Special Resource Study

Amache Special Resource Study

A special resource study (SRS) is conducted by the NPS at the request of Congress. The NPS collects and evaluates information about the resources in the study area and determines the eligibility of an area to be designated as a national park unit.

In March 2019, Congress passed the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9). Subtitle A, Section 2004 of this Act authorized the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site known as “Amache,” “Camp Amache,” and the “Granada Relocation Center” in the State of Colorado. As directed by Congress, the NPS has prepared this special resource study [6.33 MB PDF] to evaluate the potential of the Amache site to be included within the national park system. The relevant text of Public Law 116-9 is included in Appendix A of the SRS.