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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1732

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

for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 6, 1999

Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr.

BAIRD, Mr. BALDACCI, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr.

BERMAN, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. BOUCHER, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of California,

Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr.

CLAY, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. COYNE, Mr.

CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms.

DEGETTE, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. DICKS,

Mr. DIXON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr.

FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr.

GUTIERREZ, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr.

HOEFFEL, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOLT, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. LAMPSON,

Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LARSON, Mr. LEACH, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS

of Georgia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LUTHER,

Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr.

MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr.

MEEHAN, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr.

MOAKLEY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. MURTHA, Mr.

NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. OLVER,

Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PHELPS,

Mr. PORTER, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. RIVERS, MR. ROTHMAN,

Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SABO, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SAWYER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHAYS, Mr.

SHERMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SPRATT, Ms.

STABENOW, Mr. STARK, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi,

Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New

Mexico, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. VENTO, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr.
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WEINER, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WEYGAND, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. WYNN)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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

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.
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Sec. 209. Withdrawal.

Sec. 210. 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;

15 (2) the Wah Wah Mountains in the Great

16 Basin region are arid and austere, with massive cliff

17 faces and leathery slopes speckled with pin ̃on and ju18 niper;

19 (3) the Pilot Range and Stansbury Mountains

20 in the Great Basin region are high enough to draw

21 moisture from passing clouds and support eco22 systems found nowhere else on earth;

23 (4) from bristlecone pine, the world’s oldest liv24 ing organism, to newly-flowered mountain meadows,
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1 mountains of the Great Basin region are islands of

2 nature that—

3 (A) support remarkable biological diversity;

4 and

5 (B) provide opportunities to experience the

6 colossal silence of the Great Basin; and

7 (5) the Great Basin region of western Utah

8 should be protected and managed to ensure the pres9 ervation of the natural conditions of the region.

10 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder11 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

12 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com13 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

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

15 (2) Black Hills (approximately 9,000 acres).

16 (3) Bullgrass Knoll (approximately 16,000

17 acres).

18 (4) Burbank Hills/Tunnel Spring (approxi19 mately 94,000 acres).

20 (5) Cedar Mountains (approximately 108,000

21 acres).

22 (6) Conger Mountains (approximately 22,000

23 acres).

24 (7) Cougar Canyon/Docs Pass (approximately

25 43,000 acres).
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1 (8) Crater Bench (approximately 35,000 acres).

2 (9) Crater and Silver Island Mountains (ap3 proximately 124,000 acres).

4 (10) Cricket Mountains Cluster (approximately

5 63,000 acres).

6 (11) Deep Creek Mountains (approximately

7 114,000 acres).

8 (12) Drum Mountains (approximately 40,000

9 acres).

10 (13) Dugway Mountains (approximately 24,000

11 acres).

12 (14) Fish Springs Range (approximately

13 53,000 acres).

14 (15) Granite Peak (approximately 17,000

15 acres).

16 (16) Grassy Mountains (approximately 24,000

17 acres).

18 (17) Grouse Creek Mountains (approximately

19 15,000 acres).

20 (18) House Range (approximately 174,000

21 acres).

22 (19) Keg Mountains (approximately 38,000

23 acres).

24 (20) King Top (approximately 101,000 acres).
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1 (21) Ledger Canyon (approximately 9,000

2 acres).

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

4 acres).

5 (23) Middle/Granite Mountains (approximately

6 82,000 acres).

7 (24) Mount Escalante (approximately 17,000

8 acres).

9 (25) Mountain Home Range (approximately

10 90,000 acres).

11 (26) Newfoundland Mountains (approximately

12 23,000 acres).

13 (27) Ochre Mountain (approximately 13,000

14 acres).

15 (28) Painted Rock Mountain (approximately

16 26,000 acres).

17 (29) Paradise/Steamboat Mountains (approxi18 mately 124,000 acres).

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

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

21 (32) Rockwell-Little Sahara (approximately

22 12,000 acres).

23 (33) San Francisco Mountains (approximately

24 40,000 acres).

25 (34) Sand Ridge (approximately 73,000 acres).
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1 (35) Simpson Mountains (approximately 43,000

2 acres).

