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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1613

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

for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 26, 2001

Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr.

BOUCHER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms.

BALDWIN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. MALONEY of New York,

Mr. FILNER, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. LEVIN, Mrs. MCCARTHY

of New York, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. DELAHUNT,

Mr. SHAYS, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs. TAUSCHER,

Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr.

SERRANO, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. STARK, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr.

MCNULTY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr.

BECERRA, Ms. LEE, Mr. WEINER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. WYNN, Mr.

PAYNE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. COYNE, Mr. UDALL of Colorado,

Mr. CLAY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HOLT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr.

NEAL of Massachusetts, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr.

FATTAH, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr.

REYES, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. OLVER, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. SAWYER, Mr.

MOORE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. HALL of Ohio,

Mr. LUTHER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of

California, Mr. KLECZKA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. FERGUSON, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. RIVERS,

Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. SIMMONS,

Ms. WATERS, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Ms.

MCCOLLUM, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr.

ANDREWS, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. ESHOO, Mr.

ENGEL, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. LANGEVIN,

Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. KELLY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SABO, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. LEACH, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. SPRATT, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. MURTHA, Mr.

OWENS, Ms. MCKINNEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. FRANK, Mr.

CLEMENT, Mr. ACKERMAN, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. HILL, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr.

UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. RUSH, Mr. HONDA, Mr.
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BARRETT, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. WU, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. FORD, Mr.

MEEKS of New York, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. PHELPS, Ms. SANCHEZ, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, and Ms. SOLIS) 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 2001’’.

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 lands within wilderness areas.

Sec. 204. Water.

Sec. 205. Roads.

Sec. 206. Livestock.
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Sec. 207. Fish and wildlife.

Sec. 208. Management of newly acquired lands.

Sec. 209. Withdrawal.

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 the following:

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.

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 20,000 acres).

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

16 (3) Bullgrass Knoll (approximately 15,000

17 acres).

18 (4) Burbank Hills/Tunnel Spring (approxi19 mately 92,000 acres).

20 (5) Cedar Mountains (approximately 108,000

21 acres).

22 (6) Conger Mountains (approximately 21,000

23 acres).

24 (7) Crater Bench (approximately 35,000 acres).
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1 (8) Crater and Silver Island Mountains (ap2 proximately 121,000 acres).

3 (9) Cricket Mountains Cluster (approximately

4 62,000 acres).

5 (10) Deep Creek Mountains (approximately

6 125,000 acres).

7 (11) Drum Mountains (approximately 39,000

8 acres).

9 (12) Dugway Mountains (approximately 24,000

10 acres).

11 (13) Fish Springs Range (approximately

12 64,000 acres).

13 (14) Granite Peak (approximately 19,000

14 acres).

15 (15) Grassy Mountains (approximately 23,000

16 acres).

17 (16) Grouse Creek Mountains (approximately

18 15,000 acres).

19 (17) House Range (approximately 190,000

20 acres).

21 (18) Keg Mountains (approximately 38,000

22 acres).

23 (19) King Top (approximately 110,000 acres).

24 (20) Ledger Canyon (approximately 9,000

25 acres).
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1 (21) Little Goose Creek (approximately 1,200

2 acres).

3 (22) Middle/Granite Mountains (approximately

4 80,000 acres).

5 (23) Mountain Home Range (approximately

6 90,000 acres).

7 (24) Newfoundland Mountains (approximately

8 22,000 acres).

9 (25) Ochre Mountain (approximately 13,000

10 acres).

11 (26) Oquirrh Mountains (approximately 8,000

12 acres).

13 (27) Painted Rock Mountain (approximately

14 26,000 acres).

15 (28) Paradise/Steamboat Mountains (approxi16 mately 145,000 acres).

17 (29) Pilot Range (approximately 45,000 acres).

18 (30) Red Tops (approximately 28,000 acres).

19 (31) Rockwell-Little Sahara (approximately

20 21,000 acres).

