Wilderness Study Areas are places that are awaiting Congressional designation as Federally Designated Wilderness Areas. They’re generally managed by the BLM, and meet, or should meet the same standards for wilderness. That is to say nearly no roads, rugged of character, and often remote. The holdings of Wilderness Areas and Wilderness Study Areas are known as the National Land Conservation System, and are generally considered the crown jewels of the American West. Colorado is fortunate to have a general holding of WSAs as well as areas that are federally designated Wilderness Areas.
Data collection for this page is ongoing.
| WSA Name | Acreage | GMU | Nomination Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Badlands | 10,425 | January 1993 | |
| American Flats | 3,306 | January 1993 | |
| Ant Hills | 4,354 | January 1993 | |
| Beaver Creek | 28,069 | 1980 | |
| Bill Hare Gulch | 76 | January 1993 | |
| Black Canyon | 1,200 | NA | |
| Black Mountain | 10,191 | 1980 | |
| Browns Canyon | 6,614 | January 1993 | |
| Bull Canyon | 11,777 | January 1993 | |
| Bull Gulch | 15,000 | January 1993 | |
| Cahone Canyon | 8,960 | January 1993 | |
| Camel Back | 10,402 | January 1993 | |
| Castle Peak | 11,940 | January 1993 | |
| Chew Winter Camp | 1,320 | January 1993 | |
| Cross Canyon | 11,580 | January 1993 | |
| Cross Mountain | 14,081 | January 1993 | |
| Demaree Canyon | 21,050 | January 1993 | |
| Diamond Breaks | 31,480 | January 1993 | |
| Dolores River Canyon | 28,668 | January 1993 | |
| Dominguez Canyon | 2,086 | ||
| Eagle Mountain | 330 | January 1993 | |
| Hack Lake | 10 | January 1993 | |
| Handies Peak | 16,664 | January 1993 | |
| High Mesa Grassland | 680 | January 1993 | |
| Little Book Cliffs | 26,525 | January 1993 | |
| Lower Grape Creek | 11,220 | January 1993 | |
| McIntyre Hills | 16,650 | January 1993 | |
| McKenna Peak | 19,398 | January 1993 | |
| Menefee Mountain | 7,089 | January 1993 | |
| Needle Rock | 80 | January 1993 | |
| North Sand Hills | 791 | January 1993 | |
| Oil Spring Mountain | 17,740 | January 1993 | |
| Papa Keal | 400 | January 1993 | |
| Peterson Draw | 5,160 | January 1993 | |
| Platte River Contiguous | 30 | January 1993 | |
| Powderhorn | 7,022 | January 1993 | |
| Rare Lizard and Snake | 443 | January 1993 | |
| Redcloud Peak | 36,722 | January 1993 | |
| San Luis Hills | 10,240 | January 1993 | |
| Sewemup Mesa | 19,140 | January 1993 | |
| Skull Creek | 13,740 | January 1993 | |
| South Piney Creek | 10 | ||
| Squaw/Papoose Canyon | 4,611 | January 1993 | |
| The Palisade | 26,050 | January 1993 | |
| Troublesome | 8,250 | January 1993 | |
| Upper Grape Creek | 10,200 | January 1993 | |
| Vale of Tears | 7,420 | January 1993 | |
| Weber Mountain | 6,303 | January 1993 | |
| Weminuche Contiguous | 1,840 | NA | |
| West Cold Spring | 14,482 | January 1993 | |
| West Needles Creek Contiguous | 1,240 | NA | |
| Whitehead Gulch | 1,500 | NA | |
| Willow Creek | 13,368 | January 1993 | |
| Windy Gulch | 12,274 | January 1993 |
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