Presidential Document2022-22810
Establishment of the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument
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October 19, 2022
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October 12, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 19, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 63381-63392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22810]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 19, 2022 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10476 of October 12, 2022
Establishment of the Camp Hale-Continental Divide
National Monument
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The Camp Hale and Tenmile Range area lies along the
continental divide in north-central Colorado and is
treasured for its historical and spiritual
significance, stunning geological features, and unique
wildlife and plants. The rugged landscape serves as a
living testament to a pivotal moment in America's
military history, as these peaks and valleys forged the
elite soldiers of the famed 10th Mountain Division--the
Army's first and only mountain infantry division--which
helped free Europe from the grip of Nazi control in
World War II. The area is also foundational to
preserving and interpreting the story of 10th Mountain
Division veterans who, after their return from World
War II, applied the skills they learned in the Camp
Hale and Tenmile Range area to establish America's
skiing and outdoor recreation industry. Today, the
largely undeveloped peaks, slopes, and valleys of the
Camp Hale and Tenmile Range area provide veterans,
their families, and other visitors with a place to
learn the history of the 10th Mountain Division; to
honor their sacrifices and contributions to our Nation;
and to experience firsthand the formidable environs
that taught American soldiers to endure extreme
mountain terrain, deep snow, and punishing cold. This
endurance proved pivotal to the success of the United
States and its allies in World War II when, in February
1945, the 10th Mountain Division successfully scaled a
1,500-foot cliff face to capture a German position in
the Apennine Mountains, helping the Allies to break
through the German defensive line in Italy and push
further into Europe.
The Army began construction of Camp Hale in April of
1942 in the Pando Valley after the Department of
Agriculture authorized the War Department to use
179,000 acres of National Forest lands to train
soldiers to climb and ski in preparation for operations
in harsh, cold, high-altitude areas. The valley floor--
which sits at 9,200 feet in elevation--was broad enough
to hold a large encampment, and the Eagle River, which
passes through the valley, provided a year-round water
supply. Near the encampment were training grounds fit
for the Army's purpose, including the rugged Tenmile
Range's rock faces, deep snow, and frigid temperatures.
The site also took advantage of existing
infrastructure, such as the nearby rail system and
highway, which remain important arteries through the
Rocky Mountains.
Visitors can see traces of the life of the thousands of
young servicemen and approximately 200 servicewomen who
were stationed at Camp Hale along the valley floor,
surrounded on all sides by forested hills and mountains
stretching up to more than 14,000 feet. At its height,
Camp Hale sprawled across nearly 1,500 acres. Its 1,000
buildings included 245 barracks (which could house more
than 15,000 soldiers), mess halls, warehouses, training
facilities, firing ranges, administrative buildings,
stables, corrals, a veterinary center, theaters,
chapels, a field house, and a hospital. The camp also
featured parade grounds, recreation areas, gunnery
ranges, a combat range, ski hills, a stockade, a motor
pool, railyards, and an extensive road and bridge
network. Several contiguous areas on the side slopes of
the valley also served as
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training areas for skiing and rock climbing, storage
areas for ammunition, and target training sites.
Between April and November of 1942, hundreds of
construction workers--many living in harsh conditions
in tents, trailers, and even in cars and trucks--rushed
to build Camp Hale. Racial discrimination against
Hispanic and Black construction workers at the camp
caught national attention and led to an investigation
by the War Production Board, prompting the United
States Army to issue an order against racial
discrimination in war construction projects in the
region. This history--and the history of segregation
within the Army itself during World War II--is a
critical component of the experience of visiting and
understanding Camp Hale.
Camp Hale opened for operation on November 16, 1942.
Following the conclusion of the war, the Army used the
camp only sporadically until its permanent closure in
1965. At that time, many facilities were removed or
buried; however, much of the camp remains visible
today, and the site was placed on the National Register
of Historic Places in 1992. The layout of the camp can
be discerned from its grid-like road system, formed by
3 major north-south roads and 21 east-west crossing
streets, many of which are identifiable or still in
use. Concrete foundations for the warehouse area, the
Corps Area Service Command compound, the division
headquarters, and the barracks extend across the valley
floor. In the center of the site lie remnants of the
field house, including buttresses and the floor slab.
