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119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 2467
To designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons
of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State
of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people
in the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH27, 2025
Ms. S
TANSBURY(for herself, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. NEAL, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr.
C
OHEN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. PINGREE,
Ms. D
ELAURO, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. HOYLEof
Oregon, Mrs. H
AYES, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LIEU, Ms. CHU, Ms.
D
ELBENE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. SMITHof Washington, Mr. GARCI´Aof Illi-
nois, Mr. M
ULLIN, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin,
Mr. P
OCAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. WATERS, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. STEVENS,
Ms. O
MAR, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. TONKO, Mr. CARBAJAL,
Ms. M
ENG, Mr. BEYER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. JAYAPAL, and
Mrs. R
AMIREZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the
red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great
Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of
present and future generations of people in the United
States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2
‘‘America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act’’. 3
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 4
this Act is as follows: 5
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Findings.
Sec. 4. Purposes.
TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS
Sec. 101. Great Basin Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 102. Grand Staircase-Escalante Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 103. Moab-La Sal Canyons Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 104. Henry Mountains Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 105. Glen Canyon Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 106. San Juan Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 107. Canyonlands Basin Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 108. San Rafael Swell Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 109. Book Cliffs–Greater Dinosaur Wilderness Areas.
TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. General provisions.
Sec. 202. Administration.
Sec. 203. State school trust land within wilderness areas.
Sec. 204. Water.
Sec. 205. Roads.
Sec. 206. Livestock.
Sec. 207. Fish and wildlife.
Sec. 208. Protection of Tribal rights.
Sec. 209. Management of newly acquired land.
Sec. 210. Withdrawal.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
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In this Act: 7
(1) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 8
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-9
reau of Land Management. 10
(2) S
TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 11
of Utah. 12
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SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 1
Congress finds that— 2
(1) the land designated as wilderness by this 3
Act is one of the largest remaining expanses of un-4
protected, wild public land in the continental United 5
States; 6
(2) the designation of wilderness by this Act 7
would— 8
(A) increase landscape connectivity in the 9
Colorado Plateau; and 10
(B) help to mitigate the impacts of climate 11
change by— 12
(i) providing critical refugia; 13
(ii) reducing surface disturbances that 14
exacerbate the impacts of climate change; 15
(iii) reducing greenhouse gas emis-16
sions related to the extraction and use of 17
fossil fuels; and 18
(iv) contributing to the goal of pro-19
tecting 30 percent of global land and 20
waters by 2030; 21
(3) the land designated as wilderness by this 22
Act is— 23
(A) a living cultural landscape; 24
(B) a place of refuge for wild nature; and 25
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(C) an important part of Indigenous and 1
non-Indigenous community values; 2
(4) Indian Tribes have been present on the land 3
designated as wilderness by this Act since time im-4
memorial, using the plant, animal, landform, and 5
spiritual values for sustenance and cultural, medic-6
inal, and ceremonial activities, purposes for which 7
Indigenous people continue to use the land; and 8
(5) the designation of wilderness by this Act— 9
(A) is vital to the continuation and revital-10
ization of Indigenous cultures; and 11
(B) serves to protect places of Indigenous 12
use and sanctuary. 13
SEC. 4. PURPOSES. 14
The purposes of this Act are— 15
(1) to designate as wilderness certain Federal 16
portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado 17
Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of 18
Utah for the benefit of present and future genera-19
tions of people in the United States; 20
(2) to protect the cultural, ecological, and sce-21
nic values of land designated as wilderness by this 22
Act for the benefit, use, and enjoyment of present 23
and future generations of people in the United 24
States; and 25
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(3) to protect the ability of Indigenous and non- 1
