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S. 543 · 98th Congress · enacted

Wyoming Wilderness Act of 1983

Became Public Law No: 98-550.

Latest official action 1984-10-30 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 98-54) Wyoming Wilderness Act of 1983 - Title I: Short Title, Findings, and Purposes - Sets forth the short title, findings, and purposes of this Act. Title II: Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System - Designates the the following lands in Wyoming as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Cloud Peak Wilderness in the Bighorn National Forest; (2) the Popo Agie Wilderness in the Shoshone National Forest; (3) the Gros Ventre Wilderness in the Bridger-Teton National Forest; (4) the Jedediah Smith Wilderness in the Targhee National Forest; (5) the DuNoir Addition to the Wasakie Wilderness in the Shoshone National Forest; (6) the Corridor Addition to the Teton Wilderness in the Bridger-Teton National Forest; and (7) the Glacier Addition to the Fitzpatrick Wilderness in the Shoshone National Forest. Prohibits the use of roads constructed within the special management unit of the Washakie Wilderness for general public travel. Repeals the prohibition on the use of existing roads in such unit for harvesting timber and on the construction and expansion of roads in such unit. Provides that motorized access for the trapping, transportation, and management of the big horn sheep population in the Glacier Addition of the Fitzpatrick Wilderness shall be allo…

Congressional Research Service · 1983-04-05

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