Establishes a 52,872-acre Dolores River National Conservation Area on Bureau of Land Management land and a 15,452-acre Dolores River Special Management Area in the San Juan National Forest in Colorado, with limits on motorized travel, road building, mining, and new water projects, and protections for existing water rights.

• Creates a 52,872-acre conservation area managed by the Bureau of Land Management and a 15,452-acre special management area managed by the Forest Service in the San Juan National Forest
• Withdraws the covered land from mining, mineral leasing, and new public land entry, and bars new permanent or temporary roads in the covered land except for administrative, safety, and access needs
• Creates a 14-member advisory council and requires management plans within 3 years of enactment, while stating that the Act does not affect decreed water rights, the Dolores Project, or McPhee Reservoir operations
• Releases designated Dolores River segments from Wild and Scenic Rivers Act study and bars federal assistance for water projects that would unreasonably diminish the river's resource values

• Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Senate)

Public Lands and Natural Resources