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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a national park of the United States located in western Colorado and managed by the National Park Service.There are two primary entrances to the park: the south rim entrance is located 15 miles (24 km) east of Montrose, while the north rim entrance is 11 miles (18 km) south of Crawford and is closed in the winter.
This is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species recorded in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in the U.S. state of Colorado. Unless otherwise noted, this list is based on one published by the National Park Service (NPS). [1] The list contains 174 species.
Two former National Monuments were elevated to National Park: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument (March 2, 1933, ... Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge;
Best Hikes in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (dschnarrs/iStock) Colorado. The Expert: ... wildlife viewing, and stunning shots of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Skirt the eastern edge ...
The Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area is a 62,844-acre (254.32 km 2) 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 .
The Gunnison Gorge Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located immediately northwest of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, in Colorado. The 17,784-acre (71.97 km 2) wilderness area established in 1999 includes 14 miles (23 km) of the Gunnison River inside the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area. [2] [3]
The Colorado state wildlife areas are managed for hunting, fishing, observation, management, and preservation of wildlife. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife division of the U.S. State of Colorado manages more than 300 state wildlife areas with a total area of more than 860 square miles (2,230 km 2 ) in the state.
It shares the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness with the White River and San Isabel National Forests, and the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area with the San Isabel National Forest. The forest was created by Theodore Roosevelt on June 13, 1905 as the Cochetopa Forest Reserve, and named after explorer John W. Gunnison .