CONGRESS / FEDERAL AGENCIES - GENERAL

摘要

To date, the 109th Congress has created two new wilderness areas. The Ojito Wilderness Area in New Mexico is comprised of approximately 11,183 acres and was created on October 26, 2005. Ojito Wilderness Act, Pub. L. No. 109-94, 119 Stat. 2106 (2005). In addition to creating the new wilderness area and "grand-fathering" several existing uses of the area, the Ojito Wilderness Act releases 'certain lands surrounding the newly created Ojito Wilderness Area after determining that the lands have been adequately studied for wilderness designation pursuant to section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. As such, the released lands are no longer subject to the requirements of section 603(c) of the Act pertaining to the management of wilderness study areas in a manner that does not impair the suitability of such areas for preservation as wilderness. The 109th Congress also created a new wilderness area within Puerto Rico, the El Toro Wilderness Area. The El Toro Wilderness Area is comprised of approximately 10,000 acres of land within the Caribbean National Forest/Luquillo Experimental Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-118, 119 Stat. 2527 (2005).