Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460zzz–2 Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter CXXXVII— DOMINGUEZ-ESCALANTE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA › § 460zzz–2

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

About 66,280 acres of public land in Mesa, Montrose, and Delta Counties, Colorado, are now called the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area. The area is shown on the official map and is part of the national system that protects wilderness. The Secretary must manage the area under the Wilderness Act and these rules, with two changes: any mention of the Wilderness Act’s effective date means March 30, 2009, and any mention of the Secretary of Agriculture means the Secretary of the Interior.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460zzz–2

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(a)In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the approximately 66,280 acres of public land in Mesa, Montrose, and Delta Counties, Colorado, as generally depicted on the Map, is designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the “Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area”.
(b)The Wilderness shall be managed by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this subchapter, except that—
(1)any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to March 30, 2009; and
(2)any reference in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.

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References in Text

The Wilderness Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1131 of this title and Tables. Codification Section is comprised of section 2403 of Pub. L. 111–11. section 2403 also enacted provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under section 1132 of this title.

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16 U.S.C. § 460zzz–2

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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