; and (E) the Grand Staircase in Utah should be protected and managed as a wilderness area. (2) Designation In accordance with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ), the following areas in the State are designated as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (A) Bryce Boot (approximately 2,800 acres). (B) Bryce View (approximately 4,500 acres). (C) Bunting Point (approximately 11,500 acres). (D) Canaan Mountain (approximately 15,250 acres). (E) East of Bryce (approximately 850 acres). (F) Glass Eye Canyon (approximately 25,500 acres). (G) Ladder Canyon (approximately 14,500 acres). (H) Moquith Mountain (approximately 15,750 acres). (I) Nephi Point (approximately 14,750 acres). (J) Orderville Canyon (approximately 8,000 acres). (K) Paria-Hackberry (approximately 196,000 acres). (L) Paria Wilderness Expansion (approximately 4,000 acres). (M) Parunuweap Canyon (approximately 44,500 acres). (N) Pine Hollow (approximately 11,000 acres). (O) Timber Mountain (approximately 52,750 acres). (P) Upper Kanab Creek (approximately 51,000 acres). (Q) Vermillion Cliffs (approximately 25,000 acres). (R) Willis Creek (approximately 22,000 acres). (b) Kaiparowits Plateau (1) Findings Congress finds that— (A) the Kaiparowits Plateau east of the Paria River is one of the most rugged and isolated wilderness regions in the United States; (B) the Kaiparowits Plateau, a windswept land of harsh beauty, contains distant vistas and a remarkable variety of plant and animal species; (C) ancient forests, an abundance of big game animals, and 22 species of raptors thrive undisturbed on the grassland mesa tops of the Kaiparowits Plateau; (D) each of the areas described in paragraph (2) (other than Heaps Canyon, Little Valley, and Wide Hollow) is located within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, as established in 1996