Sec. 108. San Rafael Swell Wilderness Areas
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Congress finds that— the San Rafael Swell towers above the desert like a castle, ringed by 1,000-foot ramparts of Navajo Sandstone; the highlands of the San Rafael Swell have been fractured by uplift and rendered hollow by erosion over countless millennia, leaving a tremendous basin punctuated by mesas, buttes, and canyons and traversed by sediment-laden desert streams; among other places, the San Rafael wilderness offers exceptional back country opportunities in the colorful Wild Horse Badlands, the monoliths of North Caineville Mesa, the rock towers of Cliff Wash, and colorful cliffs of Humbug Canyon; the mountains within these areas are among Utah’s most valuable habitat for desert bighorn sheep; and the San Rafael Swell area should be protected and managed to ensure its preservation as a wilderness area.
In accordance with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: Cedar Mountain (approximately 15,000 acres). Devils Canyon (approximately 14,000 acres). Eagle Canyon (approximately 38,500 acres). Factory Butte (approximately 22,000 acres). Hondu Country (approximately 2,600 acres). Jones Bench (approximately 3,400 acres). Limestone Cliffs (approximately 25,500 acres).
Lost Spring Wash (approximately 36,500 acres). Mexican Mountain (approximately 25,000 acres). Molen Reef (approximately 32,500 acres). Muddy Creek (approximately 92,000 acres). Mussentuchit Badlands (approximately 24,500 acres). Price River-Humbug (approximately 122,000 acres). Red Desert (approximately 36,500 acres). Rock Canyon (approximately 17,500 acres). San Rafael Knob (approximately 15,000 acres). San Rafael Reef (approximately 53,000 acres). Sids Mountain (approximately 36,500 acres).
Upper Muddy Creek (approximately 18,500 acres). Wild Horse Mesa (approximately 63,000 acres).
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