Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill designates a new wilderness area within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico called the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness. It updates the underlying conservation statute, incorporates an official map, and preserves certain grazing and wildlife-water-development allowances under wilderness-management rules.
Who Benefits and How
Conservation interests, wilderness recreation users, and supporters of long-term habitat protection benefit because the bill places the area under Wilderness Act protections. Existing grazing interests and wildlife managers also benefit from explicit rules preserving some ongoing uses and water-development maintenance.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Bureau of Land Management bears the burden of managing the newly designated wilderness under stricter land-use rules. Mining, road-building, or other development interests bear the cost of tighter restrictions inside the designated area.
Key Provisions
- Designates approximately 12,295 acres as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness
- Revises the underlying map references for the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument statute
- Allows limited maintenance of certain wildlife-water facilities if consistent with wilderness values
- Preserves grazing-related references under existing wilderness-management rules
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Designates approximately 12,295 acres in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and sets related management rules, including limited wildlife-water and grazing provisions.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Conservation
Primary Purpose
Designates approximately 12,295 acres in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and sets related management rules, including limited wildlife-water and grazing provisions.
Policy Domains
Sections 1-2 - Cerro de la Olla wilderness designation
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Conservation interests and wilderness recreation users in the Rio Grande del Norte area
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Bureau of Land Management officials administering the new wilderness area
- Development interests seeking more intensive land uses in the designated area
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, …
Mr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Luján) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Mining, road-building, and other development interests seeking more intensive land use in the Cerro de la Olla area
Wilderness recreation users and conservation interests in the Rio Grande del Norte area
Bureau of Land Management officials administering the new wilderness area
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior acting through the Bureau of Land Management
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The map entitled Proposed Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and Rio Grande del Norte National Monument Boundary dated April 1, 2025.
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