Colorado Wilderness Act of 2026

This bill would designate about three dozen areas of federal land in Colorado, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and other agencies, as wilderness or as additions to existing wilderness areas. It would also name three potential wilderness areas that would become wilderness once uses not allowed under the Wilderness Act have stopped. Existing livestock grazing rules, state authority over fish and wildlife, existing water rights, and military helicopter flights over these areas would continue. The bill directs the federal government to secure water rights for some of the new areas. It would also bar federal approval or funding of new water facilities in those areas while allowing access to and upkeep of existing ones.

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Sponsors

• Diana DeGette Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors