I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5009 
To designate certain lands in the Wasatch Mountains of Salt Lake County, 
Utah, as wilderness, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2010 
Mr. MATHESON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate certain lands in the Wasatch Mountains of 
Salt Lake County, Utah, as wilderness, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wasatch Wilderness 
and Watershed Protection Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS, UINTA-WASATCH- 
CACHE NATIONAL FORESTS, UTAH. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following 
Federal lands within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National 
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Forests in Salt Lake County, Utah, are designated as wil-
derness and as either a new component of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System or as an addition to an 
existing component of the National Wilderness Preserva-
tion System: 
(1) Certain lands in the vicinity of the Lone 
Peak Wilderness comprising approximately 4,627 
acres, as generally depicted on the map titled 
‘‘Wasatch Mountains Wilderness and Watershed 
Protection’’ and dated January 29, 2010 (in this 
subsection referred to as the ‘‘map’’), which shall be 
added to and administered as part of the Lone Peak 
Wilderness designated by section 2(I) of Public Law 
95–237 (92 Stat. 42). 
(2) Certain lands in the vicinity of the Mount 
Olympus Wilderness comprising approximately 813 
acres, as generally depicted on the map, which shall 
be added to and administered as part of the Mount 
Olympus Wilderness designated by section 102(a)(3) 
of Public Law 98–428 (98 Stat. 1658). 
(3) Certain lands comprising approximately 
2,342 acres, as generally depicted on the map, which 
shall be known as the ‘‘Bear Trap Wilderness’’. 
(4) Certain lands comprising approximately 
7,759 acres, as generally depicted on the map, which 
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shall be known as the ‘‘Wayne Owens Grandeur 
Peak/Mount Aire Wilderness’’. 
(b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) FILING
AND
AVAILABILITY.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service, shall file with the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate a map and legal de-
scription of each wilderness area designated or ex-
panded by paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection 
(a). The maps and legal descriptions shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal de-
scriptions filed under paragraph (1) and (2) shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in this 
Act, except that the Secretary of Agriculture may 
correct clerical and typographical errors in the maps 
and legal descriptions. 
SEC. 3. HELISKIING SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA, UINTA- 
WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FORESTS, UTAH. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Certain Federal lands contig-
uous to the existing Mount Olympus, Twin Peaks, and 
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Lone Peak Wilderness Areas, and the Wayne Owens 
Grandeur Peak/Mount Aire Wilderness Area enacted by 
this legislation in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National For-
est comprising approximately 10,479 acres, as generally 
depicted on a map titled ‘‘Wasatch Mountains Wilderness 
and Watershed Protection’’ and dated January 29, 2010, 
are hereby designated as the ‘‘Heliskiing Special Manage-
ment Area’’. 
(b) MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) FILING
AND
AVAILABILITY.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service, shall file with the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate a map and legal de-
scription of the Heliskiing Special Management 
Area. The map and legal description shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal de-
scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
cept that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct 
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