For centuries, the rugged granite cliffs, colorful rock outcroppings and stunning mountain vistas of Browns Canyon National Monument have attracted visitors from around the world. Browns Canyon National Monument, including the Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area (WSA), covers approximately 22,000 acres of federally and state-managed public lands in Chaffee County, Colorado. The area’s unusual geology and roughly 3,000-foot range in elevation supports a diverse riparian corridor, granite outcroppings, wooded drainages lead from the river to upland areas covered with aspen, limber pines, Douglas firs, and subalpine grasslands. The variety of terrain provides a wealth of geological, ecological and cultural and historic resources.

President Obama designated the 21,589-acre Browns Canyon National Monument on February 19, 2015. The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service jointly manage the Monument. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), through the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (AHRA), manages river-based recreation on the Arkansas River through Browns Canyon.

Source: BLM Website (March 2023)

Establishment Browns Canyon National Monument — February 19, 2015

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The contents of brochures, site bulletins and trading cards (denoted with a colored caption) can be viewed by clicking on the cover. Most modern-day brochures, however, are cover only (denoted by a white caption) due to photograph copyrights. These items are historical in scope and are intended for educational purposes only; they are not meant as an aid for travel planning. The dates under each brochure do not reflect the complete range of years that a particular brochure was issued.

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Annual Manager's Report—Fiscal Year 2017, Browns Canyon National Monument (Keith Berger)

Annual Manager's Report: 2021, Browns Canyon National Monument (Kalem Lenard, 2021)

Annual Manager's Report: 2022, Browns Canyon National Monument (Kalem Lenard, 2022)

Early years: Browns Canyon/Struggle for Browns Canyon (Ryan Summerlin, extracts from The Mountain Mail, March 17-18, 2015)

Iconic Places of the US Forest Service: Browns Canyon National Monument Ecosystem Workforce Program Fact Sheet 17 (Autumn Ellison and James Miller, Spring 2019)

Land Status Map (2015)

Map, Browns Canyon National Monument (2015)

Proclamation 9232—Establishment of the Browns Canyon National Monument (Barack Obama, February 19, 2015)

Proposed Resource Management Plan / Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1: Chapters 1-3, Browns Canyon National Monument (April 2020)

Proposed Resource Management Plan / Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 2: Appendices, Browns Canyon National Monument (April 2020)

Questions and Answers, Browns Canyon National Monument (February 2015)

Record of Decision and Approved Plan Amendment for the Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands Land and Resource Management Plan, Browns Canyon National Monument (July 2020)

Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan, Browns Canyon National Monument (Errata, 2021) (July 2020)

Social Landscape Assessment of Browns Canyon National Monument Final Report (Gina Bartlett, Lee Cerveny, Julia Golomb, John Harner and Rebecca Gronewald, August 2017)