Wyoming Public Lands Initiative Act of 2023

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Wyoming Public Lands Initiative Act of 202 3 This bill designates specified wilderness study areas, special management areas, a National Conservation Area, and other areas in Wyoming. The bill designates the following areas as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: certain land within the Encampment River Canyon Wilderness Study Area, to be known as the Encampment River Canyon Wilderness; certain land within the Prospect Mountain Wilderness Study Area, to be known as the Prospect Mountain Wilderness; certain land within the Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness Study Area, to be known as the Upper Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness and the Lower Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness; and certain land within the Bobcat Draw Wilderness Study Area, to be known as the Bobcat Draw Wilderness. The bill designates the following special management areas: Bennett Mountains, Black Cat, Sweetwater Rocks, and Cedar Mountain. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shall divide the land within the Dubois Badlands Wilderness Study Area into the Dubois Motorized Recreation Area and the Dubois Badlands National Conservation Area, separating the two with a fence. The bill designates Fortification Creek, Fraker Mountain, and North Fork as management areas. The proposed BLM rule titled Conservation and Landscape Health or any substantially similar rule shall not apply to the land covered by this bill.

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• Engrossed in Senate (text)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 20 December 2024

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  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 20 December 2024

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 18 June 2024

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 April 2023

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 April 2023

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 27 April 2023

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