AZ HCM2007

Urges Congress to prohibit federal agencies from recommending and identifying Arizona's public lands as wilderness areas without express congressional and state/local consent.

Asserts that administratively recommended wilderness areas circumvent congressional intent, lack full National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses, and restrict public access, recreation, and wildlife management activities.

Argues that recommended wilderness designations paralyze the Arizona Game and Fish Department's ability to manage wildlife, recover threatened and endangered species, and conduct necessary vegetation and habitat improvement projects, including fire management.

States that administratively recommended wilderness areas lack transparency and impose management restrictions based on agency discretion rather than congressionally vetted processes that provide clearer guidance and state collaboration mechanisms.

Requests the Arizona Secretary of State transmit copies of the memorial to the President of the United States Senate, Speaker of the House, and all Arizona Members of Congress.