Indigenous people to use the land designated as wil-2
derness by this Act for traditional activities, includ-3
ing hunting, fishing, hiking, horsepacking, camping, 4
and spirituality as people have used the land for 5
generations. 6
TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF 7
WILDERNESS AREAS 8
SEC. 101. GREAT BASIN WILDERNESS AREAS. 9
(a) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 10
(1) the Great Basin region of western Utah is 11
comprised of starkly beautiful mountain ranges that 12
rise as islands from the desert floor; 13
(2) the Wah Wah Mountains in the Great 14
Basin region are arid and austere, with massive cliff 15
faces and leathery slopes speckled with pin˜on and ju-16
niper; 17
(3) the Pilot Range and Stansbury Mountains 18
in the Great Basin region are high enough to draw 19
moisture from passing clouds and support eco-20
systems found nowhere else on earth; 21
(4) from bristlecone pine, the world’s oldest liv-22
ing organism, to newly flowered mountain meadows, 23
mountains of the Great Basin region are islands of 24
nature that— 25
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(A) support remarkable biological diversity; 1
and 2
(B) provide opportunities to experience the 3
colossal silence of the Great Basin; and 4
(5) the Great Basin region of western Utah 5
should be protected and managed to ensure the pres-6
ervation of the natural conditions of the region. 7
(b) D
ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-8
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in 9
the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com-10
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 11
(1) Bald Eagle Mountain (approximately 9,000 12
acres). 13
(2) Barn Hills (approximately 21,000 acres). 14
(3) Big Hollow (approximately 4,000 acres). 15
(4) Black Hills (approximately 8,750 acres). 16
(5) Broken Ridge (approximately 9,250 acres). 17
(6) Bullgrass Knoll (approximately 15,750 18
acres). 19
(7) Burbank Hills (approximately 17,000 20
acres). 21
(8) Burbank Pass (approximately 30,000 22
acres). 23
(9) Chalk Knolls (approximately 16,500 acres). 24
(10) Cobb Peak (approximately 8,500 acres). 25
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(11) Conger Mountain (approximately 21,750 1
acres). 2
(12) Crater Bench (approximately 35,000 3
acres). 4
(13) Crater Island East (approximately 53,000 5
acres). 6
(14) Crater Island West (approximately 30,000 7
acres). 8
(15) Cricket Mountain (approximately 16,500 9
acres). 10
(16) Crook Creek (approximately 20,000 acres). 11
(17) Deep Creek Mountains (approximately 12
127,000 acres). 13
(18) Disappointment Hills (approximately 14
24,000 acres). 15
(19) Drum Mountains (approximately 14,500 16
acres). 17
(20) Dugway Mountains (approximately 24,500 18
acres). 19
(21) Fish Springs Range (approximately 20
65,000 acres). 21
(22) Granite Mountain (approximately 19,250 22
acres). 23
(23) Granite Peak (approximately 19,500 24
acres). 25
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(24) Grassy Mountains North (approximately 1
8,500 acres). 2
(25) Grassy Mountains South (approximately 3
16,500 acres). 4
(26) Hamlin (approximately 13,750 acres). 5
(27) Headlight Mountain (approximately 6,000 6
acres). 7
(28) Howell Peak (approximately 28,750 acres). 8
(29) Indian Peaks (approximately 15,750 9
acres). 10
(30) Jackson Wash (approximately 18,500 11
acres). 12
(31) Juniper (approximately 17,500 acres). 13
(32) Keg Mountains East (approximately 14
19,500 acres). 15
(33) Keg Mountains West (approximately 16
19,250 acres). 17
(34) Kern Mountains (approximately 15,000 18
acres). 19
(35) King Top (approximately 111,500 acres). 20
(36) Ledger Canyon (approximately 9,000 21
acres). 22
(37) Lion Peak (approximately 27,500 acres). 23
(38) Little Drum Mountains North (approxi-24
mately 14,000 acres). 25
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(39) Little Drum Mountains South (approxi-1
mately 10,000 acres). 2
(40) Mahogany Peak (approximately 750 3
acres). 4
(41) Middle Burbank Hills (approximately 5
6,750 acres). 6
(42) Middle Mountains (approximately 39,750 7
acres). 8
(43) Mount Escalante (approximately 17,500 9
acres). 10
(44) Mountain Home Range North (approxi-11
mately 21,500 acres). 12
(45) Mountain Home Range South (approxi-13
mately 32,750 acres). 14
(46) Needle Mountains (approximately 12,000 15
acres). 16
(47) Newfoundland Mountains (approximately 17
24,500 acres). 18
(48) North Peaks (approximately 9,500 acres). 19
(49) North Stansbury Mountains (approxi-20
mately 20,500 acres). 21
(50) Notch Peak (approximately 72,000 acres). 22
(51) Notch View (approximately 8,000 acres). 23
(52) Ochre Mountain (approximately 13,500 24
acres). 25
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(53) Oquirrh Mountains (approximately 9,000 1
acres). 2
(54) Orr Ridge (approximately 11,000 acres). 3
(55) Painted Rock (approximately 26,500 4
acres). 5
(56) Paradise Mountain (approximately 40,000 6
acres). 7
(57) Pilot Mountains Central (approximately 8
8,000 acres). 9
(58) Pilot Peak (approximately 30,250 acres). 10
(59) Red Canyon (approximately 15,500 acres). 11
(60) Red Tops (approximately 28,000 acres). 12
(61) San Francisco Mountains (approximately 13
39,750 acres). 14
(62) Silver Island Mountains (approximately 15
37,500 acres). 16
