§192b–9 Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt National Forest, and the Arapaho National Forest

Summary

The borders of Rocky Mountain National Park, the Roosevelt National Forest, and the Arapaho National Forest are changed to match a map called Boundary Adjustments, Rocky Mountain National Park (map number 121–80,047), dated October 1, 1979. That map will be kept for the public to see at the National Park Service and the Forest Service. The area shown as E–5 (the Twin Sisters area) stays in Rocky Mountain National Park. Any land added or moved goes under the rules for the park or forest it joins. Lands already in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area (as set by Public Law 95–450 (92 Stat. 1099)) that become part of the park stay in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Park lands next to Indian Peaks Wilderness that move to the Roosevelt National Forest become part of the Indian Peaks Wilderness. The Secretary of the Interior may get land for the park and the Secretary of Agriculture may get land for the forests by donation, purchase, or trade. The Secretary of Agriculture may accept title to land in section 30, township 7 north, range 73 west, of the sixth principal meridian if that land lies inside the revised park boundary. In return, the Secretary of the Interior may issue a patent to lands in the Cache La Poudre Wild and Scenic River study corridor, notwithstanding section 1279(a). After the exchange, the Agriculture Secretary must give to the Interior Secretary the part of the land inside the park for Interior to manage. Federal BLM lands in areas E–2 and GL–3 move into the park with no money changing hands. If Longmont asks by November 1, 1981, up to approximately 129 acres it owns in E–8 needed for a reservoir may be removed from the park by a new boundary published in the Federal Register. If the Interior has not bought interests in the Old McGregor Ranch (about 1,200 acres in E–2) within two full fiscal years after December 22, 1980, and the owner asks, the park boundary there must be returned to how it was before December 22, 1980. The Interior Secretary must give up to two acres in GL–5 to the town of Grand Lake without charge. The Interior Secretary may allow snowmobiles on the East Shore Trail of Shadow Mountain Lake if a study shows no significant harm to wildlife.