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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 861

To designate certain Federal land in the State of Utah as wilderness, and

for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 22, 1999

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mrs. MURRAY,

Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. KERRY, Mr. REED, Mrs. BOXER,

Mr. HARKIN, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mr. WELLSTONE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To designate certain Federal land in the State of Utah

as wilderness, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act of 1999’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of

7 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Definitions.

TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS
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Sec. 101. Great Basin Wilderness Areas.

Sec. 102. Zion and Mojave Desert Wilderness Areas.

Sec. 103. Grand Staircase-Escalante Wilderness Areas.

Sec. 104. Moab-LaSal Canyons Wilderness Areas.

Sec. 105. Henry Mountains Wilderness Areas.

Sec. 106. Glen Canyon Wilderness Areas.

Sec. 107. San Juan-Anasazi Wilderness Areas.

Sec. 108. Canyonlands Basin Wilderness Areas.

Sec. 109. San Rafael Swell Wilderness Areas.

Sec. 110. Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin Wilderness Areas.

TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

Sec. 201. General provisions.

Sec. 202. Administration.

Sec. 203. State school trust land within wilderness areas.

Sec. 204. Water.

Sec. 205. Roads.

Sec. 206. Livestock.

Sec. 207. Fish and wildlife.

Sec. 208. Management of newly acquired land.

Sec. 209. Authorization of appropriations.

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

2 In this Act:

3 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

4 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu5 reau of Land Management.

6 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State

7 of Utah.

8 TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF

9 WILDERNESS AREAS

10 SEC. 101. GREAT BASIN WILDERNESS AREAS.

11 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

12 (1) the Great Basin region of western Utah is

13 comprised of starkly beautiful mountain ranges that

14 rise as islands from the desert floor;
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1 (2) the Wah Wah Mountains in the Great

2 Basin region are arid and austere, with massive cliff

3 faces and leathery slopes speckled with pin ̃on and ju4 niper;

5 (3) the Pilot Range and Stansbury Mountains

6 in the Great Basin region are high enough to draw

7 moisture from passing clouds and support eco8 systems found nowhere else on earth;

9 (4) from bristlecone pine, the world’s oldest liv10 ing organism, to newly-flowered mountain meadows,

11 mountains of the Great Basin region are islands of

12 nature that—

13 (A) support remarkable biological diversity;

14 and

15 (B) provide opportunities to experience the

16 colossal silence of the Great Basin; and

17 (5) the Great Basin region of western Utah

18 should be protected and managed to ensure the pres19 ervation of the natural conditions of the region.

20 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder21 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

22 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com23 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

24 (1) Barn Hills (approximately 21,000 acres).

25 (2) Black Hills (approximately 9,000 acres).
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1 (3) Bullgrass Knoll (approximately 16,000

2 acres).

3 (4) Burbank Hills/Tunnel Spring (approxi4 mately 94,000 acres).

5 (5) Cedar Mountains (approximately 108,000

6 acres).

7 (6) Conger Mountains (approximately 22,000

8 acres).

9 (7) Cougar Canyon/Docs Pass (approximately

10 43,000 acres).

11 (8) Crater Bench (approximately 35,000 acres).

12 (9) Crater and Silver Island Mountains (ap13 proximately 124,000 acres).

14 (10) Cricket Mountains Cluster (approximately

15 63,000 acres).

16 (11) Deep Creek Mountains (approximately

17 114,000 acres).

18 (12) Drum Mountains (approximately 40,000

19 acres).

20 (13) Dugway Mountains (approximately 24,000

21 acres).

22 (14) Fish Springs Range (approximately

23 53,000 acres).

24 (15) Granite Peak (approximately 17,000

25 acres).
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1 (16) Grassy Mountains (approximately 24,000

2 acres).

3 (17) Grouse Creek Mountains (approximately

4 15,000 acres).

5 (18) House Range (approximately 174,000

6 acres).

7 (19) Keg Mountains (approximately 38,000

8 acres).

9 (20) King Top (approximately 101,000 acres).

10 (21) Ledger Canyon (approximately 9,000

11 acres).

12 (22) Little Goose Creek (approximately 1,300

13 acres).

14 (23) Middle/Granite Mountains (approximately

15 82,000 acres).

16 (24) Mount Escalante (approximately 17,000

17 acres).

