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44 STSESSION S. 1198
55 To designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land
66 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
77 of Agriculture in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington,
88 and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery
99 areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes.
1010 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
1111 MARCH27, 2025
1212 Mr. W
1313 HITEHOUSE(for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. DUR-
1414 BIN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Ms.
1515 W
1616 ARREN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
1717 to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
1818 A BILL
1919 To designate certain National Forest System land and cer-
2020 tain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
2121 of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the
2222 States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wy-
2323 oming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland
2424 recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and
2525 for other purposes.
2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2727 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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3131 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1
3232 (a) S
3333 HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2
3434 ‘‘Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act’’. 3
3535 (b) T
3636 ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 4
3737 this Act is as follows: 5
3838 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
3939 Sec. 2. Findings.
4040 Sec. 3. Purposes.
4141 Sec. 4. Definitions.
4242 TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS
4343 Sec. 101. Purpose.
4444 Sec. 102. Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Divide ecosystem.
4545 Sec. 103. Greater Yellowstone ecosystem.
4646 Sec. 104. Greater Salmon/Selway ecosystem.
4747 Sec. 105. Greater Cabinet-Yaak-Selkirk ecosystem.
4848 Sec. 106. Greater Hells Canyon ecosystem.
4949 Sec. 107. Islands in the Sky Wilderness.
5050 Sec. 108. Wilderness in biological connecting corridors.
5151 Sec. 109. Administration.
5252 Sec. 110. Water.
5353 Sec. 111. Donation of grazing permits and leases.
5454 TITLE II—BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS
5555 Sec. 201. Findings.
5656 Sec. 202. Designation of biological connecting corridors.
5757 Sec. 203. Treatment of biological connecting corridors.
5858 Sec. 204. Applicability of title.
5959 Sec. 205. Cooperative agreements and land trades and acquisitions.
6060 Sec. 206. Exemption of certain roads and highways.
6161 TITLE III—WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS DESIGNATIONS
6262 Sec. 301. Designation of wild and scenic rivers in Idaho, Montana, and Wyo-
6363 ming.
6464 TITLE IV—WILDLAND RESTORATION AND RECOVERY
6565 Sec. 401. Definitions.
6666 Sec. 402. Restoration and recovery.
6767 Sec. 403. Management.
6868 TITLE V—IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING
6969 Sec. 501. Implementation report.
7070 Sec. 502. Interagency team.
7171 Sec. 503. Roadless land evaluation.
7272 TITLE VI—EFFECT OF ACT ON INDIAN TRIBES
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7676 Sec. 601. Rights of Indian Tribes.
7777 Sec. 602. Federal trust responsibility.
7878 Sec. 603. Exemption from Freedom of Information Act.
7979 Sec. 604. Application of Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
8080 Act.
8181 Sec. 605. Tribal use of protected areas.
8282 TITLE VII—EFFECT OF ACT ON WATER RIGHTS
8383 Sec. 701. Water rights.
8484 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
8585 1
8686 Congress finds that— 2
8787 (1) many areas of undeveloped National Forest 3
8888 System land, National Park System land, and public 4
8989 land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-5
9090 ment in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, 6
9191 Washington, and Wyoming (referred to in this sec-7
9292 tion as ‘‘public land’’)— 8
9393 (A) possess outstanding natural character-9
9494 istics that give the areas value as wildernesses, 10
9595 parks, or wild and scenic rivers; and 11
9696 (B) if properly preserved, will be an endur-12
9797 ing resource as wildernesses and wildland areas 13
9898 and of biodiversity for the benefit of the people 14
9999 of the United States; 15
100100 (2) the Northern Rockies Bioregion— 16
101101 (A) contains the most diverse array of 17
102102 wildland that remains in the United States 18
103103 south of Canada; 19
104104 (B) provides a sanctuary for species listed 20
105105 as threatened or endangered under the Endan-21
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109109 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 1
110110 seq.); 2
111111 (C) is national interest public land that is 3
112112 among the most popular wildland in the United 4
113113 States; and 5
114114 (D) embraces greater ecosystems and na-6
115115 tional treasures such as the Greater Yellow-7
116116 stone, Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Di-8
117117 vide, Greater Hells Canyon/Wallowa, Greater 9
118118 Salmon/Selway, and Greater Cabinet-Yaak-Sel-10
119119 kirk ecosystems; 11
120120 (3) the natural ecosystems in the Northern 12
121121 Rockies Bioregion are largely dependent on— 13
122122 (A) public land; and 14
123123 (B) the ecological productivity and diver-15
124124 sity of resources on public land; 16
125125 (4) conservation of roadless areas on public 17
126126 land— 18
127127 (A) produces clean water; 19
128128 (B) protects native fisheries and native 20
129129 flora and fauna; 21
130130 (C) provides scenic and recreational quali-22
131131 ties; and 23
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135135 (D) preserves options for sustainable eco-1
136136 nomics through activities such as hunting, fish-2
137137 ing, and wilderness-based recreation; 3
138138 (5) the headwaters of several major river sys-4
139139 tems, including the Columbia, Snake, Green, Mis-5
140140 souri, and Saskatchewan Rivers, are in the Northern 6
141141 Rockies Bioregion and the water of those rivers— 7
142142 (A) flows to 3 oceans; 8
143143 (B) is of economic importance to farming 9
144144 and ranching operations, municipal water sup-10
145145 plies, and water-based recreation, including 11
146146 fishing and boating; and 12
147147 (C) if protected, will enhance the uses de-13
148148 scribed in subparagraph (B), reduce costs for 14
149149 water treatment and irrigation, and increase 15
150150 native fish populations; 16
151151 (6) the wildlife treasures of the Northern Rock-17
152152 ies Bioregion are of international significance and 18
153153 contain intact, large mammalian fauna and rare and 19
154154 unique plant life; 20
155155 (7) wildlife habitat fragmentation due to road 21
156156 building, timber harvesting, mining, oil and gas ex-22
157157 ploration, lack of interagency cooperation, and other 23
158158 activities has severe effects on— 24
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162162 (A) the wildlife populations of the North-1
163163 ern Rockies Bioregion (including populations of 2
164164 species listed as threatened or endangered 3
165165 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 4
166166 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)) and the habitats of the 5
167167 wildlife; and 6
168168 (B) the water quality, ancient forests, and 7
169169 greater ecosystems of the Northern Rockies 8
170170 Bioregion; 9
171171 (8) the overemphasis on resource extraction 10
172172 from public land has— 11
173173 (A) compromised ecosystem integrity and 12
174174 detracted from economic diversification oppor-13
175175 tunities; and 14
176176 (B) resulted in economic instability and 15
177177 high unemployment in rural, resource-depend-16
178178 ent communities; 17
179179 (9) the fragmentation and development of the 18
180180 remaining roadless and essentially roadless eco-19
181181 systems and biological connectors of the Northern 20
182182 Rockies Bioregion would cause a loss to the United 21
183183 States of— 22
184184 (A) an entire wildland region; and 23
185185 (B) the only remaining area in the United 24
186186 States south of Canada that can support popu-25
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190190 lations of gray wolves, grizzly bears, anad-1
191191 romous fish, and other rare or endangered 2
192192 plant or animal life in 1 intact bioregion; 3
193193 (10) since the completion of the 1936 roadless 4
194194 area inventory by Bob Marshall, millions of acres of 5
195195 roadless wildland have been developed in the North-6
196196 ern Rockies Bioregion; 7
197197 (11) extensive fragmentation of wildland and 8
198198 wildlife habitat has— 9
199199 (A) resulted in the listing of several species 10
200200 as threatened or endangered under the Endan-11
201201 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 12
202202 seq.); and 13
203203 (B) reduced the number and range of 14
204204 other species, including anadromous fish; 15
205205 (12) the natural ecosystems of the Northern 16
206206 Rockies Bioregion serve as educational and research 17
207207 centers for onsite studies in biology, geology, astron-18
208208 omy, and other sciences; 19
209209 (13) the pristine nature of public land helps 20
210210 local communities attract new residents and busi-21
211211 nesses based on local quality of life; 22
212212 (14) a review of the situation in the Northern 23
213213 Rockies Bioregion as of the date of enactment of 24
214214 this Act has revealed the urgent need for an ecologi-25
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218218 cal reserve system for the Northern Rockies Bio-1
219219 region that includes core ecosystem reserve areas 2
220220 and biological connecting corridors necessary— 3
221221 (A) to ensure wildlife movements and ge-4
222222 netic interchange between the core reserve 5
223223 areas; and 6
224224 (B) to act as carbon reserves in a warming 7
225225 world; 8
226226 (15) wildlife freedom of movement is essential 9
227227 to the survival of wildlife species, and a number of 10
228228 scientific studies have identified movement corridors 11
229229 as necessary for wildlife conservation in a changing 12
230230 climate; 13
231231 (16) several foreign governments, including the 14
232232 governments of Australia and Scotland, have an-15
233233 nounced plans for corridors that would make wildlife 16
234234 movement possible as climate pressures increase; 17
235235 (17) the concept of connective corridors for 18
236236 wildlife movement— 19
237237 (A) has been endorsed by the Governors of 20
238238 States in the western United States; and 21
239239 (B) is recognized by conservation and sci-22
240240 entific organizations, such as the National 23
241241 Academy of Sciences, which, in 2008, described 24
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245245 freedom of movement for wildlife as basic to the 1
246246 emerging new science of movement ecology; 2
247247 (18) freedom of wildlife movement— 3
248248 (A) was a fundamental reason for the de-4
249249 velopment and introduction of this Act; and 5
250250 (B) has become an increasingly high-pro-6
251251 file issue in the climate and biological sciences; 7
252252 (19) the economic value to the United States of 8
253253 most of the public land, left in its natural state, ex-9
254254 ceeds any potential return to the Treasury of the 10
255255 United States from timber harvest and development; 11
256256 (20) if Federal land management in the North-12
257257 ern Rockies Bioregion continues to result in develop-13
258258 ment in roadless areas, the Federal Government will 14
259259 be using tax revenues to fund permanent reductions 15
260260 in wilderness, water quality, fish and wildlife habi-16
261261 tat, species, and biological diversity; 17
262262 (21) this Act— 18
263263 (A) provides opportunities for employment 19
264264 in outdoor trades by establishing rehabilitation 20
265265 zones on specific tracts of damaged Federal 21
266266 land where active restoration work will occur; 22
267267 (B) will provide contracts for local busi-23
268268 nesses; and 24
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272272 (C) will renew the intrinsic economic, so-1
273273 cial, and cultural benefits that result from pro-2
274274 ductive land; 3
275275 (22) Federal land rehabilitation projects— 4
276276 (A) have direct benefits to local economies; 5
277277 and 6
278278 (B) reduce the loss to taxpayers in the 7
279279 United States caused by below-cost timber sales 8
280280 and other subsidized resource extraction; 9
281281 (23) a congressional review of roadless areas 10
282282 within public land identifies— 11
283283 (A) areas that, on the basis of the land 12
284284 form, ecosystem, associated fish and wildlife, 13
285285 economic value, and location of the areas, will 14
286286 help to fulfill the role of the Forest Service, Na-15
287287 tional Park Service, and Bureau of Land Man-16
288288 agement to ensure a quality National Wilder-17
289289 ness Preservation System; 18
290290 (B) areas that may have value as wild and 19
291291 scenic rivers; and 20
292292 (C) areas that— 21
293293 (i) may not possess wilderness at-22
294294 tributes and should not now be designated 23
295295 as components of the National Wilderness 24
296296 Preservation System; and 25
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300300 (ii) should be studied to determine the 1
301301 role of the areas in maintaining biological 2
302302 diversity in the Northern Rockies Bio-3
303303 region; 4
304304 (24) many areas of public land— 5
305305 (A) have been damaged and experienced a 6
306306 reduction in productivity due to unwise develop-7
307307 ment practices, which have also impaired eco-8
308308 system function and biological diversity, such as 9
309309 the Island Park area adjacent to Yellowstone 10
310310 National Park, which contains large clear-cut 11
311311 areas that border the park boundary; and 12
312312 (B) should be returned to the former eco-13
313313 logical health and native diversity of the areas 14
314314 through efforts— 15
315315 (i) to ensure that vital ecosystem com-16
316316 ponents are restored, especially in areas in 17
317317 which wildlife travel corridors and native 18
318318 fish and wildlife populations have been 19
319319 damaged or eliminated; and 20
320320 (ii) to ensure and maintain genetic 21
321321 interchange, biological diversity, and res-22
322322 toration of native species diversity through-23
323323 out the Northern Rockies Bioregion; 24
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327327 (25) backcountry areas of the National Park 1
328328 System have been damaged by inappropriate man-2
329329 agement, despite policies that require that rec-3
330330 ommended wilderness be administered as wilderness; 4
331331 (26) an emphasis on structures and motorized 5
332332 equipment, and in some instances developed 6
333333 backcountry campsites, in backcountry areas of the 7
334334 National Park System has detracted from and de-8
335335 graded the wilderness character of those 9
336336 backcountry areas; 10
337337 (27) Federal agencies entrusted with managing 11
338338 the natural resources of the Northern Rockies Bio-12
339339 region— 13
340340 (A) operate under contradictory congres-14
341341 sional mandates; and 15
342342 (B) are in dissension over management 16
343343 policies that involve common resources and 17
344344 greater ecosystems; 18
345345 (28) Federal agency structures and regulatory 19
346346 mechanisms as of the date of enactment of this Act 20
347347 have proven unsatisfactory for the responsible man-21
348348 agement of nationally important ecosystems on pub-22
349349 lic land; 23
350350 (29) Federal laws and regulations as of the 24
351351 date of enactment of this Act have not been suffi-25
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355355 cient to establish and maintain the accountability of 1
356356 Federal agencies for public resources; and 2
357357 (30) this Act does not affect private existing 3
358358 rights. 4
359359 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 5
360360 (a) I
361361 NGENERAL.—The purposes of this Act are— 6
362362 (1) to designate certain National Forest System 7
363363 land, certain National Park System land, and cer-8
364364 tain public land administered by the Bureau of Land 9
365365 Management in the States of Idaho, Montana, Or-10
366366 egon, Washington, and Wyoming as components of 11
367367 the National Wilderness Preservation System; 12
368368 (2) to designate certain National Forest System 13
369369 land, certain public land administered by the Bureau 14
370370 of Land Management, and watercourses on that Na-15
371371 tional Forest System land and public land in the 16
372372 States of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming as compo-17
373373 nents of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sys-18
374374 tem; 19
375375 (3) to prioritize areas for wildland recovery to 20
376376 help restore biological diversity and native species; 21