Evidence of six ammo bunkers in the magazine area,
which provided ammunition storage for the camp, occupy
a small saddle on the northeast side of the valley. On
a hill just to the south of the magazine area remain
the footers of the four water tanks that supplied the
camp. At the eastern edge of the camp, the rifle range
remains largely intact, and the range's target butts--a
long series of rooms built of reinforced concrete--can
still be seen. The area around the camp also includes
remnants of the training that occurred there: the
original pitons used to train technical climbing are
embedded in several northeastern cliffs, and the
remains of a tow and lift can be seen along two ski
hills at the south end of the valley.
While Camp Hale was in operation, training exercises
occurred among the peaks and slopes around Camp Hale
and in the Tenmile Range. Today, the peaks that remain
undeveloped around Camp Hale--which include Pearl Peak,
Sheep Mountain, and Taylor Hill--and in the Tenmile
Range--which include Peaks 1, 3, 4, and 5; the western
slopes of Peaks 6 through 10; Tenmile Peak; and several
other named peaks (such as the 14,625-foot Quandary
Peak) that extend to the south--are largely unchanged
since the 1940s. The entire landscape of the Camp Hale
and Tenmile Range area, therefore, serves as a kind of
living museum, allowing visitors to imagine and
understand what life was like for the young servicemen
in the 10th Mountain Division.
Camp Hale and its surroundings, including the
undeveloped areas of the Tenmile Range, were used to
train the 10th Mountain Division, the 99th Infantry
Battalion, and other units in mountain and winter
warfare. This iconic location inspired military
innovation. While training there, the 99th Infantry
Battalion--a unique, Norwegian-speaking military unit
that consisted primarily of Norwegian nationals and
Americans of direct Norwegian descent--developed a
mount for heavy machinery using two skis. Following
World War II, Camp Hale's unique attributes supported
highly classified national security efforts. In the
late 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency trained
various special mission teams at Camp Hale, including
nearly 170 Tibetans for operations in China against the
communist government.
The area is also foundational to the history of the
United States ski and outdoor recreation industry and
thus has had a profound impact on American culture.
Veterans of the 10th Mountain Division founded or
managed more than 60 ski resorts upon their return from
deployment, some in the same mountains where they had
trained. The remnants of the Mount
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Royal/Peak One Ski Jumps, including a scaffold that
supported the judges' platform, can also be found in
the area. Other veterans from Camp Hale would go on to
become trailblazers in conservation and outdoor
education and recreation: David Brower served as the
first executive director of the Sierra Club; Paul
Petzoldt founded the National Outdoor Leadership
School; and Fritz Benedict founded the 10th Mountain
Division Hut Association, which manages a network of 30
mountain huts--including three in the Camp Hale and
Tenmile Range area--that enable backcountry skiers,
mountain bikers, and hikers to access and experience
the historic and scientific objects found there.
Journeying to the Camp Hale and Tenmile Range area of
the continental divide allows visitors to experience
the mountains and valleys that inspired these veterans
to make important contributions to conservation and
recreation and to learn about and reflect on the mark
they left on America when they returned from service
during war.
The Camp Hale and Tenmile Range area is also rich in
ancient human history. The area bears the marks of
centuries of habitation by Indigenous peoples who have
called the region home since time immemorial and who
referred to this area of the Rocky Mountains as
K[aacute]ava'avichi--meaning ``mountains laying down.''
Forced from much of their homelands when precious
minerals were discovered, their history serves as a
stark reminder that the United States' commitment to
its highest ideals of democracy, liberty, and equality
has too often been imperfect, particularly for Tribal
Nations and Indigenous peoples. For thousands of years,
the Ute people traveled to the Pando Valley when winter
snows melted as part of an annual migration circuit to
hunt game and collect medicinal plants. The area also
served as an important transportation corridor for
those traveling to sacred hot springs in Glenwood
Springs, and the traditional Ute trail lies under the
road that runs along the Eagle River today. Evidence of
these ancient occupants is found at hundreds of sites,
including lithic scatters, a high-elevation prehistoric
camp, and stone circles where projectile points and
prehistoric tools have been found. Burial sites of
historic connection to the Ute Tribes--and of
importance to them today--can also be found in the area
with funerary objects and the remains of ancestral
peoples who lived in the area thousands of years ago.