18 (25) Mountain Home Range (approximately

19 90,000 acres).

20 (26) Newfoundland Mountains (approximately

21 23,000).

22 (27) Ochre Mountain (approximately 13,000

23 acres).

24 (28) Painted Rock Mountain (approximately

25 26,000 acres).
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1 (29) Paradise/Steamboat Mountains (approxi2 mately 124,000 acres).

3 (30) Pilot Range (approximately 46,000 acres).

4 (31) Red Top (approximately 27,000 acres).

5 (32) Rockwell-Little Sahara (approximately

6 12,000 acres).

7 (33) San Francisco Mountains (approximately

8 40,000 acres).

9 (34) Sand Ridge (approximately 73,000 acres).

10 (35) Simpson Mountains (approximately 43,000

11 acres).

12 (36) Snake Valley (approximately 101,000

13 acres).

14 (37) Stansbury Mountains (approximately

15 25,000 acres).

16 (38) Thomas Range (approximately 36,000

17 acres).

18 (39) Tule Valley (approximately 156,000

19 acres).

20 (40) Wah Wah Mountains (approximately

21 150,000 acres).

22 (41) Wasatch/Sevier Plateaus (approximately

23 30,000 acres).

24 (42) White Rock Range (approximately 5,500

25 acres).
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1 SEC. 102. ZION AND MOJAVE DESERT WILDERNESS AREAS.

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

3 (1) the renowned landscape of Zion National

4 Park, including soaring cliff walls, forested plateaus,

5 and deep narrow gorges, extends beyond the bound6 aries of the Park onto surrounding public lands

7 managed by the Secretary;

8 (2) from the pink sand dunes of Moquith

9 Mountain to the golden pools of Beaver Dam Wash,

10 the Zion and Mojave Desert areas encompass 3

11 major provinces of the Southwest that include—

12 (A) the sculpted canyon country of the

13 Colorado Plateau;

14 (B) the Mojave Desert; and

15 (C) portions of the Great Basin;

16 (3) the Zion and Mojave Desert areas display

17 a rich mosaic of biological, archaeological, and scenic

18 diversity;

19 (4) 1 of the last remaining populations of

20 threatened desert tortoise is found within this re21 gion; and

22 (5) the Zion and Mojave Desert areas in Utah

23 should be protected and managed as wilderness

24 areas.

25 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder26 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in
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1 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com2 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

3 (1) Beaver Dam Mountains-North (approxi4 mately 19,000 acres).

5 (2) Beaver Dam Mountains-South (approxi6 mately 12,000 acres).

7 (3) Beaver Dam Wash (approximately 23,000

8 acres).

9 (4) Beaver Dam Wilderness Expansion (ap10 proximately 7,600 acres).

11 (5) Canaan Mountain (approximately 56,000

12 acres).

13 (6) Cottonwood Canyon (approximately 12,000

14 acres).

15 (7) Glass Eye Canyon (approximately 18,000

16 acres).

17 (8) Joshua Tree (approximately 13,000 acres).

18 (9) Parunuweap Canyon (approximately 44,000

19 acres).

20 (10) Red Butte (approximately 4,200 acres).

21 (11) Red Mountain (approximately 19,000

22 acres).

23 (12) Scarecrow Peak (approximately 17,000

24 acres).
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1 (13) Zion Adjacent (approximately 56,000

2 acres).

3 SEC. 103. GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE WILDERNESS

4 AREAS.

5 (a) GRAND STAIRCASE AREA.—

6 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

7 (A) the area known as the Grand Staircase

8 rises more than 6,000 feet in a series of great

9 cliffs and plateaus from the depths of the

10 Grand Canyon to the forested rim of Bryce

11 Canyon;

12 (B) the Grand Staircase—

13 (i) spans 6 major life zones, from the

14 lower Sonoran Desert to the alpine forest;

15 and

16 (ii) encompasses geologic formations

17 that display 3,000,000,000 years of

18 Earth’s history;

19 (C) land managed by the Secretary lines

20 the intricate canyon system of the Paria River

21 and forms a vital natural corridor connection to

22 the deserts and forests of these national parks;

23 (D) land described in paragraph (2) (other

24 than Upper Kanab Creek, Moquith Mountain,

25 and Vermillion Cliffs) is located within the
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1 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument;

2 and

3 (E) the Grand Staircase in Utah should be

4 protected and managed as a wilderness area.