377377 and 22
378378 (4) to establish a system of biological con-23
379379 necting corridors— 24
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383383 (A) between the core ecosystems in the 1
384384 Northern Rockies Bioregion; and 2
385385 (B) that connect to ecologically significant 3
386386 wildland to the south of the Northern Rockies 4
387387 Bioregion. 5
388388 (b) P
389389 URPOSE OFDESIGNATIONS.—The designations 6
390390 of land made by this Act are made— 7
391391 (1) to promote, perpetuate, and preserve the 8
392392 wilderness character of the designated land; 9
393393 (2) to protect water quality, watersheds, and 10
394394 wildlife habitats, including the habitats of species 11
395395 listed as threatened or endangered under the Endan-12
396396 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 13
397397 (3) to protect the ecological integrity and con-14
398398 tiguity of major wildland ecosystems and the inter-15
399399 connecting corridors of the ecosystems identified by 16
400400 the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 17
401401 Service or another official; 18
402402 (4) to protect and maintain biological and na-19
403403 tive species diversity and dispersal throughout the 20
404404 Northern Rockies Bioregion; 21
405405 (5) to promote and ensure interagency coopera-22
406406 tion in the implementation of integrated, holistic 23
407407 ecosystem management and protection of the eco-24
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411411 systems and corridors covered by this Act based on 1
412412 principles from conservation biology; 2
413413 (6) to preserve scenic, historic, and cultural re-3
414414 sources; 4
415415 (7) to promote scientific research, primitive 5
416416 recreation, solitude, physical and mental challenges, 6
417417 and inspiration for the benefit of the people of the 7
418418 United States; 8
419419 (8) to avoid the misinvestment of scarce capital 9
420420 in land of marginal timber value; and 10
421421 (9) to promote ecologically and economically 11
422422 sustainable management in the Northern Rockies 12
423423 Bioregion. 13
424424 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 14
425425 In this Act: 15
426426 (1) C
427427 ORRIDOR.—The term ‘‘corridor’’ means an 16
428428 area that provides connectivity of habitat or poten-17
429429 tial habitat, and that facilitates the ability of terres-18
430430 trial, estuarine, and freshwater fish, or wildlife, to 19
431431 move within a landscape— 20
432432 (A) as needed for migration, gene flow, or 21
433433 dispersal; or 22
434434 (B) in response to the impacts of climate 23
435435 change or other impacts. 24
436436 (2) D
437437 EVELOPMENT.— 25
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441441 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘develop-1
442442 ment’’ means an activity that eliminates the 2
443443 roadless and wilderness characteristics of the 3
444444 land on which the activity takes place. 4
445445 (B) I
446446 NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘develop-5
447447 ment’’ includes the construction or operation of 6
448448 a ski resort facility, road building, timber har-7
449449 vesting, mining, and oil and gas drilling. 8
450450 (3) G
451451 REATER ECOSYSTEM .—The term ‘‘greater 9
452452 ecosystem’’, when used in conjunction with a specific 10
453453 ecosystem described in this Act, means an ecological 11
454454 land unit— 12
455455 (A)(i) of sufficient scale to support and 13
456456 maintain populations of large vertebrate species 14
457457 and the other native plant and animal species 15
458458 of the unit; and 16
459459 (ii) comprised of land that is similar in to-17
460460 pography, climate, and plant and animal species 18
461461 on the land; or 19
462462 (B) contiguous with the habitat of a wild-20
463463 life indicator species listed as threatened or en-21
464464 dangered under the Endangered Species Act of 22
465465 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), including the 23
466466 grizzly bear, lynx, or caribou, as depicted on 24
467467 habitat maps of Federal agencies. 25
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471471 (4) HABITAT.—The term ‘‘habitat’’ means the 1
472472 physical, chemical, and biological properties that are 2
473473 used by fish, wildlife, or plants for growth, reproduc-3
474474 tion, survival, food, water, and cover on a tract of 4
475475 land, in a body of water, or in an area or region. 5
476476 (5) I
477477 NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 6
478478 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 7
479479 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 8
480480 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 9
481481 (6) N
482482 ORTHERN ROCKIES BIOREGION .—The 10
483483 term ‘‘Northern Rockies Bioregion’’ means the por-11
484484 tion of the Northern Rocky Mountains in the States 12
485485 of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, and Wash-13
486486 ington, as depicted on maps referred to in this Act. 14
487487 (7) P
488488 UBLIC LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ 15
489489 has the meaning given the term ‘‘public lands’’ in 16
490490 section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-17
491491 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). 18
492492 (8) S
493493 ECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term ‘‘Sec-19
494494 retary concerned’’ means— 20
495495 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-21
496496 spect to National Forest System land; and 22
497497 (B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-23
498498 spect to National Park System land and public 24
499499 land. 25
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503503 TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF 1
504504 WILDERNESS 2
505505 SEC. 101. PURPOSE. 3
506506 The purpose of this title is to designate certain Na-4
507507 tional Forest System land, National Park System land, 5
508508 and public land administered by the Bureau of Land Man-6
509509 agement in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wash-7
510510 ington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components of 8
511511 the National Wilderness Preservation System in further-9
512512 ance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 10
513513 1131 et seq.). 11
514514 SEC. 102. GREATER GLACIER/NORTHERN CONTINENTAL DI-12
515515 VIDE ECOSYSTEM. 13
516516 (a) D
517517 EFINITION OFMAP.—In this section, the term 14
518518 ‘‘Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Greater Glacier’’ and 15
519519 dated April 10, 2023. 16
520520 (b) D
521521 ESIGNATIONS.—To protect the unique eco-17
522522 system of the Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Di-18
523523 vide ecosystem, the following land is designated as wilder-19
524524 ness: 20
525525 (1) B
526526 OB MARSHALL WILDERNESS COMPLEX AD -21
527527 DITIONS.—The following land is incorporated in, and 22
528528 shall be administered as part of, the Bob Marshall 23
529529 Wilderness, Great Bear Wilderness, or Scapegoat 24
530530 Wilderness, as applicable: 25
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534534 (A) BOB MARSHALL /SCAPEGOAT ADDI -1
535535 TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Hel-2
536536 ena-Lewis and Clark National Forest and Lolo 3
537537 National Forest and certain public land admin-4
538538 istered by the Lewistown Field Office of the 5
539539 Bureau of Land Management comprising ap-6
540540 proximately 429,647 acres, identified as ‘‘Bob 7
541541 Marshall/Scapegoat Additions’’ on the Map, of 8
542542 which— 9
543543 (i) the Federal land described in this 10
544544 subparagraph that is adjacent to the Bob 11
545545 Marshall Wilderness is incorporated in, 12
546546 and shall be administered as part of, the 13
547547 Bob Marshall Wilderness; and 14
548548 (ii) the Federal land described in this 15
549549 subparagraph that is adjacent to the 16
550550 Scapegoat Wilderness is incorporated in, 17
551551 and shall be administered as part of, the 18
552552 Scapegoat Wilderness. 19
553553 (B) B
554554 OB MARSHALL/GREAT BEAR ADDI -20
555555 TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Flat-21
556556 head National Forest comprising approximately 22
557557 352,025 acres, identified as ‘‘Bob Marshall/ 23
558558 Great Bear Additions’’ on the Map, of which— 24
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562562 (i) the Federal land described in this 1
563563 subparagraph that is adjacent to the Bob 2
564564 Marshall Wilderness is incorporated in, 3
565565 and shall be administered as part of, the 4
566566 Bob Marshall Wilderness; and 5
567567 (ii) the Federal land described in this 6
568568 subparagraph that is adjacent to the Great 7
569569 Bear Wilderness is incorporated in, and 8
570570 shall be administered as part of, the Great 9
571571 Bear Wilderness. 10
572572 (C) G
573573 REAT BEAR ADDITIONS .—Certain 11
574574 Federal land within the Flathead National For-12
575575 est comprising approximately 24,295 acres, 13
576576 identified as ‘‘Great Bear Additions’’, is incor-14
577577 porated in, and shall be administered as part 15
578578 of, the Great Bear Wilderness. 16
579579 (D) M
580580 IDDLE FORK FLATHEAD ADDI -17
581581 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Flat-18
582582 head National Forest comprising approximately 19
583583 22,086 acres, identified as ‘‘Middle Fork Flat-20
584584 head Addition’’ on the Map, is incorporated in, 21
585585 and shall be administered as part of, the Great 22
586586 Bear Wilderness. 23
587587 (2) M
588588 ISSION MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS ADDI -24
589589 TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Lolo Na-25
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593593 tional Forest and Flathead National Forest com-1
594594 prising approximately 29,000 acres, identified as 2
595595 ‘‘Mission Mountains Additions’’ on the Map, is in-3
596596 corporated in, and shall be administered as part of, 4
597597 the Mission Mountains Wilderness. 5
598598 (3) N
599599 EW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA -6
600600 TION SYSTEM COMPONENTS .—Each of the following 7
601601 areas of land is designated as a component of the 8
602602 National Wilderness Preservation System: 9
603603 (A) G
604604 LACIER WILDERNESS , GLACIER NA-10
605605 TIONAL PARK.—Certain Federal land within 11
606606 Glacier National Park comprising approxi-12
607607 mately 925,000 acres, identified as ‘‘Wilder-13
608608 ness’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Glacier National 14
609609 Park Wilderness’’ and dated April 29, 2016, 15
610610 which shall be known as the ‘‘Glacier Wilder-16
611611 ness’’. 17
612612 (B) S
613613 AWTOOTH RIDGE WILDERNESS .—Cer-18
614614 tain Federal land within the Lewis and Clark 19
615615 National Forest comprising approximately 20
616616 15,693 acres, identified as ‘‘Sawtooth Ridge’’ 21
617617 on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Saw-22
618618 tooth Ridge Wilderness’’. 23
619619 (C) T
620620 UCHUCK WILDERNESS .—Certain 24
621621 Federal land within the Flathead National For-25
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625625 est and the Kootenai National Forest com-1
626626 prising approximately 144,615 acres, identified 2
627627 as ‘‘487’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 3
628628 the ‘‘Tuchuck Wilderness’’. 4
629629 (D) L
630630 E BEAU WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-5
631631 eral land within the Flathead National Forest 6
632632 and the Kootenai National Forest comprising 7
633633 approximately 6,523 acres, identified as ‘‘Le 8
634634 Beau’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 9
635635 ‘‘Le Beau Wilderness’’. 10
636636 (E) T
637637 EN LAKES WILDERNESS .—Certain 11
638638 Federal land within the Kootenai National For-12
639639 est comprising approximately 48,545 acres, 13
640640 identified as ‘‘Ten Lakes’’ on the Map, which 14
641641 shall be known as the ‘‘Ten Lakes Wilderness’’. 15
642642 (F) C
643643 OAL RIDGE WILDERNESS .—Certain 16
644644 Federal land within the Flathead National For-17
645645 est comprising approximately 63,517 acres, 18
646646 identified as ‘‘Coal Ridge’’ on the Map, which 19
647647 shall be known as the ‘‘Coal Ridge Wilderness’’. 20
648648 (G) S
649649 TANDARD PEAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-21
650650 tain Federal land within the Flathead National 22
651651 Forest comprising approximately 18,561 acres, 23
652652 identified as ‘‘Standard Peak’’ on the Map, 24
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656656 which shall be known as the ‘‘Standard Peak 1
657657 Wilderness’’. 2
658658 (H) D
659659 EMERS WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-3
660660 eral land within the Flathead National Forest 4
661661 comprising approximately 6,955 acres, identi-5
662662 fied as ‘‘Demers’’ on the Map, which shall be 6
663663 known as the ‘‘Demers Wilderness’’. 7
664664 (I) L
665665 INCOLN GULCH WILDERNESS .—Cer-8
666666 tain Federal land within the Helena-Lewis and 9
667667 Clark National Forest comprising approxi-10
668668 mately 8,250 acres, identified as ‘‘Lincoln 11
669669 Gulch’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 12
670670 the ‘‘Lincoln Gulch Wilderness’’. 13
671671 (J) A
672672 NACONDA HILL WILDERNESS .—Cer-14
673673 tain Federal land within the Helena-Lewis and 15
674674 Clark National Forest comprising approxi-16
675675 mately 18,546 acres, identified as ‘‘Anaconda 17
676676 Hill’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 18
677677 ‘‘Anaconda Hill Wilderness’’. 19
678678 (K) D
679679 EVIL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-20
680680 tain public land administered by the Missoula 21
681681 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-22
682682 ment comprising approximately 10,890 acres, 23
683683 identified as ‘‘Devil Mountain’’ on the Map, 24
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687687 which shall be known as the ‘‘Devil Mountain 1
688688 Wilderness’’. 2
689689 (L) S
690690 PECIMEN CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-3
691691 tain Federal land within the Helena-Lewis and 4
692692 Clark National Forest comprising approxi-5
693693 mately 12,327 acres, identified as ‘‘Specimen 6
694694 Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 7
695695 the ‘‘Specimen Creek Wilderness’’. 8
696696 (M) N
697697 EVADA MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 9
698698 Certain Federal land within the Helena-Lewis 10
699699 and Clark National Forest comprising approxi-11
700700 mately 50,135 acres, identified as ‘‘Nevada 12
701701 Mountain’’ on the Map, which shall be known 13
702702 as the ‘‘Nevada Mountain Wilderness’’. 14
703703 (N) C
704704 RATER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 15
705705 Certain Federal land in the Helena-Lewis and 16
706706 Clark National Forest comprising approxi-17
707707 mately 9,612 acres, identified as ‘‘367’’ on the 18
708708 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Crater 19
709709 Mountain Wilderness’’. 20
710710 (O) C
711711 HAMBERLAIN MOUNTAIN WILDER -21
712712 NESS.—Certain public land administered by the 22
713713 Missoula Field Office of the Bureau of Land 23
714714 Management comprising approximately 11,412 24
715715 acres, identified as ‘‘359’’ on the Map, which 25
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719719 shall be known as the ‘‘Chamberlain Mountain 1
720720 Wilderness’’. 2
721721 (P) B
722722 ADGER-TWO MEDICINE WILDER -3
723723 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Helena- 4
724724 Lewis and Clark National Forest comprising 5
725725 approximately 125,795 acres, identified as 6
726726 ‘‘Badger-Two Medicine’’ on the Map, which 7
727727 shall be known as the ‘‘Badger-Two Medicine 8
728728 Wilderness’’. 9
729729 SEC. 103. GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM. 10
730730 (a) D
731731 EFINITION OFMAP.—In this section, the term 11
732732 ‘‘Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Greater Yellowstone’’ and 12
733733 dated April 10, 2023. 13
734734 (b) D
735735 ESIGNATIONS.—To protect the unique eco-14
736736 system of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, the following 15
737737 land is designated as wilderness: 16
738738 (1) A
739739 BSAROKA-BEARTOOTH WILDERNESS ADDI -17
740740 TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Custer Gal-18
741741 latin National Forest and the Shoshone National 19
742742 Forest comprising approximately 307,069 acres, 20
743743 identified as ‘‘Absaroka-Beartooth Additions and 21
744744 North Absaroka-Beartooth Additions’’ on the Map, 22
745745 is incorporated in, and shall be administered as part 23
746746 of, the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. 24
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750750 (2) NORTH ABSAROKA WILDERNESS ADDI -1
751751 TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Shoshone 2
752752 National Forest and the Custer Gallatin National 3
753753 Forest comprising approximately 173,000 acres, 4
754754 identified as ‘‘Wapiti Valley North, Trout Creek/ 5
755755 Rattlesnake, Pat O’Hara, Sulphur Creek/Sunlight 6