(63) Snake Valley (approximately 66,250 17
acres). 18
(64) Spring Creek Canyon (approximately 19
5,250 acres). 20
(65) Stansbury Island (approximately 10,000 21
acres). 22
(66) Steamboat Mountain (approximately 23
40,250 acres). 24
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(67) Swasey Peak (approximately 91,000 1
acres). 2
(68) The Toad (approximately 11,250 acres). 3
(69) Thomas Range (approximately 40,500 4
acres). 5
(70) Tule Valley (approximately 102,000 6
acres). 7
(71) Tule Valley South (approximately 19,000 8
acres). 9
(72) Tunnel Springs (approximately 23,000 10
acres). 11
(73) Wah Wah Mountains Central (approxi-12
mately 6,750 acres). 13
(74) Wah Wah Mountains North (approxi-14
mately 93,500 acres). 15
(75) Wah Wah Mountains South (approxi-16
mately 17,750 acres). 17
(76) White Rock Range (approximately 5,000 18
acres). 19
(77) Wild Horse Pass (approximately 35,750 20
acres). 21
SEC. 102. GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE WILDERNESS 22
AREAS. 23
(a) G
RANDSTAIRCASEAREA.— 24
(1) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 25
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(A) the area known as the Grand Staircase 1
rises more than 6,000 feet in a series of great 2
cliffs and plateaus from the depths of the 3
Grand Canyon to the forested rim of Bryce 4
Canyon; 5
(B) the Grand Staircase— 6
(i) spans 6 major life zones, from the 7
lower Sonoran Desert to the alpine forest; 8
and 9
(ii) encompasses geologic formations 10
that display 3,000,000,000 years of 11
Earth’s history; 12
(C) land managed by the Secretary forms 13
a vital natural corridor connecting the deserts 14
and forests of the surrounding landscape, which 15
includes Grand Canyon National Park and 16
Bryce Canyon National Park; 17
(D) each of the areas described in para-18
graph (2) (other than East of Bryce, Moquith 19
Mountain, Bunting Point, Canaan Mountain, 20
Orderville Canyon, Parunuweap Canyon, 21
Vermillion Cliffs, and the majority of Upper 22
Kanab Creek) is located within the Grand 23
Staircase-Escalante National Monument, as es-24
tablished in 1996; and 25
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(E) the Grand Staircase in Utah should be 1
protected and managed as a wilderness area. 2
(2) D
ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the 3
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol-4
lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder-5
ness areas and as components of the National Wil-6
derness Preservation System: 7
(A) Bryce Boot (approximately 2,750 8
acres). 9
(B) Bryce View (approximately 4,500 10
acres). 11
(C) Bunting Point (approximately 11,500 12
acres). 13
(D) Canaan Mountain (approximately 14
15,250 acres). 15
(E) East of Bryce (approximately 750 16
acres). 17
(F) Glass Eye Canyon (approximately 18
25,500 acres). 19
(G) Ladder Canyon (approximately 14,500 20
acres). 21
(H) Moquith Mountain (approximately 22
15,750 acres). 23
(I) Nephi Point (approximately 14,750 24
acres). 25
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(J) Orderville Canyon (approximately 1
8,000 acres). 2
(K) Paria-Hackberry (approximately 3
196,000 acres). 4
(L) Paria Wilderness Expansion (approxi-5
mately 4,000 acres). 6
(M) Parunuweap Canyon (approximately 7
44,500 acres). 8
(N) Pine Hollow (approximately 11,000 9
acres). 10
(O) Timber Mountain (approximately 11
52,750 acres). 12
(P) Upper Kanab Creek (approximately 13
51,000 acres). 14
(Q) Vermillion Cliffs (approximately 15
25,000 acres). 16
(R) Willis Creek (approximately 22,000 17
acres). 18
(b) K
AIPAROWITSPLATEAU.— 19
(1) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 20
(A) the Kaiparowits Plateau east of the 21
Paria River is one of the most rugged and iso-22
lated wilderness regions in the United States; 23
(B) the Kaiparowits Plateau, a windswept 24
land of harsh beauty, contains distant vistas 25
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and a remarkable variety of plant and animal 1
species; 2
(C) ancient forests, an abundance of big 3
game animals, and 22 species of raptors thrive 4
undisturbed on the grassland mesa tops of the 5
Kaiparowits Plateau; 6
(D) each of the areas described in para-7
graph (2) (other than Heaps Canyon, Little 8
Valley, and Wide Hollow) is located within the 9
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 10
as established in 1996; and 11
(E) the Kaiparowits Plateau should be pro-12
tected and managed as a wilderness area. 13
(2) D
ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the 14
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol-15
lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder-16
ness areas and as components of the National Wil-17
derness Preservation System: 18
(A) Andalex Not (approximately 18,000 19
acres). 20
(B) Box Canyon (approximately 3,000 21
acres). 22
(C) Burning Hills (approximately 81,500 23
acres). 24
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(D) Canaan Peak Slopes (approximately 1
2,500 acres). 2
(E) Carcass Canyon (approximately 3
84,750 acres). 4
(F) Fiftymile Bench (approximately 5
12,750 acres). 6
(G) Fiftymile Mountain (approximately 7
207,000 acres). 8
(H) Heaps Canyon (approximately 4,000 9
acres). 10
(I) Horse Spring Canyon (approximately 11
32,000 acres). 12
(J) Kodachrome Headlands (approximately 13
9,750 acres). 14
(K) Little Valley Canyon (approximately 15
4,000 acres). 16
