Pub. L. 101-628, tit. I, sec. 101
DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT.
SEC. 101. DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT. (a) Designation.—In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act, the following public lands are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) certain lands in Mohave County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 23,600 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Mount Wilson Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Mount Wilson Wilderness; (2) certain lands in Mohave County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 31,070 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Mount Tipton Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Mount Tipton Wilderness; (3) certain lands in Mohave County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 27,530 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Mount Nutt Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Mount Nutt Wilderness: Provided, That the existing water pipeline for the town of Oatman, together with the right of ingress and egress thereto, may be operated, maintained, and upgraded, subject to reason-able requirements to protect wilderness values; (4) certain lands in Mohave County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 90,600 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Warm Springs Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Warm Springs Wilderness; (5) certain lands in Mohave County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 15,900 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Aubrey Peak Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Aubrey Peak Wilderness; (6) certain lands in La Paz County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 14,630 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “East Cactus Plain Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the East Cactus Plain Wilderness; (7) certain lands in Mohave and La Paz Counties, Arizona, which comprise approximately 41,600 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Rawhide Mountains Wilderness” and 104 STAT. 4470dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Rawhide Mountains Wilderness; (8) certain lands in Mohave, Yavapai, and La Paz Counties, Arizona, which comprise approximately 126,760 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Arrastra Mountain Wilderness’’ and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Arrastra Mountain Wilderness; (9) certain lands in La Paz County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 25,287 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Harcuvar Mountains Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Harcuvar Mountains Wilderness; (10) certain lands in La Paz and Maricopa Counties, Arizona, which comprise approximately 22,865 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Harquahala Mountains Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Harquahala Mountains Wilderness; (11) certain lands in Maricopa County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 20,600 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Big Horn Mountains Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Big Horn Mountains Wilderness; (12) certain lands in Maricopa County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 30,170 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Hummingbird Springs Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Hummingbird Springs Wilderness; (13) certain lands in La Paz, Yuma, and Maricopa Counties, Arizona, which comprise approximately 89,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Eagletail Mountains Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Eagletail Mountains Wilderness; (14) certain lands in Maricopa County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 15,250 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Signal Mountain Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Signal Mountains Wilderness; (15) certain lands in Maricopa County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 61,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Woolsey Peak Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Woolsey Peak Wilderness; (16) certain lands in Maricopa County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 14,500 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Sierra Estrella Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Sierra Estrella Wilderness; (17) certain lands in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona, which comprise approximately 34,400 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Table Top Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Table Top Wilderness; (18) certain lands in Pima County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 5,080 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Coyote Mountains Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Coyote Mountains Wilderness; 104 STAT. 4471 (19) certain lands in Pima County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 2,065 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Baboquivari Peak Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness; (20) certain lands in Gila County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 9,201 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Needle’s Eye Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Needle’s Eye Wilderness: Provided, That the right-of-way reserved by right-of-way reservation A-16043 dated October 20, 1986, together with the right of ingress and egress thereto, shall not be affected by this Act, and the existing powerline utilizing such right-of-way may be operated, maintained, and upgraded, subject to reasonable requirements to protect wilderness values; (21) certain lands in Graham County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 6,590 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “North Santa Teresa Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the North Santa Teresa Wilderness; (22) certain lands in Graham County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 10,883 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Fishhooks Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Fishhooks Wilderness; (23) certain lands in Cochise County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 11,998 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness; (24) certain lands in Graham and Cochise Counties, Arizona, which comprise approximately 6,600 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Redfield Canyon Wilderness’’ and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Redfield Canyon Wilderness; (25) certain lands in La Paz County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 18,805 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness; (26) certain lands in La Paz and Mohave Counties, Arizona, which comprise approximately 15,755 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Swansea Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Swansea Wilderness; (27) certain lands in LaPaz County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 29,095 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Trigo Mountain Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Trigo Mountain Wilderness; (28) certain lands in Yuma County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 8,855 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Muggins Mountain Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Muggins Mountain Wilderness; (29) certain lands in Yavapai and Maricopa Counties, Arizona, which comprise approximately 9,200 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Hells Canyon Wilderness” and dated 104 STAT. 4472 February 1990, and which shall be known as the Hells Canyon Wilderness; (30) certain lands in Maricopa County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 63,600 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness; (31) certain lands in Maricopa County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 60,800 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness; (32) certain lands in Mohave County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 38,400 