3 (36) Snake Valley (approximately 101,000

4 acres).

5 (37) Stansbury Mountains (approximately

6 25,000 acres).

7 (38) Thomas Range (approximately 36,000

8 acres).

9 (39) Tule Valley (approximately 156,000

10 acres).

11 (40) Wah Wah Mountains (approximately

12 150,000 acres).

13 (41) Wasatch/Sevier Plateaus (approximately

14 30,000 acres).

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

16 acres).

17 SEC. 102. ZION AND MOJAVE DESERT WILDERNESS AREAS.

18 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

19 (1) the renowned landscape of Zion National

20 Park, including soaring cliff walls, forested plateaus,

21 and deep narrow gorges, extends beyond the bound22 aries of the Park onto surrounding public lands

23 managed by the Secretary;

24 (2) from the pink sand dunes of Moquith

25 Mountain to the golden pools of Beaver Dam Wash,
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1 the Zion and Mojave Desert areas encompass 3

2 major provinces of the Southwest that include—

3 (A) the sculpted canyon country of the

4 Colorado Plateau;

5 (B) the Mojave Desert; and

6 (C) portions of the Great Basin;

7 (3) the Zion and Mojave Desert areas display

8 a rich mosaic of biological, archaeological, and scenic

9 diversity;

10 (4) 1 of the last remaining populations of

11 threatened desert tortoise is found within this re12 gion; and

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

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) Beaver Dam Mountains-North (approxi21 mately 19,000 acres).

22 (2) Beaver Dam Mountains-South (approxi23 mately 12,000 acres).

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

25 acres).
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1 (4) Beaver Dam Wilderness Expansion (ap2 proximately 7,600 acres).

3 (5) Canaan Mountain (approximately 56,000

4 acres).

5 (6) Cottonwood Canyon (approximately 12,000

6 acres).

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

8 acres).

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

10 (9) Parunuweap Canyon (approximately 44,000

11 acres).

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

13 (11) Red Mountain (approximately 19,000

14 acres).

15 (12) Scarecrow Peak (approximately 17,000

16 acres).

17 (13) Zion Adjacent (approximately 56,000

18 acres).

19 SEC. 103. GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE WILDERNESS

20 AREAS.

21 (a) GRAND STAIRCASE AREA.—

22 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

23 (A) the area known as the Grand Staircase

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

25 cliffs and plateaus from the depths of the
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1 Grand Canyon to the forested rim of Bryce

2 Canyon;

3 (B) the Grand Staircase—

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

5 lower Sonoran Desert to the alpine forest;

6 and

7 (ii) encompasses geologic formations

8 that display 3,000,000,000 years of

9 Earth’s history;

10 (C) land managed by the Secretary lines

11 the intricate canyon system of the Paria River

12 and forms a vital natural corridor connection to

13 the deserts and forests of these national parks;

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

15 than Upper Kanab Creek, Moquith Mountain,

16 and Vermillion Cliffs) is located within the

17 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument;

18 and

19 (E) the Grand Staircase in Utah should be

20 protected and managed as a wilderness area.

21 (2) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the

22 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol23 lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder24 ness areas and as components of the National Wil25 derness Preservation System:
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1 (A) Bunting Point (approximately 11,000

2 acres).

3 (B) East of Bryce (approximately 800

4 acres).

5 (C) Ladder Canyon (approximately 14,000

6 acres).

7 (D) Moquith Mountain (approximately

8 15,000 acres).

9 (E) Nephi Point (approximately 13,000

10 acres).

11 (F) Paria-Hackberry (approximately

12 186,000 acres).

13 (G) land adjacent to the Paria Wilderness

14 (approximately 2,900 acres).

15 (H) Pine Hollow (approximately 10,000

16 acres).

17 (I) Timber Mountain (approximately

18 46,000 acres).

19 (J) Upper Kanab Creek (approximately

20 48,000 acres).

21 (K) Vermillion Cliffs (approximately

22 27,000 acres).

23 (L) Willis Creek (approximately 21,000

24 acres).
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1 (M) Willis Creek North (approximately

2 690 acres).