One such site holds the 8,000-year-old remains of an
ancient Ute--believed by some to have been a person of
great stature in the Ute community. Some of the objects
of cultural importance to the Ute Tribes are sensitive,
rare, or vulnerable to vandalism and theft; therefore,
revealing their specific names and locations could pose
a danger to the objects.
As a result of the 1873 Brunot Agreement and an 1880
Congressional declaration, the Ute Tribes forcibly
relinquished the Camp Hale and Tenmile Range areas (and
much of the rest of their homelands), and retained only
small portions of their ancestral homelands on
reservations in southwestern Colorado and eastern Utah.
More than a century later, however, the Camp Hale and
Tenmile Range area remains culturally important to the
Ute people, who consider the area an important place to
honor their ancestors. They continue to return to the
region to forage for medicinal and ceremonial plants,
hunt, and fish.
The area is replete with evidence of the mining
activity that sparked the exclusion of the Ute people
and drove development in the region in the late 19th
century. Perched on the side of Mount Royal at an
elevation of 9,600 feet and named after the
Pennsylvania hometown of one of its investors, the
Masontown mining site once included a mill, numerous
mine shafts, and a boarding house and homes that
accommodated several hundred workers, until an
avalanche destroyed the mill in 1912. Today, visitors
along the Masontown Trail in the north end of the
Tenmile Range area can observe remnants of the mill
site, including bricks from the foundations of cabin
ruins, miscellaneous containers, and pieces of metal
equipment.
Other sites of historical interest exist in the area.
To support the burgeoning mining industry in the
region, railroad lines running through Tenmile Canyon
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on the northern end of the Tenmile Range were
constructed by the 1880s to connect small mountain
settlements with Denver. Evidence remains of these
historic rail lines and rail beds, as well as rock
structures that were built to support railroad
construction. The purpose of these unique rock
structures, known as stone huts, remains a mystery, but
they may have been used by Canadian woodcutters who
worked on the construction of railroads.
An exhaustive survey and study of the entire area has
not been completed; archaeologists and military and
other historians anticipate that many other such
culturally and historically important sites remain to
be discovered throughout the area, thereby enriching
our understanding of the area's significance.
In addition to the numerous objects in the region that
document the history of America and ancient peoples,
Camp Hale and the Tenmile Range form a geologically and
ecologically linked landscape--rugged and stunning in
appearance--that contains numerous features of
scientific interest, including tarns, waterfalls, and
alpine tundra. The continental divide--a defining high-
altitude geologic feature of the Western Hemisphere
that separates the watersheds of the Pacific and
Atlantic Oceans--stretches along the southern border of
both the Camp Hale and the Tenmile Range landscapes.
Visitors can travel along the Continental Divide
National Scenic Trail, which passes through the area,
to explore the changing geology and ecology along the
spine of the continent.
The area's geology and irregular topography formed
during the Pleistocene glacial period when retreating
glaciers deposited a large terminal moraine north of
the current day Camp Hale, damming the Eagle River and
forming an adjacent lake basin. When the lake
ultimately overflowed, the Eagle River cut a new
channel forming the deep, narrow canyon the river
occupies today while leaving the lake intact. Over
time, the lake drained, and the former lake floor
became the broad, flat Pando Valley.
To the east, the Pando Valley abruptly gives way to the
soaring peaks of the Tenmile Range, which stretches to
the continental divide. The range boasts 10 peaks over
13,000 feet in elevation, including Quandary Peak,
which, at 14,265 feet, is one of Colorado's iconic and
most-visited ``Fourteeners.'' The slopes of these peaks
are home to several high-alpine lakes, including the
Pacific Tarn to the southeast of Pacific Peak, which,
at 13,420 feet, is the highest named lake in the United
States. Waterfalls descend the slopes--including
Continental Falls, Mohawk Basin Falls, and McCullough
Gulch Falls--and are components of a hydrologic system
that defines the mountain west. Rock, too, descends
from the range. Studied for decades, the Spruce Creek
rock glacier, which is fed by a rockfall from Pacific
Peak's northeast cirque, has advanced our understanding
of the flow mechanics and morphology of rock glaciers.
