§ 192a. — Boundaries revised; excluded lands transferred.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC192a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXI--ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 192a. Boundaries revised; excluded lands transferred
Portions of the north and east boundary of the Rocky Mountain
National Park are revised as follows:
North boundary, beginning at the northwest corner of the northeast
quarter of the northeast quarter of section 33, township 7 north, range
74 west, being a point on the present north boundary line of the Rocky
Mountain National Park; thence southerly to the southwest corner of the
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said section; thence
westerly to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of said section; thence northerly to the northeast
corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said
section, being a point on the present north boundary line of the Rocky
Mountain National Park and the end of the above-described change of said
boundary; and
East boundary, beginning at the northeast corner of section 3,
township 3 north, range 73 west of the sixth principal meridian,
Colorado, being a point on the present east boundary line of Rocky
Mountain National Park; thence westerly along the township line to the
northwest corner of said section; thence northerly along section line to
the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of section 34, township 4
north, range 73 west; thence easterly to the southeast corner of the
southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section; thence
northerly to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of said section; thence westerly to the northwest
corner of said section; thence northerly along section lines to the
southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of
section 22, said township; thence easterly to the southeast corner of
the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section; thence
northerly to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of said section; thence easterly to the southeast
corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said
section; thence northerly along section lines to the northeast corner of
the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 15, said
township; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of said section; thence northerly
passing through the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of said
section, to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the
southwest quarter of section 10, said township; thence westerly to the
northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of
said section; thence northerly to the northeast corner of the northwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of said section; thence westerly,
passing through the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of said
section, to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the
southwest quarter of section 9, said township; thence southerly to the
northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of
said section; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of said section; thence northerly along
section lines to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of section 5, said township; thence westerly to the
northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of
said section; thence southerly to the southwest corner of the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of said section; thence westerly along
section line to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of said
section; thence northerly to the northeast corner of the southwest
quarter of said section; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the
southwest quarter of said section; thence northerly along section line
to the northeast corner of section 6, said township; thence easterly
along the first correction line north to the southeast corner of the
southwest quarter of section 32, township 5 north, range 73 west; thence
northerly to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of said
section; thence westerly along section line to the northwest corner of
said section; thence northerly along section lines to the southwest
corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 20,
said township; thence easterly to the northwest corner of the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of said section; thence southerly,
passing through the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of said section, to the southwest corner of the
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 29, said township;
thence easterly to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of said section; thence southerly to the southwest
corner of the northwest quarter of section 28, said township; thence
easterly to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of said section; thence northerly to the northeast
corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said
section; thence easterly, passing through the southeast corner of the
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said section, to the
southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of
section 27, said township; thence northerly along section line to the
northeast corner of said section; thence westerly along section line to
the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter
of section 22, said township; thence northerly to the northeast corner
of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section;
thence westerly along section lines to the southeast corner of the
southwest quarter of section 16, said township; thence northerly to the
northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of
said section; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of said section; thence northerly along
section line to the center line of the north branch of Fall River;
thence northwesterly along the center line of the north branch of Fall
River to the west line of the east half of the east half of section 17,
said township; thence southerly to the northeast corner of the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of said section; thence westerly to the
northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of
said section; thence southerly to the southwest corner of the southeast
quarter of said section; thence westerly along section line to the
southeast corner of section 18, said township; thence northerly along
section line to the northeast corner of said section; thence easterly
along section line to the northwest corner of section 16, said township;
thence southerly along section line to the southwest corner of the
northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section; thence
easterly to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of said section; thence southerly to the southwest
corner of the northeast quarter of said section; thence easterly,
passing through the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of said
section, to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the
southwest quarter of section 15, said township; thence southerly to the
southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of
said section; thence easterly to the southeast corner of the northeast
quarter of the southwest quarter of said section; thence northerly to
the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of said section; thence
easterly on midsection lines to the southeast corner of the northwest
quarter of section 18, township 5 north, range 72 west; thence northerly
to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast
quarter of said section; thence easterly to the southeast corner of the
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said section; thence
northerly along section lines to the northeast corner of section 7, said
township; thence westerly along section line to the southeast corner of
the southwest quarter of section 6, said township; thence northerly to
the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter
of said section; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the
southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said section; thence
northerly to the northwest corner of said section, being a point on the
present east boundary line of Rocky Mountain National Park and the end
of the change of said boundary: Provided, however, That the following
lands shall remain and be a part of the Rocky Mountain National Park:
The northwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the east half of the
northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 34, township 5
north, range 73 west; all of that portion of the following described
lands located in township 4 north, range 73 west, lying west of the
hydrographic divide that forms the eastern boundary of the watershed of
Cow Creek and of Aspen Brook; the east half of the northeast quarter of
section 35; the east half of the southeast quarter and the southeast
quarter of the northeast quarter of section 26; section 24; section 25;
the east half of section 23: Provided further, That those portions of
the following-described lands that are hereby excluded from the Rocky
Mountain National Park, are transferred to and made a part of the
Colorado National Forest, subject to all laws and regulations applicable
to National Forests; the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter and
northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, section 33, township 7
north, range 74 west; section 6, township 5 north, range 72 west; the
southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 34, township 5
north, range 73 west; sections 3, 10, and 15, township 4 north, range 73
west.
(June 9, 1926, ch. 515, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 712.)