(L) Mud Spring Canyon (approximately 17
65,750 acres). 18
(M) Nipple Bench (approximately 31,750 19
acres). 20
(N) Paradise Canyon-Wahweap (approxi-21
mately 266,500 acres). 22
(O) Rock Cove (approximately 17,000 23
acres). 24
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(P) The Blues (approximately 22,000 1
acres). 2
(Q) The Cockscomb (approximately 11,750 3
acres). 4
(R) Warm Creek (approximately 24,000 5
acres). 6
(S) Wide Hollow (approximately 7,750 7
acres). 8
(c) E
SCALANTECANYONS.— 9
(1) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 10
(A) glens and coves carved in massive 11
sandstone cliffs, spring-watered hanging gar-12
dens, and the silence of ancient ruins are exam-13
ples of the unique features that entice hikers, 14
campers, and sightseers from around the world 15
to the Escalante Canyons; 16
(B) the Escalante Canyons link the spruce 17
fir forests of the 11,000-foot Aquarius Plateau 18
with the winding slickrock canyons that flow 19
into Glen Canyon; 20
(C) the Escalante Canyons, one of Utah’s 21
most popular natural areas, contains critical 22
habitat for deer, elk, and wild bighorn sheep 23
that also enhances the scenic integrity of the 24
area; 25
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(D) each of the areas described in para-1
graph (2) is located within the Grand Staircase- 2
Escalante National Monument, as established 3
in 1996; and 4
(E) the Escalante Canyons should be pro-5
tected and managed as a wilderness area. 6
(2) D
ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the 7
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol-8
lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder-9
ness areas and as components of the National Wil-10
derness Preservation System: 11
(A) Colt Mesa (approximately 28,250 12
acres). 13
(B) Death Hollow (approximately 49,750 14
acres). 15
(C) Forty Mile Gulch (approximately 7,500 16
acres). 17
(D) Lampstand (approximately 11,500 18
acres). 19
(E) Muley Twist Flank (approximately 20
3,750 acres). 21
(F) North Escalante Canyons (approxi-22
mately 182,000 acres). 23
(G) Pioneer Mesa (approximately 11,000 24
acres). 25
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(H) Scorpion (approximately 61,250 1
acres). 2
(I) Sooner Bench (approximately 500 3
acres). 4
(J) Steep Creek (approximately 35,750 5
acres). 6
(K) Studhorse Peaks (approximately 7
24,000 acres). 8
SEC. 103. MOAB-LA SAL CANYONS WILDERNESS AREAS. 9
(a) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 10
(1) the canyons surrounding the La Sal Moun-11
tains and the town of Moab offer a variety of ex-12
traordinary landscapes; 13
(2) outstanding examples of natural formations 14
and landscapes in the Moab-La Sal Canyons area in-15
clude the huge sandstone fins of Behind the Rocks, 16
the mysterious Fisher Towers, and the whitewater 17
rapids of Westwater Canyon; and 18
(3) the Moab-La Sal Canyons should be pro-19
tected and managed as a wilderness area. 20
(b) D
ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-21
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in 22
the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com-23
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 24
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(1) Arches National Park Adjacents (approxi-1
mately 8,600 acres). 2
(2) Beaver Creek (approximately 45,000 acres). 3
(3) Behind the Rocks (approximately 19,500 4
acres). 5
(4) Big Triangle (approximately 21,500 acres). 6
(5) Coyote Wash (approximately 27,000 acres). 7
(6) Dome Plateau (approximately 36,750 8
acres). 9
(7) Fisher Towers (approximately 19,000 10
acres). 11
(8) Goldbar Canyon (approximately 9,500 12
acres). 13
(9) Granite Creek (approximately 5,000 acres). 14
(10) Hunter Canyon (approximately 5,500 15
acres). 16
(11) Mary Jane Canyon (approximately 28,500 17
acres). 18
(12) Mill Creek (approximately 17,250 acres). 19
(13) Morning Glory (approximately 11,000 20
acres). 21
(14) Porcupine Rim (approximately 10,500 22
acres). 23
(15) Renegade Point (approximately 6,250 24
acres). 25
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(16) Westwater Canyon (approximately 39,000 1
acres). 2
(17) Yellow Bird (approximately 4,500 acres). 3
SEC. 104. HENRY MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREAS. 4
(a) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 5
(1) the Henry Mountain Range, the last moun-6
tain range to be discovered and named by early ex-7
plorers in the contiguous United States, still retains 8
a wild and undiscovered quality; 9
(2) fluted badlands that surround the flanks of 10
11,000-foot Mounts Ellen and Pennell contain areas 11
of critical habitat for mule deer and for the largest 12
herd of free-roaming buffalo in the United States; 13
(3) despite their relative accessibility, the Henry 14
Mountain Range remains one of the wildest, least- 15
known ranges in the United States; and 16
(4) the Henry Mountain Range should be pro-17
tected and managed to ensure the preservation of 18
the range as a wilderness area. 19
(b) D
ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-20
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in 21
the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com-22
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 23
(1) Bull Mountain (approximately 16,000 24
acres). 25
