Glen Canyon Wilderness Areas

(a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) the side canyons of Glen Canyon, including the Dirty Devil River and the Red, White and Blue Canyons, contain some of the most remote and outstanding landscapes in southern Utah; (2) the Dirty Devil River, once the fortress hideout of outlaw Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch, has sculpted a maze of slickrock canyons through an imposing landscape of monoliths and inaccessible mesas; (3) the Red and Blue Canyons contain colorful Chinle/Moenkopi badlands found nowhere else in the region; (4) Dark Canyon, Fort Knocker, Tuwa Canyon, Upper Red Canyon, White Canyon, and a portion of Red Rock Plateau are located within the Bears Ears National Monument, as established in 2016; and (5) the canyons of Glen Canyon in the State should be protected and managed as wilderness areas. (b) Designation 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: (1) Cane Spring Desert (approximately 18,250 acres). (2) Copper Point (approximately 4,500 acres). (3) Dark Canyon (approximately 139,000 acres). (4) Dirty Devil (approximately 245,000 acres). (5) Fiddler Butte (approximately 93,000 acres). (6) Flat Tops (approximately 29,750 acres). (7) Fort Knocker (approximately 12,500 acres). (8) Little Rockies (approximately 64,000 acres). (9) Pleasant Creek Bench (approximately 1,000 acres). (10) Red Rock Plateau (approximately 185,500 acres). (11) The Needle (approximately 10,750 acres). (12) Tuwa Canyon (approximately 9,750 acres). (13) Upper Red Canyon (approximately 25,000 acres). (14) White Canyon (approximately 78,000 acres).