Sec. 109. Book Cliffs–Greater Dinosaur Wilderness Areas
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Congress finds that— the Book Cliffs–Greater Dinosaur Wilderness Areas offer— unique big game hunting opportunities in verdant high-plateau forests; and the opportunity for float trips of several days duration down the Green River in Desolation Canyon; the long rampart of the Book Cliffs bounds the area on the south, while the uplands, plateaus, rivers, and canyons of the Greater Dinosaur area provide connectivity with Dinosaur National Monument and the northernmost extent of the Colorado Plateau; bears, bighorn sheep, cougars, elk, and mule deer flourish in the backcountry of the Book Cliffs; and the Book Cliffs–Greater Dinosaur Wilderness Areas should be protected and managed to ensure the protection of the areas as wilderness.
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: Bad Land Cliffs (approximately 11,500 acres). Beach Draw (approximately 900 acres). Bourdette Draw (approximately 15,750 acres). Bull Canyon (approximately 3,100 acres). Dead Horse Pass (approximately 8,400 acres). Desbrough Canyon (approximately 14,000 acres). Desolation Canyon Wilderness Expansion (approximately 295,000 acres).
Diamond Breaks (approximately 8,600 acres). Diamond Canyon (approximately 168,000 acres). Diamond Mountain (approximately 28,000 acres). Goslin Mountain (approximately 3,800 acres). Hideout Canyon (approximately 12,750 acres). Lower Flaming Gorge (approximately 21,000 acres). Mexico Point (approximately 14,750 acres). Moonshine Draw (approximately 10,750 acres). Mountain Home (approximately 8,000 acres). O-Wi-Yu-Kuts (approximately 14,500 acres). Red Creek Badlands (approximately 4,600 acres).
Split Mountain Benches (approximately 2,800 acres). Stone Bridge Draw (approximately 3,600 acres). Stuntz Draw (approximately 2,000 acres). Survey Point (approximately 8,700 acres). Turtle Canyon Wilderness Expansion (approximately 9,600 acres). Vivas Cake Hill (approximately 275 acres). Wild Mountain (approximately 700 acres).
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