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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
introduced
S1791119th CongressWALLET
Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced
Summary
Protects and conserves public lands around Gunnison by creating a patchwork of new protected designations, limiting new development and motorized access, and directing restoration and trail management across federal, state, and tribal lands.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
New protected lands and maps
If enacted, the bill would create many new conservation, recreation, and research areas and add or expand wilderness lands. It would add tens of thousands of acres for new and expanded wilderness (for example a large West Elk addition). The Secretary must file the official maps and legal descriptions with congressional committees and make them public.
Stream and meadow restoration projects
If enacted, the Secretary would carry out wet meadow and riparian restoration projects in six named areas to improve climate resilience and wildlife habitat. The Secretary must seek to work with Colorado wildlife and water agencies, local counties, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other partners when planning these projects.
Tribal land, uses, and rights
If enacted, the Secretary would be required, on the Tribe's request and within one year, to take about 19,080 acres the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe owns into trust and make it part of the Tribe's reservation. The trust lands would not be eligible for federal gaming. The bill would also require the Secretary to allow tribal traditional ceremonies and gathering in covered and wilderness areas, subject to lawful terms, and preserve State fish and wildlife jurisdiction and treaty rights.
Limits on drilling and mining
If enacted, the bill would withdraw many covered and wilderness areas from mineral leasing, mining claims, and public land entry. It would also create a no-surface-occupancy area and withdraw certain Delta County lands from oil and gas leasing shown on the maps. The Secretary could still allow capture or destruction of methane from some federal coal-mine situations.
New vehicle, boat, and trail rules
If enacted, off-highway vehicle and bicycle use would be limited to roads, trails, and areas designated for those uses on the date of enactment, with exceptions for emergencies and administrative needs. The Secretary must set winter travel plans in areas that lack them within three years. The Secretary could transfer a preexisting motorized boat permit only if a government acquires permanent public ramp rights and fees would be reasonable.
New limits on logging and roads
If enacted, the bill would ban commercial timber-harvesting projects in the designated covered areas. It would also generally bar new road construction in those areas but allow temporary roads for vegetation projects, emergencies, or research. Vegetation projects that sell merchantable material outside the wildland-urban interface would need collaborative planning, limit sales to small-diameter trees or biomass, and prioritize prescribed fire and ecological restoration.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
CO • D
Cosponsors
John Hickenlooper
CO • D
Sponsored 5/15/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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