756756 Creek, Windy Mountain, and Reef/Republic Moun-7
757757 tain’’ on the Map, is incorporated in, and shall be 8
758758 administered as part of, the North Absaroka Wilder-9
759759 ness. 10
760760 (3) W
761761 ASHAKIE WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .—Cer-11
762762 tain Federal land within the Shoshone National For-12
763763 est and certain public land administered by the 13
764764 Lander Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-14
765765 ment comprising approximately 339,000 acres, iden-15
766766 tified as ‘‘Castle Rock/Telephone Draw/Carson Lake, 16
767767 Wood River, Franc’s Peak, South Fork (1 and 2)/ 17
768768 Carter Mountain, Wapiti Valley South, and Dunoir/ 18
769769 Teton Additions (including Dunoir, South Dunoir, 19
770770 East Dunoir, West Dunoir, and Togwotee Pass por-20
771771 tions)’’ on the Map, is incorporated in, and shall be 21
772772 administered as part of, the Washakie Wilderness. 22
773773 (4) F
774774 ITZPATRICK WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .— 23
775775 The following land is incorporated in, and shall be 24
776776 administered as part of, the Fitzpatrick Wilderness: 25
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780780 (A) FITZPATRICK WILDERNESS ADDI -1
781781 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Sho-2
782782 shone National Forest comprising approxi-3
783783 mately 6,000 acres, identified as ‘‘Seven Lakes- 4
784784 Mosquito Lake/Warm Springs Creek (Warm 5
785785 Springs Creek portion)’’ on the Map. 6
786786 (B) B
787787 ENCH MARK ADDITION .—Certain 7
788788 Federal land within the Shoshone National For-8
789789 est comprising approximately 5,943 acres, iden-9
790790 tified as ‘‘Bench Mark’’ on the Map. 10
791791 (5) T
792792 ETON WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .—Certain 11
793793 Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National For-12
794794 est comprising approximately 24,000 acres, identi-13
795795 fied as ‘‘Dunoir/Teton Additions (Teton Additions 14
796796 portion)’’ on the Map, is incorporated in, and shall 15
797797 be administered as part of, the Teton Wilderness. 16
798798 (6) G
799799 ROS VENTRE WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .— 17
800800 Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton Na-18
801801 tional Forest comprising approximately 134,761 19
802802 acres, identified as ‘‘Gros Ventre Additions’’ on the 20
803803 Map, is incorporated in, and shall be administered 21
804804 as part of, the Gros Ventre Wilderness. 22
805805 (7) B
806806 RIDGER WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .—Cer-23
807807 tain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National 24
808808 Forest and certain public land administered by the 25
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812812 Pinedale Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-1
813813 agement comprising approximately 230,000 acres, 2
814814 identified as ‘‘Silver Creek Falls/Scab Creek, West 3
815815 Slope Winds/Popo Agie Addition (West Slope Winds 4
816816 portion), and Seven Lakes-Mosquito Lake/Warm 5
817817 Springs Creek (Seven Lakes-Mosquito Lake por-6
818818 tion)’’ on the Map, is incorporated in, and shall be 7
819819 administered as part of, the Bridger Wilderness. 8
820820 (8) P
821821 OPO AGIE WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .—Cer-9
822822 tain Federal land within the Shoshone National For-10
823823 est comprising approximately 60,000 acres, identi-11
824824 fied as ‘‘Middle Fork and West Slope Winds/Popo 12
825825 Agie Addition (Popo Agie Addition portion)’’ on the 13
826826 Map, is incorporated in, and shall be administered 14
827827 as part of, the Popo Agie Wilderness. 15
828828 (9) J
829829 EDEDIAH SMITH WILDERNESS ADDI -16
830830 TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Bridger- 17
831831 Teton and Caribou-Targhee National Forest com-18
832832 prising approximately 56,618 acres, identified as 19
833833 ‘‘Jedediah Smith Additions’’ on the Map, is incor-20
834834 porated in, and shall be administered as part of, the 21
835835 Jedediah Smith Wilderness. 22
836836 (10) L
837837 EE METCALF WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .— 23
838838 The following land is incorporated in, and shall be 24
839839 administered as part of, the Lee Metcalf Wilderness: 25
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843843 (A) COWBOYS HEAVEN ADDITION .—Cer-1
844844 tain Federal land within the Custer Gallatin 2
845845 National Forest and the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 3
846846 National Forest comprising approximately 4
847847 24,507 acres, identified as ‘‘Cowboys Heaven’’ 5
848848 on the Map. 6
849849 (B) L
850850 EE METCALF ADDITION .—Certain 7
851851 Federal land within the Custer Gallatin Na-8
852852 tional Forest and the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 9
853853 National Forest comprising approximately 10
854854 166,494 acres, identified as ‘‘Lee Metcalf Addi-11
855855 tion’’ on the Map. 12
856856 (11) N
857857 EW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA -13
858858 TION SYSTEM COMPONENTS .—Each of the following 14
859859 areas of land is designated as a component of the 15
860860 National Wilderness Preservation System: 16
861861 (A) Y
862862 ELLOWSTONE WILDERNESS , YELLOW-17
863863 STONE NATIONAL PARK .—Certain Federal land 18
864864 within Yellowstone National Park comprising 19
865865 approximately 2,030,000 acres, identified as 20
866866 ‘‘Wilderness’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Yellowstone 21
867867 National Park Wilderness’’ and dated April 29, 22
868868 2016, which shall be known as the ‘‘Yellowstone 23
869869 Wilderness’’. 24
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873873 (B) GRAND TETON WILDERNESS , GRAND 1
874874 TETON NATIONAL PARK .—Certain Federal land 2
875875 within the Grand Teton National Park com-3
876876 prising approximately 123,000 acres, identified 4
877877 as ‘‘Wilderness’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Grand 5
878878 Teton National Park Wilderness’’ and dated 6
879879 April 29, 2016, which shall be known as the 7
880880 ‘‘Grand Teton Wilderness’’. 8
881881 (C) S
882882 NOWCREST WILDERNESS .—Certain 9
883883 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 10
884884 National Forest and certain public land admin-11
885885 istered by the Dillon Field Office of the Bureau 12
886886 of Land Management comprising approximately 13
887887 104,174 acres, identified as ‘‘Snowcrest Wilder-14
888888 ness’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 15
889889 ‘‘Snowcrest Wilderness’’. 16
890890 (D) F
891891 REEZEOUT MOUNTAIN WILDER -17
892892 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Beaver-18
893893 head-Deerlodge National Forest comprising ap-19
894894 proximately 68,853 acres, identified as 20
895895 ‘‘Freezeout Mountain’’ on the Map, which shall 21
896896 be known as the ‘‘Freezeout Mountain Wilder-22
897897 ness’’. 23
898898 (E) L
899899 ONE BUTTE WILDERNESS .—Certain 24
900900 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 25
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904904 National Forest comprising approximately 1
905905 13,913 acres, identified as ‘‘Lone Butte’’ on the 2
906906 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Lone Butte 3
907907 Wilderness’’. 4
908908 (F) B
909909 LACK BUTTE WILDERNESS .—Certain 5
910910 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 6
911911 National Forest comprising approximately 7
912912 39,217 acres, identified as ‘‘Black Butte’’ on 8
913913 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Black 9
914914 Butte Wilderness’’. 10
915915 (G) B
916916 IG HORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 11
917917 Certain Federal land within the Beaverhead- 12
918918 Deerlodge National Forest comprising approxi-13
919919 mately 55,100 acres, identified as ‘‘Big Horn 14
920920 Mountain’’ on the Map, which shall be known 15
921921 as the ‘‘Big Horn Mountain Wilderness’’. 16
922922 (H) V
923923 IGILANTE WILDERNESS .—Certain 17
924924 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 18
925925 National Forest comprising approximately 19
926926 16,031 acres, identified as ‘‘Vigilante’’ on the 20
927927 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Vigilante 21
928928 Wilderness’’. 22
929929 (I) C
930930 HERRY LAKES WILDERNESS .—Certain 23
931931 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 24
932932 National Forest comprising approximately 25
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936936 13,080 acres, identified as ‘‘Cherry Lakes’’ on 1
937937 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Cherry 2
938938 Lakes Wilderness’’. 3
939939 (J) A
940940 XOLOTL WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-4
941941 eral land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na-5
942942 tional Forest and certain public land adminis-6
943943 tered by the Dillon Field Office of the Bureau 7
944944 of Land Management comprising approximately 8
945945 46,421 acres, identified as ‘‘Axolotl’’ on the 9
946946 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Axolotl Wil-10
947947 derness’’. 11
948948 (K) Y
949949 ANKEE JIM WILDERNESS .—Certain 12
950950 Federal land within the Custer-Gallatin Na-13
951951 tional Forest comprising approximately 8,199 14
952952 acres, identified as ‘‘Yankee Jim’’ on the Map, 15
953953 which shall be known as the ‘‘Yankee Jim Wil-16
954954 derness’’. 17
955955 (L) G
956956 ALLATIN RANGE WILDERNESS .—Cer-18
957957 tain Federal land within the Custer Gallatin 19
958958 National Forest comprising approximately 20
959959 249,213 acres, identified as ‘‘Gallatin Range’’ 21
960960 on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Gal-22
961961 latin Range Wilderness’’. 23
962962 (M) G
963963 ARNIT MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 24
964964 Certain Federal land within the Custer Gallatin 25
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968968 National Forest comprising approximately 1
969969 7,853 acres, identified as ‘‘Garnit Mountain’’ 2
970970 on the Map, which shall be known as the 3
971971 ‘‘Garnit Mountain Wilderness’’. 4
972972 (N) L
973973 IONHEAD WILDERNESS .—Certain 5
974974 Federal land within the Custer Gallatin Na-6
975975 tional Forest and the Caribou-Targhee National 7
976976 Forest comprising approximately 60,998 acres, 8
977977 identified as ‘‘Lionhead’’ on the Map, which 9
978978 shall be known as the ‘‘Lionhead Wilderness’’. 10
979979 (O) D
980980 EEP LAKE WILDERNESS .—Certain 11
981981 Federal land within the Custer Gallatin Na-12
982982 tional Forest and the Shoshone National Forest 13
983983 comprising approximately 140,070 acres, identi-14
984984 fied as ‘‘Deep Lake’’ on the Map, which shall 15
985985 be known as the ‘‘Deep Lake Wilderness’’. 16
986986 (P) M
987987 ONUMENT RIDGE WILDERNESS .— 17
988988 Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton 18
989989 National Forest comprising approximately 19
990990 17,595 acres, identified as ‘‘Monument Ridge’’ 20
991991 on the Map, which shall be known as the 21
992992 ‘‘Monument Ridge Wilderness’’. 22
993993 (Q) M
994994 UNGER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 23
995995 Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton 24
996996 National Forest comprising approximately 25
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10001000 10,071 acres, identified as ‘‘Munger Mountain’’ 1
10011001 on the Map, which shall be known as the 2
10021002 ‘‘Munger Mountain Wilderness’’. 3
10031003 (R) L
10041004 ITTLE SHEEP MOUNTAIN WILDER -4
10051005 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the 5
10061006 Bridger-Teton National Forest comprising ap-6
10071007 proximately 13,699 acres, identified as ‘‘Little 7
10081008 Sheep Mountain’’ on the Map, which shall be 8
10091009 known as the ‘‘Little Sheep Mountain Wilder-9
10101010 ness’’. 10
10111011 (S) M
10121012 T. LEIDY HIGHLANDS WILDER -11
10131013 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the 12
10141014 Bridger-Teton National Forest comprising ap-13
10151015 proximately 213,457 acres, identified as ‘‘Mt. 14
10161016 Leidy Highlands’’ on the Map, which shall be 15
10171017 known as the ‘‘Mt. Leidy Highlands Wilder-16
10181018 ness’’. 17
10191019 (T) S
10201020 ALT RIVER RANGE WILDERNESS .— 18
10211021 Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton 19
10221022 National Forest comprising approximately 20
10231023 245,154 acres, identified as ‘‘Salt River Range’’ 21
10241024 on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Salt 22
10251025 River Range Wilderness’’. 23
10261026 (U) G
10271027 RAYBACK RIDGE WILDERNESS .—Cer-24
10281028 tain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton Na-25
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10321032 tional Forest comprising approximately 314,093 1
10331033 acres, identified as ‘‘Grayback Ridge’’ on the 2
10341034 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Grayback 3
10351035 Ridge Wilderness’’. 4
10361036 (V) C
10371037 OMMISSARY RIDGE WILDERNESS .— 5
10381038 Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton 6
10391039 National Forest comprising approximately 7
10401040 164,930 acres, identified as ‘‘Commissary 8
10411041 Ridge’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 9
10421042 the ‘‘Commissary Ridge Wilderness’’. 10
10431043 (W) S
10441044 OUTH WYOMING RANGE WILDER -11
10451045 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the 12
10461046 Bridger-Teton National Forest comprising ap-13
10471047 proximately 97,981 acres, identified as ‘‘South 14
10481048 Wyoming Range’’ on the Map, which shall be 15
10491049 known as the ‘‘South Wyoming Range Wilder-16
10501050 ness’’. 17
10511051 (X) N
10521052 ORTH MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 18
10531053 Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton 19
10541054 National Forest comprising approximately 20
10551055 5,977 acres, identified as ‘‘North Mountain’’ on 21
10561056 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘North 22
10571057 Mountain Wilderness’’. 23
10581058 (Y) G
10591059 RAYBACK RIDGE EAST WILDER -24
10601060 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the 25
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10641064 Bridger-Teton National Forest comprising ap-1
10651065 proximately 13,297 acres, identified as 2
10661066 ‘‘Grayback Ridge East’’ on the Map, which 3
10671067 shall be known as the ‘‘Grayback Ridge East 4
10681068 Wilderness’’. 5
10691069 (Z) P
10701070 ALISADES WILDERNESS .—Certain 6
10711071 Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National 7
10721072 Forest and the Caribou-Targhee National For-8
10731073 est comprising approximately 260,677 acres, 9
10741074 identified as ‘‘Palisades’’ on the Map, which 10
10751075 shall be known as the ‘‘Palisades Wilderness’’. 11
10761076 (AA) G
10771077 ANNETT HILLS WILDERNESS .—Cer-12
10781078 tain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton Na-13
10791079 tional Forest and the Caribou National Forest 14
10801080 comprising approximately 61,544 acres, identi-15
10811081 fied as ‘‘Gannett Hills and Gannett Hills/ 16
10821082 Spring Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be 17
10831083 known as the ‘‘Gannett Hills Wilderness’’. 18
10841084 (BB) R
10851085 AYMOND MOUNTAIN NORTH WIL -19
10861086 DERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 20
10871087 Bridger-Teton National Forest and certain pub-21
10881088 lic land administered by the Kemmerer Field 22
10891089 Office of the Bureau of Land Management 23
10901090 comprising approximately 11,765 acres, identi-24
10911091 fied as ‘‘Raymond Mountain North’’ on the 25
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10951095 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Raymond 1
10961096 Mountain North Wilderness’’. 2
10971097 (CC) R
10981098 AYMOND MOUNTAIN WILDER -3
10991099 NESS.—Certain public land administered by the 4
11001100 Kemmerer Field Office of the Bureau of Land 5
11011101 Management comprising approximately 32,932 6
11021102 acres, identified as ‘‘Raymond Mountain Wil-7
11031103 derness’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 8
11041104 the ‘‘Raymond Mountain Wilderness’’. 9
11051105 (DD) L
11061106 AKE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 10
11071107 Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton 11
11081108 National Forest and certain public land admin-12
11091109 istered by the Pinedale Field Office of the Bu-13
11101110 reau of Land Management comprising approxi-14
11111111 mately 25,618 acres, identified as ‘‘Lake Moun-15
11121112 tain’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 16
11131113 ‘‘Lake Mountain Wilderness’’. 17
11141114 (EE) G
11151115 ARNS MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 18
11161116 Certain Federal land within the Caribou- 19
11171117 Targhee National Forest comprising approxi-20
11181118 mately 95,704 acres, identified as ‘‘Garns 21
11191119 Mountain’’ on the Map, which shall be known 22
11201120 as the ‘‘Garns Mountain Wilderness’’. 23
11211121 (FF) P
11221122 RITEHARD CREEK WILDERNESS .— 24