5 (2) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the

6 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol7 lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder8 ness areas and as components of the National Wil9 derness Preservation System:

10 (A) Bunting Point (approximately 11,000

11 acres).

12 (B) East of Bryce (approximately 800

13 acres).

14 (C) Ladder Canyon (approximately 14,000

15 acres).

16 (D) Moquith Mountain (approximately

17 15,000 acres).

18 (E) Nephi Point (approximately 13,000

19 acres).

20 (F) Paria-Hackberry (approximately

21 186,000 acres).

22 (G) land adjacent to the Paria Wilderness

23 (approximately 2,900 acres).

24 (H) Pine Hollow (approximately 10,000

25 acres).
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1 (I) Timber Mountain (approximately

2 46,000 acres).

3 (J) Upper Kanab Creek (approximately

4 48,000 acres).

5 (K) Vermillion Cliffs (approximately

6 27,000 acres).

7 (L) Willis Creek (approximately 21,000

8 acres).

9 (M) Willis Creek North (approximately

10 690 acres).

11 (b) KAIPAROWITS PLATEAU.—

12 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

13 (A) the Kaiparowits Plateau east of the

14 Paria River is 1 of the most rugged and iso15 lated wilderness regions in the United States;

16 (B) the Kaiparowits Plateau, a windswept

17 land of harsh beauty, contains distant vistas

18 and a remarkable variety of plant and animal

19 species;

20 (C) ancient forests, an abundance of big

21 game animals, and 22 species of raptors thrive

22 undisturbed on the grassland mesa tops of the

23 Kaiparowits Plateau;
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1 (D) each of the areas described in para2 graph (2) is located within the Grand Staircase3 Escalante National Monument; and

4 (E) the Kaiparowits Plateau should be pro5 tected and managed as a wilderness area.

6 (2) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the

7 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol8 lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder9 ness areas and as components of the National Wil10 derness Preservation System:

11 (A) Andalex Not (approximately 15,000

12 acres).

13 (B) Box Canyon (approximately 2,900

14 acres).

15 (C) Burning Hills (approximately 80,000

16 acres).

17 (D) Carcass Canyon (approximately

18 84,000 acres).

19 (E) Fiftymile Bench (approximately

20 13,000 acres).

21 (F) Fiftymile Mountain (approximately

22 201,000 acres).

23 (G) Heaps Canyon (approximately 4,100

24 acres).
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1 (H) Horse Spring Canyon (approximately

2 32,000 acres).

3 (I) Little Valley Canyon (approximately

4 4,100 acres).

5 (J) Mud Spring Canyon (approximately

6 65,000 acres).

7 (K) Nipple Bench (approximately 29,000

8 acres).

9 (L) Paradise Canyon-Wahweap (approxi10 mately 264,000 acres).

11 (M) Rock Cove (approximately 17,000

12 acres).

13 (N) The Blues (approximately 22,000

14 acres).

15 (O) The Cockscomb (approximately 12,000

16 acres).

17 (P) Warm Creek (approximately 23,000

18 acres).

19 (Q) Wide Hollow (approximately 7,100

20 acres).

21 (c) ESCALANTE CANYONS.—

22 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

23 (A) glens and coves carved in massive

24 sandstone cliffs, spring-watered hanging gar25 dens, and the silence of ancient Anasazi ruins
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1 are examples of the unique features that entice

2 hikers, campers, and sightseers from around

3 the world to Escalante Canyon;

4 (B) Escalante Canyon links the spruce fir

5 forests of the 11,000-foot Aquarius Plateau

6 with winding slickrock canyons that flow into

7 Lake Powell;

8 (C) Escalante Canyon, 1 of Utah’s most

9 popular natural areas, contains critical habitat

10 for deer, elk, and wild bighorn sheep that also

11 enhances the scenic integrity of the area;

12 (D) each of the areas described in para13 graph (2) is located within the Grand Staircase14 Escalante National Monument; and

15 (E) Escalante Canyon should be protected

16 and managed as a wilderness area.

17 (2) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the

18 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol19 lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder20 ness areas and as components of the National Wil21 derness Preservation System:

22 (A) Brinkerhof Flats (approximately 3,100

23 acres).

