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§539l–4 Other Administrative Provisions

Title 16 › Chapter 2— NATIONAL FORESTS › Subchapter I— ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 539l–4

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Giving land wilderness or Protection Area status in Colorado does not create a protective border around it. Outside activities that can be seen or heard from inside a wilderness or Protection Area do not automatically have to stop before the boundary. If one or more of Grand, Gilpin, and Boulder counties asks, the Secretary must help and give technical support to repair Rollins Pass road so two-wheel-drive vehicles can travel between Colorado State Highway 119 and U.S. Highway 40. If the road is fixed that way, the Secretary must close the motorized roads and trails on Forest Service land shown on the map about reopening Rollins Pass, dated September 2001.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §539l–4

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(a)The designation by this Act or by amendments made by this Act of wilderness areas and the Protection Area in the State of Colorado shall not create or imply the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around any wilderness area or the Protection Area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from within a wilderness area or Protection Area shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area or the Protection Area.
(b)If requested by one or more of the Colorado Counties of Grand, Gilpin, and Boulder, the Secretary shall provide technical assistance and otherwise cooperate with respect to repairing the Rollins Pass road in those counties sufficiently to allow two-wheel-drive vehicles to travel between Colorado State Highway 119 and U.S. Highway 40. If this road is repaired to such extent, the Secretary shall close the motorized roads and trails on Forest Service land indicated on the map entitled “Rollins Pass Road Reopening: Attendant Road and Trail Closures”, dated September 2001.

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References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 107–216, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1055, which is classified principally to sections 539l to 539l–5 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 539l of this title and Tables.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 539l–4

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60