Current Wilderness Legislation

Bill	Sponsor	State	Description	Pos	Most Recent Action	Details
Wilderness Bills (making significant additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System)
N. CA Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act	Thompson	CA	273,000 acres wilderness. 21 miles wild & scenic rivers.		1/4/05 Introduced 7/19/06 Reported by Resources Committee 7/24/06 Passed House (vv) 9/29/06 Passed Senate (uc) 10/17/06 Signed by President	HR 233 P.L.109-362
N. CA Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act	Boxer	CA	273,000 acres wilderness. 21 miles wild & scenic rivers.		1/24/05 Introduced 2/16/05 Sen Report 109-47 7/26/05 Passed Senate (uc)	S 128
Ojito Wilderness Act	Bingaman	NM	11,183 acres of wilderness (BLM) plus provisions allowing Zia Pueblo to purchase some adjacent lands		1/25/05 Introduced 2/28/05 Sen Report 109-13 7/26/05 Passed Senate (uc) 10/18/05 Passed House on Suspension (vv) 10/26/05 Signed by President	S 156 P.L.109-94
Ojito Wilderness Act	Udall	NM			1/25/05 Introduced 6/23/05 Hse Report 109-149	HR 362
Ojito Wilderness Act amendment	Bingaman	NM	amends map reference		3/1/06 Introduced	S 2346
Ojito Wilderness Act amendment	Udall, Tom	NM	amends map reference		3/1/06 Introduced	HR 4841
Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2005	Murray	WA	106,000 acres		1/25/05 Introduced 3/10/05 Sen Report 109-28 7/26/05 Passed Senate (uc)	S 152
Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2005	Larsen	WA	106,000 acres		2/16/05 Introduced	HR 851
Arctic Wilderness Act	Lieberman	AK	1,559,538 acres		2/2/05 Introduced	S 261
Arctic Wilderness Act	Markey	AK	1,559,538 acres		2/2/05 Introduced	HR 567
Caribbean National Forest Wilderness Act of 2005	Fortuno	PR	10,000 acre El Toro wilderness		2/2/05 Introduced 6/14/05 Hse Report 109-126 9/13/05 Passed House on Suspension (vv) 10/19/05 Sen Report 109-155 11/16/05 Passed Senate (uc) 12/1/05 Signed by President	HR 539 PL109-118
Caribbean National Forest Wilderness Act of 2005	Clinton	PR	10,000 acre El Toro wilderness		2/3/05 Introduced 3/10/05 Sen Report 109-34 7/26/05 Passed Senate (uc)	S 272
Alaska Rainforest Conservation Act	DeLauro	AK	5,791,100 acres wilderness; 236,000 acres WSA; 5,792,985 acres LUDII; 72,100 acres other. Total acres 11,892,085 not including 1,124 miles of wild & scenic rivers.		3/8/05 Introduced	HR 1155
Rockies Prosperity Act (Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act)	Shays	ID, MT, OR, WA, WY	20.57 million acres wilderness, 6.22 million acres of other protective designations		3/9/05 Introduced	HR 1204
Cedar Mountains Wilderness, and Utah Test and Training Range	Bishop	UT	Designates 100,000 acre Cedar Mtn wilderness and provides for military use		4/6/05 Introduced	HR 1503
	Bishop	UT			5/20/05 Hse Report 109-089 5/25/05 Passed House as part of Defense Authorization Act 12/18/05 Hse Report 109-360 12/19/05 Conference report passed House, roll call #665 12/21/05 Conference report passed Senate (uc) 1/6/06 Signed by President	HR 1815 P.L.109-163 Final language excerpted from conf. report
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act	Hinchey	UT	9.314 million acres		4/21/05 Introduced	HR 1774
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act	Durbin	UT	9.314 million acres		4/21/05 Introduced	S 882
Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2005	Boucher	VA	42,943 acres of wilderness (4 new units, additions to 9 existing) , creates two National Scenic Areas (11,958 acres total)		4/28/05 Introduced	HR 1975
Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2005	Warner	VA			4/28/05 Introduced	S 942
Boulder-White Cloud Mountains (Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act)	Simpson Simpson	ID	310,000 acres in three units on FS and BLM lands. Transfers some federal lands to local counties and cities. Provisions dealing with motorized recreation. (Note: this bill is opposed by some generally pro-wilderness groups)	see note ICL Simpson	5/19/05 Introduced 7/28/05 Introduced 7/19/06 Reported by Resources Committee 7/24 Passed House (vv) 9/27/6 Senate hearings scheduled	HR 2514 HR 3603