21 (32) San Francisco Mountains (approximately

22 39,000 acres).

23 (33) Sand Ridge (approximately 73,000 acres).

24 (34) Simpson Mountains (approximately 42,000

25 acres).
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1 (35) Snake Valley (approximately 100,000

2 acres).

3 (36) Stansbury Mountains (approximately

4 24,000 acres).

5 (37) Thomas Range (approximately 36,000

6 acres).

7 (39) Tule Valley (approximately 159,000

8 acres).

9 (40) Wah Wah Mountains (approximately

10 167,000 acres).

11 (41) Wasatch/Sevier Plateaus (approximately

12 29,000 acres).

13 (42) White Rock Range (approximately 5,200

14 acres).

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

16 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

17 (1) The renowned landscape of Zion National

18 Park, including soaring cliff walls, forested plateaus,

19 and deep narrow gorges, extends beyond the bound20 aries of the Park onto surrounding public lands

21 managed by the Secretary.

22 (2) From the pink sand dunes of Moquith

23 Mountain to the golden pools of Beaver Dam Wash,

24 the Zion and Mojave Desert areas encompass 3

25 major provinces of the Southwest that include—
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1 (A) the sculpted canyon country of the

2 Colorado Plateau;

3 (B) the Mojave Desert; and

4 (C) portions of the Great Basin.

5 (3) The Zion and Mojave Desert areas display

6 a rich mosaic of biological, archaeological, and scenic

7 diversity.

8 (4) One of the last remaining populations of

9 threatened desert tortoise is found within this re10 gion.

11 (5) The Zion and Mojave Desert areas in Utah

12 should be protected and managed as wilderness

13 areas.

14 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder15 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

16 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com17 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

18 (1) Beaver Dam Mountains (approximately

19 30,000 acres).

20 (2) Beaver Dam Wash (approximately 23,000

21 acres).

22 (3) Beaver Dam Wilderness Expansion (ap23 proximately 8,000 acres).

24 (4) Canaan Mountain (approximately 67,000

25 acres).
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1 (5) Cottonwood Canyon (approximately 12,000

2 acres).

3 (6) Cougar Canyon/Docs Pass (approximately

4 41,000 acres).

5 (7) Joshua Tree (approximately 12,000 acres).

6 (8) Mount Escalante (approximately 17,000

7 acres).

8 (9) Parunuweap Canyon (approximately 43,000

9 acres).

10 (10) Red Butte (approximately 4,500 acres).

11 (11) Red Mountain (approximately 21,000

12 acres).

13 (12) Scarecrow Peak (approximately 16,000

14 acres).

15 (13) Zion Adjacent (approximately 56,000

16 acres).

17 SEC. 103. GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE WILDERNESS

18 AREAS.

19 (a) GRAND STAIRCASE AREA.—

20 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

21 (A) The area known as the Grand Stair22 case rises more than 6,000 feet in a series of

23 great cliffs and plateaus from the depths of the

24 Grand Canyon to the forested rim of Bryce

25 Canyon.
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1 (B) The Grand Staircase—

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

3 lower Sonoran Desert to the alpine forest;

4 and

5 (ii) encompasses geologic formations

6 that display 3,000,000,000 years of

7 Earth’s history.

8 (C) Land managed by the Secretary lines

9 the intricate canyon system of the Paria River

10 and forms a vital natural corridor connection to

11 the deserts and forests of these national parks.

12 (D) Land described in paragraph (2)

13 (other than East of Bryce, Upper Kanab Creek,

14 Moquith Mountain, Bunting Point, and

15 Vermillion Cliffs) is located within the Grand

16 Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

17 (E) The Grand Staircase in Utah should

18 be protected and managed as a wilderness area.

19 (2) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the

20 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol21 lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder22 ness areas and as components of the National Wil23 derness Preservation System:

24 (A) Bryce View (approximately 4,500

25 acres).
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1 (B) Bunting Point (approximately 11,000

2 acres).

