Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005

H.R. 774, the Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005, authorizes a land exchange between the federal government and the MacGregor Ranch in Larimer County, Colorado. Under this bill, the Department of the Interior would acquire approximately 40 acres of private land to be incorporated into Rocky Mountain National Park, while transferring a similar parcel of federal land to the ranch.

For citizens and visitors, this adjustment is designed to permanently protect the conservation and scenic values of the area by bringing sensitive lands under National Park Service management. The bill also ensures the federal government retains a conservation easement on the transferred land to prevent future development, maintaining the open space and historic character of the MacGregor Ranch landscape for the public's benefit.