24 (B) Colt Mesa (approximately 28,000

25 acres).
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1 (C) Death Hollow (approximately 49,000

2 acres).

3 (D) Forty Mile Gulch (approximately

4 5,500 acres).

5 (E) Hurricane Wash (approximately

6 10,000 acres).

7 (F) Lampstand (approximately 8,000

8 acres).

9 (G) North Escalante Canyons (approxi10 mately 177,000 acres).

11 (H) Pioneer Mesa (approximately 11,000

12 acres).

13 (I) Scorpion (approximately 44,000 acres).

14 (J) Sooner Bench (approximately 530

15 acres).

16 (K) Steep Creek (approximately 35,000

17 acres).

18 (L) Studhorse Peaks (approximately

19 24,000 acres).

20 SEC. 104. MOAB-LASAL CANYONS WILDERNESS AREAS.

21 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

22 (1) the canyons surrounding the La Sal Moun23 tains and the town of Moab offer a variety of ex24 traordinary landscapes;
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1 (2) outstanding examples of natural formations

2 and landscapes in the Moab-LaSal area include the

3 huge sandstone fins of Behind the Rocks, the mys4 terious Fisher Towers, and the whitewater rapids of

5 Westwater Canyon; and

6 (3) the Moab-LaSal area should be protected

7 and managed as a wilderness area.

8 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder9 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

10 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com11 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

12 (1) Beaver Creek (approximately 40,000 acres).

13 (2) Behind the Rocks and Hunters Canyon (ap14 proximately 23,000 acres).

15 (3) Big Triangle (approximately 21,000 acres).

16 (4) Black Ridge Canyon (approximately 410

17 acres).

18 (5) Dome Plateau-Professor Valley (approxi19 mately 35,000 acres).

20 (6) Fisher Towers (approximately 18,000

21 acres).

22 (7) Goldbar Canyon (approximately 6,900

23 acres).

24 (8) Granite Creek (approximately 5,000 acres).
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1 (9) Mary Jane Canyon (approximately 24,000

2 acres).

3 (10) Mill Creek (approximately 15,000 acres).

4 (11) Porcupine Rim and Morning Glory (ap5 proximately 19,000 acres).

6 (12) Westwater Canyon (approximately 37,000

7 acres).

8 (13) Yellow Bird (approximately 400 acres).

9 SEC. 105. HENRY MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREAS.

10 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

11 (1) the Henry Mountain Range, the last moun12 tain range to be discovered and named by early ex13 plorers in the contiguous United States, still retains

14 a wild and undiscovered quality;

15 (2) fluted badlands that surround the flanks of

16 11,000-foot Mounts Ellen and Pennell contain areas

17 of critical habitat for mule deer and for the largest

18 herd of free-roaming buffalo in the United States;

19 (3) despite their relative accessibility, the Henry

20 Mountain Range remains 1 of the wildest, least21 known ranges in the United States; and

22 (4) the Henry Mountain range should be pro23 tected and managed to ensure the preservation of

24 the range as a wilderness area.
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1 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder2 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

3 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com4 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

5 (1) Bull Mountain (approximately 17,000

6 acres).

7 (2) Bullfrog Creek (approximately 35,000

8 acres).

9 (3) Dogwater Creek (approximately 4,500

10 acres).

11 (4) Fremont Gorge (approximately 21,000

12 acres).

13 (5) Long Canyon (approximately 17,000 acres).

14 (6) Mount Ellen-Blue Hills (approximately

15 132,000 acres).

16 (7) Mount Hillers (approximately 19,000

17 acres).

18 (8) Mount Pennell (approximately 147,000

19 acres).

20 (9) Notom Bench (approximately 6,500 acres).

21 (10) Ragged Mountain (approximately 28,000

22 acres).

23 SEC. 106. GLEN CANYON WILDERNESS AREAS.

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the side canyons of Glen Canyon, including

2 the Dirty Devil River and the Red, White and Blue

3 Canyons, contain some of the most remote and out4 standing landscapes in southern Utah;

5 (2) the Dirty Devil River, once the fortress

6 hideout of outlaw Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch, has

7 sculpted a maze of slickrock canyons through an im8 posing landscape of monoliths and inaccessible

9 mesas;

10 (3) the Red and Blue Canyons contain colorful

11 Chinle/Moenkopi badlands found nowhere else in the

12 region; and

13 (4) the canyons of Glen Canyon in the State

14 should be protected and managed as wilderness

15 areas.