The area's high peaks and alpine valleys contain rare
and fragile native alpine tundra ecosystems that
include species uniquely adapted to high altitudes. Two
of the four known populations of the Weber's drab--a
diminutive plant with yellow flowers standing only a
few inches tall--can be found in the Tenmile Range.
Fewer than 300 known individual plants of this species
exist across 4 distinct populations distributed over 7
square miles. The diminutive plant is most often found
in the splash zones of rocky crevices along streams
near the timberline. Ephemeral pools caused by snowmelt
among boulders and high-altitude alpine lakes in the
area also host the rare and aptly named ice grass. Tiny
in stature--standing less than an inch tall--ice grass
can be found only in cold, high-altitude regions. The
grass appears in only isolated, disjunct areas in
Colorado, with the next nearest known population
located hundreds of miles away in northwest Wyoming.
Among the Engelman spruce, subalpine fir, lodgepole
pine, and quaking aspen stands that dominate the area,
visitors might glimpse Canada lynx--
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a federally listed threatened species--or the boreal
toad--Colorado's only alpine species of toad and a
Forest Service sensitive species that inhabits
subalpine forest wetlands at elevations between 8,500
feet and 11,500 feet. The area is an important habitat
connectivity corridor for lynx and related species.
Spruce and McCullough Creeks hold populations of green
lineage Colorado River cutthroat trout--also a Forest
Service sensitive species--that are core conservation
populations under the Colorado River Cutthroat Trout
Conservation Strategy. The area also provides a habitat
for mountain goats, moose, bighorn sheep, Rocky
Mountain elk, mule deer, black bears, mountain lions,
bobcats, bald eagles, white-tailed ptarmigans, hoary
bats, olive-sided flycatchers, martens, pygmy shrews,
boreal owls, northern goshawks, and several species of
waterfowl.
In light of threats posed by vandalism, unmanaged
recreation, and climate change, protecting the Camp
Hale and Tenmile Range area of the continental divide
will preserve its historic and prehistoric legacy and
maintain its diverse array of natural and scientific
resources, ensuring that the historic and scientific
values of the area remain for the benefit of all
Americans. Reserving this area would also honor the
valor and sacrifice of the 10th Mountain Division,
secure ongoing opportunities for Tribal communities to
continue spiritual and subsistence practices, and
enable the region's modern communities and the Nation
to continue to benefit from the area's world class
outdoor recreation opportunities.
WHEREAS, section 320301 of title 54, United States Code
(the ``Antiquities Act''), authorizes the President, in
his discretion, to declare by public proclamation
historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric
structures, and other objects of historic or scientific
interest that are situated upon the lands owned or
controlled by the Government of the United States to be
national monuments, and to reserve as a part thereof
parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall
be confined to the smallest area compatible with the
proper care and management of the objects to be
protected; and
WHEREAS, I find that each of the objects identified
above is an object of historic or scientific interest
in need of protection under 54 U.S.C. 320301; and
WHEREAS, I find that the Camp Hale and Tenmile Range
area of the continental divide is an important part of
the history of the United States military and of the
outdoor recreation industry; and
WHEREAS, I find that the Camp Hale and Tenmile Range
area of the continental divide is sacred to sovereign
Tribal Nations and Indigenous peoples of the United
States; and
WHEREAS, I find that the Camp Hale and Tenmile Range
area of the continental divide contains rare and
fragile ecosystems and geological features that are of
scientific interest; and
WHEREAS, I find that the unique and historical nature
of the lands that make up the Camp Hale and Tenmile
Range area of the continental divide and the collection
of objects of historic and scientific interest therein
make the landscape of the Camp Hale and Tenmile Range
area itself an object of historic and scientific
interest; and
WHEREAS, I find that there are threats to the objects
identified in this proclamation; and
WHEREAS, I find that, in the absence of a reservation
under the Antiquities Act, the objects identified in
this proclamation are not adequately protected by
otherwise applicable law or administrative designations
because neither provide Federal agencies with the
specific mandate to ensure proper care and management
of the objects, nor do they withdraw the lands from the
operation of the public land, mining, and mineral
leasing laws; and
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WHEREAS, I find that a national monument reservation is
necessary to protect the objects of historic and
scientific interest in the Camp Hale and Tenmile Range
area of the continental divide for current and future