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(2) Bullfrog Creek (approximately 42,000 1
acres). 2
(3) Dogwater Creek (approximately 5,000 3
acres). 4
(4) Fremont Gorge (approximately 22,000 5
acres). 6
(5) Long Canyon (approximately 16,500 acres). 7
(6) Mount Ellen-Blue Hills (approximately 8
14,750 acres). 9
(7) Mount Hillers (approximately 20,250 10
acres). 11
(8) Mount Pennell (approximately 155,500 12
acres). 13
(9) Notom Bench (approximately 6,250 acres). 14
(10) Ragged Mountain (approximately 29,250 15
acres). 16
SEC. 105. GLEN CANYON WILDERNESS AREAS. 17
(a) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 18
(1) the side canyons of Glen Canyon, including 19
the Dirty Devil River and the Red, White and Blue 20
Canyons, contain some of the most remote and out-21
standing landscapes in southern Utah; 22
(2) the Dirty Devil River, once the fortress 23
hideout of outlaw Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch, has 24
sculpted a maze of slickrock canyons through an im-25
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posing landscape of monoliths and inaccessible 1
mesas; 2
(3) the Red and Blue Canyons contain colorful 3
Chinle/Moenkopi badlands found nowhere else in the 4
region; 5
(4) Dark Canyon, Fort Knocker, Tuwa Canyon, 6
Upper Red Canyon, White Canyon, and a portion of 7
Red Rock Plateau are located within the Bears Ears 8
National Monument, as established in 2016; and 9
(5) the canyons of Glen Canyon in the State 10
should be protected and managed as wilderness 11
areas. 12
(b) D
ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-13
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in 14
the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com-15
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 16
(1) Cane Spring Desert (approximately 18,250 17
acres). 18
(2) Copper Point (approximately 4,500 acres). 19
(3) Dark Canyon (approximately 139,000 20
acres). 21
(4) Dirty Devil (approximately 245,000 acres). 22
(5) Fiddler Butte (approximately 93,000 acres). 23
(6) Flat Tops (approximately 29,750 acres). 24
(7) Fort Knocker (approximately 12,500 acres). 25
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(8) Little Rockies (approximately 64,000 1
acres). 2
(9) Pleasant Creek Bench (approximately 1,000 3
acres). 4
(10) Red Rock Plateau (approximately 185,500 5
acres). 6
(11) The Needle (approximately 10,750 acres). 7
(12) Tuwa Canyon (approximately 9,750 acres). 8
(13) Upper Red Canyon (approximately 25,000 9
acres). 10
(14) White Canyon (approximately 78,000 11
acres). 12
SEC. 106. SAN JUAN WILDERNESS AREAS. 13
(a) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 14
(1) more than 1,000 years ago, Indigenous cul-15
ture flourished in the slickrock canyons and on the 16
pin˜on-covered mesas of southeastern Utah; 17
(2) evidence of the presence of Indigenous peo-18
ple pervades the Cedar Mesa area of the San Juan 19
area where cliff dwellings, rock art, and ceremonial 20
kivas are found in sandstone overhangs and isolated 21
benchlands; 22
(3) the Cedar Mesa area is in need of protec-23
tion from the vandalism and theft of its unique cul-24
tural resources; 25
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(4) the Cedar Mesa wilderness areas should be 1
created to protect both the archaeological heritage 2
and the extraordinary wilderness, scenic, and eco-3
logical values of the United States; 4
(5) each of the areas described in subsection (b) 5
(other than Cross Canyon, Monument Canyon, Tin 6
Cup Mesa, and most of Nokai Dome and San Juan 7
River) are located within the Bears Ears National 8
Monument, as established in 2016; and 9
(6) the San Juan area should be protected and 10
managed as a wilderness area to ensure the preser-11
vation of the unique and valuable resources of that 12
area. 13
(b) D
ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-14
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in 15
the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com-16
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 17
(1) Allen Canyon (approximately 6,500 acres). 18
(2) Arch Canyon (approximately 30,500 acres). 19
(3) Comb Ridge (approximately 16,000 acres). 20
(4) Cross Canyon (approximately 2,500 acres). 21
(5) Fish and Owl Creek Canyons (approxi-22
mately 74,000 acres). 23
(6) Grand Gulch (approximately 161,250 24
acres). 25
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(7) Hammond Canyon (approximately 4,750 1
acres). 2
(8) Lime Creek (approximately 5,500 acres). 3
(9) Monument Canyon (approximately 18,000 4
acres). 5
(10) Nokai Dome (approximately 94,250 acres). 6
(11) Road Canyon (approximately 64,000 7
acres). 8
(12) San Juan River (approximately 14,750 9
acres). 10
(13) The Tabernacle (approximately 7,250 11
acres). 12
(14) Tin Cup Mesa (approximately 26,000 13
acres). 14
(15) Valley of the Gods (approximately 14,500 15
acres). 16
SEC. 107. CANYONLANDS BASIN WILDERNESS AREAS. 17
(a) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 18
(1) Canyonlands National Park safeguards only 19
a small portion of the extraordinary red-hued, cliff- 20
walled canyonland region of the Colorado Plateau; 21
(2) areas near Canyonlands National Park con-22
tain canyons with rushing perennial streams, natural 23
arches, bridges, and towers; 24
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(3) the gorges of the Green and Colorado Riv-1
