shall be known as the Granite Creek Wilder-
ness. 
(E) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 12,449 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Dominguez North Proposed Wil-
derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
which shall be known as the Dominguez North 
Wilderness. 
(F) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 32,126 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Hunter Canyon Proposed Wilder-
ness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which 
shall be known as the Hunter Canyon Wilder-
ness. 
(G) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 9,398 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Kings Canyon Proposed Wilder-
ness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which 
shall be known as the Kings Canyon Wilder-
ness. 
(H) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 30,557 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Little Bookcliffs Proposed Wil-
derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
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which shall be known as the Little Bookcliffs 
Wilderness. 
(I) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 20,585 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Maverick Canyon Proposed Wil-
derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
which shall be known as the Maverick Canyon 
Wilderness. 
(J) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 26,914 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘The Palisade Proposed Wilder-
ness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which 
shall be known as the Palisade Wilderness. 
(K) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 18,687 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Prairie Canyon Proposed Wilder-
ness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which 
shall be known as the Prairie Canyon Wilder-
ness. 
(L) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 5,143 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Sagebrush Pillows Proposed Wil-
derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
which shall be known as the Sagebrush Pillows 
Wilderness. 
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(M) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 27,569 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘South Shale Ridge Proposed Wil-
derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
which shall be known as the South Shale Ridge 
Wilderness. 
(4) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junc-
tion and Uncompahgre Field Offices and in the 
Uncompahgre National Forest which comprise ap-
proximately 84,410 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Dominguez Canyons Proposed Wilder-
ness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which shall 
be known as the Dominguez Canyons Wilderness. 
(5) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junc-
tion Field Office and in the Uncompahgre National 
Forest which comprise approximately 39,392 acres, 
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Unaweep 
Proposed Wilderness Area’’, dated September 17, 
2007, which shall be known as the Unaweep Wilder-
ness. 
(6) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junc-
tion Field Office and San Juan Field Office and in 
the Manti-LaSal National Forest which comprise ap-
proximately 65,448 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Sewemup Mesa Proposed Wilderness 
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Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which shall be 
known as the Sewemup Mesa Wilderness. 
(7) The following areas managed by Gunnison 
Field Office: 
(A) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 3,306 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Powderhorn Additions Proposed 
Wilderness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
and which are hereby incorporated in and shall 
be deemed to be a part of the Powderhorn Wil-
derness designated by Public Law 103–77. 
(B) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 38,594 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Redcloud Peak Proposed Wilder-
ness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which 
shall be known as the Redcloud Peak Wilder-
ness. 
(C) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 6,878 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘West Elk Addition Proposed Wil-
derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, and 
which are hereby incorporated in and shall be 
deemed to be a part of the West Elk Wilderness 
designated by Public Law 88–577. 
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(8) Certain lands managed by the Gunnison 
Field Office and in the Gunnison National Forest 
and Rio Grande National Forest which comprise ap-
proximately 72,397 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Handies Peak Proposed Wilderness 
Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which shall be 
known as the Handies Peak Wilderness. 
(9) Certain lands managed by the Kremmling 
Field Office which comprise approximately 33 acres, 
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Platte 
River Addition Proposed Wilderness Area’’, dated 
September 17, 2007, and which are hereby incor-
porated in and shall be deemed to be part of the 
Platte River Wilderness designated by Public Law 
98–550. 
(10) Certain lands managed by the Kremmling 
Field Office and in the Arapaho National Forest and 
the Routt National Forest which comprise approxi-
mately 119,676 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Troublesome Proposed Wilderness 
Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which shall be 
known as the Troublesome Wilderness. 
(11) 
Certain 
lands 
managed 
by 
the 
Uncompahgre Field Office and in the Grand Mesa 
National Forest which comprise approximately 
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10,742 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Adobe Badlands Proposed Wilderness Area’’, 
dated September 17, 2007, which shall be known as 
the Adobe Badlands Wilderness. 
(12) The following areas managed by the 
Uncompahgre Field Office and in the Uncompahgre 
National Forest: 
(A) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 22,604 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Roubideau Proposed Wilderness 
Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which shall 
be known as the Roubideau Wilderness. 
(B) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 13,288 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Norwood Canyon Proposed Wil-
derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
which shall be known as the Norwood Canyon 
Wilderness. 