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act	Udall, Mark	CO	249,339 acres in Nat'l Park, adds 4,195 acres to Indian Peaks Wilderness (USFS)		6/30/05 Introduced 3/9/2006 Introduced	HR 3193 HR 4935
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act	Salazar	CO			7/27/05 Introduced 4/6/06 Hearing held	S 1510
Browns Canyon Wilderness Act	Hefley	CO	20,025 acres		11/4/05 Introduced 7/27/06 Hearings held	HR 4235
Browns Canyon Wilderness Act	Allard	CO	20,025 acres		11/7/05 Introduced	S 1971
Colorado Wilderness (BLM)	DeGette	CO	1,587,786 acres		12/16/05 Introduced	HR 4587
California Wild Heritage Act	Boxer	CA	2,501 million acres (78 areas) plus 220,000 acres as wilderness study areas and other protective designations (9 areas) and 440 miles of wild & scenic designations for 22 river segments.		3/16/06 Introduced	S 2432
California Wild Heritage Act	Solis	CA			3/16/06 Introduced	HR 5006
New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 2006 New England Wilderness Act of 2006	Sununu	NH	34,500 acres (23,700 acre Wild River Wilderness. 10,800 acres added to the existing Sandwich Range Wilderness See New England Wilderness Act below for details on final passage.		3/28/06 Introduced 9/19/06 Passed Senate (uc)	S 2463
	Bass Bradley	NH			3/30/06 Introduced 3/30/06 Introduced 9/25/06 Both bills failed to get the necessary 2/3 of the votes and thus failed to pass under suspension of the rules.	HR 5059 HR 5062 HR 5059 roll call #471 HR 5062 roll call #472
Mount Hood Stewardship Legacy Act	Walden	OR	77,500 acres, 23 miles of wild & scenic rivers. Senators Wyden and Smith have announced they will introduce a bill with 125,000 acres of wilderness		3/28/06 Introduced 7/19/06 Reported by Resources Committee 7/24 Passed House (vv)	HR 5025
Mount Hood Stewardship Legacy Act	Wyden	OR			9/6/06 Introduced 9/27/6 Senate hearings scheduled	S 3854
Eastern Sierra Rural Heritage and Economic Enhancement Act	McKeon	CA	39,680 acre addition to Hoover Wilderness, 640 acre addition to Emigrant Wilderness, 24 miles of Amargosa River as wild & scenic river		4/6/06 Introduced 7/27/06 Hearings held	HR 5149
Eastern Sierra Rural Heritage and Economic Enhancement Act	Boxer	CA			4/6/06 Introduced 5/24/06 Hearings held	S 2567
Vermont Wilderness Act of 2006	Sanders	VT	40,928 acres in two new areas plus 7,233 in additions to 4 existing wilderness units See New England Wilderness Act below		4/6/06 Introduced	HR 5157
Vermont Wilderness Act of 2006	Jeffords	VT			4/6/06 Introduced 9/19/06 Passed Senate as amendment to New Hampshire Wilderness Bill S. (uc) S.2463	S 2565 S 2463
New England Wilderness Act of 2006	Sununu	NH & VT			9/29/06 passed Senate (uc) 11/15/06 passed House under Suspension (vv) 12/1/2006 Signed by President	S 4001 PL109-382
Chattahoochee National Forest Act of 2006	Deal	GA	11 additions to existing wilderness units totaling 8,448 acres. Creates 13,382 acre Mountaintown National Scenic Area		6/14/06 Introduced	HR 5612
Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2006	Bennett	UT	219,725 acres. 123,743 acres in Zion NP, 2,642 acres Forest Service, and 93,340 acres BLM. 165.5 miles of wild & scenic rivers on Virgin River and tributaries. 61,473 acre Red Cliffs NCA, Also includes 25,000 acres of public land disposal and other provisions		7/11/06 Introduced	S 3636
Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2006	Matheson	UT			7/12/06 Introduced	HR 5769
White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2006	Ensign	NV	545,000 acres of wilderness (BLM & FS) Authorizes sale of up to 45,000 acres of BLM land. Transfers 117,000 acres from FS to BLM and other provisions. (Note: this bill is opposed by some generally pro-wilderness groups)	see note NWP Reid	8/1/06 Introduced 12/7/06 White Pine language included in H.R.6111 (tax extenders bill) 12/8/06 passed House 12/9/06 Senate agreed to House version of HR 6111 (White Pine language was unchanged in these proceedings) 12/22/06 Signed by President	S 3772 HR 6111 PL109-432 White Pine language extracted from final bill that passed both the House & Senate
Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2006	Crapo	ID	517,196 acres of wilderness. 385.9 miles of wild & scenic rivers. Provisions regulating ORV use and grazing. (Note: this bill is opposed by some generally pro-wilderness groups)	see note owyhee initiave.org Crapo	8/3/06 Introduced 9/27/6 Senate hearings scheduled	S 3794
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Voluntary and Equitable Grazing Conflict Resolution Act	Smith	OR	Provides for retiring grazing leases with compensation. Designates 23,000 acre Soda Mountain Wilderness (BLM)		9/6/06 Introduced	S 3858
California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act	Bono	CA	Designates 84,605 acres (USFS, BLM, & NPS) wilderness, 41,100 acres potential NPS wilderness, 31.52 miles of wild and scenic rivers, expands boundary of Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument		9/29/06 Introduced	HR 6270
Wilderness Bills Expected or Under Discussion (not yet introduced)
Tumacacori Highlands		AZ	FS
Lyon County		NV	FS, BLM
Doña Ana County	Domenici	NM	BLM, includes NCA and land disposal
Soda Mountains Wilderness	Smith	OR	BLM, 23,000 acre wilderness is expected as part of a bill to retire grazing in Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Bills with impacts on wilderness
Arctic Coastal Plain Energy Security	Young, Don	AK	Opens the Arctic Coastal Plain to oil and gas development		1/4/05 Introduced	HR 39
Pack animals in wilderness	Radanovich		Preserves the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals on public lands, including wilderness		2/2/05 Introduced	HR 586
Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act	Reid	NV	releases 65 acres of BLM land in the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area		4/27/05 Introduced	S 916
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act	Leach		Ends commercial logging on all National Forests. Addresses other forest management issues.		7/26/05 Introduced	HR 3420
National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act	Inslee		Legislates the 2001 Clinton roadless area rule		7/28/05 Introduced	HR 3563
Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act	Cantwell		protects FS roadless areas without reference to Clinton rule except for identifying the areas.		3/2/06 Introduced	S 2364
Multiple-Use Conflict Resolution Act of 2005	Grijalva		Provides compensation to livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands		6/30/05 Introduced	HR 3166
Ecosystem Protection Act of 2005	Andrews		Establishes a National Forest Ecosystem Protection Program composed of lands within existing wilderness areas and adjacent primitive areas		9/8/05 Introduced	HR 3701
Act to Save America's Forests	Corzine		strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal land, and to designate certain Federal land as Ancient forests, roadless areas, watershed protection areas, and special areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited		10/19/05 Introduced	S 1897
releases WSAs	Doolittle	CA, NV	provides for release of certain Wilderness Study Areas BLM lands in Lassen and Modoc Counties, CA, and Washoe County, NV		10/28/05 Introduced	HR 4176
Rocky Mountain Front Mineral Withdrawal	MT		withdrawal of area from mineral entry was included at the last minute in HR 6111		H.R.6111 (tax extenders bill) 12/8/06 passed House 12/9/06 Senate agreed to House version of HR 6111 12/22/06 Signed by President	PL109-432 Withdrawal language extracted from final bill that passed both the House & Senate
Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act	Walden		Expedites logging after fires		11/2/05 Introduced	HR 4200
Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act	Smith		Expedites logging after fires		11/18/05 Introduced	S 2079
Other Bills of Interest

	Link to more info		Enacted and now part of the National Wilderness Preservation System
			Note: printed copies of some large omnibus bills are often late and in a few cases they were never printed