BLM CO Thompson Divide Withdrawal Boundary Polygon

The GIS boundary for the Proposed Thompson Divide Withdrawal that will reserve the identified Federal lands and mineral interest from operation of the public land laws, mining laws, and mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws for up to 20 years to protect wildlife, recreation, ecological and scenic values, as described in Federal Register Notice 2022-22448 Vol. 87 No. 199 page 62878. Edits to the boundary have been incorporated from the US Forest Service and from the Bureau of Land Management in order to follow features that allow for legal land descriptions to be generated and eliminate the need for a new cadastral survey. All US Forest Service edits were made with direction USFS land managers from the White River National Forest and the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forest.
The Greater Thompson Divide withdraws 221,898.23 acres, including approximately 197,744.66 acres of National Forest System lands, approximately 15,464.99 acres of BLM-managed public lands, and approximately 8,688.58 acres of reserved Federal mineral interest, from all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location and entry under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, for a period of 20 years. The areas described, including both Federal and non-Federal lands, aggregate approximately 257,439.93 acres.
Please refer to the Public Land Order (https://www.federalregister.gov:443/documents/2024/04/08/2024-07384/public-land-order-no-7939-thompson-divide-withdrawal-colorado) PLO No. 7939 for more information on the legal land description of the boundary.