3 (b) KAIPAROWITS PLATEAU.—

4 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

5 (A) the Kaiparowits Plateau east of the

6 Paria River is 1 of the most rugged and iso7 lated wilderness regions in the United States;

8 (B) the Kaiparowits Plateau, a windswept

9 land of harsh beauty, contains distant vistas

10 and a remarkable variety of plant and animal

11 species;

12 (C) ancient forests, an abundance of big

13 game animals, and 22 species of raptors thrive

14 undisturbed on the grassland mesa tops of the

15 Kaiparowits Plateau;

16 (D) each of the areas described in para17 graph (2) is located within the Grand Staircase18 Escalante National Monument; and

19 (E) the Kaiparowits Plateau should be pro20 tected and managed as a wilderness area.

21 (2) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the

22 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol23 lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder24 ness areas and as components of the National Wil25 derness Preservation System:
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1 (A) Andalex Not (approximately 15,000

2 acres).

3 (B) Box Canyon (approximately 2,900

4 acres).

5 (C) Burning Hills (approximately 80,000

6 acres).

7 (D) Carcass Canyon (approximately

8 84,000 acres).

9 (E) Fiftymile Bench (approximately

10 13,000 acres).

11 (F) Fiftymile Mountain (approximately

12 201,000 acres).

13 (G) Heaps Canyon (approximately 4,100

14 acres).

15 (H) Horse Spring Canyon (approximately

16 32,000 acres).

17 (I) Little Valley Canyon (approximately

18 4,100 acres).

19 (J) Mud Spring Canyon (approximately

20 65,000 acres).

21 (K) Nipple Bench (approximately 29,000

22 acres).

23 (L) Paradise Canyon-Wahweap (approxi24 mately 264,000 acres).
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1 (M) Rock Cove (approximately 17,000

2 acres).

3 (N) The Blues (approximately 22,000

4 acres).

5 (O) The Cockscomb (approximately 12,000

6 acres).

7 (P) Warm Creek (approximately 23,000

8 acres).

9 (Q) Wide Hollow (approximately 7,100

10 acres).

11 (c) ESCALANTE CANYONS.—

12 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

13 (A) glens and coves carved in massive

14 sandstone cliffs, spring-watered hanging gar15 dens, and the silence of ancient Anasazi ruins

16 are examples of the unique features that entice

17 hikers, campers, and sightseers from around

18 the world to Escalante Canyon;

19 (B) Escalante Canyon links the spruce fir

20 forests of the 11,000-foot Aquarius Plateau

21 with winding slickrock canyons that flow into

22 Lake Powell;

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

24 popular natural areas, contains critical habitat
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1 for deer, elk, and wild bighorn sheep that also

2 enhances the scenic integrity of the area;

3 (D) each of the areas described in para4 graph (2) is located within the Grand Staircase5 Escalante National Monument; and

6 (E) Escalante Canyon should be protected

7 and managed as a wilderness area.

8 (2) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the

9 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol10 lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder11 ness areas and as components of the National Wil12 derness Preservation System:

13 (A) Brinkerhof Flats (approximately 3,100

14 acres).

15 (B) Colt Mesa (approximately 28,000

16 acres).

17 (C) Death Hollow (approximately 49,000

18 acres).

19 (D) Forty Mile Gulch (approximately

20 5,500 acres).

21 (E) Hurricane Wash (approximately

22 10,000 acres).

23 (F) Lampstand (approximately 8,000

24 acres).
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1 (G) North Escalante Canyons (approxi2 mately 177,000 acres).

3 (H) Pioneer Mesa (approximately 11,000

4 acres).

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

6 (J) Sooner Bench (approximately 530

7 acres).

8 (K) Steep Creek (approximately 35,000

9 acres).

10 (L) Studhorse Peaks (approximately

11 24,000 acres).

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

13 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

14 (1) the canyons surrounding the La Sal Moun15 tains and the town of Moab offer a variety of ex16 traordinary landscapes;

17 (2) outstanding examples of natural formations

18 and landscapes in the Moab-LaSal area include the

19 huge sandstone fins of Behind the Rocks, the mys20 terious Fisher Towers, and the whitewater rapids of

21 Westwater Canyon; and

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

23 and managed as a wilderness area.

