Historic District Public Lands Commission
Clear
Creek County, Colorado Division of Wildlife,
Colorado Historical Society, Town of Georgetown,
Town of Silver Plume, Historic
Georgetown
The Partnership
In September 1986, a Bureau of Land Management Record of Decision, based in part on BLM cultural resources surveys, announced that agency’s intent to dispose of land holdings in Clear Creek County. The BLM lands within and adjacent to the Georgetown – Silver Plume National Historic Landmark District consisted of numerous small parcels between the Georgetown and Silver Plume town boundaries and the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest.
In November of 1988, the towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume, the Colorado Historical Society and Clear Creek County submitted applications for patents for these BLM lands. The applicants formed the Historic District Public Lands Commission (HDPLC) by the intergovernmental Cooperative Management Agreement signed in January of 1989. Historic Georgetown Inc. joined the Commission because of its conservation holdings on Saxon and Leavenworth mountains. In 1990 the Colorado Division of Wildlife made application to BLM for the bighorn sheep range west of I-70 and became a Commission member.
The public lands applied for from BLM were transferred from federal ownership by Public Law 103-253 of May 19, 1994 entitled: Clear Creek County, Colorado Public Lands Transfer Act of 1993. Lands with the Historic District and Saxon Mountain Study Area, referred to as “Part II Lands”, transferred to the HDPLC member agencies under Section 4, entitled “Land Transfer to the State of Colorado and to Clear Creek County and Towns of Silver Plume and Georgetown.” The lands were delivered to the individual agencies by United States patents which are filed in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office of Clear Creek County.
The HDPLC is a planning forum for the agencies, mandated by the Public Law. Authority over the lands remains with the individual agencies. As a land management agency within the Historic District the U.S. Forest Service became a voting member of the Commission in 1996.
The Purpose
The HDPLC vision for the public lands is to: conserve plant and wildlife resources preserve vistas and cultural resources provide low impact recreational uses interpret natural and historic features.
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The Plan |
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The Cooperative Management Plan developed by the HDPLC sets forth the long and short range objectives of the Commission which include: |
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- Identification of historic roadbeds and trails. |
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- Inventory of cultural and natural assets within the property. |
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- Review of existing facilities on the property with the view of implementing low impact activities. |
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- Preparation of
long range plan for developing the low-impact recreational, preservation and |
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- Maintenance of existing trails. |
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- Preparation of a uniform signing plan. |
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- Consultation with
the appropriate federal, state and local agencies to identify concerns and
needs and |
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The Properties
Historic District Public Lands generally lie within the National Historic Landmark District, and the Saxton Mountain Study Area, but outside of the corporate boundary of the Town of Silver Plume, the patent boundary of the Town of Georgetown and the Operations Area of the Georgetown Loop Railroad.
Approximate areas of ownership as shown on the Historic
District map below, click here for a high resolution PDF
map
Other Projects
► Silver Heritage Area of Upper Clear Creek
► Silver Dale Non-motorized Recreation Area
last page update 03/22/2010
