Bill > S1535

This bill, the America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, designates certain federal lands in the state of Utah as wilderness areas, which provides the highest level of protection for these lands under the Wilderness Act. The key provisions of the bill include: - Designating over 8 million acres of federal lands in Utah, including areas in the Great Basin, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Moab-La Sal Canyons, Henry Mountains, Glen Canyon, San Juan-Anasazi, Canyonlands Basin, San Rafael Swell, and Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin, as new wilderness areas to be managed for their natural, cultural, and ecological values. - Protecting the ability of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to continue using the designated wilderness areas for traditional activities like hunting, fishing, hiking, and spiritual practices. - Reserving federal water rights for the new wilderness areas to ensure their preservation. - Maintaining existing livestock grazing where it was authorized prior to the Act. - Withdrawing the designated lands from future mineral development, mining, and other extractive uses to preserve their wilderness character. The bill aims to protect some of the last remaining expanses of undeveloped public land in Utah's iconic red rock canyons and desert landscapes for the benefit of present and future generations.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1535/all-info