11231123 Certain Federal land within the Caribou- 25
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11271127 Targhee National Forest comprising approxi-1
11281128 mately 17,000 acres, identified as ‘‘Pritehard 2
11291129 Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 3
11301130 the ‘‘Pritehard Creek Wilderness’’. 4
11311131 (GG) D
11321132 EADHORSE RIDGE WILDERNESS .— 5
11331133 Certain Federal land within the Caribou- 6
11341134 Targhee National Forest comprising approxi-7
11351135 mately 118,775 acres, identified as ‘‘Deadhorse 8
11361136 Ridge’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 9
11371137 the ‘‘Deadhorse Ridge Wilderness’’. 10
11381138 (HH) S
11391139 TUMP CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-11
11401140 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 12
11411141 National Forest comprising approximately 13
11421142 97,879 acres, identified as ‘‘Stump Creek’’ on 14
11431143 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Stump 15
11441144 Creek Wilderness’’. 16
11451145 (II) C
11461146 ARIBOU CITY WILDERNESS .—Certain 17
11471147 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na-18
11481148 tional Forest comprising approximately 93,741 19
11491149 acres, identified as ‘‘Caribou City’’ on the Map, 20
11501150 which shall be known as the ‘‘Caribou City Wil-21
11511151 derness’’. 22
11521152 (JJ) P
11531153 OKER PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 23
11541154 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na-24
11551155 tional Forest comprising approximately 19,594 25
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11591159 acres, identified as ‘‘Poker Peak’’ on the Map, 1
11601160 which shall be known as the ‘‘Poker Peak Wil-2
11611161 derness’’. 3
11621162 (KK) P
11631163 OLE CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 4
11641164 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na-5
11651165 tional Forest comprising approximately 6,351 6
11661166 acres, identified as ‘‘Pole Creek’’ on the Map, 7
11671167 which shall be known as the ‘‘Pole Creek Wil-8
11681168 derness’’. 9
11691169 (LL) S
11701170 CHMID PEAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-10
11711171 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 11
11721172 National Forest comprising approximately 12
11731173 7,194 acres, identified as ‘‘Schmid Peak’’ on 13
11741174 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Schmid 14
11751175 Peak Wilderness’’. 15
11761176 (MM) S
11771177 AGE CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-16
11781178 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 17
11791179 National Forest comprising approximately 18
11801180 13,280 acres, identified as ‘‘Sage Creek’’ on the 19
11811181 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Sage Creek 20
11821182 Wilderness’’. 21
11831183 (NN) R
11841184 ED MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-22
11851185 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 23
11861186 National Forest comprising approximately 24
11871187 13,896 acres, identified as ‘‘Red Mountain’’ on 25
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11911191 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Red 1
11921192 Mountain Wilderness’’. 2
11931193 (OO) D
11941194 RY RIDGE WILDERNESS .—Certain 3
11951195 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na-4
11961196 tional Forest comprising approximately 23,760 5
11971197 acres, identified as ‘‘Dry Ridge’’ on the Map, 6
11981198 which shall be known as the ‘‘Dry Ridge Wil-7
11991199 derness’’. 8
12001200 (PP) M
12011201 EADE PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 9
12021202 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na-10
12031203 tional Forest comprising approximately 45,773 11
12041204 acres, identified as ‘‘Meade Peak’’ on the Map, 12
12051205 which shall be known as the ‘‘Meade Peak Wil-13
12061206 derness’’. 14
12071207 (QQ) T
12081208 OBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS WILDER -15
12091209 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Beaver-16
12101210 head-Deerlodge National Forest and certain 17
12111211 public land administered by the Dillon Field Of-18
12121212 fice of the Bureau of Land Management com-19
12131213 prising approximately 101,968 acres, identified 20
12141214 as ‘‘Tobacco Root Mountains’’ on the Map, 21
12151215 which shall be known as the ‘‘Tobacco Root 22
12161216 Mountains Wilderness’’. 23
12171217 (RR) P
12181218 OTOSI WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-24
12191219 eral land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na-25
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12231223 tional Forest comprising approximately 5,310 1
12241224 acres, identified as ‘‘Potosi’’ on the Map, which 2
12251225 shall be known as ‘‘Potosi Wilderness’’. 3
12261226 (SS) B
12271227 AYER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 4
12281228 Certain Federal land within the Shoshone Na-5
12291229 tional Forest comprising approximately 7,530 6
12301230 acres, identified as ‘‘Bayer Mountain’’ on the 7
12311231 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Bayer 8
12321232 Mountain Wilderness’’. 9
12331233 (TT) L
12341234 ITTLE POPO AGIE CANYON WILDER -10
12351235 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Sho-11
12361236 shone National Forest comprising approxi-12
12371237 mately 8,335 acres, identified as ‘‘Little Popo 13
12381238 Agie Canyon’’ on the Map, which shall be 14
12391239 known as the ‘‘Little Popo Agie Canyon Wilder-15
12401240 ness’’. 16
12411241 (UU) L
12421242 OUIS CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-17
12431243 tain Federal land within the Shoshone National 18
12441244 Forest comprising approximately 6,172 acres, 19
12451245 identified as ‘‘Louis Creek’’ on the Map, which 20
12461246 shall be known as the ‘‘Louis Creek Wilder-21
12471247 ness’’. 22
12481248 (VV) S
12491249 TUB CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 23
12501250 Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National 24
12511251 Forest comprising approximately 8,213 acres, 25
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12551255 identified as ‘‘Stub Creek’’ on the Map, which 1
12561256 shall be known as the ‘‘Stub Creek Wilderness’’. 2
12571257 (WW) S
12581258 TORM CASTLE WILDERNESS .—Cer-3
12591259 tain Federal land within the Custer-Gallatin 4
12601260 National Forest comprising approximately 5
12611261 6,065 acres, identified as ‘‘Storm Castle’’ on 6
12621262 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Storm 7
12631263 Castle Wilderness’’. 8
12641264 (XX) B
12651265 URNT CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-9
12661266 tain Federal land within the Custer-Gallatin 10
12671267 National Forest comprising approximately 11
12681268 5,085 acres, identified as ‘‘Burnt Creek’’ on the 12
12691269 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Burnt 13
12701270 Creek Wilderness’’. 14
12711271 (YY) P
12721272 ICKET PIN WILDERNESS .—Certain 15
12731273 Federal land within the Custer-Gallatin Na-16
12741274 tional Forest comprising approximately 7,772 17
12751275 acres, identified as ‘‘Picket Pin’’ on the Map, 18
12761276 which shall be known as the ‘‘Picket Pin Wil-19
12771277 derness’’. 20
12781278 SEC. 104. GREATER SALMON/SELWAY ECOSYSTEM. 21
12791279 (a) D
12801280 EFINITION OFMAP.—In this section, the term 22
12811281 ‘‘Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Greater Salmon Selway’’ 23
12821282 and dated April 10, 2023. 24
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12861286 (b) DESIGNATIONS.—To protect the unique eco-1
12871287 system of the greater Salmon/Selway ecosystem, the fol-2
12881288 lowing land is designated as wilderness: 3
12891289 (1) F
12901290 RANK CHURCH-RIVER OF NO RETURN WIL -4
12911291 DERNESS ADDITIONS.—Certain Federal land within 5
12921292 the Payette National Forest, Boise National Forest, 6
12931293 Salmon-Challis National Forest, Bitterroot National 7
12941294 Forest, and Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests 8
12951295 and certain public land administered by the Cotton-9
12961296 wood Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-10
12971297 ment comprising approximately 746,149 acres, iden-11
12981298 tified as ‘‘River of No Return’’ on the Map, is incor-12
12991299 porated in, and shall be administered as part of, the 13
13001300 Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. 14
13011301 (2) G
13021302 OSPEL-HUMP WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .— 15
13031303 Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clear-16
13041304 water National Forests comprising approximately 17
13051305 55,170 acres, identified as ‘‘Gospel-Hump Addi-18
13061306 tions’’ on the Map, is incorporated in, and shall be 19
13071307 administered as part of, the Gospel-Hump Wilder-20
13081308 ness. 21
13091309 (3) S
13101310 ELWAY-BITTERROOT WILDERNESS ADDI -22
13111311 TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce- 23
13121312 Clearwater National Forests, the Bitterroot National 24
13131313 Forest, and the Lolo National Forest and certain 25
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13171317 public land administered by the Cottonwood Field 1
13181318 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com-2
13191319 prising approximately 559,195 acres, identified as 3
13201320 ‘‘Selway-Bitterroot Additions’’ on the Map, is incor-4
13211321 porated in, and shall be administered as part of, the 5
13221322 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. 6
13231323 (4) S
13241324 AWTOOTH WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .—Cer-7
13251325 tain Federal land within the Boise National Forest, 8
13261326 Sawtooth National Forest, and the Salmon-Challis 9
13271327 National Forest comprising approximately 547,811 10
13281328 acres, identified as ‘‘Sawtooth Additions’’ on the 11
13291329 Map, is incorporated in, and shall be administered 12
13301330 as part of, the Sawtooth Wilderness. 13
13311331 (5) C
13321332 ECIL D. ANDRUS-WHITE CLOUDS WILDER -14
13331333 NESS ADDITIONS.—Certain Federal land within the 15
13341334 Sawtooth National Forest comprising approximately 16
13351335 124,873 acres, identified as ‘‘White Clouds Wilder-17
13361336 ness Additions’’ on the Map, is incorporated in, and 18
13371337 shall be administered as part of, the Cecil D. 19
13381338 Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness. 20
13391339 (6) H
13401340 EMINGWAY-BOULDERS WILDERNESS ADDI -21
13411341 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth 22
13421342 National Forest comprising approximately 76,836 23
13431343 acres, identified as ‘‘Hemingway Wilderness Addi-24
13441344 tions’’ on the Map, is incorporated in, and shall be 25
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13481348 administered as part of, the Hemingway-Boulders 1
13491349 Wilderness. 2
13501350 (7) J
13511351 IM MCCLURE-JERRY PEAK WILDERNESS 3
13521352 ADDITIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Saw-4
13531353 tooth National Forest and the Salmon-Challis Na-5
13541354 tional Forest and certain public land administered 6
13551355 by the Challis Field Office of the Bureau of Land 7
13561356 Management comprising approximately 94,252 8
13571357 acres, identified as ‘‘Jerry Peak Wilderness Addi-9
13581358 tions’’ on the Map, is incorporated in, and shall be 10
13591359 administered as part of, the Jim McClure-Jerry 11
13601360 Peak Wilderness. 12
13611361 (8) N
13621362 EW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA -13
13631363 TION SYSTEM COMPONENTS OF THE GREAT BURN 14
13641364 WILDLANDS COMPLEX .—Each of the following areas 15
13651365 of land within the Great Burn Wildlands Complex is 16
13661366 designated as a component of the National Wilder-17
13671367 ness Preservation System: 18
13681368 (A) G
13691369 REAT BURN (HOODOO) WILDER -19
13701370 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Nez 20
13711371 Perce-Clearwater National Forests and the Lolo 21
13721372 National Forest comprising approximately 22
13731373 256,084 acres, identified as ‘‘Great Burn’’ on 23
13741374 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Great 24
13751375 Burn (Hoodoo) Wilderness’’. 25
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13791379 (B) MEADOW CREEK/UPPER NORTH FORK 1
13801380 WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 2
13811381 Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, the 3
13821382 Idaho Panhandle National Forests, and the 4
13831383 Lolo National Forest comprising approximately 5
13841384 62,200 acres, identified as ‘‘Meadow Creek/ 6
13851385 Upper North Fork’’ on the Map, which shall be 7
13861386 known as the ‘‘Meadow Creek/Upper North 8
13871387 Fork Wilderness’’. 9
13881388 (C) S
13891389 HEEP MOUNTAIN /STATE LINE WIL-10
13901390 DERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 11
13911391 Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, the 12
13921392 Idaho Panhandle National Forests, and the 13
13931393 Lolo National Forest comprising approximately 14
13941394 65,563 acres, identified as ‘‘Sheep Mountain/ 15
13951395 State Line’’ on the Map, which shall be known 16
13961396 as the ‘‘Sheep Mountain/State Line Wilder-17
13971397 ness’’. 18
13981398 (D) M
13991399 ALLARD-LARKINS WILDERNESS .— 19
14001400 Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce- 20
14011401 Clearwater National Forests and the Idaho 21
14021402 Panhandle National Forests comprising ap-22
14031403 proximately 258,972 acres, identified as ‘‘Mal-23
14041404 lard-Larkins’’ on the Map, which shall be 24
14051405 known as the ‘‘Mallard-Larkins Wilderness’’. 25
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14091409 (E) BIGHORN-WEITAS WILDERNESS .—Cer-1
14101410 tain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clear-2
14111411 water National Forests comprising approxi-3
14121412 mately 250,535 acres, identified as ‘‘Bighorn- 4
14131413 Weitas’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 5
14141414 the ‘‘Bighorn-Weitas Wilderness’’. 6
14151415 (F) E
14161416 LDORADO CREEK WILDERNESS .— 7
14171417 Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce- 8
14181418 Clearwater National Forests comprising ap-9
14191419 proximately 7,000 acres, identified as ‘‘Eldo-10
14201420 rado Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known 11
14211421 as the ‘‘Eldorado Creek Wilderness’’. 12
14221422 (G) M
14231423 OOSE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 13
14241424 Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce- 14
14251425 Clearwater National Forests comprising ap-15
14261426 proximately 22,023 acres, identified as ‘‘Moose 16
14271427 Mountain’’ on the Map, which shall be known 17
14281428 as the ‘‘Moose Mountain Wilderness’’. 18
14291429 (H) F
14301430 ISH AND HUNGERY CREEKS WILDER -19
14311431 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Nez 20
14321432 Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising 21
14331433 approximately 116,898 acres, identified as 22
14341434 ‘‘Fish and Hungery Creeks’’ on the Map, which 23
14351435 shall be known as the ‘‘Fish and Hungery 24
14361436 Creeks Wilderness’’. 25
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14401440 (I) POT MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
14411441 Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater 2
14421442 National Forests comprising approximately 3
14431443 51,111 acres, identified as ‘‘Pot Mountain’’ on 4
14441444 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Pot 5
14451445 Mountain Wilderness’’. 6
14461446 (J) S
14471447 IWASH WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-7
14481448 eral land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na-8
14491449 tional Forests comprising approximately 9,992 9
14501450 acres, identified as ‘‘Siwash’’ on the Map, which 10
14511451 shall be known as the ‘‘Siwash Wilderness’’. 11
14521452 (K) W
14531453 EIR-POST OFFICE WILDERNESS .— 12
14541454 Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce- 13
14551455 Clearwater National Forests comprising ap-14
14561456 proximately 22,075 acres, identified as ‘‘Weir- 15
14571457 Post Office’’ on the Map, which shall be known 16
14581458 as the ‘‘Weir-Post Office Wilderness’’. 17
14591459 (L) M
14601460 OSQUITO FLY WILDERNESS .—Cer-18
14611461 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 19
14621462 National Forests comprising approximately 20
14631463 19,418 acres, identified as ‘‘Mosquito Fly’’ on 21
14641464 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Mos-22
14651465 quito Fly Wilderness’’. 23
14661466 (M) M
14671467 IDGET PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 24
14681468 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle Na-25
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14721472 tional Forests comprising approximately 7,242 1
14731473 acres, identified as ‘‘Midget Peak’’ on the Map, 2
14741474 which shall be known as the ‘‘Midget Peak Wil-3
14751475 derness’’. 4
14761476 (N) S
14771477 TARK MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-5
14781478 tain Federal land within the Lolo National For-6
14791479 est comprising approximately 12,601 acres, 7
