The Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area is a 62,844-acre (254.32 km2) National Conservation Area located in west-central Colorado near Montrose. It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as part of the National Landscape Conservation System. 57,725 acres (233.60 km2) were designated in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-76[3]). The Black Canyon of the Gunnison Boundary Revision Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-78[4]) expanded the NCA to its current size.
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wilderness area established in 1999 includes 14 miles (23 km) of the Gunnison River inside the GunnisonGorgeNationalConservationArea. "GunnisonGorge Wilderness"...
continues upstream into Curecanti National Recreation Area and downstream into GunnisonGorgeNationalConservationArea. The canyon's name owes itself to...
surrounding the Gunnison River is part of the Colorado Mineral Belt. Contamination of the Gunnison River with selenium and mercury is a conservation concern for...
The GunnisonNational Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering 1,672,136 acres (2,612.71 sq mi, or 6,766.89 km2) in Mesa, Gunnison, Hinsdale and Saguache...
Curecanti National Recreation Area (Pronounced /kɜːrɪˈkɑːntiː/ (locally) or /kuːrɪˈkɑːntiː/.) is a National Park Service unit located on the Gunnison River...
single unit, with Gunnison added in 1973. Today, Uncompahgre National Forest is administered jointly with the Grand Mesa and GunnisonNational Forests from...
area with Needle Rock and the West Elk Mountains to the east, Crawford State Park to the south, the Black Canyon uplift and GunnisonGorgeNational Conservation...
Flaming GorgeNational Recreation Area, is also considered one of Utah and Wyoming's greatest fisheries. Contrary to its namesake, Flaming Gorge, the dam...
The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting 111,889,002 acres (174,826.566 sq mi; 452,798.73 km2) of federal...
Canyon National Recreation Area (shortened to Glen Canyon NRA or GCNRA) is a national recreation area and conservation unit of the United States National Park...
The McInnis Canyons NationalConservationArea (MCNCA) is a 123,400-acre (499 km2) NationalConservationArea located in Mesa County, west of Grand Junction...
The Arapaho National Recreation Area (ANRA) is a United States national recreation area located near the headwaters of the Colorado River in north central...
Fork of the Cumberland River gorge, Kentucky and Tennessee Big Thompson River Canyon, Colorado Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado Blackwater Canyon...
counted as separate official units, while New River GorgeNational Park and Preserve and Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve are each single units, though...
NationalConservation Lands, formally known as the National Landscape Conservation System, is a 35-million-acre (140,000 km2) collection of lands in 873...
land area it is located in parts of Eagle, Pitkin, Garfield, Summit, Rio Blanco, Mesa, Gunnison, Routt, and Moffat counties. The White River National Forest...
Valley. Juan Bautista de Anza, Zebulon Pike, John C. Frémont, and John Gunnison all traveled through and explored parts of the region in the 18th and 19th...
Preserve and New River GorgeNational Park and Preserve are single units (there is no functional difference). Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve...
Delta Den Dolores Doug Eagle Elbert El Paso Fremont Garfield Gil Grand Gunnison Hins Huerfano Jacks Jef Kiowa Kit Carson Lake La Plata Larimer Las Animas...
significant events in the history of the U.S. State of Colorado and the historical area now occupied by the state. 2000s 1900s 1800s Statehood Territory ...
the GunnisonNational Park and GunnisonGorgeNationalConservationArea Act of 1999 A bill to redesignate the Black Canyon of the GunnisonNational Monument...
trails in Grand Canyon National Park Making North America (2015 PBS film) A Bigger Grand Canyon, 1998 painting Pine Creek Gorge – gorge in northeastern Pennsylvania...
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