---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460zzz–2"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460zzz–2"
heading: "Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460zzz-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CXXXVII — Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area"
---

# §460zzz–2. Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area

- (a) **In general—** In accordance with the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1131](/usc/16/1131.md) et seq.), the approximately 66,280 acres of public land in Mesa, Montrose, and Delta [Counties](/usc/16/544.md?p=d), Colorado, as generally depicted on the [Map](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=4), is designated as [wilderness](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=7) and as a component of the [National Wilderness Preservation System](/usc/16/3102.md?p=13), to be known as the “Dominguez Canyon [Wilderness](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=7) [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A)”.
- (b) **Administration of Wilderness—** The [Wilderness](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=7) shall be managed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) in accordance with the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1131](/usc/16/1131.md) et seq.) and this subchapter, except that—
  - (1) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to March 30, 2009; and
  - (2) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) of the Interior.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–11, title II, § 2403, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1103.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Wilderness Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1131 of this title and Tables.

### Codification

Section is comprised of section 2403 of Pub. L. 111–11. Section 2403 also enacted provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under section 1132 of this title.