14801480 identified as ‘‘Stark Mountain’’ on the Map, 8
14811481 which shall be known as the ‘‘Stark Mountain 9
14821482 Wilderness’’. 10
14831483 (9) N
14841484 EW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA -11
14851485 TION SYSTEM COMPONENTS OF THE LITTLE SLATE 12
14861486 CREEK WILDLANDS COMPLEX .—Each of the fol-13
14871487 lowing areas of land within the Little Slate Creek 14
14881488 Wildlands Complex is designated as a component of 15
14891489 the National Wilderness Preservation System: 16
14901490 (A) L
14911491 ITTLE SLATE CREEK WILDERNESS .— 17
14921492 Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce- 18
14931493 Clearwater National Forests comprising ap-19
14941494 proximately 12,251 acres, identified as ‘‘Little 20
14951495 Slate Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known 21
14961496 as the ‘‘Little Slate Creek Wilderness’’. 22
14971497 (B) L
14981498 ITTLE SLATE NORTH WILDERNESS .— 23
14991499 Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce- 24
15001500 Clearwater National Forests comprising ap-25
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15041504 proximately 5,922 acres, identified as ‘‘Little 1
15051505 Slate North’’ on the Map, which shall be known 2
15061506 as the ‘‘Little Slate North Wilderness’’. 3
15071507 (10) O
15081508 THER NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS 4
15091509 PRESERVATION SYSTEM COMPONENTS .—Each of the 5
15101510 following areas of land is designated as a component 6
15111511 of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 7
15121512 (A) F
15131513 RENCH CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-8
15141514 tain Federal land within the Payette National 9
15151515 Forest comprising approximately 169,629 acres, 10
15161516 identified as ‘‘French Creek’’ on the Map, 11
15171517 which shall be known as the ‘‘French Creek 12
15181518 Wilderness’’. 13
15191519 (B) C
15201520 RYSTAL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 14
15211521 Certain Federal land within the Payette Na-15
15221522 tional Forest comprising approximately 13,017 16
15231523 acres, identified as ‘‘Crystal Mountain’’ on the 17
15241524 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Crystal 18
15251525 Mountain Wilderness’’. 19
15261526 (C) S
15271527 ECESH WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-20
15281528 eral land within the Payette National Forest 21
15291529 comprising approximately 248,222 acres, identi-22
15301530 fied as ‘‘Secesh’’ on the Map, which shall be 23
15311531 known as the ‘‘Secesh Wilderness’’. 24
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15351535 (D) NEEDLES WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
15361536 Federal land within the Payette National For-2
15371537 est and the Boise National Forest comprising 3
15381538 approximately 161,269 acres, identified as 4
15391539 ‘‘Needles’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 5
15401540 the ‘‘Needles Wilderness’’. 6
15411541 (E) C
15421542 ATON LAKE WILDERNESS .—Certain 7
15431543 Federal land within the Payette National For-8
15441544 est and the Boise National Forest comprising 9
15451545 approximately 84,573 acres, identified as 10
15461546 ‘‘Caton Lake’’ on the Map, which shall be 11
15471547 known as the ‘‘Caton Lake Wilderness’’. 12
15481548 (F) P
15491549 OISON CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 13
15501550 Federal land within the Payette National For-14
15511551 est and the Boise National Forest comprising 15
15521552 approximately 5,245 acres, identified as ‘‘Poi-16
15531553 son Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known 17
15541554 as the ‘‘Poison Creek Wilderness’’. 18
15551555 (G) M
15561556 EADOW CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-19
15571557 tain Federal land within the Payette National 20
15581558 Forest and the Boise National Forest com-21
15591559 prising approximately 17,755 acres, identified 22
15601560 as ‘‘Meadow Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be 23
15611561 known as the ‘‘Meadow Creek Wilderness’’. 24
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15651565 (H) MOUNT HEINEN WILDERNESS .—Cer-1
15661566 tain Federal land within the Boise National 2
15671567 Forest comprising approximately 12,793 acres, 3
15681568 identified as ‘‘Mount Heinen’’ on the Map, 4
15691569 which shall be known as the ‘‘Mount Heinen 5
15701570 Wilderness’’. 6
15711571 (I) R
15721572 EEVES CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 7
15731573 Federal land within the Boise National Forest 8
15741574 comprising approximately 10,547 acres, identi-9
15751575 fied as ‘‘Reeves Creek’’ on the Map, which shall 10
15761576 be known as the ‘‘Reeves Creek Wilderness’’. 11
15771577 (J) P
15781578 EACE ROCK WILDERNESS .—Certain 12
15791579 Federal land within the Boise National Forest 13
15801580 comprising approximately 191,839 acres, identi-14
15811581 fied as ‘‘Peace Rock’’ on the Map, which shall 15
15821582 be known as the ‘‘Peace Rock Wilderness’’. 16
15831583 (K) D
15841584 EADWOOD WILDERNESS .—Certain 17
15851585 Federal land within the Boise National Forest 18
15861586 comprising approximately 52,499 acres, identi-19
15871587 fied as ‘‘Deadwood’’ on the Map, which shall be 20
15881588 known as the ‘‘Deadwood Wilderness’’. 21
15891589 (L) W
15901590 HITEHAWK MOUNTAIN WILDER -22
15911591 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Boise 23
15921592 National Forest comprising approximately 24
15931593 8,967 acres, identified as ‘‘Whitehawk Moun-25
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15971597 tain’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 1
15981598 ‘‘Whitehawk Mountain Wilderness’’. 2
15991599 (M) S
16001600 TONY MEADOWS WILDERNESS .—Cer-3
16011601 tain Federal land within the Boise National 4
16021602 Forest comprising approximately 13,559 acres, 5
16031603 identified as ‘‘Stony Meadows’’ on the Map, 6
16041604 which shall be known as the ‘‘Stony Meadows 7
16051605 Wilderness’’. 8
16061606 (N) B
16071607 EAR WALLOW WILDERNESS .—Cer-9
16081608 tain Federal land within the Boise National 10
16091609 Forest comprising approximately 9,135 acres, 11
16101610 identified as ‘‘Bear Wallow’’ on the Map, which 12
16111611 shall be known as the ‘‘Bear Wallow Wilder-13
16121612 ness’’. 14
16131613 (O) G
16141614 RIMES PASS WILDERNESS .—Certain 15
16151615 Federal land within the Boise National Forest 16
16161616 comprising approximately 13,295 acres, identi-17
16171617 fied as ‘‘Grimes Pass’’ on the Map, which shall 18
16181618 be known as the ‘‘Grimes Pass Wilderness’’. 19
16191619 (P) B
16201620 ALD MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-20
16211621 tain Federal land within the Boise National 21
16221622 Forest comprising approximately 6,240 acres, 22
16231623 identified as ‘‘Bald Mountain’’ on the Map, 23
16241624 which shall be known as the ‘‘Bald Mountain 24
16251625 Wilderness’’. 25
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16291629 (Q) HAWLEY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 1
16301630 Certain Federal land within the Boise National 2
16311631 Forest comprising approximately 7,727 acres, 3
16321632 identified as ‘‘Hawley Mountain’’ on the Map, 4
16331633 which shall be known as the ‘‘Hawley Mountain 5
16341634 Wilderness’’. 6
16351635 (R) E
16361636 IGHTMILE CREEK WILDERNESS .— 7
16371637 Certain Federal land within the Boise National 8
16381638 Forest and the Salmon-Challis National Forest 9
16391639 comprising approximately 115,315 acres, identi-10
16401640 fied as ‘‘Eightmile Creek’’ on the Map, which 11
16411641 shall be known as the ‘‘Eightmile Creek Wilder-12
16421642 ness’’. 13
16431643 (S) B
16441644 READWINNER WILDERNESS .—Certain 14
16451645 Federal land within the Boise National Forest 15
16461646 comprising approximately 41,632 acres, identi-16
16471647 fied as ‘‘Breadwinner Wilderness’’ on the Map, 17
16481648 which shall be known as the ‘‘Breadwinner Wil-18
16491649 derness’’. 19
16501650 (T) E
16511651 LK CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 20
16521652 Federal land within the Boise National Forest 21
16531653 comprising approximately 15,000 acres, identi-22
16541654 fied as ‘‘Elk Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be 23
16551655 known as the ‘‘Elk Creek Wilderness’’. 24
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16591659 (U) STEEL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-1
16601660 tain Federal land within the Boise National 2
16611661 Forest comprising approximately 23,488 acres, 3
16621662 identified as ‘‘Steel Mountain’’ on the Map, 4
16631663 which shall be known as the ‘‘Steel Mountain 5
16641664 Wilderness’’. 6
16651665 (V) R
16661666 AINBOW WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-7
16671667 eral land within the Boise National Forest com-8
16681668 prising approximately 31,492 acres, identified 9
16691669 as ‘‘Rainbow’’ on the Map, which shall be 10
16701670 known as the ‘‘Rainbow Wilderness’’. 11
16711671 (W) G
16721672 RAND MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 12
16731673 Certain Federal land within the Boise National 13
16741674 Forest comprising approximately 14,477 acres, 14
16751675 identified as ‘‘Grand Mountain’’ on the Map, 15
16761676 which shall be known as the ‘‘Grand Mountain 16
16771677 Wilderness’’. 17
16781678 (X) S
16791679 HEEP CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 18
16801680 Federal land within the Boise National Forest 19
16811681 comprising approximately 90,954 acres, identi-20
16821682 fied as ‘‘Sheep Creek’’ on the Map, which shall 21
16831683 be known as the ‘‘Sheep Creek Wilderness’’. 22
16841684 (Y) S
16851685 NOWBANK WILDERNESS .—Certain 23
16861686 Federal land within the Boise National Forest 24
16871687 comprising approximately 35,757 acres, identi-25
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16911691 fied as ‘‘Snowbank’’ on the Map, which shall be 1
16921692 known as the ‘‘Snowbank Wilderness’’. 2
16931693 (Z) H
16941694 OUSE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 3
16951695 Certain Federal land within the Boise National 4
16961696 Forest comprising approximately 25,619 acres, 5
16971697 identified as ‘‘House Mountain’’ on the Map, 6
16981698 which shall be known as the ‘‘House Mountain 7
16991699 Wilderness’’. 8
17001700 (AA) D
17011701 ANSKIN WILDERNESS .—Certain 9
17021702 Federal land within the Boise National Forest 10
17031703 comprising approximately 30,683 acres, identi-11
17041704 fied as ‘‘Danskin’’ on the Map, which shall be 12
17051705 known as the ‘‘Danskin Wilderness’’. 13
17061706 (BB) C
17071707 OW CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 14
17081708 Federal land within the Boise National Forest 15
17091709 comprising approximately 14,722 acres, identi-16
17101710 fied as ‘‘Cow Creek’’ on the Map, which shall 17
17111711 be known as the ‘‘Cow Creek Wilderness’’. 18
17121712 (CC) W
17131713 ILSON PEAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-19
17141714 tain Federal land within the Boise National 20
17151715 Forest comprising approximately 7,938 acres, 21
17161716 identified as ‘‘Wilson Peak’’ on the Map, which 22
17171717 shall be known as the ‘‘Wilson Peak Wilder-23
17181718 ness’’. 24
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17221722 (DD) LOST MAN CREEK WILDERNESS .— 1
17231723 Certain Federal land within the Boise National 2
17241724 Forest comprising approximately 12,686 acres, 3
17251725 identified as ‘‘Lost Man Creek’’ on the Map, 4
17261726 which shall be known as the ‘‘Lost Man Creek 5
17271727 Wilderness’’. 6
17281728 (EE) W
17291729 HISKEY JACK WILDERNESS .—Cer-7
17301730 tain Federal land within the Boise National 8
17311731 Forest comprising approximately 6,565 acres, 9
17321732 identified as ‘‘Whiskey Jack’’ on the Map, 10
17331733 which shall be known as the ‘‘Whiskey Jack 11
17341734 Wilderness’’. 12
17351735 (FF) C
17361736 ATHEDRAL ROCKS WILDERNESS .— 13
17371737 Certain Federal land within the Boise National 14
17381738 Forest comprising approximately 8,220 acres, 15
17391739 identified as ‘‘Cathedral Rocks’’ on the Map, 16
17401740 which shall be known as the ‘‘Cathedral Rocks 17
17411741 Wilderness’’. 18
17421742 (GG) L
17431743 IME CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 19
17441744 Federal land within the Sawtooth National For-20
17451745 est and the Boise National Forest comprising 21
17461746 approximately 110,142 acres, identified as 22
17471747 ‘‘Lime Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be 23
17481748 known as the ‘‘Lime Creek Wilderness’’. 24
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17521752 (HH) O’HARA FALLS CREEK WILDER -1
17531753 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Nez 2
17541754 Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising 3
17551755 approximately 33,000 acres, identified as 4
17561756 ‘‘O’Hara Falls Creek’’ on the Map, which shall 5
17571757 be known as the ‘‘O’Hara Falls Creek Wilder-6
17581758 ness’’. 7
17591759 (II) L
17601760 ICK POINT WILDERNESS .—Certain 8
17611761 Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater 9
17621762 National Forests comprising approximately 10
17631763 7,891 acres, identified as ‘‘Lick Point’’ on the 11
17641764 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Lick Point 12
17651765 Wilderness’’. 13
17661766 (JJ) C
17671767 LEAR CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-14
17681768 tain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clear-15
17691769 water National Forests comprising approxi-16
17701770 mately 9,243 acres, identified as ‘‘Clear Creek’’ 17
17711771 on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Clear 18
17721772 Creek Wilderness’’. 19
17731773 (KK) S
17741774 ILVER CREEK-PILOT KNOB WILDER-20
17751775 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Nez 21
17761776 Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising 22
17771777 approximately 19,877 acres, identified as ‘‘Sil-23
17781778 ver Creek-Pilot Knob’’ on the Map, which shall 24
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17821782 be known as the ‘‘Silver Creek-Pilot Knob Wil-1
17831783 derness’’. 2
17841784 (LL) D
17851785 IXIE SUMMIT WILDERNESS .—Cer-3
17861786 tain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clear-4
17871787 water National Forests comprising approxi-5
17881788 mately 14,700 acres, identified as ‘‘Dixie Sum-6
17891789 mit’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 7
17901790 ‘‘Dixie Summit Wilderness’’. 8
17911791 (MM) N
17921792 ORTH FORK SLATE CREEK WIL -9
17931793 DERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 10
17941794 Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests com-11
17951795 prising approximately 10,416 acres, identified 12
17961796 as ‘‘North Fork Slate Creek’’ on the Map, 13
17971797 which shall be known as the ‘‘North Fork Slate 14
17981798 Creek Wilderness’’. 15
17991799 (NN) J
18001800 OHN DAY WILDERNESS .—Certain 16
18011801 Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater 17
18021802 National Forests comprising approximately 18
18031803 10,302 acres, identified as ‘‘John Day’’ on the 19
18041804 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘John Day 20
18051805 Wilderness’’. 21
18061806 (OO) P
18071807 ERREAU CREEK WILDERNESS .— 22
18081808 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 23
18091809 National Forest comprising approximately 24
18101810 8,164 acres, identified as ‘‘Perreau Creek’’ on 25
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18141814 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Perreau 1
18151815 Creek Wilderness’’. 2
18161816 (PP) N
18171817 APIAS WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-3
18181818 eral land within the Salmon-Challis National 4
18191819 Forest comprising approximately 9,287 acres, 5
18201820 identified as ‘‘Napias’’ on the Map, which shall 6
18211821 be known as the ‘‘Napias Wilderness’’. 7
18221822 (QQ) N
18231823 APOLEAN RIDGE WILDERNESS .— 8
18241824 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 9
18251825 National Forest comprising approximately 10
18261826 51,404 acres, identified as ‘‘Napolean Ridge’’ 11
18271827 on the Map, which shall be known as the 12
18281828 ‘‘Napolean Ridge Wilderness’’. 13
18291829 (RR) J
18301830 ESSE CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-14
18311831 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 15
18321832 National Forest comprising approximately 16
18331833 13,994 acres, identified as ‘‘Jesse Creek’’ on 17
18341834 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Jesse 18
18351835 Creek Wilderness’’. 19
18361836 (SS) H
18371837 AYSTACK MOUNTAIN WILDER -20
18381838 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Salm-21
18391839 on-Challis National Forest comprising approxi-22
18401840 mately 12,117 acres, identified as ‘‘Haystack 23
18411841 Mountain’’ on the Map, which shall be known 24
18421842 as the ‘‘Haystack Mountain Wilderness’’. 25
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18461846 (TT) PHELAN WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
18471847 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis Na-2
18481848 tional Forest comprising approximately 13,018 3