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Wabayuma Peak Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Wabayuma Peak Wilderness; (33) certain lands in Yavapai and Mohave Counties, Arizona, which comprise approximately 27,900 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Upper Burro Creek Wilderness” and dated June 1990, and which shall be known as the Upper Burro Creek Wilderness; (34) certain lands in Yavapai County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 11,840 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness; (35) certain lands in Pinal County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 5,800 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “White Canyon Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the White Canyon Wilderness; (36) certain lands in Yavapai County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 8,700 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Tres Alamos Wilderness’’ and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Tres Alamos Wilderness; (37) certain lands in Cochise, Greenlee, and Graham Counties, Arizona, which comprise approximately 19,650 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness; (38) certain lands in La Paz County, Arizona, which comprise approximately 21,680 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “New Water Mountains Wilderness” and dated February 1990, and which shall be known as the New Water Mountains Wilderness; (39) certain lands in Pinal and Graham Counties, Arizona, which comprise approximately 12,711 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Aravaipa Wilderness Additions” and dated February 1990, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness (designated in Public Law 98–406, 98 Stat. 1491). (b) Management.—Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by this title shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this title referred to as the “Secretary”) in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilder-104 STAT. 4473ness Act (or any similar reference) shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Map and Legal Description.—As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description of each wilderness area designated under this title with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. Such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this title, except that correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and map may be made. Copies of such map and legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Director, Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior, and in the appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Management in Arizona. (d) No Buffer Zones.—The Congress does not intend for the designation of wilderness areas in the State of Arizona pursuant to this title to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around any such wilderness area. The fact that nonwildemess activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within a wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area. (e) Fish and Wildlife.—As provided in paragraph (7) of section 4(d) of the Wilderness Act, nothing in this title or in the Wilderness Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State of Arizona with respect to wildlife and fish on the public lands located in that State. (f) Livestock.— (1) Grazing of livestock in wilderness areas designated by this title, where established prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be administered in accordance with section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act and the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the Report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the One Hundred First Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). (2) The Secretary is directed to review all policies, practices, and regulations of the Bureau of Land Management regarding livestock grazing in Bureau of Land Management administered wilderness areas in Arizona in order to insure that such policies, practices, and regulations fully conform with and implement the intent of Congress regarding grazing in such areas, as such intent is expressed in this title. (g) Water.— (1) With respect to each wilderness area designated by this title, Congress hereby reserves a quantity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes of this title. The priority date of such reserved rights shall be the date of enactment of this Act. (2) The Secretary and all other officers of the United States shall take steps necessary to protect the rights reserved by paragraph (1), including the filing by the Secretary of a claim for the quantification of such rights in any present or future appropriate stream adjudication in the courts of the State of Arizona in which the United States is or may be joined and which is conducted in accordance with the McCarran Amendment (43 U.S.C. 666). (3) Nothing in this title shall be construed as a relinquishment or reduction of any water rights reserved or appropriated by the United States in the State of Arizona on or before the date of enactment of this Act. 104 STAT. 4474 (4) The Federal water rights reserved by this title are specific to the wilderness areas located in the State of Arizona designated by this title. Nothing in this title related to reserved Federal water rights shall be construed as establishing a precedent with regard to any future designations, nor shall it constitute an interpretation of any other Act or any designation made pursuant thereto. (h) Wildlife Management.—In furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act, management activities to maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and the habitats to support such populations may be carried out within wilderness areas designated by this title, where consistent with relevant wilderness management plans, in accordance with appropriate policies and guidelines such as those set forth in Appendix B of the Report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the One Hundred First Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). (i) Military Activities.—Nothing in this title shall preclude low level overflights of military aircraft, the designation of new units of special airspace, or the use or establishment of military flight training routes over wilderness areas designated by this title. (j) Mineral Exchanges.—It is the intent of Congress that private mineral rights within wilderness areas designated by this title be acquired as expeditiously as possible by the Secretary using existing authority to acquire such rights by exchange. (k) Black Rock Wash Road Access.— (1) Section 101(a)(23) of the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 1487) is amended by striking “the governmental agency having jurisdictional authority may authorize limited access to the area, for private and administrative purposes, from U.S. Route 70 along Black Rock Wash to the vicinity of Black Rock; (2) (A) In order to permit adequate public and private access to Federal, State, and private lands on the east side of the Santa Teresa Mountains, the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, shall administer that portion of Black Rock Wash Road located within the boundaries of the San Carlos Apache Reservation so as to allow reasonable use of the road for private and administrative purposes and may permit limited public use of such road for the purpose of access to the public lands outside of the reservation boundary. (B) The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934, chapter 576, section 16 (25 U.S.C. 476; 48 Stat. 987), to enter into cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and Graham County, Arizona, for signing, fencing, and maintenance of the portion of Black Rock Wash Road referred to in paragraph (A). The entering into of cooperative agreements as authorized by this subsection shall not be construed in any way as a determination of the ownership of such portion of Black Rock Wash Road. (3) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. (l) Alamo Dam.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to affect the operation for flood control purposes of the Alamo Dam located on the Bill Williams River.