16 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder17 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

18 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com19 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

20 (1) Cane Spring Desert (approximately 18,000

21 acres).

22 (2) Dark Canyon (approximately 137,000

23 acres).

24 (3) Dirty Devil (approximately 243,000 acres).

25 (4) Fiddler Butte (approximately 93,000 acres).
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1 (5) Flat Tops (approximately 30,000 acres).

2 (6) Little Rockies (approximately 63,000

3 acres).

4 (7) Red Rock Plateau (approximately 210,000

5 acres).

6 (8) White Canyon (approximately 96,000

7 acres).

8 SEC. 107. SAN JUAN-ANASAZI WILDERNESS AREAS.

9 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

10 (1) more than 1,000 years ago, the Anasazi In11 dian culture flourished in the slickrock canyons and

12 on the pin ̃on-covered mesas of southeastern Utah;

13 (2) evidence of the ancient presence of the

14 Anasazi pervades the Cedar Mesa area of the San

15 Juan-Anasazi area where cliff dwellings, rock art,

16 and ceremonial kivas embellish sandstone overhangs

17 and isolated benchlands;

18 (3) the Cedar Mesa area is in need of protec19 tion from the vandalism and theft of its unique cul20 tural resources;

21 (4) the Cedar Mesa wilderness areas should be

22 created to protect both the archaeological heritage

23 and the extraordinary wilderness, scenic, and eco24 logical values of the United States; and
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1 (5) the San Juan-Anasazi area should be pro2 tected and managed as a wilderness area to ensure

3 the preservation of the unique and valuable re4 sources of that area.

5 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder6 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

7 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com8 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

9 (1) Allen Canyon (approximately 9,000 acres).

10 (2) Arch Canyon (approximately 31,000 acres).

11 (3) Comb Ridge (approximately 16,000 acres).

12 (4) East Montezuma (approximately 48,000

13 acres).

14 (5) Fish and Owl Creek Canyons (approxi15 mately 72,000 acres).

16 (6) Grand Gulch (approximately 158,000

17 acres).

18 (7) Hammond Canyon (approximately 4,600

19 acres).

20 (8) Nokai Dome (approximately 94,000 acres).

21 (9) Road Canyon (approximately 63,000 acres).

22 (10) San Juan River (Sugarloaf) (approxi23 mately 15,000 acres).

24 (11) The Tabernacle (approximately 7,700

25 acres).
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1 SEC. 108. CANYONLANDS BASIN WILDERNESS AREAS.

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

3 (1) Canyonlands National Park safeguards only

4 a small portion of the extraordinary red-hued, cliff5 walled canyonland region of the Colorado Plateau;

6 (2) areas near Arches National Park and

7 Canyonlands National Park contain canyons with

8 rushing perennial streams, natural arches, bridges,

9 and towers;

10 (3) the gorges of the Green and Colorado Riv11 ers, lie on adjacent land managed by the Secretary;

12 (4) popular overlooks in Canyonlands Nations

13 Park and Dead Horse Point State Park have views

14 directly into adjacent areas, including Lockhart

15 Basin and Indian Creek; and

16 (5) designation of these areas as wilderness

17 would ensure the protection of this erosional master18 piece of nature and of the rich pockets of wildlife

19 found within its expanded boundaries.

20 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder21 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

22 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com23 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

24 (1) Bridger Jack Mesa (approximately 33,000

25 acres).

26 (2) Butler Wash (approximately 29,000 acres).
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1 (3) Dead Horse Cliffs (approximately 3,000

2 acres).

3 (4) Demon’s Playground (approximately 3,700

4 acres).

5 (5) Duma Point (approximately 10,000 acres).

6 (6) Gooseneck (approximately 9,000 acres).

7 (7) Hatch Point Canyons/Lockhart Basin (ap8 proximately 149,000 acres).

9 (8) Horsethief Point (approximately 14,000

10 acres).

11 (9) Indian Creek (approximately 28,000 acres).

12 (10) Labyrinth Canyon (approximately 152,000

13 acres).