3 (C) Canaan Peak Slopes (approximately

4 2,300 acres).

5 (D) East of Bryce (approximately 750

6 acres).

7 (E) Glass Eye Canyon (approximately

8 24,000 acres).

9 (F) Ladder Canyon (approximately 14,000

10 acres).

11 (G) Moquith Mountain (approximately

12 16,000 acres).

13 (H) Nephi Point (approximately 14,000

14 acres).

15 (I) Paria-Hackberry (approximately

16 188,000 acres).

17 (J) Paria Wilderness Expansion (approxi18 mately 3,300 acres).

19 (K) Pine Hollow (approximately 11,000

20 acres).

21 (L) Slopes of Bryce (approximately 2,600

22 acres).

23 (M) Timber Mountain (approximately

24 51,000 acres).
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1 (N) Upper Kanab Creek (approximately

2 49,000 acres).

3 (O) Vermillion Cliffs (approximately

4 26,000 acres).

5 (P) Willis Creek (approximately 21,000

6 acres).

7 (b) KAIPAROWITS PLATEAU.—

8 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

9 (A) The Kaiparowits Plateau east of the

10 Paria River is one of the most rugged and iso11 lated wilderness regions in the United States.

12 (B) The Kaiparowits Plateau, a windswept

13 land of harsh beauty, contains distant vistas

14 and a remarkable variety of plant and animal

15 species.

16 (C) Ancient forests, an abundance of big

17 game animals, and 22 species of raptors thrive

18 undisturbed on the grassland mesa tops of the

19 Kaiparowits Plateau.

20 (D) Each of the areas described in para21 graph (2) (other than Heaps Canyon, Little

22 Valley, and Wide Hollow) is located within the

23 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

24 (E) The Kaiparowits Plateau should be

25 protected and managed as a wilderness area.
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1 (2) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the

2 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol3 lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder4 ness areas and as components of the National Wil5 derness Preservation System:

6 (A) Andalex Not (approximately 18,000

7 acres).

8 (B) The Blues (approximately 21,000

9 acres).

10 (C) Box Canyon (approximately 2,800

11 acres).

12 (D) Burning Hills (approximately 80,000

13 acres).

14 (E) Carcass Canyon (approximately

15 83,000 acres).

16 (F) The Cockscomb (approximately 11,000

17 acres).

18 (G) Fiftymile Bench (approximately

19 12,000 acres).

20 (H) Fiftymile Mountain (approximately

21 203,000 acres).

22 (I) Heaps Canyon (approximately 4,000

23 acres).

24 (J) Horse Spring Canyon (approximately

25 31,000 acres).
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1 (K) Kodachrome Headlands (approxi2 mately 10,000 acres).

3 (L) Little Valley Canyon (approximately

4 4,000 acres).

5 (M) Mud Spring Canyon (approximately

6 65,000 acres).

7 (N) Nipple Bench (approximately 32,000

8 acres).

9 (O) Paradise Canyon-Wahweap (approxi10 mately 262,000 acres).

11 (P) Rock Cove (approximately 16,000

12 acres).

13 (Q) Warm Creek (approximately 23,000

14 acres).

15 (R) Wide Hollow (approximately 6,800

16 acres).

17 (c) ESCALANTE CANYONS.—

18 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

19 (A) Glens and coves carved in massive

20 sandstone cliffs, spring-watered hanging gar21 dens, and the silence of ancient Anasazi ruins

22 are examples of the unique features that entice

23 hikers, campers, and sightseers from around

24 the world to Escalante Canyon.
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1 (B) Escalante Canyon links the spruce fir

2 forests of the 11,000-foot Aquarius Plateau

3 with winding slickrock canyons that flow into

4 Lake Powell.

5 (C) Escalante Canyon, one of Utah’s most

6 popular natural areas, contains critical habitat

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

8 enhances the scenic integrity of the area.

9 (D) Each of the areas described in para10 graph (2) is located within the Grand Staircase11 Escalante National Monument.

12 (E) Escalante Canyon should be protected

13 and managed as a wilderness area.

14 (2) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the

15 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol16 lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder17 ness areas and as components of the National Wil18 derness Preservation System:

19 (A) Brinkerhof Flats (approximately 3,000

20 acres).

21 (B) Colt Mesa (approximately 28,000

22 acres).

23 (C) Death Hollow (approximately 49,000

24 acres).
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1 (D) Forty Mile Gulch (approximately

2 6,600 acres).

3 (E) Hurricane Wash (approximately 9,000

4 acres).

5 (F) Lampstand (approximately 7,900

6 acres).

7 (G) Muley Twist Flank (approximately

8 3,600 acres).

9 (H) North Escalante Canyons (approxi10 mately 176,000 acres).

11 (I) Pioneer Mesa (approximately 11,000

12 acres).

13 (J) Scorpion (approximately 53,000 acres).

14 (K) Sooner Bench (approximately 390

15 acres).

16 (L) Steep Creek (approximately 35,000

17 acres).

18 (M) Studhorse Peaks (approximately

19 24,000 acres).

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

21 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

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.

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 38,000 acres).

13 (2) Behind the Rocks and Hunters Canyon (ap14 proximately 22,000 acres).

15 (3) Big Triangle (approximately 20,000 acres).

16 (4) Dome Plateau-Professor Valley (approxi17 mately 35,000 acres).

18 (5) Fisher Towers (approximately 18,000

19 acres).

20 (6) Goldbar Canyon (approximately 6,500

21 acres).

22 (7) Granite Creek (approximately 4,900 acres).

23 (8) Mary Jane Canyon (approximately 25,000

24 acres).

25 (9) Mill Creek (approximately 14,000 acres).
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1 (10) Porcupine Rim and Morning Glory (ap2 proximately 20,000 acres).

3 (11) Westwater Canyon (approximately 37,000

4 acres).

5 (12) Yellow Bird (approximately 4,200 acres).

6 SEC. 105. HENRY MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREAS.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

8 (1) The Henry Mountain Range, the last moun9 tain range to be discovered and named by early ex10 plorers in the contiguous United States, still retains

11 a wild and undiscovered quality.

12 (2) Fluted badlands that surround the flanks of

13 11,000-foot Mounts Ellen and Pennell contain areas

14 of critical habitat for mule deer and for the largest

15 herd of free-roaming buffalo in the United States.

16 (3) Despite their relative accessibility, the

17 Henry Mountain Range remains one of the wildest,

18 least-known ranges in the United States.

19 (4) The Henry Mountain range should be pro20 tected and managed to ensure the preservation of

21 the range as a wilderness area.

22 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder23 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

24 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com25 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:
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1 (1) Bull Mountain (approximately 16,000

2 acres).

3 (2) Bullfrog Creek (approximately 35,000

4 acres).

5 (3) Dogwater Creek (approximately 3,200

6 acres).

7 (4) Fremont Gorge (approximately 20,000

8 acres).

9 (5) Long Canyon (approximately 16,000 acres).

10 (6) Mount Ellen-Blue Hills (approximately

11 140,000 acres).

12 (7) Mount Hillers (approximately 21,000

13 acres).

14 (8) Mount Pennell (approximately 147,000

15 acres).

16 (9) Notom Bench (approximately 6,200 acres).

17 (10) Ragged Mountain (approximately 28,000

18 acres).

19 SEC. 106. GLEN CANYON WILDERNESS AREAS.

20 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

21 (1) The side canyons of Glen Canyon, including

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

23 Canyons, contain some of the most remote and out24 standing landscapes in southern Utah.
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1 (2) The Dirty Devil River, once the fortress

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

3 sculpted a maze of slickrock canyons through an im4 posing landscape of monoliths and inaccessible

5 mesas.

