Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area

{{Short description|National Conservation Area in Colorado, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area

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| iucn_category = V

| photo = Aerial View of Ute Park.jpg

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| photo_caption = Aerial View of Ute Park, GGNCA

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| map = USA#Colorado

| relief = 1

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| map_caption = Map of the United States

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| location = Delta County / Montrose County,[http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/co/field_offices/gunnison_gorge_national/brochures.Par.24819.File.dat/brochure.pdf Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201083313/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/co/field_offices/gunnison_gorge_national/brochures.Par.24819.File.dat/brochure.pdf |date=2012-02-01 }} Bureau of Land Management Colorado, USA

| nearest_city = Montrose, Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|38.622|-107.889|region:US-CO|notes={{Cite web| url=http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Gunnison_Gorge_National_Conservation_Area_National_Conservation_Area_Blm| title=Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (Blm)| work=protectedplanet.net| access-date=2011-12-29| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126054315/http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Gunnison_Gorge_National_Conservation_Area_National_Conservation_Area_Blm| archive-date=2011-11-26| url-status=dead}}|display=inline, title}}

| area = {{convert|62844|acres|km2|abbr=on}}

| established = 1999

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| governing_body = Bureau of Land Management

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| url = http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nca/ggnca.html

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The Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area is a {{convert|62844|acres|km2|adj=on}} 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. {{convert|57725|acres|km2}} were designated in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-76{{Cite web |title=GovInfo |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-106publ76 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.govinfo.gov |language=en}}). The Black Canyon of the Gunnison Boundary Revision Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-78{{Cite web |title=GovInfo |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-108publ78 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.govinfo.gov |language=en}}) expanded the NCA to its current size.