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Wilderness Area	State	Year	Acres
Sarvis Creek Wilderness	CO	1993	47,140
Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness	CO	1993	13,175
Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness	CO	1993	22,040
Byers Peak Wilderness	CO	1993	8,095
Vasquez Peak Wilderness	CO	1993	12,300
Sangre de Cristo Wilderness	CO	1993	186,368
Powderhorn Wilderness	CO	1993	61,510
Fossil Ridge Wilderness	CO	1993	33,060
Buffalo Peaks Wilderness	CO	1993	43,410
Coso Range Wilderness	CA	1994	50,520
Kiavah Wilderness	CA	1994	80,580
Pahrump Valley Wilderness	CA	1994	72,528
Stepladder Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	83,536
Bright Star Wilderness	CA	1994	9,520
Funeral Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	25,697
Mesquite Wilderness	CA	1994	44,865
Rice Valley Wilderness	CA	1994	41,645
Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness	CA	1994	32,891
Jacumba Wilderness	CA	1994	31,194
Orocopia Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	45,927
South Nopah Range Wilderness	CA	1994	17,036
Bighorn Mountain Wilderness	CA	1994	38,502
El Paso Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	23,780
Manly Peak Wilderness	CA	1994	16,105
Piute Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	48,045
Whipple Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	76,032
Chimney Peak Wilderness	CA	1994	13,700
Indian Pass Wilderness	CA	1994	32,008
North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	28,942
Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	32,136
Big Maria Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	45,402
Dead Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	46,758
Little Picacho Wilderness	CA	1994	38,170
Picacho Peak Wilderness	CA	1994	8,853
Trilobite Wilderness	CA	1994	29,626
Carrizo Gorge Wilderness	CA	1994	14,614
Hollow Hills Wilderness	CA	1994	22,037
Nopah Range Wilderness	CA	1994	106,571
Sacatar Trail Wilderness	CA	1994	51,900
Coyote Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	18,587
Kingston Range Wilderness	CA	1994	199,444
Palen/McCoy Wilderness	CA	1994	212,982
Surprise Canyon Wilderness	CA	1994	29,180
Bristol Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	70,028
Golden Valley Wilderness	CA	1994	37,700
Mojave Wilderness	CA	1994	695,200
Riverside Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	24,029
Clipper Mountain Wilderness	CA	1994	33,905
Kelso Dunes Wilderness	CA	1994	144,262
Owens Peak Wilderness	CA	1994	74,060
Stateline Wilderness	CA	1994	7,012
Black Mountain Wilderness	CA	1994	20,539
Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	20,591
Mecca Hills Wilderness	CA	1994	26,036
Resting Spring Range Wilderness	CA	1994	76,280
Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	84,614
Inyo Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	245,320
Old Woman Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	162,985
Sheephole Valley Wilderness	CA	1994	186,673
Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness	CA	1994	13,547
Death Valley Wilderness	CA	1994	3,253,028
Malpais Mesa Wilderness	CA	1994	32,360
Piper Mountain Wilderness	CA	1994	72,575
Turtle Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	177,136
Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	85,810
Ibex Wilderness	CA	1994	28,804
North Algodones Dunes Wilderness	CA	1994	25,890
Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness	CA	1994	1,528
Argus Range Wilderness	CA	1994	74,890
Darwin Falls Wilderness	CA	1994	8,600
Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	27,390
Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	29,222
Sylvania Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	17,820
Cadiz Dunes Wilderness	CA	1994	19,308
Grass Valley Wilderness	CA	1994	31,695
Newberry Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	20,304
Rodman Mountains Wilderness	CA	1994	29,792
Opal Creek Wilderness	OR	1996	20,733
Otay Mountain Wilderness	CA	1999	18,500
Gunnison Gorge Wilderness	CO	1999	17,700
Spanish Peaks Wilderness	CO	2000	17,855
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness	CO	2000	75,439
Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness	NV	2000	48,353
High Rock Canyon Wilderness	NV	2000	46,464
Calico Mountains Wilderness	NV	2000	64,984
Pahute Peak Wilderness	NV	2000	56,890
North Black Rock Range Wilderness	NV	2000	30,647
High Rock Lake Wilderness	NV	2000	59,094
East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness	NV	2000	52,617
South Jackson Mountains Wilderness	NV	2000	54,535
Black Rock Desert Wilderness	NV	2000	314,829
North Jackson Mountains Wilderness	NV	2000	23,438
Steens Mountain Wilderness	OR	2000	170,025

Source: Wilderness.net, The National Wilderness Preservation System (Wilderness.net). 2004. Accessed online July 27, 2004 at http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=advSearch.

National Wilderness Areas Created by President Bush

Wilderness Area	State	Year	Acres
Big Sur Wilderness Area	CA	2002	54,473
James Peak Wilderness	CO	2002	14,000
Jimbilnan Wilderness	NV	2002	18,879
Pinto Valley Wilderness	NV	2002	39,173
Eldorado Wilderness	NV	2002	31,950
Nellis Wash Wilderness	NV	2002	16,423
Black Canyon Wilderness	NV	2002	17,220
Lime Canyon Wilderness	NV	2002	23,233
Spirit Mountain Wilderness	NV	2002	33,518
Jumbo Springs Wilderness	NV	2002	4,631
Rainbow Mountain Wilderness	NV	2002	25,111
Ireteba Wilderness	NV	2002	32,745
North McCullough Wilderness	NV	2002	14,763
Bridge Canyon Wilderness	NV	2002	7,761
Muddy Mountains Wilderness	NV	2002	48,019
Arrow Canyon Wilderness	NV	2002	27,530
Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness	NV	2002	6,050
La Madre Mountain Wilderness	NV	2002	47,279
South McCullough Wilderness	NV	2002	44,245

Source: Wilderness.net, The National Wilderness Preservation System (Wilderness.net). 2004. Accessed online July 27, 2004 at http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=advSearch.