Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984

Summary

Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 - Title I - Designates the following lands in Arizona as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Kendrick Mountain Wilderness in the Kaibab National Forest; (2) the Juniper Mesa Wilderness in the Prescott National Forest; (3) the Arnold Mesa Wilderness in the Prescott National Forest; (4) the Castle Creek Wilderness in the Prescott National Forest; (5) the Granite Mountain Wilderness in the Prescott National Forest; (6) the Apache Creek Wilderness in the Prescott National Forest; (7) the Sheridan Mountain Wilderness in the Prescott National Forest; (8) the San Francisco Peaks Wilderness in the Coconino National Forest; (9) the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness in the Coconino National Forest; (10) the Wet Beaver Wilderness in the Coconino National Forest; (11) the Fossil Springs Wilderness in the Coconino National Forest; (12) the West Clear Creek Wilderness in the Coconino National Forest; (13) lands in the Coconino National Forest which shall be included in the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness; (14) the Rattlesnake Wilderness in the Coconino National Forest; (15) lands in the Tonto National Forest which shall be included in the Mazatzal Wilderness; (16) lands in the Tonto National Forest which shall be included in the Superstition Wilderness; (17) the Hellsgate Wilderness in the Tonto National Forest; (18) the Salome Wilderness in the Tonto National Forest; (19) the Four Peaks Wilderness in the Tonto National Forest; (20) the Salt Wilderness in the Tonto National Forest; (21) the Rincon Mountain Wilderness in the Coronado National Forest; (22) lands in the Coronado National Forest which shall be included in the Chiricahua Wilderness; (23) the Pajarita Wilderness in the Coronado National Forest; (24) lands in the Coronado National Forest which shall be included in the Galiuro Wilderness; (25) the Santa Teresa Wilderness in the Coronado National Forest; (26) the Mt. Wrightson Wilderness in the Coronado National Forest; (27) the Miller Peak Wilderness in the Coronado National Forest; and (28) the Bear Wallow Wilderness in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to review and report to specified congressional committees on the Department of Agriculture policies, practices, and regulations regarding livestock grazing in national forest wilderness areas in Arizona. Requires the Secretary to determine the suitability of the following lands in the Coronado National Forest for preservation as wilderness and to submit recommendations to the President: (1) the Bunk Robinson Peak Wilderness Study Area; (2) the Whitmire Canyon Wilderness Study Area; and (3) the Mount Graham Wilderness Study Area. Provides that the President shall submit recommendations with respect to such areas to Congress by January 1, 1986. Requires that such areas be administered so as to maintain their presently existing wilderness character and potential. Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) final environmental statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Arizona shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Arizona which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Arizona reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless areas review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Arizona without express congressional authorization. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a portion of the Verde River in Arizona as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Title II - Designates specified lands in Graham and Pinal Counties in Arizona as the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness. Title III - Designates the following lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Cottonwood Point Wilderness in the Arizona Strip District of the Bureau of Land Management in Arizona; (2) the Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness in the Arizona Strip District; (3) the Kanab Creek Wilderness in the Kaibab National Forest and in the Arizona Strip District; (4) the Mt. Logan Wilderness in the Arizona Strip District; (5) the Mt. Trumbull Wilderness in the Arizona Strip District; (6) the Paiute Wilderness in the Arizona Strip District; (7) the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness in the Arizona Strip District and in the Cedar City District in Utah; (8) the Saddle Mountain Wilderness in the Kaibab National Forest; and (9) the Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness in the Arizona Strip District and in the Cedar City District. Releases from management as wilderness areas those lands in the Arizona Strip District of the Bureau of Land Management in Arizona and those portions of the Starvation Point Wilderness Study Area and of the Paria Canyon Instant Study Area plus contiguous units in the Cedar City District of the Bureau of Land Management in Utah which are not designated as wilderness by this Act. Releases lands in the Kaibab National Forest which have been reviewed in the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) program from further review by the Department of Agriculture and from management as wilderness areas pending the revision of initial national forest management plans.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 29 August 1984

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 9 August 1984

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 30 March 1984

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 February 1984

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