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Terms Used In Utah Code 63L-7-101

  • Wilderness: means a roadless area of undeveloped state-owned land, other than land owned by the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, that:
         (8)(a) is acquired by the state from the federal government through purchase, exchange, grant, or any other means of conveyance of title after May 13, 2014;
         (8)(b) retains its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation;
         (8)(c) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with minimal human impact;
         (8)(d) has at least 5,000 contiguous acres of land, or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition;
         (8)(e) has outstanding opportunities for solitude, or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; and
         (8)(f) may contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value. See Utah Code 63L-7-103

     This chapter is known as the “Utah Wilderness Act.”