6 (3) The Red and Blue Canyons contain colorful

7 Chinle/Moenkopi badlands found nowhere else in the

8 region.

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

10 should be protected and managed as wilderness

11 areas.

12 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder13 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in

14 the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com15 ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

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

17 acres).

18 (2) Dark Canyon (approximately 134,000

19 acres).

20 (3) Dirty Devil (approximately 242,000 acres).

21 (4) Fiddler Butte (approximately 92,000 acres).

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

23 (6) Little Rockies (approximately 64,000

24 acres).
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1 (7) Red Rock Plateau (approximately 213,000

2 acres).

3 (8) White Canyon (approximately 98,000

4 acres).

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

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

7 (1) More than 1,000 years ago, the Anasazi In8 dian culture flourished in the slickrock canyons and

9 on the pin ̃on-covered mesas of southeastern Utah.

10 (2) Evidence of the ancient presence of the

11 Anasazi pervades the Cedar Mesa area of the San

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

13 and ceremonial kivas embellish sandstone overhangs

14 and isolated benchlands.

15 (3) The Cedar Mesa area is in need of protec16 tion from the vandalism and theft of its unique cul17 tural resources.

18 (4) The Cedar Mesa wilderness areas should be

19 created to protect both the archaeological heritage

20 and the extraordinary wilderness, scenic, and eco21 logical values of the United States.

22 (5) The San Juan-Anasazi area should be pro23 tected and managed as a wilderness area to ensure

24 the preservation of the unique and valuable re25 sources of that 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) Allen Canyon (approximately 5,900 acres).

6 (2) Arch Canyon (approximately 30,000 acres).

7 (3) Comb Ridge (approximately 15,000 acres).

8 (4) East Montezuma (approximately 45,000

9 acres).

10 (5) Fish and Owl Creek Canyons (approxi11 mately 73,000 acres).

12 (6) Grand Gulch (approximately 159,000

13 acres).

14 (7) Hammond Canyon (approximately 4,400

15 acres).

16 (8) Nokai Dome (approximately 93,000 acres).

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

18 (10) San Juan River (Sugarloaf) (approxi19 mately 15,000 acres).

20 (11) The Tabernacle (approximately 7,000

21 acres).

22 SEC. 108. CANYONLANDS BASIN WILDERNESS AREAS.

23 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
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1 (1) Canyonlands National Park safeguards only

2 a small portion of the extraordinary red-hued, cliff3 walled canyonland region of the Colorado Plateau.

4 (2) Areas near Arches National Park and

5 Canyonlands National Park contain canyons with

6 rushing perennial streams, natural arches, bridges,

7 and towers.

8 (3) The gorges of the Green and Colorado Riv9 ers, lie on adjacent land managed by the Secretary.

10 (4) Popular overlooks in Canyonlands Nations

11 Park and Dead Horse Point State Park have views

12 directly into adjacent areas, including Lockhart

13 Basin and Indian Creek.

14 (5) Designation of these areas as wilderness

15 would ensure the protection of this erosional master16 piece of nature and of the rich pockets of wildlife

17 found within its expanded boundaries.

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) Bridger Jack Mesa (approximately 33,000

23 acres).

24 (2) Butler Wash (approximately 27,000 acres).
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1 (3) Dead Horse Cliffs (approximately 4,100

2 acres).

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

4 acres).

5 (5) Duma Point (approximately 14,000 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 15,000

10 acres).

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

12 (10) Labyrinth Canyon (approximately 150,000

13 acres).

14 (11) San Rafael River (approximately 101,000

15 acres).

16 (12) Shay Mountain (approximately 14,000

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 the following:
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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

15 among Utah’s most valuable habitat for desert big16 horn sheep.

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) Eagle Canyon (approximately 38,000

4 acres).

5 (4) Factory Butte (approximately 22,000

6 acres).

7 (5) Hondu Country (approximately 20,000

8 acres).

