New Mexico Wilderness Act of 1980

Summary

New Mexico Wilderness Act of 1980 - Designates the following National Forest System lands in the State of New Mexico as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Aldo Leopold Wilderness in the Gila National Forest; (2) the Apache Kid Wilderness in the Cibola National Forest; (3) the Blue Range Wilderness and the Capitan Mountains Wilderness in the Apache-Sitgreaves and Gila National Forests; (4) the Dome Wilderness in the Santa Fe National Forest; (5) the Latir Peak Wilderness in the Carson National Forest; and (6) the Withington Wilderness in the Cibola National Forest. Designates certain additions to: (1) the Gila Wilderness in the Gila National Forest; (2) the Pecos Wilderness in the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests; (3) the Wheeler Peak Wilderness in the Carson National Forest; and (4) the White Mountain Wilderness in the Lincoln National Forest. Repeals the previous classifications of the Black Range Primitive Area, the Blue Range Primitive Area, and the Gila Primitive Area. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the President and the Congress, no later than January 1, 1986, on the suitability or unsuitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System of the San Francisco Wilderness Study Area in the Apache and Gila National Forests. Declares that, with respect to National Forest System lands in the State of New Mexico, studied as a part of the Secretary's roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II) Final Environmental Statement and not designated as wilderness or for study by this Act, such lands are not intended by Congress to be designated for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and need not be managed for the purposes of protecting their suitability for wilderness designation pending revision of land management plans. Prohibits judicial review of the RARE II Final Environmental Impact Statement with respect to National Forest Lands in the State of New Mexico. Prohibits the Secretary, unless expressly authorized by Congress, from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of National Forest System lands in the State of New Mexico for the purpose of determining their suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Declares that nothing in the land management planning process required by the National Forest Management Act of 1976 shall be deemed to preclude multiple use management for uses other than wilderness on any land subject to such planning process except those areas designated for further study by this Act. States that Congress does not intend that designation of wilderness areas in the State of New Mexico lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around each wilderness area.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 20 December 1980

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 21 November 1980

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 2 October 1980

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