generations; and
WHEREAS, I find that the boundaries of the monument
reserved by this proclamation represent the smallest
area compatible with the proper care and management of
the objects of scientific or historic interest to be
protected as required by the Antiquities Act; and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to ensure the
preservation and protection of the objects of
scientific and historic interest in the Camp Hale and
Tenmile Range area of the continental divide;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by the authority vested
in me by section 320301 of title 54, United States
Code, hereby proclaim the objects identified above that
are situated upon lands and interests in lands owned or
controlled by the Federal Government to be the Camp
Hale-Continental Divide National Monument (monument)
and, for the purpose of protecting those objects,
reserve as part thereof all lands and interests in
lands owned or controlled by the Federal Government
within the boundaries described on the accompanying
maps, which are attached hereto and form a part of this
proclamation. These reserved Federal lands and
interests in lands encompass approximately 53,804
acres. As a result of the distribution of the objects
across the landscape of the Camp Hale and Tenmile Range
area of the continental divide, and additionally and
independently, because the landscape itself is an
object in need of protection, the boundaries described
on the accompanying maps are confined to the smallest
area compatible with the proper care and management of
the objects of historic or scientific interest
identified above.
All Federal lands and interests in lands within the
boundaries of the monument are hereby appropriated and
withdrawn from all forms of entry, location, selection,
sale, or other disposition under the public land laws
or laws applicable to the Forest Service, including
withdrawal from location, entry, and patent under the
mining laws, and from disposition under all laws
relating to mineral and geothermal leasing.
If the Federal Government subsequently acquires any
lands or interests in lands not currently owned or
controlled by the Federal Government within the
boundaries described on the accompanying maps, such
lands and interests in lands shall be reserved as a
part of the monument, and objects identified above that
are situated upon those lands and interests in lands
shall be part of the monument, upon acquisition of
ownership or control by the Federal Government.
The Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), through the
Forest Service, shall manage the monument pursuant to
applicable legal authorities and in accordance with the
terms, conditions, and management direction provided by
this proclamation. The Secretary shall prepare, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, a
management plan for the monument, which shall include
provisions for continuing outdoor recreational
opportunities consistent with the proper care and
management of the objects identified above, and shall
promulgate such regulations for its management as
deemed appropriate. The Secretary shall provide for
maximum public involvement in the development of the
management plan, including consultation with federally
recognized Tribal Nations, State and local governments,
and other interested stakeholders. The final decision
over any management plans and any management rules and
regulations rests with the Secretary. Management plans
or rules and regulations developed by the Secretary of
the Interior governing uses within national parks or
national monuments administered by the Secretary of the
Interior shall not apply within the monument.
For purposes of protecting and restoring the objects
identified above, the Secretary shall prepare a travel
management plan to ensure appropriate
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access for the management and use of the area, which
shall provide for motorized and non-motorized
mechanized vehicle uses, including mountain biking,
consistent with the proper care and management of the
objects identified above. Unless inconsistent with the
proper care and management of the objects identified
above, non-motorized mechanized vehicle uses, including
mountain biking, shall continue to be permitted on the
roads and trails designated for such uses on the date
of this proclamation.
Nothing in this proclamation shall be deemed to enlarge
or diminish the rights or jurisdiction of any Tribal
Nation. The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent
permitted by law and in consultation with Tribal
Nations, ensure the protection of sacred sites and
traditional cultural properties and sites in the
monument and provide access to Tribal members for
traditional cultural, spiritual, and customary uses,
consistent with the American Indian Religious Freedom
Act (42 U.S.C. 1996) and Executive Order 13007 of May
24, 1996 (Indian Sacred Sites), including collection of
medicines, berries and other vegetation, forest
products, and firewood for personal noncommercial use
in a manner consistent with the proper care and
management of the objects identified herein.