ers lie on adjacent land managed by the Secretary; 2
(4) popular overlooks in Canyonlands National 3
Park and Dead Horse Point State Park have views 4
directly into adjacent areas, including Lockhart 5
Basin and Indian Creek; 6
(5) each of the areas described in subsection (b) 7
(other than Dead Horse Cliffs, Horsethief Point, 8
Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness Expansion, San 9
Rafael River, Sweetwater Reef, and a portion of 10
Gooseneck) are located within the Bears Ears Na-11
tional Monument, as established in 2016; and 12
(6) designation of those areas as wilderness 13
would ensure the protection of this erosional master-14
piece of nature and of the rich pockets of wildlife 15
found within its expanded boundaries. 16
(b) D
ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-17
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in 18
the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com-19
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 20
(1) Bridger Jack Mesa (approximately 33,500 21
acres). 22
(2) Butler Wash (approximately 27,000 acres). 23
(3) Dead Horse Cliffs (approximately 5,250 24
acres). 25
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(4) Demon’s Playground (approximately 3,6500 1
acres). 2
(5) Gooseneck (approximately 9,500 acres). 3
(6) Hatch Point/Lockhart Basin/Harts Point 4
(approximately 150,500 acres). 5
(7) Horsethief Point (approximately 15,500 6
acres). 7
(8) Indian Creek (approximately 28,500 acres). 8
(9) Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness Expansion 9
(approximately158,750 acres). 10
(10) San Rafael River (approximately 97,250 11
acres). 12
(11) Shay Mountain (approximately 15,500 13
acres). 14
(12) Sweetwater Reef (approximately 69,250 15
acres). 16
SEC. 108. SAN RAFAEL SWELL WILDERNESS AREAS. 17
(a) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 18
(1) the San Rafael Swell towers above the 19
desert like a castle, ringed by 1,000-foot ramparts of 20
Navajo Sandstone; 21
(2) the highlands of the San Rafael Swell have 22
been fractured by uplift and rendered hollow by ero-23
sion over countless millennia, leaving a tremendous 24
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basin punctuated by mesas, buttes, and canyons and 1
traversed by sediment-laden desert streams; 2
(3) the mountains within these areas are among 3
Utah’s most valuable habitat for desert bighorn 4
sheep; and 5
(4) the San Rafael Swell area should be pro-6
tected and managed to ensure its preservation as a 7
wilderness area. 8
(b) D
ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-9
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in 10
the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com-11
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 12
(1) Capitol Reef National Park Adjacents (ap-13
proximately 9,000 acres). 14
(2) Cedar Mountain (approximately 15,250 15
acres). 16
(3) Devils Canyon Wilderness Expansion (ap-17
proximately 14,500 acres). 18
(4) Eagle Canyon (approximately 39,000 19
acres). 20
(5) Factory Butte (approximately 22,250 21
acres). 22
(6) Hondu Country Wilderness Expansion (ap-23
proximately 3,000 acres). 24
(7) Jones Bench (approximately 3,500 acres). 25
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(8) Limestone Cliffs (approximately 25,500 1
acres). 2
(9) Lost Spring Wash (approximately 36,500 3
acres). 4
(10) Mexican Mountain Wilderness Expansion 5
(approximately 29,750 acres). 6
(11) Molen Reef (approximately 32,500 acres). 7
(12) Muddy Creek Wilderness Expansion (ap-8
proximately 85,000 acres). 9
(13) Mussentuchit Badlands (approximately 10
25,000 acres). 11
(14) Price River-Humbug (approximately 12
122,250 acres). 13
(15) Red Desert (approximately 30,750 acres). 14
(16) Rock Canyon (approximately 17,750 15
acres). 16
(17) San Rafael Knob (approximately 16,750 17
acres). 18
(18) San Rafael Reef Wilderness Expansion 19
(approximately 60,750 acres). 20
(19) Sids Mountain Wilderness Expansion (ap-21
proximately 39,250 acres). 22
(20) Upper Muddy Creek (approximately 23
18,500 acres). 24
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(21) Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness Expansion 1
(approximately 56,000 acres). 2
SEC. 109. BOOK CLIFFS–GREATER DINOSAUR WILDERNESS 3
AREAS. 4
(a) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 5
(1) the Book Cliffs–Greater Dinosaur Wilder-6
ness Areas offer— 7
(A) unique big game hunting opportunities 8
in verdant high-plateau forests; and 9
(B) the opportunity for float trips of sev-10
eral days duration down the Green River in 11
Desolation Canyon; 12
(2) the long rampart of the Book Cliffs bounds 13
the area on the south, while the uplands, plateaus, 14
rivers, and canyons of the Greater Dinosaur area 15
provide connectivity with Dinosaur National Monu-16
ment and the northernmost extent of the Colorado 17
Plateau; 18
(3) bears, bighorn sheep, cougars, elk, and mule 19
deer flourish in the backcountry of the Book Cliffs; 20
and 21
(4) the Book Cliffs–Greater Dinosaur Wilder-22
ness Areas should be protected and managed to en-23
sure the protection of the areas as wilderness. 24
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(b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-1
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in 2
the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com-3