18491849 acres, identified as ‘‘Phelan’’ on the Map, which 4
18501850 shall be known as the ‘‘Phelan Wilderness’’. 5
18511851 (UU) S
18521852 HEEPEATER WILDERNESS .—Cer-6
18531853 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 7
18541854 National Forest comprising approximately 8
18551855 35,417 acres, identified as ‘‘Sheepeater’’ on the 9
18561856 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Sheepeater 10
18571857 Wilderness’’. 11
18581858 (VV) S
18591859 OUTH FORK DEEP CREEK WILDER -12
18601860 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Salm-13
18611861 on-Challis National Forest comprising approxi-14
18621862 mately 12,642 acres, identified as ‘‘South Fork 15
18631863 Deep Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known 16
18641864 as the ‘‘South Fork Deep Creek Wilderness’’. 17
18651865 (WW) P
18661866 LACER CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-18
18671867 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 19
18681868 National Forest comprising approximately 20
18691869 6,948 acres, identified as ‘‘Placer Creek’’ on the 21
18701870 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Placer 22
18711871 Creek Wilderness’’. 23
18721872 (XX) J
18731873 UREANO WILDERNESS .—Certain 24
18741874 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis Na-25
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18781878 tional Forest comprising approximately 25,334 1
18791879 acres, identified as ‘‘Jureano’’ on the Map, 2
18801880 which shall be known as the ‘‘Jureano Wilder-3
18811881 ness’’. 4
18821882 (YY) S
18831883 OUTH PANTHER WILDERNESS .— 5
18841884 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 6
18851885 National Forest comprising approximately 7
18861886 6,336 acres, identified as ‘‘South Panther’’ on 8
18871887 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘South 9
18881888 Panther Wilderness’’. 10
18891889 (ZZ) M
18901890 USGROVE WILDERNESS .—Certain 11
18911891 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis Na-12
18921892 tional Forest comprising approximately 8,180 13
18931893 acres, identified as ‘‘Musgrove’’ on the Map, 14
18941894 which shall be known as the ‘‘Musgrove Wilder-15
18951895 ness’’. 16
18961896 (AAA) T
18971897 AYLOR MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 17
18981898 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 18
18991899 National Forest comprising approximately 19
19001900 63,414 acres, identified as ‘‘Taylor Mountain’’ 20
19011901 on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Tay-21
19021902 lor Mountain Wilderness’’. 22
19031903 (BBB) M
19041904 ARTIN CREEK WILDERNESS .— 23
19051905 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 24
19061906 National Forest comprising approximately 25
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19101910 99,622 acres, identified as ‘‘Martin Creek’’ on 1
19111911 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Martin 2
19121912 Creek Wilderness’’. 3
19131913 (CCC) W
19141914 HITE KNOB WILDERNESS .—Cer-4
19151915 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 5
19161916 National Forest and certain public land admin-6
19171917 istered by the Upper Snake Field Office of the 7
19181918 Bureau of Land Management comprising ap-8
19191919 proximately 75,741 acres, identified as ‘‘White 9
19201920 Knob’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 10
19211921 ‘‘White Knob Wilderness’’. 11
19221922 (DDD) P
19231923 ORPHYRY PEAK WILDERNESS .— 12
19241924 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 13
19251925 National Forest comprising approximately 14
19261926 46,567 acres, identified as ‘‘Porphyry Peak’’ on 15
19271927 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Por-16
19281928 phyry Peak Wilderness’’. 17
19291929 (EEE) G
19301930 REYLOCK WILDERNESS .—Certain 18
19311931 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis Na-19
19321932 tional Forest comprising approximately 11,825 20
19331933 acres, identified as ‘‘Greylock’’ on the Map, 21
19341934 which shall be known as the ‘‘Greylock Wilder-22
19351935 ness’’. 23
19361936 (FFF) C
19371937 OPPER BASIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-24
19381938 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 25
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19421942 National Forest comprising approximately 1
19431943 10,937 acres, identified as ‘‘Copper Basin’’ on 2
19441944 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Copper 3
19451945 Basin Wilderness’’. 4
19461946 (GGG) C
19471947 OLD SPRINGS WILDERNESS .—Cer-5
19481948 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 6
19491949 National Forest comprising approximately 7
19501950 8,920 acres, identified as ‘‘Cold Springs’’ on 8
19511951 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Cold 9
19521952 Springs Wilderness’’. 10
19531953 (HHH) P
19541954 IONEER MOUNTAINS WILDER -11
19551955 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Saw-12
19561956 tooth National Forest and the Salmon-Challis 13
19571957 National Forest and certain public land admin-14
19581958 istered by the Shoshone Field Office of the Bu-15
19591959 reau of Land Management comprising approxi-16
19601960 mately 305,550 acres, identified as ‘‘Pioneer 17
19611961 Mountains’’ on the Map, which shall be known 18
19621962 as the ‘‘Pioneer Mountains Wilderness’’. 19
19631963 (III) R
19641964 AILROAD RIDGE WILDERNESS .— 20
19651965 Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth Na-21
19661966 tional Forest and the Salmon-Challis National 22
19671967 Forest comprising approximately 49,975 acres, 23
19681968 identified as ‘‘Railroad Ridge’’ on the Map, 24
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19711971 •S 1198 IS
19721972 which shall be known as the ‘‘Railroad Ridge 1
19731973 Wilderness’’. 2
19741974 (JJJ) B
19751975 UTTERCUP MOUNTAIN WILDER -3
19761976 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Saw-4
19771977 tooth National Forest comprising approximately 5
19781978 56,653 acres, identified as ‘‘Buttercup Moun-6
19791979 tain’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 7
19801980 ‘‘Buttercup Mountain Wilderness’’. 8
19811981 (KKK) E
19821982 LK RIDGE WILDERNESS .—Certain 9
19831983 Federal land within the Sawtooth National For-10
19841984 est comprising approximately 9,371 acres, iden-11
19851985 tified as ‘‘Elk Ridge’’ on the Map, which shall 12
19861986 be known as the ‘‘Elk Ridge Wilderness’’. 13
19871987 (LLL) G
19881988 RANDMOTHER MOUNTAIN WIL -14
19891989 DERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 15
19901990 Idaho Panhandle National Forests and certain 16
19911991 public land administered by the Coeur d’Alene 17
19921992 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-18
19931993 ment comprising approximately 35,378 acres, 19
19941994 identified as ‘‘Grandmother Mountain’’ on the 20
19951995 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Grand-21
19961996 mother Mountain Wilderness’’. 22
19971997 (MMM) P
19981998 INCHOT BUTTE WILDERNESS .— 23
19991999 Certain Federal land within the Idaho Pan-24
20002000 handle National Forests and certain public land 25
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20042004 administered by the Coeur d’Alene Field Office 1
20052005 of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 2
20062006 approximately 9,570 acres, identified as ‘‘Pin-3
20072007 chot Butte’’ on the Map, which shall be known 4
20082008 as the ‘‘Pinchot Butte Wilderness’’. 5
20092009 (NNN) L
20102010 IBERAL MOUNTAIN WILDER -6
20112011 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Saw-7
20122012 tooth National Forest comprising approximately 8
20132013 10,556 acres, identified as ‘‘Liberal Mountain’’ 9
20142014 on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Lib-10
20152015 eral Mountain Wilderness’’. 11
20162016 (OOO) B
20172017 LACKHORSE CREEK WILDER -12
20182018 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Saw-13
20192019 tooth National Forest comprising approximately 14
20202020 7,715 acres, identified as ‘‘Blackhorse Creek’’ 15
20212021 on the Map, which shall be known as the 16
20222022 ‘‘Blackhorse Creek Wilderness’’. 17
20232023 (PPP) C
20242024 HIMNEY ROCK WILDERNESS .— 18
20252025 Certain Federal land within the Payette Na-19
20262026 tional Forest comprising approximately 8,539 20
20272027 acres, identified as ‘‘Chimney Rock’’ on the 21
20282028 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Chimney 22
20292029 Rock Wilderness’’. 23
20302030 (QQQ) M
20312031 IDDLE FORK FACE WILDER -24
20322032 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Nez 25
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20362036 Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising 1
20372037 approximately 11,158 acres, identified as ‘‘Mid-2
20382038 dle Fork Face’’ on the Map, which shall be 3
20392039 known as the ‘‘Middle Fork Face Wilderness’’. 4
20402040 SEC. 105. GREATER CABINET-YAAK-SELKIRK ECOSYSTEM. 5
20412041 (a) D
20422042 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
20432043 (1) M
20442044 AP 1.—The term ‘‘Map 1’’ means the map 7
20452045 entitled ‘‘Greater Cabinet-Yaak Selkirk’’ and dated 8
20462046 April 10, 2023. 9
20472047 (2) M
20482048 AP 2.—The term ‘‘Map 2’’ means the map 10
20492049 entitled ‘‘Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection 11
20502050 Act (2023)’’ and dated April 10, 2023. 12
20512051 (b) D
20522052 ESIGNATIONS.—To protect the unique, heavily 13
20532053 fragmented, and endangered greater Cabinet-Yaak-Selkirk 14
20542054 ecosystem, the following land is designated as wilderness: 15
20552055 (1) C
20562056 ABINET MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS ADDI -16
20572057 TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Kootenai 17
20582058 National Forest comprising approximately 104,720 18
20592059 acres, identified as ‘‘Rock Creek, McDonald Moun-19
20602060 tain, Cabinet Face West, Government Mountain, 20
20612061 and Cabinet East Face’’ on Map 1, is incorporated 21
20622062 in, and shall be administered as part of, the Cabinet 22
20632063 Mountains Wilderness. 23
20642064 (2) S
20652065 ALMO-PRIEST WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .— 24
20662066 Certain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 25
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20702070 National Forests and the Colville National Forest 1
20712071 comprising approximately 43,587 acres, identified as 2
20722072 ‘‘Salmo-Priest Additions’’ on Map 1, is incorporated 3
20732073 in, and shall be administered as part of, the Salmo- 4
20742074 Priest Wilderness. 5
20752075 (3) N
20762076 EW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA -6
20772077 TION SYSTEM COMPONENTS .—Each of the following 7
20782078 areas of land is designated as a component of the 8
20792079 National Wilderness Preservation System: 9
20802080 (A) S
20812081 KYLINE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 10
20822082 Certain Federal land within the Kootenai Na-11
20832083 tional Forest comprising approximately 14,675 12
20842084 acres, identified as ‘‘Skyline Mountain’’ on Map 13
20852085 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Skyline Moun-14
20862086 tain Wilderness’’. 15
20872087 (B) G
20882088 ALENA CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-16
20892089 tain Federal land within the Kootenai National 17
20902090 Forest comprising approximately 19,300 acres, 18
20912091 identified as ‘‘Galena Creek’’ on Map 2, which 19
20922092 shall be known as the ‘‘Galena Creek Wilder-20
20932093 ness’’. 21
20942094 (C) B
20952095 ERRAY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 22
20962096 Certain Federal land within the Kootenai Na-23
20972097 tional Forest comprising approximately 9,119 24
20982098 acres, identified as ‘‘Berray Mountain Wilder-25
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21022102 ness’’ on Map 1, which shall be known as the 1
21032103 ‘‘Berray Mountain Wilderness’’. 2
21042104 (D) L
21052105 ONE CLIFF-SMEADS WILDERNESS .— 3
21062106 Certain Federal land within the Kootenai Na-4
21072107 tional Forest comprising approximately 5,118 5
21082108 acres, identified as ‘‘Lone Cliff-Smeads’’ on 6
21092109 Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Lone 7
21102110 Cliff-Smeads Wilderness’’. 8
21112111 (E) M
21122112 CNEELEY WILDERNESS .—Certain 9
21132113 Federal land within the Kootenai National For-10
21142114 est comprising approximately 6,657 acres, iden-11
21152115 tified as ‘‘McNeeley’’ on Map 2, which shall be 12
21162116 known as the ‘‘McNeeley Wilderness’’. 13
21172117 (F) N
21182118 ORTHWEST PEAKS WILDERNESS .— 14
21192119 Certain Federal land within the Kootenai Na-15
21202120 tional Forest comprising approximately 20,064 16
21212121 acres, identified as ‘‘Northwest Peaks’’ on Map 17
21222122 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Northwest 18
21232123 Peaks Wilderness’’. 19
21242124 (G) R
21252125 ODERICK WILDERNESS .—Certain 20
21262126 Federal land within the Kootenai National For-21
21272127 est comprising approximately 29,677 acres, 22
21282128 identified as ‘‘Roderick’’ on Map 1, which shall 23
21292129 be known as the ‘‘Roderick Wilderness’’. 24
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21332133 (H) GRIZZLY PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
21342134 Federal land within the Kootenai National For-2
21352135 est comprising approximately 7,441 acres, iden-3
21362136 tified as ‘‘Grizzly Peak’’ on Map 1, which shall 4
21372137 be known as the ‘‘Grizzly Peak Wilderness’’. 5
21382138 (I) W
21392139 EST FORK YAAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-6
21402140 tain Federal land within the Kootenai National 7
21412141 Forest comprising approximately 8,237 acres, 8
21422142 identified as ‘‘West Fork Yaak’’ on Map 1, 9
21432143 which shall be known as the ‘‘West Fork Yaak 10
21442144 Wilderness’’. 11
21452145 (J) M
21462146 T. HENRY WILDERNESS .—Certain 12
21472147 Federal land within the Kootenai National For-13
21482148 est comprising approximately 13,603 acres, 14
21492149 identified as ‘‘Mt. Henry’’ on Map 1, which 15
21502150 shall be known as the ‘‘Mt. Henry Wilderness’’. 16
21512151 (K) A
21522152 LEXANDER CREEK WILDERNESS .— 17
21532153 Certain Federal land within the Kootenai Na-18
21542154 tional Forest comprising approximately 6,719 19
21552155 acres, identified as ‘‘Alexander Creek’’ on Map 20
21562156 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Alexander 21
21572157 Creek Wilderness’’. 22
21582158 (L) R
21592159 OBINSON MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 23
21602160 Certain Federal land within the Kootenai Na-24
21612161 tional Forest comprising approximately 7,030 25
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21652165 acres, identified as ‘‘Robinson Mountain’’ on 1
21662166 Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Robinson 2
21672167 Mountain Wilderness’’. 3
21682168 (M) D
21692169 EVIL’S GAP WILDERNESS .—Certain 4
21702170 Federal land within the Kootenai National For-5
21712171 est comprising approximately 5,353 acres, iden-6
21722172 tified as ‘‘Devil’s Gap’’ on Map 2, which shall 7
21732173 be known as the ‘‘Devil’s Gap Wilderness’’. 8
21742174 (N) L
21752175 ONE CLIFF WEST WILDERNESS .— 9
21762176 Certain Federal land within the Kootenai Na-10
21772177 tional Forest comprising approximately 5,315 11
21782178 acres, identified as ‘‘Lone Cliff West Wilder-12
21792179 ness’’ on Map 1 and Map 2, which shall be 13
21802180 known as the ‘‘Lone Cliff West Wilderness’’. 14
21812181 (O) A
21822182 LLEN PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 15
21832183 Federal land within the Kootenai National For-16
21842184 est comprising approximately 30,000 acres, 17
21852185 identified as ‘‘Allen Peak’’ on Map 2, which 18
21862186 shall be known as the ‘‘Allen Peak Wilderness’’. 19
21872187 (P) H
21882188 UCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDER -20
21892189 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the 21
21902190 Kootenai National Forest comprising approxi-22
21912191 mately 8,965 acres, identified as ‘‘Huckleberry 23
21922192 Mountain’’ on Map 2, which shall be known as 24
21932193 the ‘‘Huckleberry Mountain Wilderness’’. 25
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21972197 (Q) CATARACT PEAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-1
21982198 tain Federal land within the Kootenai National 2
21992199 Forest and the Lolo National Forest comprising 3
22002200 approximately 34,888 acres, identified as ‘‘Cat-4
22012201 aract Peak Wilderness’’ on Map 2, which shall 5
22022202 be known as the ‘‘Cataract Peak Wilderness’’. 6
22032203 (R) C
22042204 UBE IRON-SILCOX WILDERNESS .— 7
22052205 Certain Federal land within the Kootenai Na-8
22062206 tional Forest and the Lolo National Forest 9
22072207 comprising approximately 37,621 acres, identi-10
22082208 fied as ‘‘Cube Iron-Silcox’’ on Map 2, which 11
22092209 shall be known as the ‘‘Cube Iron-Silcox Wil-12
22102210 derness’’. 13
22112211 (S) S
22122212 UNDANCE RIDGE WILDERNESS .—Cer-14
22132213 tain Federal land within the Lolo National For-15
22142214 est comprising approximately 5,987 acres, iden-16