In recognition of the importance of these lands and
objects to Tribal Nations, and to ensure that
management decisions affecting the monument reflect
Tribal expertise and Indigenous Knowledge, the
Secretary shall meaningfully engage with Tribal Nations
with cultural ties to the area, including the Ute
Tribes, in the development of the management plan and
to inform subsequent management of the monument. The
Secretary shall pursue opportunities for co-stewardship
through management planning and implementation,
including entering into cooperative agreements with
Tribal entities that have cultural ties to the
monument, and shall explore opportunities to provide
support to Tribal Nations to participate in the
planning and management of the monument.
The establishment of this monument is subject to valid
existing rights, including valid existing water rights.
Consistent with the proper care and management of the
objects identified above, nothing in this proclamation
shall be construed to preclude the renewal or
assignment of, or interfere with the operation,
maintenance, replacement, modification, or upgrade of
existing water infrastructure, including flood control,
pipeline, or other water management infrastructure;
State highway corridors or rights-of-way; or existing
utility and telecommunications rights-of-way or
facilities within or adjacent to the boundaries of
existing authorizations within the monument. Nothing in
this proclamation shall be deemed to affect the
operation or use of the existing railroad corridor as a
railroad right-of-way pursuant to valid existing rights
or for recreational purposes consistent with the proper
care and management of the objects identified above.
Existing water resource, flood control, utility,
pipeline, or telecommunications facilities located
within the monument may be expanded, and new facilities
may be constructed within the monument, to the extent
consistent with the proper care and management of the
objects identified above and subject to the Secretary's
special uses authorities and other applicable law.
Nothing in this proclamation shall affect the
responsibilities and authorities of the Department of
Defense under applicable environmental laws for the
remediation of hazardous substances or munitions or
explosives of concern within the monument boundaries,
nor affect any Department of Defense activities on
lands not included within the monument. To further the
protective purposes of the monument, the Secretary
shall explore entering into a memorandum of
understanding with the Secretary of Defense that would
address collaboration between the Departments, pursuant
to applicable laws and regulations, to support the
remediation of hazardous substances or munitions or
explosives of concern while ensuring the protection of
the monument objects identified above, as well as
implementing any needed controls for explosives safety.
The Secretary and the Secretary of Defense shall
cooperate
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and coordinate regarding access to carry out necessary
response actions under applicable environmental laws.
Nothing in this proclamation shall affect the Forest
Service's ability to authorize access to and
remediation of contaminated lands within the monument,
including for remediation of mine, mill, or tailing
sites, or for the restoration of natural resources.
Nothing in this proclamation shall preclude low-level
overflights of military aircraft, flight testing or
evaluation, the designation of new units of special use
airspace, or the use or establishment of military
flight training routes or transportation over the lands
reserved by this proclamation.
Nothing in this proclamation shall be deemed to enlarge
or diminish the jurisdiction of the State of Colorado
with respect to fish and wildlife management.
Laws, regulations, and policies followed by the Forest
Service in issuing and administering grazing permits on
all lands under its jurisdiction shall continue to
apply with regard to the lands in the monument.
The Secretary may carry out vegetative management
treatments within the monument consistent with the
proper care and management of the objects identified
above, except that commercial timber harvest may only
be used when the Secretary determines it appropriate to
address ecological restoration or the risk of wildfire,
insect infestation, or disease that would endanger the
objects identified in this proclamation or imperil
public safety.
Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to
alter the authority or responsibility of any party with
respect to emergency response activities within the
monument, including wildland fire response, or to
preclude avalanche control efforts within or adjacent
to the monument, including efforts to mitigate
avalanche risks to neighboring communities, roads and
infrastructure, or recreation facilities or
destinations.
Nothing in this proclamation shall be deemed to revoke
any existing withdrawal, reservation, or appropriation;
however, the national monument shall be the dominant
reservation.
Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not
to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature
of the monument and not to locate or settle upon any of
the lands thereof.
If any provision of this proclamation, including its
application to a particular parcel of land, is held to
be invalid, the remainder of this proclamation and its
application to other parcels of land shall not be
affected thereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.
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[FR Doc. 2022-22810
Filed 10-18-22; 8:45 am]
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