24 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder25 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 Creek (approximately 40,000 acres).

4 (2) Behind the Rocks and Hunters Canyon (ap5 proximately 23,000 acres).

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

7 (4) Black Ridge Canyon (approximately 410

8 acres).

9 (5) Dome Plateau-Professor Valley (approxi10 mately 35,000 acres).

11 (6) Fisher Towers (approximately 18,000

12 acres).

13 (7) Goldbar Canyon (approximately 6,900

14 acres).

15 (8) Granite Creek (approximately 5,000 acres).

16 (9) Mary Jane Canyon (approximately 24,000

17 acres).

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

19 (11) Porcupine Rim and Morning Glory (ap20 proximately 19,000 acres).

21 (12) Westwater Canyon (approximately 37,000

22 acres).

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

24 SEC. 105. HENRY MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREAS.

25 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the Henry Mountain Range, the last moun2 tain range to be discovered and named by early ex3 plorers in the contiguous United States, still retains

4 a wild and undiscovered quality;

5 (2) fluted badlands that surround the flanks of

6 11,000-foot Mounts Ellen and Pennell contain areas

7 of critical habitat for mule deer and for the largest

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

9 (3) despite their relative accessibility, the Henry

10 Mountain Range remains 1 of the wildest, least11 known ranges in the United States; and

12 (4) the Henry Mountain range should be pro13 tected and managed to ensure the preservation of

14 the range as a wilderness area.

15 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder16 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

17 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com18 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

19 (1) Bull Mountain (approximately 17,000

20 acres).

21 (2) Bullfrog Creek (approximately 35,000

22 acres).

23 (3) Dogwater Creek (approximately 4,500

24 acres).
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1 (4) Fremont Gorge (approximately 21,000

2 acres).

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

4 (6) Mount Ellen-Blue Hills (approximately

5 132,000 acres).

6 (7) Mount Hillers (approximately 19,000

7 acres).

8 (8) Mount Pennell (approximately 147,000

9 acres).

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

11 (10) Ragged Mountain (approximately 28,000

12 acres).

13 SEC. 106. GLEN CANYON WILDERNESS AREAS.

14 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

15 (1) the side canyons of Glen Canyon, including

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

17 Canyons, contain some of the most remote and out18 standing landscapes in southern Utah;

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

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

21 sculpted a maze of slickrock canyons through an im22 posing landscape of monoliths and inaccessible

23 mesas;
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1 (3) the Red and Blue Canyons contain colorful

2 Chinle/Moenkopi badlands found nowhere else in the

3 region; and

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

5 should be protected and managed as wilderness

6 areas.

7 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder8 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

9 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com10 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

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

12 acres).

13 (2) Dark Canyon (approximately 137,000

14 acres).

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

16 (4) Fiddler Butte (approximately 93,000 acres).

17 (5) Flat Tops (approximately 30,000 acres).

18 (6) Little Rockies (approximately 63,000

19 acres).

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

21 acres).

22 (8) White Canyon (approximately 96,000

23 acres).

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

25 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
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1 (1) more than 1,000 years ago, the Anasazi In2 dian culture flourished in the slickrock canyons and

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

4 (2) evidence of the ancient presence of the

5 Anasazi pervades the Cedar Mesa area of the San

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

7 and ceremonial kivas embellish sandstone overhangs

8 and isolated benchlands;

9 (3) the Cedar Mesa area is in need of protec10 tion from the vandalism and theft of its unique cul11 tural resources;

12 (4) the Cedar Mesa wilderness areas should be

13 created to protect both the archaeological heritage

14 and the extraordinary wilderness, scenic, and eco15 logical values of the United States; and

16 (5) the San Juan-Anasazi area should be pro17 tected and managed as a wilderness area to ensure

18 the preservation of the unique and valuable re19 sources of that 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) Allen Canyon (approximately 9,000 acres).

25 (2) Arch Canyon (approximately 31,000 acres).
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1 (3) Comb Ridge (approximately 16,000 acres).

2 (4) East Montezuma (approximately 48,000

3 acres).

