SEC. 206. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS AND ADMINIS-
TRATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) PUBLIC LAND LAWS.—Except as otherwise specifi-
cally provided in this Act, nothing in this title shall be con-
strued as limiting the applicability to lands in the con-
servation area of laws applicable to public lands generally,
including but not limited to the National Historic Preserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), the Archaeological Re-
sources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.),
or the Native American Graves Protection and Repatri-
ation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).
(b) NON-BLM LAND.—Nothing in this title shall be
construed as by itself altering the status of any lands that
on the date of enactment of this Act were not managed by
the Bureau of Land Management.
SEC. 207. COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the
Secretary from authorizing the installation of communica-
tions equipment in the conservation area for public safety
purposes, other than within areas designated as wilderness,
to the highest practicable degree consistent with require-
ments and restrictions otherwise applicable to the conserva-
tion area.
Subtitle B—Wilderness Areas
Within Conservation Area
SEC. 221. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following
lands in the conservation area, as generally depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘San Rafael Swell National Heritage/Con-
servation Area Proposed’’, dated June 12, 1998, are hereby
designated as wilderness and therefore as components of the
National Wilderness Preservation System:
(1) Crack Canyon Wilderness Area, consisting of
approximately 25,624 acres.
(2) Mexican Mountain Wilderness Area, consist-
ing of approximately 27,257 acres.
(3) Muddy Creek Wilderness Area, consisting of
approximately 39,348 acres.
(4) San Rafael Reef Wilderness Area, consisting
of approximately 48,227 acres.
(b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—As soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall file a map and a legal description of each area des-
ignated as wilderness by subsection (a) with the Committee
on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
Each map and description shall have the same force and
effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary
may correct clerical and typographical errors in such maps
and legal descriptions. Each map and legal description
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management,
and the office of the State Director of the Bureau of Land
Management in the State of Utah, Department of the Inte-
rior.
SEC. 222. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights and
the full exercise of those rights, each area designated as wil-
derness by this title shall be administered by the Secretary
in accordance with this title and the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
(b) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS AND INTER-
ESTS.—Any lands or interest in lands within the bound-
aries of an area designated as wilderness by this title that
is acquired by the United States after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act shall be added to and administered as part
of the wilderness area within which the acquired lands or
interest in lands are located.
(c) MANAGEMENT PLANS.—As soon as possible after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in co-
operation with the Advisory Council, shall prepare plans
in accordance with section 202 of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) to manage
the areas designated as wilderness by this title.
SEC. 223. LIVESTOCK.
Grazing of livestock in areas designated as wilderness
by this Act, where such grazing is established before the date
of the enactment of this Act—
(1) may not be reduced, increased, or with-
drawn, except based solely on scientific analyses of
range conditions; and
(2) shall be administered in accordance with sec-
tion 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1133(d)(4)) and the guidelines set forth in House Re-
port 96–1126.
SEC. 224. WILDERNESS RELEASE.
(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds and directs that
public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment within the conservation area in the County of Emery,
Utah, that are depicted on the map entitled ‘‘San Rafael
Swell National Heritage/Conservation Area Proposed’’,
dated June 12, 1998, have been adequately studied for wil-
derness designation pursuant to section 603 of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1782).
(b) RELEASE.—Any public lands administered by the
Bureau of Land Management within the conservation area
in the County of Emery, Utah, that are depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘San Rafael Swell National Heritage/Con-
servation Area Proposed’’, dated June 12, 1998, and that
are not designated as wilderness by this title are no longer
subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)). Such lands
shall be managed for public uses as defined in section 103(c)
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1702(c)) and in accordance with land manage-
ment plans adopted pursuant to section 202 of such Act
(43 U.S.C. 1712) and this Act.
Subtitle C—Other Special
Management Areas
SEC. 231. SAN RAFAEL SWELL DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP
MANAGEMENT AREA.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished in the conservation area the San Rafael Swell
Desert Bighorn Sheep Management Area (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘management area’’).
(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the manage-
ment area are the following:
(A) To provide for the prudent management
of Desert Bighorn Sheep and their habitat in the
Sid’s Mountain area of the conservation area.
(B) To provide opportunities for watchable
wildlife, hunting, and scientific study of Desert
Bighorn Sheep and their habitat.
(C) To provide a seed source for other
Desert Bighorn Sheep herds, and a gene pool to
protect genetic diversity within the Desert Big-
horn Sheep species.
(D) To provide educational opportunities to
the public regarding Desert Big Horn Sheep and
their environs.
(E) To maintain the natural qualities of
the lands and habitat of the management area to
the extent practicable with prudent management
of desert bighorn sheep.
(b) AREA INCLUDED.—The management area shall
consist of approximately 73,909 acres of federally owned
lands and interests therein managed by the Bureau of Land
Management as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘San Rafael Swell National Heritage/Conservation Area
Proposed’’, dated June 12, 1998.
(c) MANAGEMENT AND USE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided
in this section, the management area and use of the
management area shall be subject to all requirements
and restrictions that apply to the conservation area.
