This bill amends the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to create the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness inside the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. It designates about 12,295 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Taos County as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and changes the monument boundary as shown on a map dated April 1, 2025. The bill updates the law’s table of contents and defines the map to be used for the designation. It allows the Secretary to authorize maintenance of structures or facilities that exist on the date of enactment for wildlife water development projects (including guzzlers) if those structures would enhance wildlife populations and if visual impacts can be reasonably minimized. The Secretary must enter a cooperative agreement with the State of New Mexico within one year that sets terms for wildlife management activities in the wilderness, subject to section 4(c) of the Wilderness Act. The bill also notes inclusion of a reserve common grazing allotment in the Act’s text.
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