9 (6) Jones Bench (approximately 2,800 acres).

10 (7) Limestone Cliffs (approximately 25,000

11 acres).

12 (8) Lost Spring Wash (approximately 37,000

13 acres).

14 (9) Mexican Mountain (approximately 100,000

15 acres).

16 (10) Molen Reef (approximately 33,000 acres).

17 (11) Muddy Creek (approximately 240,000

18 acres).

19 (12) Mussentuchit Badlands (approximately

20 25,000 acres).

21 (13) Price River-Humbug (approximately

22 98,000 acres).

23 (14) Red Desert (approximately 40,000 acres).

24 (15) Rock Canyon (approximately 18,000

25 acres).
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1 (16) San Rafael Reef (approximately 114,000

2 acres).

3 (17) Sids Mountain (approximately 107,000

4 acres).

5 (18) Upper Muddy Creek (approximately

6 19,000 acres).

7 (19) Wild Horse Mesa (approximately 92,000

8 acres).

9 SEC. 110. BOOK CLIFFS AND UINTA BASIN WILDERNESS

10 AREAS.

11 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

12 (1) The Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin wilderness

13 areas offer—

14 (A) unique big game hunting opportunities

15 in verdant high-plateau forests;

16 (B) the opportunity for float trips of sev17 eral days duration down the Green River in

18 Desolation Canyon; and

19 (C) the opportunity for calm water canoe

20 weekends on the White River.

21 (2) The long rampart of the Book Cliffs bounds

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

23 dissected by the rivers and streams, slope away to

24 the north into the Uinta Basin.
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1 (3) Bighorn sheep, elk, mule deer, bears, and

2 cougars flourish in the back country of the Book

3 Cliffs.

4 (4) The Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin areas

5 should be protected and managed to ensure the pro6 tection of the areas as wilderness.

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) Bourdette Draw (approximately 15,000

12 acres).

13 (2) Bull Canyon (approximately 2,800 acres).

14 (3) Chipeta (approximately 95,000 acres).

15 (4) Desbrough Canyon (approximately 13,000

16 acres).

17 (5) Desolation Canyon (approximately 548,000

18 acres).

19 (6) Diamond Breaks (approximately 8,000

20 acres).

21 (7) Diamond Canyon (approximately 166,000

22 acres).

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

24 Mountain’’) (approximately 27,000 acres).
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1 (9) Goslin Mountain (approximately 4,900

2 acres).

3 (10) Hideout Canyon (approximately 12,000

4 acres).

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

6 acres).

7 (12) Lower Flaming Gorge (approximately

8 20,000 acres).

9 (13) Mexico Point (approximately 15,000

10 acres).

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

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

13 (15) O-Wi-Yu-Kuts (approximately 13,000

14 acres).

15 (16) Red Creek Badlands (approximately 3,600

16 acres).

17 (17) Sunday School Canyon (approximately

18 18,000 acres).

19 (18) Survey Point (approximately 8,000 acres).

20 (19) Turtle Canyon (approximately 37,000

21 acres).

22 (20) White River (approximately 25,000 acres).

23 (21) 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 H.R. ll, 107th 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 the following:

11 (1) The Federal Land Policy and Management

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

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 as

4 follows:

5 (A) 300 feet from a paved Federal or

6 State highway.

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

8 high standard dirt or gravel road.

9 (C) 30 feet from any other road.

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

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

12 a road with wilderness on both sides (including cher13 ry-stems or roads separating 2 wilderness units)

14 shall be set as follows:

15 (A) 200 feet from a paved Federal or

16 State highway.

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

18 high standard dirt or gravel road.

19 (C) 10 feet from any other roads.

20 (b) SETBACK EXCEPTIONS.—

21 (1) WELL-DEFINED TOPOGRAPHICAL BAR22 RIERS.—If, between the road and the boundary of a

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

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

25 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

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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 the following:

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

18 seq.).

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.

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