14 (11) San Rafael River (approximately 102,000

15 acres).

16 (12) Shay Mountain (approximately 15,000

17 acres).

18 (13) Sweetwater Reef (approximately 69,000

19 acres).

20 (14) Upper Horseshoe Canyon (approximately

21 60,000 acres).

22 SEC. 109. SAN RAFAEL SWELL WILDERNESS AREAS.

23 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the San Rafael Swell towers above the

2 desert like a castle, ringed by 1,000-foot ramparts of

3 Navajo Sandstone;

4 (2) the highlands of the San Rafael Swell have

5 been fractured by uplift and rendered hollow by ero6 sion over countless millennia, leaving a tremendous

7 basin punctuated by mesas, buttes, and canyons and

8 traversed by sediment-laden desert streams;

9 (3) among other places, the San Rafael wilder10 ness offers exceptional back country opportunities in

11 the colorful Wild Horse Badlands, the monoliths of

12 North Caineville Mesa, the rock towers of Cliff

13 Wash, and colorful cliffs of Humbug Canyon;

14 (4) the mountains within these areas are among

15 Utah’s most valuable habitat for desert bighorn

16 sheep; and

17 (5) the San Rafael Swell area should be pro18 tected and managed to ensure its preservation as a

19 wilderness area.

20 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder21 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

22 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com23 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

24 (1) Cedar Mountain (approximately 15,000

25 acres).
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1 (2) Devils Canyon (approximately 23,000

2 acres).

3 (3) Hondu Country (approximately 20,000

4 acres).

5 (4) Jones Bench (approximately 2,800 acres).

6 (5) Limestone Cliffs (approximately 24,000

7 acres).

8 (6) Lost Spring Wash (approximately 36,000

9 acres).

10 (7) Mexican Mountain (approximately 99,000

11 acres).

12 (8) Molen Reef (approximately 33,000 acres).

13 (9) Muddy Creek (approximately 235,000

14 acres).

15 (10) Mussentuchit Badlands (approximately

16 25,000 acres).

17 (11) Price River-Humbug (approximately

18 99,000 acres).

19 (12) Red Desert (approximately 40,000 acres).

20 (13) Rock Canyon (approximately 17,000

21 acres).

22 (14) San Rafael Reef (approximately 105,000

23 acres).

24 (15) Sids Mountain (approximately 146,000

25 acres).
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1 (16) Upper Muddy Creek (approximately

2 19,000 acres).

3 (17) Wild Horse Mesa (approximately 91,000

4 acres).

5 SEC. 110. BOOK CLIFFS AND UINTA BASIN WILDERNESS

6 AREAS.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

8 (1) the Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin wilderness

9 areas offer—

10 (A) unique big game hunting opportunities

11 in verdant high-plateau forests;

12 (B) the opportunity for float trips of sev13 eral days duration down the Green River in

14 Desolation Canyon; and

15 (C) the opportunity for calm water canoe

16 weekends on the White River;

17 (2) the long rampart of the Book Cliffs bounds

18 the area on the south, while seldom-visited uplands,

19 dissected by the rivers and streams, slope away to

20 the north into the Uinta Basin;

21 (3) bighorn sheep, elk, mule deer, bears, and

22 cougars flourish in the back country of the Book

23 Cliffs; and
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1 (4) the Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin areas

2 should be protected and managed to ensure the pro3 tection of the areas as wilderness.

4 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder5 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

6 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com7 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

8 (1) Bourdette Draw (approximately 16,000

9 acres).

10 (2) Bull Canyon (approximately 3,000 acres).

11 (3) Chipeta Cluster (approximately 98,000

12 acres).

13 (4) Desbrough Canyon (approximately 13,000

14 acres).

15 (5) Desolation Canyon (approximately 552,000

16 acres).

17 (6) Diamond Canyon (approximately 167,000

18 acres).

19 (7) Diamond Breaks (approximately 8,000

20 acres).

21 (8) Diamond Mountain (also known as ‘‘Wild

22 Mountain’’) (approximately 27,000 acres).

23 (9) Goslin Mountain (approximately 5,100

24 acres).
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1 (10) Hideout Canyon (approximately 13,000

2 acres).

3 (11) Lower Bitter Creek (approximately 14,000

4 acres).