22152215 tified as ‘‘Sundance Ridge’’ on Map 2, which 17
22162216 shall be known as the ‘‘Sundance Ridge Wilder-18
22172217 ness’’. 19
22182218 (T) T
22192219 EEPEE-SPRING CREEK WILDER -20
22202220 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Lolo 21
22212221 National Forest comprising approximately 22
22222222 13,902 acres, identified as ‘‘Teepee-Spring 23
22232223 Creek’’ on Map 2, which shall be known as the 24
22242224 ‘‘Teepee-Spring Creek Wilderness’’. 25
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22282228 (U) BALDY LAKE WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
22292229 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest 2
22302230 comprising approximately 6,482 acres, identi-3
22312231 fied as ‘‘Baldy Lake’’ on Map 2, which shall be 4
22322232 known as the ‘‘Baldy Lake Wilderness’’. 5
22332233 (V) S
22342234 COTCHMAN’S PEAK WILDERNESS .— 6
22352235 Certain Federal land within the Kootenai Na-7
22362236 tional Forest and the Idaho Panhandle Na-8
22372237 tional Forests comprising approximately 88,000 9
22382238 acres, identified as ‘‘Scotchman’s Peak’’ on 10
22392239 Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Scotch-11
22402240 man’s Peak Wilderness’’. 12
22412241 (W) B
22422242 UCKHORN RIDGE WILDERNESS .— 13
22432243 Certain Federal land within the Kootenai Na-14
22442244 tional Forest and the Idaho Panhandle Na-15
22452245 tional Forests comprising approximately 39,435 16
22462246 acres, identified as ‘‘Buckhorn Ridge’’ on Map 17
22472247 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Buckhorn 18
22482248 Ridge Wilderness’’. 19
22492249 (X) G
22502250 RASSY TOP/LITTLE GRASSY MOUN -20
22512251 TAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal land with-21
22522252 in the Idaho Panhandle National Forests and 22
22532253 the Colville National Forest comprising approxi-23
22542254 mately 46,314 acres, identified as ‘‘Grassy Top/ 24
22552255 Little Grassy Mountain Wilderness’’ on Map 1, 25
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22592259 which shall be known as the ‘‘Grassy Top/Little 1
22602260 Grassy Mountain Wilderness’’. 2
22612261 (Y) A
22622262 BERCROMBIE-HOOKNOSE WILDER -3
22632263 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Colville 4
22642264 National Forest comprising approximately 5
22652265 42,778 acres, identified as ‘‘Abercrombie- 6
22662266 Hooknose’’ on Map 1, which shall be known as 7
22672267 the ‘‘Abercrombie-Hooknose Wilderness’’. 8
22682268 (Z) B
22692269 UNCHGRASS WILDERNESS .—Certain 9
22702270 Federal land within the Colville National Forest 10
22712271 comprising approximately 8,342 acres, identi-11
22722272 fied as ‘‘Bunchgrass’’ on Map 2, which shall be 12
22732273 known as the ‘‘Bunchgrass Wilderness’’. 13
22742274 (AA) S
22752275 OUTH FORK MOUNTAIN WILDER -14
22762276 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Idaho 15
22772277 Panhandle National Forests and the Colville 16
22782278 National Forest comprising approximately 17
22792279 18,434 acres, identified as ‘‘South Fork Moun-18
22802280 tain’’ on Map 1, which shall be known as the 19
22812281 ‘‘South Fork Mountain Wilderness’’. 20
22822282 (BB) Q
22832283 UARTZITE WILDERNESS .—Certain 21
22842284 Federal land within the Colville National Forest 22
22852285 comprising approximately 5,158 acres, identi-23
22862286 fied as ‘‘Quartzite’’ on Map 2, which shall be 24
22872287 known as the ‘‘Quartzite Wilderness’’. 25
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22912291 (CC) GRANITE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 1
22922292 Certain Federal land within the Colville Na-2
22932293 tional Forest comprising approximately 18,434 3
22942294 acres, identified as ‘‘Granite Mountain’’ on Map 4
22952295 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Granite Moun-5
22962296 tain Wilderness’’. 6
22972297 (DD) C
22982298 ONTINENTAL MOUNTAIN WILDER -7
22992299 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Idaho 8
23002300 Panhandle National Forests comprising ap-9
23012301 proximately 7,531 acres, identified as ‘‘Conti-10
23022302 nental Mountain’’ on Map 1, which shall be 11
23032303 known as the ‘‘Continental Mountain Wilder-12
23042304 ness’’. 13
23052305 (EE) W
23062306 HITE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 14
23072307 Certain Federal land within the Idaho Pan-15
23082308 handle National Forests comprising approxi-16
23092309 mately 7,567 acres, identified as ‘‘White Moun-17
23102310 tain’’ on Map 1, which shall be known as the 18
23112311 ‘‘White Mountain Wilderness’’. 19
23122312 (FF) S
23132313 CHAFER PEAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-20
23142314 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 21
23152315 National Forests comprising approximately 22
23162316 5,685 acres, identified as ‘‘Schafer Peak’’ on 23
23172317 Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Schafer 24
23182318 Peak Wilderness’’. 25
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23222322 (GG) UPPER PRIEST LAKE WILDER -1
23232323 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Idaho 2
23242324 Panhandle National Forests comprising ap-3
23252325 proximately 12,518 acres, identified as ‘‘Upper 4
23262326 Priest Lake’’ on Map 1, which shall be known 5
23272327 as the ‘‘Upper Priest Lake Wilderness’’. 6
23282328 (HH) S
23292329 ELKIRK CREST WILDERNESS .—Cer-7
23302330 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 8
23312331 National Forests and certain public land ad-9
23322332 ministered by the Coeur d’Alene Field Office of 10
23332333 the Bureau of Land Management comprising 11
23342334 approximately 98,701 acres, identified as ‘‘Sel-12
23352335 kirk Crest’’ on Map 1, which shall be known as 13
23362336 the ‘‘Selkirk Crest Wilderness’’. 14
23372337 (II) L
23382338 AKE ESTELLE WILDERNESS .—Cer-15
23392339 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 16
23402340 National Forests and the Kootenai National 17
23412341 Forest comprising approximately 78,930 acres, 18
23422342 identified as ‘‘Lake Estelle’’ on Map 1, which 19
23432343 shall be known as the ‘‘Lake Estelle Wilder-20
23442344 ness’’. 21
23452345 (JJ) T
23462346 RESTLE PEAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-22
23472347 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 23
23482348 National Forests and the Kootenai National 24
23492349 Forest comprising approximately 7,279 acres, 25
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23532353 identified as ‘‘Trestle Peak’’ on Map 1, which 1
23542354 shall be known as the ‘‘Trestle Peak Wilder-2
23552355 ness’’. 3
23562356 (KK) B
23572357 EETOP WILDERNESS .—Certain 4
23582358 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle Na-5
23592359 tional Forests comprising approximately 12,445 6
23602360 acres, identified as ‘‘Beetop’’ on Map 1, which 7
23612361 shall be known as the ‘‘Beetop Wilderness’’. 8
23622362 (LL) P
23632363 ACKSADDLE WILDERNESS .—Certain 9
23642364 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle Na-10
23652365 tional Forests comprising approximately 11,303 11
23662366 acres, identified as ‘‘Packsaddle’’ on Map 1, 12
23672367 which shall be known as the ‘‘Packsaddle Wil-13
23682368 derness’’. 14
23692369 (MM) B
23702370 LACKTAIL MOUNTAIN WILDER -15
23712371 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Idaho 16
23722372 Panhandle National Forests comprising ap-17
23732373 proximately 5,286 acres, identified as 18
23742374 ‘‘Blacktail Mountain’’ on Map 1, which shall be 19
23752375 known as the ‘‘Blacktail Mountain Wilderness’’. 20
23762376 (NN) M
23772377 AGEE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-21
23782378 eral land within the Idaho Panhandle National 22
23792379 Forests comprising approximately 34,830 acres, 23
23802380 identified as ‘‘Magee’’ on Map 2, which shall be 24
23812381 known as the ‘‘Magee Wilderness’’. 25
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23852385 (OO) TEPEE CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-1
23862386 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 2
23872387 National Forests comprising approximately 3
23882388 5,190 acres, identified as ‘‘Tepee Creek’’ on 4
23892389 Map 2, which shall be known as the ‘‘Tepee 5
23902390 Creek Wilderness’’. 6
23912391 (PP) T
23922392 ROUBLE CREEK WILDERNESS .— 7
23932393 Certain Federal land within the Idaho Pan-8
23942394 handle National Forests comprising approxi-9
23952395 mately 5,987 acres, identified as ‘‘Trouble 10
23962396 Creek’’ on Map 2, which shall be known as the 11
23972397 ‘‘Trouble Creek Wilderness’’. 12
23982398 (QQ) G
23992399 RAHAM COAL WILDERNESS .—Cer-13
24002400 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 14
24012401 National Forests comprising approximately 15
24022402 10,297 acres, identified as ‘‘Graham Coal’’ on 16
24032403 Map 2, which shall be known as the ‘‘Graham 17
24042404 Coal Wilderness’’. 18
24052405 (RR) K
24062406 ATKA WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-19
24072407 eral land within the Idaho Panhandle National 20
24082408 Forests comprising approximately 10,000 acres, 21
24092409 identified as ‘‘Katka’’ on Map 1, which shall be 22
24102410 known as the ‘‘Katka Wilderness’’. 23
24112411 (SS) D
24122412 RY CANYON BREAKS WILDER -24
24132413 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Colville 25
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24172417 National Forest comprising approximately 1
24182418 6,815 acres, identified as ‘‘Dry Canyon Breaks’’ 2
24192419 on Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Dry 3
24202420 Canyon Breaks Wilderness’’. 4
24212421 (TT) C
24222422 RYSTAL LAKE WILDERNESS .—Cer-5
24232423 tain public land administered by the Coeur 6
24242424 d’Alene Field Office of the Bureau of Land 7
24252425 Management comprising approximately 8,919 8
24262426 acres, identified as ‘‘Crystal Lake’’ on Map 1, 9
24272427 which shall be known as the ‘‘Crystal Lake Wil-10
24282428 derness’’. 11
24292429 SEC. 106. GREATER HELLS CANYON ECOSYSTEM. 12
24302430 (a) D
24312431 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
24322432 (1) M
24332433 AP 1.—The term ‘‘Map 1’’ means the map 14
24342434 entitled ‘‘Greater Hells Canyon’’ and dated April 10, 15
24352435 2023. 16
24362436 (2) M
24372437 AP 2.—The term ‘‘Map 2’’ means the map 17
24382438 entitled ‘‘Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection 18
24392439 Act (2023)’’ and dated April 10, 2023. 19
24402440 (b) D
24412441 ESIGNATIONS.—To protect the unique and en-20
24422442 dangered greater Hells Canyon ecosystem, the following 21
24432443 land is designated as wilderness: 22
24442444 (1) H
24452445 ELLS CANYON WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .— 23
24462446 The following land, comprising a total of approxi-24
24472447 mately 364,895 acres, is incorporated in, and shall 25
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24512451 be administered as part of, the Hells Canyon Wilder-1
24522452 ness: 2
24532453 (A) H
24542454 ELLS CANYON ADDITIONS .—Certain 3
24552455 Federal land within the Payette National For-4
24562456 est and the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For-5
24572457 ests comprising approximately 152,942 acres, 6
24582458 identified as ‘‘Hells Canyon Additions’’ on Map 7
24592459 1. 8
24602460 (B) H
24612461 ELLS CANYON.—Certain Federal 9
24622462 land within the Wallowa-Whitman National 10
24632463 Forest comprising approximately 211,953 acres, 11
24642464 identified as ‘‘Hells Canyon’’ on Map 1. 12
24652465 (2) E
24662466 AGLE CAP WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .—Cer-13
24672467 tain Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman Na-14
24682468 tional Forest comprising approximately 112,143 15
24692469 acres, identified as ‘‘Eagle Cap Additions’’ on Map 16
24702470 1, is incorporated in, and shall be administered as 17
24712471 part of, the Eagle Cap Wilderness. 18
24722472 (3) W
24732473 ENAHA-TUCANNON WILDERNESS ADDI -19
24742474 TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Umatilla 20
24752475 National Forest comprising approximately 12,478 21
24762476 acres, identified as ‘‘Upper Tucannon’’ on Map 1, is 22
24772477 incorporated in, and shall be administered as part 23
24782478 of, the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness. 24
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24822482 (4) NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA -1
24832483 TION SYSTEM COMPONENTS .—Each of the following 2
24842484 areas of land is designated as a component of the 3
24852485 National Wilderness Preservation System: 4
24862486 (A) W
24872487 ILLOW SPRINGS WILDERNESS .—Cer-5
24882488 tain Federal land within the Umatilla National 6
24892489 Forest comprising approximately 10,414 acres, 7
24902490 identified as ‘‘Willow Springs’’ on Map 1, which 8
24912491 shall be known as the ‘‘Willow Springs Wilder-9
24922492 ness’’. 10
24932493 (B) A
24942494 SOTIN CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 11
24952495 Federal land within the Umatilla National For-12
24962496 est comprising approximately 16,395 acres, 13
24972497 identified as ‘‘Asotin Creek’’ on Map 1, which 14
24982498 shall be known as the ‘‘Asotin Creek Wilder-15
24992499 ness’’. 16
25002500 (C) S
25012501 PANGLER WILDERNESS .—Certain 17
25022502 Federal land within the Umatilla National For-18
25032503 est comprising approximately 5,936 acres, iden-19
25042504 tified as ‘‘Spangler’’ on Map 1, which shall be 20
25052505 known as the ‘‘Spangler Wilderness’’. 21
25062506 (D) W
25072507 ENATCHEE CREEK WILDERNESS .— 22
25082508 Certain Federal land within the Umatilla Na-23
25092509 tional Forest comprising approximately 15,315 24
25102510 acres, identified as ‘‘Wenatchee Creek’’ on Map 25
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25142514 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Wenatchee 1
25152515 Creek Wilderness’’. 2
25162516 (E) W
25172517 ALLA WALLA RIVER WILDERNESS .— 3
25182518 Certain Federal land within the Umatilla Na-4
25192519 tional Forest comprising approximately 69,102 5
25202520 acres, identified as ‘‘Walla Walla River’’ on 6
25212521 Map 2, which shall be known as the ‘‘Walla 7
25222522 Walla River Wilderness’’. 8
25232523 (F) G
25242524 RAND RONDE WILDERNESS .—Certain 9
25252525 Federal land within the Umatilla National For-10
25262526 est and the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 11
25272527 comprising approximately 22,164 acres, identi-12
25282528 fied as ‘‘Grande Ronde Wilderness’’ on Map 1, 13
25292529 which shall be known as the ‘‘Grande Ronde 14
25302530 Wilderness’’. 15
25312531 (G) L
25322532 AKE FORK WILDERNESS .—Certain 16
25332533 Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman Na-17
25342534 tional Forest comprising approximately 32,607 18
25352535 acres, identified as ‘‘Lake Fork’’ on Map 1, 19
25362536 which shall be known as the ‘‘Lake Fork Wil-20
25372537 derness’’. 21
25382538 (H) G
25392539 UMBOOT BUTTE WILDERNESS .—Cer-22
25402540 tain Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman 23
25412541 National Forest comprising approximately 24
25422542 10,753 acres, identified as ‘‘Gumboot Butte’’ on 25
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25462546 Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Gumboot 1
25472547 Butte Wilderness’’. 2
25482548 (I) H
25492549 OMESTEAD WILDERNESS .—Certain 3
25502550 Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman Na-4
25512551 tional Forest and certain public land adminis-5
25522552 tered by the Baker Field Office of the Bureau 6
25532553 of Land Management comprising approximately 7
25542554 21,108 acres, identified as ‘‘Homestead’’ on 8
25552555 Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Home-9
25562556 stead Wilderness’’. 10
25572557 (J) B
25582558 LACK CANYON WILDERNESS .—Cer-11
25592559 tain public land administered by the Baker 12
25602560 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-13
25612561 ment comprising approximately 7,449 acres, 14
25622562 identified as ‘‘Black Canyon’’ on Map 1, which 15
25632563 shall be known as the ‘‘Black Canyon Wilder-16
25642564 ness’’. 17
25652565 (K) L
25662566 OOKINGGLASS WILDERNESS .—Cer-18
25672567 tain Federal land within the Umatilla National 19
25682568 Forest comprising approximately 5,218 acres, 20
25692569 identified as ‘‘Lookingglass’’ on Map 2, which 21
25702570 shall be known as the ‘‘Lookingglass Wilder-22
25712571 ness’’. 23
25722572 (L) J
25732573 OSEPH CANYON WILDERNESS .—Cer-24
25742574 tain Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman 25
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25782578 National Forest comprising approximately 1
25792579 40,468 acres, identified as ‘‘Joseph Canyon’’ on 2
25802580 Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Joseph 3
25812581 Canyon Wilderness’’. 4
25822582 (M) T
25832583 OPE CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 5
25842584 Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman Na-6
25852585 tional Forest comprising approximately 17,997 7
25862586 acres, identified as ‘‘Tope Creek’’ on Map 1, 8
25872587 which shall be known as the ‘‘Tope Creek Wil-9
25882588 derness’’. 10
25892589 (N) C
25902590 OTTONWOOD-BROADY CREEK WIL -11
