Colorado Wilderness Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Feb 9, 2026
What it does
The Colorado Wilderness Act of 2026 would designate numerous parcels of federal land in Colorado—managed by the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and Bureau of Reclamation—as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, adding or expanding wilderness areas such as Bull Gulch, Castle Peak, Redcloud Peak, Dolores River Canyon, and others, totaling hundreds of thousands of acres. The bill affects federal land management agencies and would restrict development, motorized use, and resource extraction in these areas while preserving existing valid rights. It requires the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture to file official maps and boundary…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.