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 4
(1) Bad Land Cliffs (approximately 11,500 5
acres). 6
(2) Beach Draw (approximately 1,000 acres). 7
(3) Bourdette Draw (approximately 15,750 8
acres). 9
(4) Bull Canyon (approximately 3,000 acres). 10
(5) Dead Horse Pass (approximately 8,500 11
acres). 12
(6) Desbrough Canyon (approximately 14,000 13
acres). 14
(7) Desolation Canyon Wilderness Expansion 15
(approximately 293,500 acres). 16
(8) Diamond Breaks (approximately 8,600 17
acres). 18
(9) Diamond Canyon (approximately 168,000 19
acres). 20
(10) Diamond Mountain (approximately 30,500 21
acres). 22
(11) Goslin Mountain (approximately 3,750 23
acres). 24
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(12) Hideout Canyon (approximately 12,750 1
acres). 2
(13) Lower Flaming Gorge (approximately 3
21,000 acres). 4
(14) Mexico Point (approximately 14,750 5
acres). 6
(15) Moonshine Draw (approximately 10,750 7
acres). 8
(16) Mountain Home (approximately 8,000 9
acres). 10
(17) O-Wi-Yu-Kuts (approximately 14,500 11
acres). 12
(18) Red Creek Badlands (approximately 4500 13
acres). 14
(19) Split Mountain Benches (approximately 15
2,750 acres). 16
(20) Stone Bridge Draw (approximately 3,500 17
acres). 18
(21) Stuntz Draw (approximately 2,000 acres). 19
(22) Survey Point (approximately 8,750 acres). 20
(23) Turtle Canyon Wilderness Expansion (ap-21
proximately 7,500 acres). 22
(24) Vivas Cake Hill (approximately 250 acres). 23
(25) Wild Mountain (approximately 750 acres). 24
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TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE 1
PROVISIONS 2
SEC. 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 3
(a) N
AMES OFWILDERNESSAREAS.—Each wilder-4
ness area named in title I shall— 5
(1) consist of the quantity of land referenced 6
with respect to that named area, as generally de-7
picted on the map entitled ‘‘America’s Red Rock 8
Wilderness Act, 118th Congress’’; and 9
(2) be known by the name given to it in title 10
I. 11
(b) M
AP ANDDESCRIPTION.— 12
(1) I
N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 13
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 14
shall file a map and a legal description of each wil-15
derness area designated by this Act with— 16
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources 17
of the House of Representatives; and 18
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 19
Resources of the Senate. 20
(2) F
ORCE OF LAW.—A map and legal descrip-21
tion filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same 22
force and effect as if included in this Act, except 23
that the Secretary may correct clerical and typo-24
graphical errors in the map and legal description. 25
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(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 1
legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 2
filed and made available for public inspection in the 3
Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-4
agement. 5
SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION. 6
Subject to valid rights in existence on the date of en-7
actment of this Act, each wilderness area designated under 8
this Act shall be administered by the Secretary in accord-9
ance with— 10
(1) the Federal Land Policy and Management 11
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 12
(2) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 13
seq.). 14
SEC. 203. STATE SCHOOL TRUST LAND WITHIN WILDER-15
NESS AREAS. 16
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), if State- 17
owned land is included in an area designated by this Act 18
as a wilderness area, the Secretary shall offer to exchange 19
land owned by the United States in the State of approxi-20
mately equal value in accordance with section 603(c) of 21
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 22
(43 U.S.C. 1782(c)) and section 5(a) of the Wilderness 23
Act (16 U.S.C. 1134(a)). 24
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(b) MINERALINTERESTS.—The Secretary shall not 1
transfer any mineral interests under subsection (a) unless 2
the State transfers to the Secretary any mineral interests 3
in land designated by this Act as a wilderness area. 4
SEC. 204. WATER. 5
(a) R
ESERVATION.— 6
(1) W
ATER FOR WILDERNESS AREAS .— 7
(A) I
N GENERAL.—With respect to each 8
wilderness area designated by this Act, Con-9
gress reserves a quantity of water determined 10
by the Secretary to be sufficient for the wilder-11
ness area. 12
(B) P
RIORITY DATE.—The priority date of 13
a right reserved under subparagraph (A) shall 14
be the date of enactment of this Act. 15
(2) P
ROTECTION OF RIGHTS .—The Secretary 16
and other officers and employees of the United 17
States shall take any steps necessary to protect the 18
rights reserved by paragraph (1)(A), including the 19
filing of a claim for the quantification of the rights 20
in any present or future appropriate stream adju-21
dication in the courts of the State— 22
(A) in which the United States is or may 23
be joined; and 24
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(B) that is conducted in accordance with 1
section 208 of the Department of Justice Ap-2
propriation Act, 1953 (66 Stat. 560, chapter 3
651). 4
(b) P
RIORRIGHTSNOTAFFECTED.—Nothing in this 5
Act relinquishes or reduces any water rights reserved or 6
