History
Already designated the Wheeler Peak Wild Area in 1960, 6,051 acres (2,449 ha) became the Wheeler Peak Wilderness in 1964 with the passage of the Wilderness Act. The wilderness was expanded by 14,700 acres (5,900 ha) with the passage of the New Mexico Wilderness Act in 1980. In 1996, public law 104-333 transferred 764 acres (309 ha) from the wilderness south of the ridge between Simpson Peak and Old Mike Peak and west of Blue Lake back to the Taos Pueblo.
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