(13) The following areas managed by the San 
Juan Field Office: 
(A) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 25,947 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Cross Canyon Proposed Wilder-
ness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which 
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date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in wilderness 
areas designated by this Act shall be administered in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), as further inter-
preted by section 108 of Public Law 96–560, and the 
guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House Report 101– 
405 of the 101st Congress. 
(c) STATE JURISDICTION.—As provided in section 
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 
nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the ju-
risdiction or responsibilities of the State of Colorado with 
respect to wildlife and fish in Colorado. 
(d) WATER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each wilder-
ness and potential wilderness area designated by this 
Act, the Secretary shall obtain and exercise any 
water rights required to fulfill the purposes of the 
wilderness in accordance with the following provi-
sions: 
(A) Such water rights shall be appro-
priated, adjudicated, changed, and administered 
pursuant to the procedural requirements and 
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priority system of the laws of the State of Colo-
rado. 
(B) The purposes and other substantive 
characteristics of such water rights shall be es-
tablished pursuant to State law, except that the 
Secretary is specifically authorized to appro-
priate water under this Act exclusively for the 
purpose of maintaining groundwater levels, sur-
face water levels, and streamflows on, across, 
and under the wilderness in order to accomplish 
the purposes of the wilderness and to protect 
wilderness uses. 
(C) Such water rights shall be established 
and used without interfering with any exercise 
of a water right in existence on the date of the 
enactment of this Act for a non-Federal pur-
pose. 
(2) PROTECTING RIGHTS.—The Secretary and 
all other officers of the United States shall take 
steps necessary to protect the rights established 
under paragraph (1), including the filing by the Sec-
retary of a claim for the quantification of such 
rights in any present or future appropriate stream 
adjudication in the courts of the State of Colorado 
in which the United States is or may be joined and 
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which is conducted in accordance with section 208 of 
the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1953 
(43 U.S.C. 666; commonly known as the McCarran 
Amendment). 
(3) RELINQUISHMENT OR REDUCTION.—Noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed as a relinquish-
ment or reduction of any water rights reserved or 
appropriated by the United States in the State of 
Colorado on or before the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(4) WATER RESOURCE FACILITY.—With respect 
to each wilderness and potential wilderness area des-
ignated by this Act, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, on and after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, neither the President nor any other offi-
cer, employee, or agent of the United States shall 
fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license or permit 
for development of any new irrigation and pumping 
facility, reservoir, water conservation work, aque-
duct, canal, ditch, pipeline, well, hydropower project, 
transmission, other ancillary facility, or other water 
diversion, storage, or carriage structure. 
(e) AERIAL NAVIGATION TRAINING EXERCISES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Colorado Army Na-
tional Guard, through the High-Altitude Army Na-
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tional Guard Aviation Training Site, may conduct 
aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over 
and upon the lands designated as potential wilder-
ness by this Act in a manner— 
(A) consistent with the memorandum of 
understanding dated August 4, 1987, among 
the Colorado Army National Guard, the Bureau 
of Land Management, and the Forest Service; 
and 
(B) minimizing the impact to wilderness 
character, natural features, and a visitor’s sense 
of solitude. 
(2) REVIEW OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDER-
STANDING.—The parties to the memorandum of un-
derstanding referred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall re-
view the memorandum and associated annual oper-
ating plan not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
so long as the Colorado Army National Guard con-
ducts activity described in paragraph (1). The review 
shall include consideration of alternative locations 
for activities identified in the memorandum of un-
derstanding. Such alternative locations must be over 
and upon National Forest System lands and lands 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, 
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other than lands designated as wilderness or as po-
tential wilderness. 
(3) MODIFICATION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF 
UNDERSTANDING.—The memorandum of under-
standing referred to in paragraph (1)(A) may be 
modified, subject to the agreement of all parties 
thereto, if the Colorado Army National Guard, in 
consultation with the Bureau of Land Management 
and the Forest Service, identifies an alternative loca-
tion as described in paragraph (2) that meets its 
aerial training needs. 
(f) POTENTIAL WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The following lands are des-
ignated as potential wilderness areas: 
(A) Certain lands in the Glenwood Springs 
Field Office and the White River National For-
est which comprise approximately 20,843 acres, 
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Deep 
Creek Proposed Wilderness Area’’, dated Sep-
tember 17, 2007, which shall be known as the 
Deep Creek Wilderness. 
(B) Certain lands in the Glenwood Springs 
Field Office which comprise approximately 
15,679 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
entitled ‘‘Pisgah Mountain Proposed Wilderness 
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