; (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; and (E) the Kaiparowits Plateau 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) Andalex Not (approximately 18,000 acres). (B) Box Canyon (approximately 3,000 acres). (C) Burning Hills (approximately 81,500 acres). (D) Canaan Peak Slopes (approximately 2,500 acres). (E) Carcass Canyon (approximately 84,750 acres). (F) Fiftymile Bench (approximately 12,750 acres). (G) Fiftymile Mountain (approximately 207,000 acres). (H) Heaps Canyon (approximately 4,000 acres). (I) Horse Spring Canyon (approximately 32,000 acres). (J) Kodachrome Headlands (approximately 9,750 acres). (K) Little Valley Canyon (approximately 4,100 acres). (L) Mud Spring Canyon (approximately 65,750 acres). (M) Nipple Bench (approximately 31,750 acres). (N) Paradise Canyon-Wahweap (approximately 266,500 acres). (O) Rock Cove (approximately 17,000 acres). (P) The Blues (approximately 22,000 acres). (Q) The Cockscomb (approximately 11,750 acres). (R) Warm Creek (approximately 24,000 acres). (S) Wide Hollow (approximately 7,700 acres). (c) Escalante Canyons (1) Findings Congress finds that— (A) glens and coves carved in massive sandstone cliffs, spring-watered hanging gardens, and the silence of ancient ruins are examples of the unique features that entice hikers, campers, and sightseers from around the world to the Escalante Canyons; (B) the Escalante Canyons link the spruce fir forests of the 11,000-foot Aquarius Plateau with the winding slickrock canyons that flow into Glen Canyon