Description: Original Text: This dataset does not represent the official wilderness recommendation of the National Park Service. The official recommendation remains the map summited to Congress on 5/11/1978, which is 116/20,002A Jan. 78. The intended use of this dataset is to support various park needs, including planning, management, maintenance, research, and interpretation. This ArcInfo coverage contains boundaries for Recommended Wilderness, Potential Wilderness, and Not Suitable for Wilderness in Zion National Park (ZION), Utah. This dataset is derived from the latest official NPS Wilderness Recommendation which was transmitted from the President to Congress on 5/11/1978, but never enacted. The official Wilderness Recommendation is based on careful studies of roadless areas, public hearings, and written responses. This dataset has been revised from the official map to adjust buffers along roads and utilities, account for changes to the boundary and land status, consider private water and mineral rights, and reflect more accurate measurement avaliable through new GIS technology. This dataset identifies (Datum Nad83) 132,608.83 acres within ZION as Recommended Wilderness (120,620 acres in the original 1978 document). This dataset also identifies 4,178.25 acres as Potential Wilderness (10,364 acres in the original). The remaining 11,244.02 acres of the park were determined to be not suitable for wilderness designation or potential wilderness at this time. The total acreage is 148,031.1 rounding to two decimal places.) The difference in acreage calculations is due to the increased accuracy and associated error of recreating an analog dataset into a digital form using GIS technology.