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  • (1) "Acquisition date" means the day on which the state received title to land.
  • (2) "Conservation area" means an area that potentially has wilderness characteristics.
  • (3) "DNR" means the Department of Natural Resources.
  • (4) "PLPCO" means the Public Lands Policy Coordination Office.
  • (5) "Protected wilderness area" means an area of wilderness that has been designated under this chapter as part of the Utah wilderness preservation system.
  • (6) "Road" means a road classified as either a class B road, as described in Section 72-3-103, or a class D road, as described in Section 72-3-105.
  • (7) "Roadless area" means an area without a road, as defined in Subsection (6).
  • (8) "Wilderness" means a roadless area of undeveloped state-owned land, other than land owned by the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, that:
    • (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;
    • (b) retains its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation;
    • (c) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with minimal human impact;
    • (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;
    • (e) has outstanding opportunities for solitude, or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; and
    • (f) may contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.




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