[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 14259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6961]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Boundary Revision, Black Canyon of the Gunnison 
National Park

SUMMARY: This notice announces a revision to the boundary of Black 
Canyon of the Gunnison National Park to include one parcel of land 
owned by Ellouise Sanburg, Trustee, and Sanburg Herefords, L.L.L.P. The 
National Park Service has determined that this boundary revision is 
necessary for the preservation and protection of the National Park.

DATES: The effective date of this Notice is the date in which it 
appears in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Black Canyon of the 
Gunnison National Park, at 102 Elk Creek, Gunnison, Colorado, 81230 or 
by telephone at 970-641-2337.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 7 (c) of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, 16 U.S.C. 4601-9(c)(1), as amended by 
section 814(b) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 
1996 (Public Law 104-333), authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
make this boundary revision. This action will add one parcel of land 
comprised of 198.5 acres of land to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 
National Park. The National Park Service proposes to purchase a 
conservation easement on this parcel. It is located outside the park 
boundary in the vicinity of Red Rock Canyon north of Bostwick Park 
Road. The acquisition of the conservation easement is required to 
maintain the present rural agricultural character of the land in the 
vicinity of the proposed Red Rock Trailhead.
    The above parcel is depicted as tract number 01-152 on land 
acquisition segment map 01, having drawing number 144-92004, dated 
August 6, 2002. This map is on file at the National Park Service, Land 
Resources Program Center, Intermountain Region, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 
and at the Office of the Superintendent of the Black Canyon of the 
Gunnison National Park.

    Dated: December 13, 2002.
Karen P. Wade,
Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 03-6961 Filed 3-21-03; 8:45 am]
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