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Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection Act of 2025

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This bill matters because it would permanently protect significant natural landscapes and wildlife habitats in Gunnison County, Colorado, ensuring their preservation for future generations. By designating specific areas for different uses like wildlife conservation, scientific research, or recreation, it aims to balance human enjoyment with ecological health. If this bill becomes law, it could lead to stricter rules on development, motorized vehicle use, and resource extraction in these newly designated areas, altering current land management practices.

Without this bill, these federal lands would remain under existing management plans, which might allow for different types of development or use that could impact their natural character. Voters should care because these designations can affect the availability of public lands for various activities, influence local economies tied to recreation and tourism, and contribute to national efforts for biodiversity conservation and climate resilience.

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PROVISION 01

Designates multiple specific federal land parcels in Gunnison County, Colorado, as 'Special Management Areas'.

This officially establishes protective statuses for significant natural areas, guiding their future use and conservation.

PROVISION 02

Defines 'collaboratively developed' to require projects on these lands to involve diverse interested parties through transparent processes.

This ensures that land management decisions are made with broad public input, fostering community engagement and support.

PROVISION 03

Establishes a clear definition for 'decommission' regarding roads, outlining specific steps for their restoration to natural conditions.

This provides a consistent standard for environmental restoration by removing old roads, which helps heal ecosystems and prevent erosion.

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JUL 15

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.

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MAY 15

Introduced in Senate

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MAY 15

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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MAY 15

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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BILL INFO

TypeSenate Bill

NumberS 1791

Congress119th

StatusIn Committee

IntroducedMay 15, 2025

Last actionJul 15, 2026

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IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS · ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE · INTRODUCED MAY 15, 2025

Senate BillS 1791Licensing and registrationsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, research

Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection Act of 2025

INTRODUCED MAY 15, 2025· LAST ACTION JUL 15, 2026

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WHAT THE BILL DOES

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KEY PROVISIONS

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Designates multiple specific federal land parcels in Gunnison County, Colorado, as 'Special Management Areas'.

This officially establishes protective statuses for significant natural areas, guiding their future use and conservation.

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Defines 'collaboratively developed' to require projects on these lands to involve diverse interested parties through transparent processes.

This ensures that land management decisions are made with broad public input, fostering community engagement and support.

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Establishes a clear definition for 'decommission' regarding roads, outlining specific steps for their restoration to natural conditions.

This provides a consistent standard for environmental restoration by removing old roads, which helps heal ecosystems and prevent erosion.

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Collaboratively developed: A project planned and carried out with active involvement from many different groups and individuals who have an interest in the outcome, ensuring transparency and diverse input.
Decommission: The process of restoring a road to its natural state, which includes removing the road surface, replanting native vegetation, restoring natural water flow, and preventing vehicles from using it.
Special Management Area: A specific piece of federal land designated for particular protective measures and management objectives, often balancing conservation with certain types of public use.
Wilderness area: A federal land designation that provides the highest level of protection, generally prohibiting motorized vehicles, roads, and most forms of development to preserve its natural, undeveloped character.
Off-highway vehicle: A motorized vehicle designed for travel on unpaved roads or natural terrain, such as dirt bikes, ATVs, or UTVs.
Over-snow vehicle: A motorized vehicle designed for travel over snow and ice, such as a snowmobile.

ACTION TIMELINE

4 EVENTS

JUL 15

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.

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MAY 15, 25

Introduced in Senate

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MAY 15, 25

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

INTROREFERRAL

MAY 15, 25

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Hearings to examine S.1791, to designate certain special management areas, wildlife conservation areas, protection areas, recreation areas, wilderness areas, and a scientific research and education area in the State of Colorado, S.4200, to promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development in Douglas County, Nevada, S.4239, to require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines, S.4383, to appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, S.4410, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act, S.4458, to establish the Caja del Rio Special Management Area and Caja del Rio National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, S.4561, to modernize and streamline the permitting process for broadband infrastructure on Federal land, S.4605, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide cost-recovery authority for the Department of the Interior, S.4715, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish fitness to operate standards and decommissioning escrow accounts for offshore oil and gas operators, H.R.655, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federal land to the City of The Dalles, Oregon, S.4960 and H.R.1687, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, H.R.4090, to codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, S.4975 and H.R.5587, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, H.R.5631, to appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, and H.R.7831, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for each new application for a permit to drill.

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