(2) MECHANIZED TRAVEL.—The Secretary shall
not allow any mechanized travel in the management
area, except—
(A) mechanized travel that is in accordance
with the plan; and
(B) mechanized travel by personnel of the
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the Bu-
reau of Land Management, including overflights
of aircraft and landings of helicopters, may be
allowed as needed to manage the Desert Bighorn
Sheep and their habitat.
(3) DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP MANAGEMENT.—
The Secretary and the Utah Division of Wildlife Re-
sources may use such management tools as are needed
to provide for the sustainability of the Desert Bighorn
Sheep herd and the range resource of the management
area, including animal transplanting (both into and
out of the management area), hunting, water develop-
ment, fencing, surveys, prescribed fire, control of nox-
ious or invading weeds, and predator control.
(4) WILDLIFE VIEWING.—The Secretary, in co-
operation with the State of Utah and the Advisory
Council, shall manage the management area to pro-
vide opportunities for the public to view Desert Big-
horn Sheep in their natural habitat. However, the
Secretary may restrict mechanized and nonmecha-
nized visitation to sensitive areas during critical sea-
sons as needed to provide for the proper management
of the Desert Bighorn Sheep herd of the management
area.
(d) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall include a
management plan for the management area in the
management plan for the conservation area under sec-
tion 203.
(2) CONTENTS.—The management plan for the
management area shall establish goals and manage-
ment steps to be taken within the management area
to achieve the purposes of the management area under
subsection (a)(2).
(3) PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary shall cooper-
ate with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and
the Advisory Council in developing the management
plan for the management area.
(e) FACILITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish,
operate, and maintain in the management area such
facilities as are needed to provide for the management
and safety of recreational users of the management
area.
(2) VIEWING SITES.—Facilities under this sub-
section may include improved sheep viewing sites
around the periphery of the management area, if such
sites do not interfere with the proper management of
the sheep and their habitat.
(f) DEVELOPMENT OF HERITAGE SITES.—This section
shall not be construed to preclude the utilization, enhance-
ment, and maintenance of national heritage area sites in
the management area, if such activities do not conflict with
the purposes of the management area under subsection (a).
SEC. 232. SEMI-PRIMITIVE NONMOTORIZED USE AREAS.
(a) DESIGNATION
AND PURPOSES.—The Secretary
shall designate areas in the conservation area as semi-
primitive nonmotorized use areas. The purposes of the semi-
primitive areas are the following:
(1) To provide opportunities for isolation from
the sights and sounds of man.
(2) To provide opportunities to have a high de-
gree of interaction with the natural environment.
(3) To provide opportunities for recreational
users to practice outdoor skills in settings that present
moderate challenge and risk.
(b) AREA INCLUDED.—The semi-primitive areas shall
consist generally of approximately 120,695 acres of feder-
ally owned lands and interests therein located in the con-
servation area that are managed by the Bureau of Land
Management, as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘San Rafael Swell National Heritage/Conservation Area
Proposed’’, dated June 12, 1998.
(c) MANAGEMENT AND USE.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, semi-primitive areas shall be subject
to all requirements and restrictions that apply to the con-
servation area.
(d) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall include a
management plan for the semi-primitive areas in the
management plan for the conservation area under sec-
tion 203.
(2) CONTENTS.—The management plans for the
semi-primitive areas shall establish goals and man-
agement steps to be taken within the semi-primitive
areas to achieve the purposes under subsection (a).
(e) DEVELOPMENT OF HERITAGE SITES.—This section
shall not be construed to preclude the utilization, enhance-
ment, and maintenance of national heritage area sites in
any semi-primitive area, if such activities do not conflict
with the purposes of the semi-primitive areas under sub-
section (a).
SEC. 233. SCENIC VISUAL AREA OF CRITICAL ENVIRON-
MENTAL CONCERN.
(a) DESIGNATION AND PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall
designate areas in the conservation area as a scenic visual
area of critical environmental concern (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘scenic visual ACEC’’). The purpose of the
scenic visual ACEC is to preserve the scenic value of the
Interstate Route 70 corridor within the conservation area.
(b) AREA INCLUDED.—The scenic visual ACEC shall
consist generally of approximately 27,670 acres of lands
and interests therein located in the conservation area bor-
dering Interstate Route 70 that are managed by the Bureau
of Land Management, as generally depicted on the map en-
titled ‘‘San Rafael Swell National Heritage/Conservation
Area Proposed’’, dated June 12, 1998.
(c) MANAGEMENT AND USE.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, the scenic visual ACEC shall be subject
to all requirements and restrictions that apply to the con-
servation area, and shall be managed to protect scenic val-
ues in accordance with the Bureau of Land Management
document entitled ‘‘San Rafael Resource Management Plan,
Utah, Moab District, San Rafael Resource Area, 1991’’.
TITLE III—GENERAL
MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. LIVESTOCK GRAZING.
(a) AREAS OTHER THAN WILDERNESS.—