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HR2944119th Congress

Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act

Sponsored By: Representative Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]

Introduced

Summary

Would create the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and adjust the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument boundary. It would also allow limited maintenance of existing wildlife water structures and require formal cooperation with New Mexico for wildlife management.

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  • Local communities and land users: Designates about 12,295 acres in Taos County as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and updates the controlling map and legal name. It references a reserve common grazing allotment within the area.
  • Wildlife and habitat: Authorizes the Secretary to permit maintenance of existing wildlife water development structures, including guzzlers, when they enhance wildlife populations and visual impacts can be reasonably minimized.
  • State and federal managers: Requires the Secretary to enter a cooperative agreement with the State of New Mexico within 1 year to set terms for wildlife management and modifies the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument boundary as shown on the April 1, 2025 map.

*Does not authorize new federal funding beyond authorities in the Wilderness Act and is unlikely to materially change federal spending or the deficit.*

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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Maintain wildlife water sites in wilderness

If enacted, the Secretary could allow upkeep of wildlife water sites, like guzzlers, inside the wilderness. Only sites that exist on the date of enactment would qualify. The Secretary must find they help wildlife and keep visual impacts low. The Secretary would need a cooperative agreement with New Mexico within one year. That agreement would set conditions for wildlife work, subject to the Wilderness Act.

New wilderness rules for Taos County

If enacted, this would set aside about 12,295 acres in Taos County as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness. It would change the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument boundary to match a specific map. The map is titled "Proposed Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and Rio Grande del Norte National Monument Boundary" and dated April 1, 2025. That map would be the official boundary. The bill would also include a reserve common grazing allotment in the law. People near the area could face new limits on land use.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 4/21/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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