Arizona: Muggins Mountains Wilderness; Implementation of Recreational Management Provisions in the Muggins Mountains Wilderness Management Plan

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Yuma District has initiated implementation of recreational management provisions of the Muggins Mountains Wilderness Management Plan which close the Muggins Mountains Wilderness to the use of dry washers, rocker boxes, and similar devices for recreational mineral extraction. Additionally, the closure prohibits the use of metal detectors and digging or prying tools such as shovels or rock hammers for hobby mineral collection. The closure is in effect until further notice and affects all of the Muggins Mountains Wilderness, 7710.98 acres more or less, as described by the Muggins Mountains Wilderness Boundary Map and BLM survey in Townships 7 and 8 South, Ranges 19 and 20 West, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona. The BLM survey was completed on February 27, 1992 and accepted on April 10, 1992.