,427 Eagle/Garfield flattopsaddition.pdf
Grand Hogback 11,701 Garfield grandhogback.pdf
Granite Creek 14,089 Mesa granitecreek.pdf
Grape Creek 44,372 Fremont/Custer grapecreek.pdf
Handies Peak 72,397 San Juan/Hinsdale handiespeak.pdf
Little Bookcliffs 30,557 Mesa littlebookcliffs.pdf
Maroon Bells 316 Pitkin maroonbellsaddition.pdf
McIntyre Hills 17,318 Fremont mcintyrehills.pdf
McKenna Peak 33,467 San Miguel/Dolores mckennapeak.pdf
Norwood Canyon 13,288 San Miguel/Dolores norwoodcanyon.pdf
Pisgah Mountain 15,679 Eagle pisgahmountain.pdf
Platte River Addn 33 Jackson platteriveraddition.pdf
Powderhorn Addition 3,306 Gunnison powderhornaddition.pdf
Redcloud Peak 38,594 San Juan/Hinsdale redcloudpeak.pdf
Roubideau 22,604 Montrose roubideauaddition.pdf
Sewemup Mesa 65,448 Mesa/Montrose sewemupmesa.pdf
Snaggletooth 32,050 San Miguel/Dolores snaggletooth.pdf
South Shale Ridge 27,569 Mesa southshaleridge.pdf
Table Mountain 27,888 Fremont tablemountain.pdf
The Palisade 26,914 Mesa palisade.pdf
Thompson Creek 25,285 Pitkin/Garfield thompsoncreek.pdf
Unaweep 39,392 Mesa unaweep.pdf
Weber-Menefee Mountain 14,598 Montezuma webbermenefee.pdf
West Elk Addition 6,878 Gunnison westelkaddition.pdf
Total Acreage 850,134
    

Click the image above to see a great video on the Colorado Wilderness Act.