4 (5) Fish and Owl Creek Canyons (approxi5 mately 72,000 acres).

6 (6) Grand Gulch (approximately 158,000

7 acres).

8 (7) Hammond Canyon (approximately 4,600

9 acres).

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

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

12 (10) San Juan River (Sugarloaf) (approxi13 mately 15,000 acres).

14 (11) The Tabernacle (approximately 7,700

15 acres).

16 SEC. 108. CANYONLANDS BASIN WILDERNESS AREAS.

17 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

18 (1) Canyonlands National Park safeguards only

19 a small portion of the extraordinary red-hued, cliff20 walled canyonland region of the Colorado Plateau;

21 (2) areas near Arches National Park and

22 Canyonlands National Park contain canyons with

23 rushing perennial streams, natural arches, bridges,

24 and towers;
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1 (3) the gorges of the Green and Colorado Riv2 ers, lie on adjacent land managed by the Secretary;

3 (4) popular overlooks in Canyonlands Nations

4 Park and Dead Horse Point State Park have views

5 directly into adjacent areas, including Lockhart

6 Basin and Indian Creek; and

7 (5) designation of these areas as wilderness

8 would ensure the protection of this erosional master9 piece of nature and of the rich pockets of wildlife

10 found within its expanded boundaries.

11 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder12 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

13 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com14 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

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

16 acres).

17 (2) Butler Wash (approximately 29,000 acres).

18 (3) Dead Horse Cliffs (approximately 3,000

19 acres).

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

21 acres).

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

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

24 (7) Hatch Point Canyons/Lockhart Basin (ap25 proximately 149,000 acres).
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1 (8) Horsethief Point (approximately 14,000

2 acres).

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

4 (10) Labyrinth Canyon (approximately 152,000

5 acres).

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

7 acres).

8 (12) Shay Mountain (approximately 15,000

9 acres).

10 (13) Sweetwater Reef (approximately 69,000

11 acres).

12 (14) Upper Horseshoe Canyon (approximately

13 60,000 acres).

14 SEC. 109. SAN RAFAEL SWELL WILDERNESS AREAS.

15 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

16 (1) the San Rafael Swell towers above the

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

18 Navajo Sandstone;

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

20 been fractured by uplift and rendered hollow by ero21 sion over countless millennia, leaving a tremendous

22 basin punctuated by mesas, buttes, and canyons and

23 traversed by sediment-laden desert streams;

24 (3) among other places, the San Rafael wilder25 ness offers exceptional back country opportunities in
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1 the colorful Wild Horse Badlands, the monoliths of

2 North Caineville Mesa, the rock towers of Cliff

3 Wash, and colorful cliffs of Humbug Canyon;

4 (4) the mountains within these areas are among

5 Utah’s most valuable habitat for desert bighorn

6 sheep; and

7 (5) the San Rafael Swell area should be pro8 tected and managed to ensure its preservation as a

9 wilderness area.

10 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder11 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

12 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com13 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

14 (1) Cedar Mountain (approximately 15,000

15 acres).

16 (2) Devils Canyon (approximately 23,000

17 acres).

18 (3) Hondu Country (approximately 20,000

19 acres).

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

21 (5) Limestone Cliffs (approximately 24,000

22 acres).

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

24 acres).
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1 (7) Mexican Mountain (approximately 99,000

2 acres).

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

4 (9) Muddy Creek (approximately 235,000

5 acres).

6 (10) Mussentuchit Badlands (approximately

7 25,000 acres).

8 (11) Price River-Humbug (approximately

9 99,000 acres).

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

11 (13) Rock Canyon (approximately 17,000

12 acres).

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

14 acres).

15 (15) Sids Mountain (approximately 146,000

16 acres).

17 (16) Upper Muddy Creek (approximately

18 19,000 acres).

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

20 acres).

21 SEC. 110. BOOK CLIFFS AND UINTA BASIN WILDERNESS

22 AREAS.

23 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

24 (1) the Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin wilderness

25 areas offer—
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1 (A) unique big game hunting opportunities

2 in verdant high-plateau forests;

3 (B) the opportunity for float trips of sev4 eral days duration down the Green River in

5 Desolation Canyon; and

6 (C) the opportunity for calm water canoe

7 weekends on the White River;

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

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

10 dissected by the rivers and streams, slope away to

11 the north into the Uinta Basin;

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

13 cougars flourish in the back country of the Book

14 Cliffs; and

15 (4) the Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin areas

16 should be protected and managed to ensure the pro17 tection of the areas as wilderness.