appropriated by the United States in the State on or be-7
fore the date of enactment of this Act. 8
(c) A
DMINISTRATION.— 9
(1) S
PECIFICATION OF RIGHTS .—The Federal 10
water rights reserved by this Act are specific to the 11
wilderness areas designated by this Act. 12
(2) N
O PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED .—Nothing in 13
this Act related to reserved Federal water rights— 14
(A) shall establish a precedent with regard 15
to any future designation of water rights; or 16
(B) shall affect the interpretation of any 17
other Act or any designation made under any 18
other Act. 19
SEC. 205. ROADS. 20
(a) S
ETBACKS.— 21
(1) M
EASUREMENT IN GENERAL .—A setback 22
under this section shall be measured from the center 23
line of the road. 24
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(2) WILDERNESS ON 1 SIDE OF ROADS .—Ex-1
cept as provided in subsection (b), a setback for a 2
road with wilderness on only 1 side shall be set at— 3
(A) 300 feet from a paved Federal or 4
State highway; 5
(B) 100 feet from any other paved road or 6
high standard dirt or gravel road; and 7
(C) 30 feet from any other road. 8
(3) W
ILDERNESS ON BOTH SIDES OF ROADS .— 9
Except as provided in subsection (b), a setback for 10
a road with wilderness on both sides (including cher-11
ry-stems or roads separating 2 wilderness units) 12
shall be set at— 13
(A) 200 feet from a paved Federal or 14
State highway; 15
(B) 40 feet from any other paved road or 16
high standard dirt or gravel road; and 17
(C) 10 feet from any other roads. 18
(b) S
ETBACKEXCEPTIONS.— 19
(1) W
ELL-DEFINED TOPOGRAPHICAL BAR -20
RIERS.—If, between the road and the boundary of a 21
setback area described in paragraph (2) or (3) of 22
subsection (a), there is a well-defined cliff edge, 23
stream bank, or other topographical barrier, the Sec-24
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retary shall use the barrier as the wilderness bound-1
ary. 2
(2) F
ENCES.—If, between the road and the 3
boundary of a setback area specified in paragraph 4
(2) or (3) of subsection (a), there is a fence running 5
parallel to a road, the Secretary shall use the fence 6
as the wilderness boundary if, in the opinion of the 7
Secretary, doing so would result in a more manage-8
able boundary. 9
(3) D
EVIATIONS FROM SETBACK AREAS .— 10
(A) E
XCLUSION OF DISTURBANCES FROM 11
WILDERNESS BOUNDARIES .—In cases where 12
there is an existing livestock development, dis-13
persed camping area, borrow pit, or similar dis-14
turbance within 100 feet of a road that forms 15
part of a wilderness boundary, the Secretary 16
may delineate the boundary so as to exclude the 17
disturbance from the wilderness area. 18
(B) L
IMITATION ON EXCLUSION OF DIS -19
TURBANCES.—The Secretary shall make a 20
boundary adjustment under subparagraph (A) 21
only if the Secretary determines that doing so 22
is consistent with wilderness management goals. 23
(C) D
EVIATIONS RESTRICTED TO MINIMUM 24
NECESSARY.—Any deviation under this para-25
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graph from the setbacks required under in 1
paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) shall be 2
the minimum necessary to exclude the disturb-3
ance. 4
(c) D
ELINEATIONWITHINSETBACKAREA.—The 5
Secretary may delineate a wilderness boundary at a loca-6
tion within a setback under paragraph (2) or (3) of sub-7
section (a) if, as determined by the Secretary, the delinea-8
tion would enhance wilderness management goals. 9
SEC. 206. LIVESTOCK. 10
Within the wilderness areas designated under title I, 11
the grazing of livestock authorized on the date of enact-12
ment of this Act shall be permitted to continue subject 13
to such reasonable regulations and procedures as the Sec-14
retary considers necessary, as long as the regulations and 15
procedures are consistent with— 16
(1) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 17
seq.); and 18
(2) section 101(f) of the Arizona Desert Wilder-19
ness Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–628; 104 Stat. 20
4469). 21
SEC. 207. FISH AND WILDLIFE. 22
Nothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction of the 23
State with respect to wildlife and fish on the public land 24
located in the State. 25
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SEC. 208. PROTECTION OF TRIBAL RIGHTS. 1
Nothing in this Act affects or modifies— 2
(1) any right of any federally recognized Indian 3
Tribe; or 4
(2) any obligation of the United States to any 5
federally recognized Indian Tribe. 6
SEC. 209. MANAGEMENT OF NEWLY ACQUIRED LAND. 7
Any land within the boundaries of a wilderness area 8
designated under this Act that is acquired by the Federal 9
Government shall— 10
(1) become part of the wilderness area in which 11
the land is located; and 12
(2) be managed in accordance with this Act and 13
other laws applicable to wilderness areas. 14
SEC. 210. WITHDRAWAL. 15
Subject to valid rights existing on the date of enact-16
ment of this Act, the Federal land referred to in title I 17
is withdrawn from all forms of— 18
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under pub-19
lic law; 20
(2) location, entry, and patent under mining 21
law; and 22
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-23
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 24
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