5 (12) Lower Flaming Gorge (approximately

6 20,000 acres).

7 (13) Mexico Point (approximately 15,000

8 acres).

9 (14) Moonshine Draw (also known as ‘‘Daniels

10 Canyon’’) (approximately 10,000 acres).

11 (15) O-Wi-Yu-Kuts (approximately 11,000

12 acres).

13 (16) Red Creek Badlands (approximately 3,800

14 acres).

15 (17) Sunday School Canyon (approximately

16 18,000 acres).

17 (18) Survey Point (approximately 9,000 acres).

18 (19) Tabyago Canyon (approximately 21,000

19 acres).

20 (20) Turtle Canyon (approximately 37,000

21 acres).

22 (21) White River (approximately 19,000 acres).

23 (22) Winter Ridge (approximately 38,000

24 acres).
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1 TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE

2 PROVISIONS

3 SEC. 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

4 (a) NAMES OF WILDERNESS AREAS.—Each wilder5 ness area named in title I shall—

6 (1) consist of the quantity of land referenced

7 with respect to that named area, as generally de8 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Utah BLM Wilderness

9 Proposed by S. lll, 106th Congress’’; and

10 (2) be known by the name given to it in title

11 I.

12 (b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after

14 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

15 shall file a map and a legal description of each wil16 derness area designated by this Act with—

17 (A) the Committee on Resources of the

18 House of Representatives; and

19 (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural

20 Resources of the Senate.

21 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—A map and legal descrip22 tion filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same

23 force and effect as if included in this Act, except

24 that the Secretary may correct clerical and typo25 graphical errors in the map and legal description.
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1 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and

2 legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be

3 filed and made available for public inspection in the

4 Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Man5 agement.

6 SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION.

7 Subject to valid rights in existence on the date of en8 actment of this Act, each wilderness area designated under

9 this Act shall be administered by the Secretary in accord10 ance with—

11 (1) the Federal Land Policy and Management

12 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and

13 (2) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et

14 seq.).

15 SEC. 203. STATE SCHOOL TRUST LANDS WITHIN WILDER16 NESS AREAS.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), if State18 owned land is included in an area designated by this Act

19 as a wilderness area, the Secretary shall offer to exchange

20 land owned by the United States in the State of approxi21 mately equal value in accordance with section 603(c) of

22 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

23 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)) and section 5(a) of the Wilderness

24 Act (16 U.S.C. 1134(a)).
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1 (b) MINERAL INTERESTS.—The Secretary shall not

2 transfer any mineral interests under subsection (a) unless

3 the State transfers to the Secretary any mineral interests

4 in land designated by this Act as a wilderness area.

5 SEC. 204. WATER.

6 (a) RESERVATION.—

7 (1) WATER FOR WILDERNESS AREAS.—

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each

9 wilderness area designated by this Act, Con10 gress reserves a quantity of water determined

11 by the Secretary to be sufficient for the wilder12 ness area.

13 (B) PRIORITY DATE.—The priority date of

14 a right reserved under subparagraph (A) shall

15 be the date of enactment of this Act.

16 (2) PROTECTION OF RIGHTS.—The Secretary

17 and other officers and employees of the United

18 States shall take any steps necessary to protect the

19 rights reserved by paragraph (1)(A), including the

20 filing of a claim for the quantification of the rights

21 in any present or future appropriate stream adju22 dication in the courts of the State—

23 (A) in which the United States is or may

24 be joined; and
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1 (B) that is conducted in accordance with

2 section 208 of the Department of Justice Ap3 propriation Act, 1953 (66 Stat. 560, chapter

4 651).

5 (b) PRIOR RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing in this

6 Act relinquishes or reduces any water rights reserved or

7 appropriated by the United States in the State on or be8 fore the date of enactment of this Act.

9 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—

10 (1) SPECIFICATION OF RIGHTS.—The Federal

11 water rights reserved by this Act are specific to the

12 wilderness areas designated by this Act.

13 (2) NO PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED.—Nothing in

14 this Act related to reserved Federal water rights—

15 (A) shall establish a precedent with regard

16 to any future designation of water rights; or

17 (B) shall affect the interpretation of any

18 other Act or any designation made under any

19 other Act.