18 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder19 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

20 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com21 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

22 (1) Bourdette Draw (approximately 16,000

23 acres).

24 (2) Bull Canyon (approximately 3,000 acres).
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1 (3) Chipeta Cluster (approximately 98,000

2 acres).

3 (4) Desbrough Canyon (approximately 13,000

4 acres).

5 (5) Desolation Canyon (approximately 552,000

6 acres).

7 (6) Diamond Canyon (approximately 167,000

8 acres).

9 (7) Diamond Breaks (approximately 8,000

10 acres).

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

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

13 (9) Goslin Mountain (approximately 5,100

14 acres).

15 (10) Hideout Canyon (approximately 13,000

16 acres).

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

18 acres).

19 (12) Lower Flaming Gorge (approximately

20 20,000 acres).

21 (13) Mexico Point (approximately 15,000

22 acres).

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

24 Canyon’’) (approximately 10,000 acres).
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1 (15) O-Wi-Yu-Kuts (approximately 11,000

2 acres).

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

4 acres).

5 (17) Sunday School Canyon (approximately

6 18,000 acres).

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

8 (19) Tabyago Canyon (approximately 21,000

9 acres).

10 (20) Turtle Canyon (approximately 37,000

11 acres).

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

13 (22) Winter Ridge (approximately 38,000

14 acres).

15 TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE

16 PROVISIONS

17 SEC. 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

18 (a) NAMES OF WILDERNESS AREAS.—Each wilder19 ness area named in title I shall—

20 (1) consist of the quantity of land referenced

21 with respect to that named area, as generally de22 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Utah BLM Wilderness

23 Proposed by S. 861, 106th Congress’’; and

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

25 I.
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1 (b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—

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

3 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

4 shall file a map and a legal description of each wil5 derness area designated by this Act with—

6 (A) the Committee on Resources of the

7 House of Representatives; and

8 (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural

9 Resources of the Senate.

10 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—A map and legal descrip11 tion filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same

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

13 that the Secretary may correct clerical and typo14 graphical errors in the map and legal description.

15 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and

16 legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be

17 filed and made available for public inspection in the

18 Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Man19 agement.

20 SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION.

21 Subject to valid rights in existence on the date of en22 actment of this Act, each wilderness area designated under

23 this Act shall be administered by the Secretary in accord24 ance with—
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1 (1) the Federal Land Policy and Management

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

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

4 seq.).

5 SEC. 203. STATE SCHOOL TRUST LANDS WITHIN WILDER6 NESS AREAS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), if State8 owned land is included in an area designated by this Act

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

10 land owned by the United States in the State of approxi11 mately equal value in accordance with section 603(c) of

12 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

13 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)) and section 5(a) of the Wilderness

14 Act (16 U.S.C. 1134(a)).

15 (b) MINERAL INTERESTS.—The Secretary shall not

16 transfer any mineral interests under subsection (a) unless

17 the State transfers to the Secretary any mineral interests

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

19 SEC. 204. WATER.

20 (a) RESERVATION.—

21 (1) WATER FOR WILDERNESS AREAS.—

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

23 wilderness area designated by this Act, Con24 gress reserves a quantity of water determined
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1 by the Secretary to be sufficient for the wilder2 ness area.

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

4 a right reserved under subparagraph (A) shall

5 be the date of enactment of this Act.

6 (2) PROTECTION OF RIGHTS.—The Secretary

7 and other officers and employees of the United

8 States shall take any steps necessary to protect the

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

10 filing of a claim for the quantification of the rights

11 in any present or future appropriate stream adju12 dication in the courts of the State—

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

14 be joined; and

15 (B) that is conducted in accordance with

16 section 208 of the Department of Justice Ap17 propriation Act, 1953 (66 Stat. 560, chapter

18 651).

