Withdrawal of Public Lands and Federal Minerals for the Snake River Riparian Lands; Wyoming

This order withdraws from mineral or surface entry, for a period of 10 years, a total of 5,937 acres of public lands, 663 acres of lands as to which the United States owns both the surface and mineral estate, 1,993 acres of lands as to which the United States owns only the surface estate, and 3,281 acres of lands as to which the United States owns only the mineral estate, except that such public lands may be exchanged or sold pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1701 (1988), or conveyed pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, 43 U.S.C. 869 (1988). The lands are collectively known as the Snake River Riparian Lands, located in Teton County, near Jackson, Wyoming. This action will protect and preserve highly significant recreation, scenic, riparian, and wildlife resources until land use planning for the area can be completed. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.