§460rrr–3 Powers of the Commission

Summary

The Commission can hold hearings, meet, take testimony, and accept evidence as needed to help carry out the management plan for the Natural Area. It can make cooperative agreements with the State of Colorado, local governments, or private people to work on non-Federal land. Any agreement must set up a way to tell the Commission about proposed actions that could affect the plan, and it cannot change any federal agency’s legal rights or duties. The Commission cannot buy or take any land or property rights. It must help the Secretary carry out the plan by protecting and explaining the area’s natural, historic, cultural, scientific, scenic, wildlife, and recreational resources. It can help preserve state land and wildlife, raise public awareness, encourage local land-use rules that match the plan, and help private landowners follow the plan.