Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act

Bill: 118-s-593
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
New Mexico
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act

 
This bill designates specified federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Taos County, New Mexico, comprising 12,898 acres in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, to be known as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness.
 
The Department of the Interior shall enter into a cooperative agreement with New Mexico that specifies, subject to certain prohibition provisions under the Wilderness Act, the terms and conditions under which wildlife management activities in the wilderness may be carried out.
 
Subject to such agreement and such prohibition provisions, Interior may authorize the maintenance of any existing structure or facility for wildlife water development projects (including guzzlers) in the wilderness, if 
 
 
the structure or facility would enhance wilderness values by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife populations; and 
 
the visual impacts of the structure or facility on the wilderness can reasonably be minimized. 
 
 
The bill modifies the boundary of the monument. 

action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act

 
This bill designates specified federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Taos County, New Mexico, comprising 12,898 acres in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, to be known as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness.
 
The Department of the Interior must enter into a cooperative agreement with New Mexico that specifies, subject to certain prohibition provisions under the Wilderness Act, the terms and conditions under which wildlife management activities in the wilderness may be carried out.
 
Subject to such agreement and such prohibition provisions, Interior may authorize the maintenance of any existing structure or facility for wildlife water development projects (including guzzlers) in the wilderness, if 
 
 
the structure or facility would enhance wilderness values by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife populations; and 
 
the visual impacts of the structure or facility on the wilderness can reasonably be minimized. 
 
 
The bill modifies the boundary of the monument. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-54.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-54.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate