§460rrr–3 Powers of the Commission

Summary

The Commission can hold meetings and hearings, take testimony, and accept evidence whenever it needs to carry out the management plan. For work on non‑Federal land in the Natural Area, the Commission can make cooperative agreements with the State of Colorado, local governments, or private people. Any such agreement must include a way to notify the Commission when the State, a local government, or a person plans something 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 interests. The Commission must help the Secretary put the management plan into action by working to preserve and explain the Natural Area’s resources (for example, natural, historic, cultural, scientific, scenic, wildlife, and recreational resources). To do that, the Commission may help the State protect State land and wildlife, help the State and local governments raise public awareness, urge local governments to use land‑use rules that match the plan, and encourage and assist private landowners to follow the plan.