20 SEC. 205. ROADS.

21 (a) SETBACKS.—

22 (1) MEASUREMENT IN GENERAL.—A setback

23 under this section shall be measured from the center

24 line of the road.
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1 (2) WILDERNESS ON 1 SIDE OF ROADS.—Ex2 cept as provided in subsection (b), a setback for a

3 road with wilderness on only 1 side shall be set at—

4 (A) 300 feet from a paved Federal or

5 State highway;

6 (B) 100 feet from any other paved road or

7 high standard dirt or gravel road; and

8 (C) 30 feet from any other road.

9 (3) WILDERNESS ON BOTH SIDES OF ROADS.—

10 Except as provided in subsection (b), a setback for

11 a road with wilderness on both sides (including cher12 ry-stems or roads separating 2 wilderness units)

13 shall be set at—

14 (A) 200 feet from a paved Federal or

15 State highway;

16 (B) 40 feet from any other paved road or

17 high standard dirt or gravel road; and

18 (C) 10 feet from any other roads.

19 (b) SETBACK EXCEPTIONS.—

20 (1) WELL-DEFINED TOPOGRAPHICAL BAR21 RIERS.—If, between the road and the boundary of a

22 setback area described in paragraph (2) or (3) of

23 subsection (a), there is a well-defined cliff edge,

24 stream bank, or other topographical barrier, the Sec-
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1 retary shall use the barrier as the wilderness bound2 ary.

3 (2) FENCES.—If, between the road and the

4 boundary of a setback area specified in paragraph

5 (2) or (3) of subsection (a), there is a fence running

6 parallel to a road, the Secretary shall use the fence

7 as the wilderness boundary if, in the opinion of the

8 Secretary, doing so would result in a more manage9 able boundary.

10 (3) DEVIATIONS FROM SETBACK AREAS.—

11 (A) EXCLUSION OF DISTURBANCES FROM

12 WILDERNESS BOUNDARIES.—In cases where

13 there is an existing livestock development, dis14 persed camping area, borrow pit, or similar dis15 turbance within 100 feet of a road that forms

16 part of a wilderness boundary, the Secretary

17 may delineate the boundary so as to exclude the

18 disturbance from the wilderness area.

19 (B) LIMITATION ON EXCLUSION OF DIS20 TURBANCES.—The Secretary shall make a

21 boundary adjustment under subparagraph (A)

22 only if the Secretary determines that doing so

23 is consistent with wilderness management goals.

24 (C) DEVIATIONS RESTRICTED TO MINIMUM

25 NECESSARY.—Any deviation under this para-
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1 graph from the setbacks required under in

2 paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) shall be

3 the minimum necessary to exclude the disturb4 ance.

5 (c) DELINEATION WITHIN SETBACK AREA.—The

6 Secretary may delineate a wilderness boundary at a loca7 tion within a setback under paragraph (2) or (3) of sub8 section (a) if, as determined by the Secretary, the delinea9 tion would enhance wilderness management goals.

10 SEC. 206. LIVESTOCK

11 Within the wilderness areas designated under title I,

12 the grazing of livestock authorized on the date of enact13 ment of this Act shall be permitted to continue subject

14 to such reasonable regulations and procedures as the Sec15 retary considers necessary, as long as the regulations and

16 procedures are consistent with—

17 (1) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et

18 seq.); and

19 (2) section 101(f) the Arizona Desert Wilder20 ness Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–628; 104 Stat.

21 4469).

22 SEC. 207. FISH AND WILDLIFE.

23 Nothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction of the

24 State with respect to wildlife and fish on the public land

25 located in the State.
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1 SEC. 208. MANAGEMENT OF NEWLY ACQUIRED LANDS.

2 Any land within the boundaries of a wilderness area

3 designated under this Act that is acquired by the Federal

4 Government shall—

5 (1) become part of the wilderness area in which

6 the land is located; and

7 (2) be managed in accordance with this Act and

8 other laws applicable to wilderness areas.

9 SEC. 209. WITHDRAWAL.

10 Subject to valid rights existing on the date of enact11 ment of this Act, the Federal land referred to in title I

12 is withdrawn from all forms of—

13 (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under pub14 lic law;

15 (2) location, entry, and patent under mining

16 law; and

17 (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min18 eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

19 SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

20 There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as

21 are necessary to carry out this Act.

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