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

20 Act relinquishes or reduces any water rights reserved or

21 appropriated by the United States in the State on or be22 fore the date of enactment of this Act.

23 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—
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1 (1) SPECIFICATION OF RIGHTS.—The Federal

2 water rights reserved by this Act are specific to the

3 wilderness areas designated by this Act.

4 (2) NO PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED.—Nothing in

5 this Act related to reserved Federal water rights—

6 (A) shall establish a precedent with regard

7 to any future designation of water rights; or

8 (B) shall affect the interpretation of any

9 other Act or any designation made under any

10 other Act.

11 SEC. 205. ROADS.

12 (a) SETBACKS.—

13 (1) MEASUREMENT IN GENERAL.—A setback

14 under this section shall be measured from the center

15 line of the road.

16 (2) WILDERNESS ON 1 SIDE OF ROADS.—Ex17 cept as provided in subsection (b), a setback for a

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

19 (A) 300 feet from a paved Federal or

20 State highway;

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

22 high standard dirt or gravel road; and

23 (C) 30 feet from any other road.

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

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1 a road with wilderness on both sides (including cher2 ry-stems or roads separating 2 wilderness units)

3 shall be set at—

4 (A) 200 feet from a paved Federal or

5 State highway;

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

7 high standard dirt or gravel road; and

8 (C) 10 feet from any other roads.

9 (b) SETBACK EXCEPTIONS.—

10 (1) WELL-DEFINED TOPOGRAPHICAL BAR11 RIERS.—If, between the road and the boundary of a

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

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

14 stream bank, or other topographical barrier, the Sec15 retary shall use the barrier as the wilderness bound16 ary.

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

18 boundary of a setback area specified in paragraph

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

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

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

22 Secretary, doing so would result in a more manage23 able boundary.

24 (3) DEVIATIONS FROM SETBACK AREAS.—
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1 (A) EXCLUSION OF DISTURBANCES FROM

2 WILDERNESS BOUNDARIES.—In cases where

3 there is an existing livestock development, dis4 persed camping area, borrow pit, or similar dis5 turbance within 100 feet of a road that forms

6 part of a wilderness boundary, the Secretary

7 may delineate the boundary so as to exclude the

8 disturbance from the wilderness area.

9 (B) LIMITATION ON EXCLUSION OF DIS10 TURBANCES.—The Secretary shall make a

11 boundary adjustment under subparagraph (A)

12 only if the Secretary determines that doing so

13 is consistent with wilderness management goals.

14 (C) DEVIATIONS RESTRICTED TO MINIMUM

15 NECESSARY.—Any deviation under this para16 graph from the setbacks required under in

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

18 the minimum necessary to exclude the disturb19 ance.

20 (c) DELINEATION WITHIN SETBACK AREA.—The

21 Secretary may delineate a wilderness boundary at a loca22 tion within a setback under paragraph (2) or (3) of sub23 section (a) if, as determined by the Secretary, the delinea24 tion would enhance wilderness management goals.
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1 SEC. 206. LIVESTOCK

2 Within the wilderness areas designated under title I,

3 the grazing of livestock authorized on the date of enact4 ment of this Act shall be permitted to continue subject

5 to such reasonable regulations and procedures as the Sec6 retary considers necessary, as long as the regulations and

7 procedures are consistent with—

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

9 seq.); and

10 (2) section 101(f) the Arizona Desert Wilder11 ness Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–628; 104 Stat.

12 4469).

13 SEC. 207. FISH AND WILDLIFE.

14 Nothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction of the

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

16 located in the State.

17 SEC. 208. MANAGEMENT OF NEWLY ACQUIRED LANDS.

18 Any land within the boundaries of a wilderness area

19 designated under this Act that is acquired by the Federal

20 Government shall—

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

22 the land is located; and

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

24 other laws applicable to wilderness areas.
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1 SEC. 209. WITHDRAWAL.

2 Subject to valid rights existing on the date of enact3 ment of this Act, the Federal land referred to in title I

4 is withdrawn from all forms of—

5 (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under pub6 lic law;

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

8 law; and

9 (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min10 eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

11 SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

12 There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as

13 are necessary to carry out this Act.

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