25912591 DERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 12
25922592 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest comprising 13
25932593 approximately 24,680 acres, identified as ‘‘Cot-14
25942594 tonwood-Broady Creek’’ on Map 1, which shall 15
25952595 be known as the ‘‘Cottonwood-Broady Creek 16
25962596 Wilderness’’. 17
25972597 (O) L
25982598 ICK CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 18
25992599 Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman Na-19
26002600 tional Forest comprising approximately 5,075 20
26012601 acres, identified as ‘‘Lick Creek’’ on Map 1, 21
26022602 which shall be known as the ‘‘Lick Creek Wil-22
26032603 derness’’. 23
26042604 (P) B
26052605 EAR GULCH WILDERNESS .—Certain 24
26062606 Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman Na-25
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26102610 tional Forest comprising approximately 17,779 1
26112611 acres, identified as ‘‘Bear Gulch’’ on Map 1, 2
26122612 which shall be known as the ‘‘Bear Gulch Wil-3
26132613 derness’’. 4
26142614 (Q) B
26152615 IG AND LITTLE SHEEP CREEK WIL -5
26162616 DERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 6
26172617 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest comprising 7
26182618 approximately 41,124 acres, identified as ‘‘Big 8
26192619 and Little Sheep Creek’’ on Map 1, which shall 9
26202620 be known as the ‘‘Big and Little Sheep Creek 10
26212621 Wilderness’’. 11
26222622 (R) E
26232623 CHO CANYON WILDERNESS .—Certain 12
26242624 Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman Na-13
26252625 tional Forest comprising approximately 7,397 14
26262626 acres, identified as ‘‘Echo Canyon’’ on Map 1, 15
26272627 which shall be known as the ‘‘Echo Canyon Wil-16
26282628 derness’’. 17
26292629 (S) S
26302630 HEEP GULCH WILDERNESS .—Certain 18
26312631 Federal land within the Payette National For-19
26322632 est comprising approximately 5,820 acres, iden-20
26332633 tified as ‘‘Sheep Gulch’’ on Map 1, which shall 21
26342634 be known as the ‘‘Sheep Gulch Wilderness’’. 22
26352635 (T) F
26362636 LAT CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 23
26372637 Federal land within the Payette National For-24
26382638 est comprising approximately 5,638 acres, iden-25
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26422642 tified as ‘‘Flat Creek’’ on Map 1, which shall be 1
26432643 known as the ‘‘Flat Creek Wilderness’’. 2
26442644 SEC. 107. ISLANDS IN THE SKY WILDERNESS. 3
26452645 (a) D
26462646 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
26472647 (1) M
26482648 AP 1.—The term ‘‘Map 1’’ means the map 5
26492649 entitled ‘‘Islands in the Sky Map 1’’ and dated April 6
26502650 10, 2023. 7
26512651 (2) M
26522652 AP 2.—The term ‘‘Map 2’’ means the map 8
26532653 entitled ‘‘Islands in the Sky Map 2’’ and dated April 9
26542654 10, 2023. 10
26552655 (3) M
26562656 AP 3.—The term ‘‘Map 3’’ means the map 11
26572657 entitled ‘‘Islands in the Sky Map 3’’ and dated April 12
26582658 10, 2023. 13
26592659 (4) M
26602660 AP 4.—The term ‘‘Map 4’’ means the map 14
26612661 entitled ‘‘Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection 15
26622662 Act (2023)’’ and dated April 10, 2023. 16
26632663 (b) D
26642664 ESIGNATIONS.—To protect the unique and in-17
26652665 creasingly isolated island mountain ranges in the Northern 18
26662666 Rockies Bioregion, the following land is designated as wil-19
26672667 derness: 20
26682668 (1) N
26692669 ORTH FORK JOHN DAY WILDERNESS AD -21
26702670 DITIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Malheur 22
26712671 National Forest, Umatilla National Forest, and 23
26722672 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest comprising ap-24
26732673 proximately 145,319 acres, identified as ‘‘North 25
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26772677 Fork John Day Additions’’ on Map 1, is incor-1
26782678 porated in, and shall be administered as part of, the 2
26792679 North Fork John Day Wilderness. 3
26802680 (2) C
26812681 LOUD PEAK WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .— 4
26822682 Certain Federal land within the Bighorn National 5
26832683 Forest and certain public land administered by the 6
26842684 Worland Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-7
26852685 agement comprising approximately 190,790 acres, 8
26862686 identified as ‘‘Cloud Peak Additions’’ on Map 3, is 9
26872687 incorporated in, and shall be administered as part 10
26882688 of, the Cloud Peak Wilderness. 11
26892689 (3) M
26902690 ONUMENT ROCK WILDERNESS ADDI -12
26912691 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Malheur Na-13
26922692 tional Forest comprising approximately 6,740 acres, 14
26932693 identified as ‘‘Monument Rock’’ on Map 1, is incor-15
26942694 porated in, and shall be administered as part of, the 16
26952695 Monument Rock Wilderness. 17
26962696 (4) M
26972697 OUNT NAOMI WILDERNESS ADDITION .— 18
26982698 Certain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 19
26992699 National Forest comprising approximately 28,702 20
27002700 acres, identified as ‘‘Cache Crest’’ on Map 4, is in-21
27012701 corporated in, and shall be administered as part of, 22
27022702 the Mount Naomi Wilderness. 23
27032703 (5) N
27042704 EW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA -24
27052705 TION SYSTEM COMPONENTS IN THE KETTLE MOUN -25
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27092709 TAINS.—Each of the following areas of land within 1
27102710 the Kettle Mountains is designated as a component 2
27112711 of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 3
27122712 (A) T
27132713 HIRTEEN MILE WILDERNESS .—Cer-4
27142714 tain Federal land within the Colville National 5
27152715 Forest comprising approximately 14,259 acres, 6
27162716 identified as ‘‘Thirteen Mile’’ on Map 2, which 7
27172717 shall be known as the ‘‘Thirteen Mile Wilder-8
27182718 ness’’. 9
27192719 (B) B
27202720 ALD SNOW WILDERNESS .—Certain 10
27212721 Federal land within the Colville National Forest 11
27222722 comprising approximately 27,716 acres, identi-12
27232723 fied as ‘‘Bald Snow’’ on Map 2, which shall be 13
27242724 known as the ‘‘Bald Snow Wilderness’’. 14
27252725 (C) P
27262726 ROFANITY WILDERNESS .—Certain 15
27272727 Federal land within the Colville National Forest 16
27282728 comprising approximately 35,538 acres, identi-17
27292729 fied as ‘‘Profanity’’ on Map 2, which shall be 18
27302730 known as the ‘‘Profanity Wilderness’’. 19
27312731 (D) H
27322732 UCKLEBERRY SOUTH WILDER -20
27332733 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Colville 21
27342734 National Forest comprising approximately 22
27352735 16,774 acres, identified as ‘‘Huckleberry 23
27362736 South’’ on Map 2, which shall be known as the 24
27372737 ‘‘Huckleberry South Wilderness’’. 25
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27412741 (E) COUGAR MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 1
27422742 Certain Federal land within the Colville Na-2
27432743 tional Forest comprising approximately 7,629 3
27442744 acres, identified as ‘‘Cougar Mountain’’ on Map 4
27452745 2, which shall be known as the ‘‘Cougar Moun-5
27462746 tain Wilderness’’. 6
27472747 (F) O
27482748 WL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-7
27492749 tain Federal land within the Colville National 8
27502750 Forest comprising approximately 14,686 acres, 9
27512751 identified as ‘‘Owl Mountain’’ on Map 2, which 10
27522752 shall be known as the ‘‘Owl Mountain Wilder-11
27532753 ness’’. 12
27542754 (G) D
27552755 EER CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 13
27562756 Federal land within the Colville National Forest 14
27572757 comprising approximately 9,316 acres, identi-15
27582758 fied as ‘‘Deer Creek’’ on Map 2, which shall be 16
27592759 known as the ‘‘Deer Creek Wilderness’’. 17
27602760 (H) J
27612761 ACKKNIFE MOUNTAIN WILDER -18
27622762 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Colville 19
27632763 National Forest comprising approximately 20
27642764 9,564 acres, identified as ‘‘Jackknife Moun-21
27652765 tain’’ on Map 2, which shall be known as the 22
27662766 ‘‘Jackknife Mountain Wilderness’’. 23
27672767 (I) P
27682768 ARADISE WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-24
27692769 eral land within the Colville National Forest 25
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27732773 comprising approximately 6,131 acres, identi-1
27742774 fied as ‘‘Paradise’’ on Map 2, which shall be 2
27752775 known as the ‘‘Paradise Wilderness’’. 3
27762776 (J) P
27772777 ROFANITY EAST WILDERNESS .—Cer-4
27782778 tain Federal land within the Colville National 5
27792779 Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres, 6
27802780 identified as ‘‘Profanity East’’ on Map 2, which 7
27812781 shall be known as the ‘‘Profanity East Wilder-8
27822782 ness’’. 9
27832783 (K) H
27842784 OODOO-TWIN SISTERS WILDER -10
27852785 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Colville 11
27862786 National Forest comprising approximately 12
27872787 7,000 acres, identified as ‘‘Hoodoo-Twin Sis-13
27882788 ters’’ on Map 2, which shall be known as the 14
27892789 ‘‘Hoodoo-Twin Sisters Wilderness’’. 15
27902790 (6) N
27912791 EW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA -16
27922792 TION SYSTEM COMPONENTS IN THE BIGHORN MOUN -17
27932793 TAINS.—Each of the following areas of land in the 18
27942794 Bighorn Mountains is designated as a component of 19
27952795 the National Wilderness Preservation System: 20
27962796 (A) L
27972797 ITTLE BIGHORN WILDERNESS .—Cer-21
27982798 tain Federal land within the Bighorn National 22
27992799 Forest comprising approximately 80,129 acres, 23
28002800 identified as ‘‘Little Bighorn’’ on Map 3, which 24
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28042804 shall be known as the ‘‘Little Bighorn Wilder-1
28052805 ness’’. 2
28062806 (B) W
28072807 OLF CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 3
28082808 Federal land within the Bighorn National For-4
28092809 est comprising approximately 49,550 acres, 5
28102810 identified as ‘‘Wolf Creek’’ on Map 3, which 6
28112811 shall be known as the ‘‘Wolf Creek Wilderness’’. 7
28122812 (C) L
28132813 ODGE GRASS WILDERNESS .—Certain 8
28142814 Federal land within the Bighorn National For-9
28152815 est comprising approximately 38,312 acres, 10
28162816 identified as ‘‘Lodge Grass’’ on Map 3, which 11
28172817 shall be known as the ‘‘Lodge Grass Wilder-12
28182818 ness’’. 13
28192819 (D) H
28202820 IDEOUT CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-14
28212821 tain Federal land within the Bighorn National 15
28222822 Forest comprising approximately 9,282 acres, 16
28232823 identified as ‘‘Hideout Creek’’ on Map 3, which 17
28242824 shall be known as the ‘‘Hideout Creek Wilder-18
28252825 ness’’. 19
28262826 (E) B
28272827 EAR ROCKS WILDERNESS .—Certain 20
28282828 Federal land comprising approximately 24,988 21
28292829 acres, identified as ‘‘Bear Rocks’’ on Map 3, 22
28302830 which shall be known as the ‘‘Bear Rocks Wil-23
28312831 derness’’. 24
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28352835 (F) HORSE CREEK MESA WILDERNESS .— 1
28362836 Certain Federal land within the Bighorn Na-2
28372837 tional Forest comprising approximately 41,677 3
28382838 acres, identified as ‘‘Horse Creek Mesa’’ on 4
28392839 Map 3, which shall be known as the ‘‘Horse 5
28402840 Creek Mesa Wilderness’’. 6
28412841 (G) H
28422842 UNT MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-7
28432843 tain Federal land within the Bighorn National 8
28442844 Forest comprising approximately 20,299 acres, 9
28452845 identified as ‘‘Hunt Mountain’’ on Map 3, 10
28462846 which shall be known as the ‘‘Hunt Mountain 11
28472847 Wilderness’’. 12
28482848 (H) G
28492849 ROMMUND CREEK WILDERNESS .— 13
28502850 Certain Federal land within the Bighorn Na-14
28512851 tional Forest comprising approximately 12,752 15
28522852 acres, identified as ‘‘Grommund Creek’’ on Map 16
28532853 3, which shall be known as the ‘‘Grommund 17
28542854 Creek Wilderness’’. 18
28552855 (I) H
28562856 AZELTON PEAKS WILDERNESS .—Cer-19
28572857 tain Federal land within the Bighorn National 20
28582858 Forest comprising approximately 10,763 acres, 21
28592859 identified as ‘‘Hazelton Peaks’’ on Map 3, 22
28602860 which shall be known as the ‘‘Hazelton Peaks 23
28612861 Wilderness’’. 24
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28652865 (J) LEIGH CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
28662866 Federal land within the Bighorn National For-2
28672867 est comprising approximately 14,559 acres, 3
28682868 identified as ‘‘Leigh Creek’’ on Map 3, which 4
28692869 shall be known as the ‘‘Leigh Creek Wilder-5
28702870 ness’’. 6
28712871 (K) M
28722872 EDICINE LODGE WILDERNESS .—Cer-7
28732873 tain Federal land within the Bighorn National 8
28742874 Forest and certain public land administered by 9
28752875 the Worland Field Office of the Bureau of 10
28762876 Land Management comprising approximately 11
28772877 24,384 acres, identified as ‘‘Medicine Lodge’’ 12
28782878 on Map 3, which shall be known as the ‘‘Medi-13
28792879 cine Lodge Wilderness’’. 14
28802880 (L) A
28812881 LKALI CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 15
28822882 public land administered by the Worland Field 16
28832883 Office of the Bureau of Land Management 17
28842884 comprising approximately 15,777 acres, identi-18
28852885 fied as ‘‘Alkali Creek West and Alkali Creek 19
28862886 East’’ on Map 3, which shall be known as the 20
28872887 ‘‘Alkali Creek Wilderness’’. 21
28882888 (M) T
28892889 RAPPER CREEK CANYON WILDER -22
28902890 NESS.—Certain public land administered by the 23
28912891 Worland Field Office of the Bureau of Land 24
28922892 Management comprising approximately 7,617 25
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28962896 acres, identified as ‘‘Trapper Creek Canyon’’ on 1
28972897 Map 3, which shall be known as the ‘‘Trapper 2
28982898 Creek Canyon Wilderness’’. 3
28992899 (N) N
29002900 ORTH FORK POWDER RIVER WILDER -4
29012901 NESS.—Certain public land administered by the 5
29022902 Buffalo Field Office of the Bureau of Land 6
29032903 Management comprising approximately 14,790 7
29042904 acres, identified as ‘‘North Fork Powder River’’ 8
29052905 on Map 3, which shall be known as the ‘‘North 9
29062906 Fork Powder River Wilderness’’. 10
29072907 (O) G
29082908 ARDNER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 11
29092909 Certain public land administered by the Buffalo 12
29102910 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-13
29112911 ment comprising approximately 17,808 acres, 14
29122912 identified as ‘‘Gardner Mountain’’ on Map 3, 15
29132913 which shall be known as the ‘‘Gardner Moun-16
29142914 tain Wilderness’’. 17
29152915 (P) H
29162916 ONEYCOMBS WILDERNESS .—Certain 18
29172917 public land administered by the Worland Field 19
29182918 Office of the Bureau of Land Management 20
29192919 comprising approximately 64,961 acres, identi-21
29202920 fied as ‘‘Honeycombs’’ on Map 3, which shall be 22
29212921 known as the ‘‘Honeycombs Wilderness’’. 23
29222922 (Q) B
29232923 UFFALO CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-24
29242924 tain public land administered by the Worland 25
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29272927 •S 1198 IS
29282928 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-1
29292929 ment comprising approximately 26,641 acres, 2
29302930 identified as ‘‘Buffalo Creek’’ on Map 3, which 3
29312931 shall be known as the ‘‘Buffalo Creek Wilder-4
29322932 ness’’. 5
29332933 (R) L
29342934 YSITE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 6
29352935 Certain public land administered by the 7
29362936 Worland and Lander Field Offices of the Bu-8
29372937 reau of Land Management comprising approxi-9
29382938 mately 92,03 acres, identified as ‘‘Lysite Moun-10
29392939 tain’’ on Map 3, which shall be known as the 11
29402940 ‘‘Lysite Mountain Wilderness’’. 12
29412941 (S) D
29422942 EVIL’S CANYON WILDERNESS .—Cer-13
29432943 tain Federal land within the Bighorn National 14
29442944 Forest comprising approximately 38,312 acres, 15
29452945 identified as ‘‘Devil’s Canyon’’ on Map 3, which 16
29462946 shall be known as the ‘‘Devil’s Canyon Wilder-17
29472947 ness’’. 18
29482948 (T) S
29492949 KULL RIDGE WILDERNESS .—Certain 19
29502950 Federal land within the Bighorn National For-20
29512951 est comprising approximately 17,298 acres, 21
29522952 identified as ‘‘Skull Ridge’’ on Map 3, which 22
29532953 shall be known as the ‘‘Skull Ridge Wilder-23
29542954 ness’’. 24
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29582958 (U) SIBLEY LAKE WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
29592959 Federal land within the Bighorn National For-2
29602960 est comprising approximately 6,917 acres, iden-3
29612961 tified as ‘‘Sibley Lake’’ on Map 3, which shall 4
29622962 be known as the ‘‘Sibley Lake Wilderness’’. 5
29632963 (V) B
29642964 RUCE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 6
29652965 Certain Federal land within the Bighorn Na-7
29662966 tional Forest comprising approximately 5,416 8
29672967 acres, identified as ‘‘Bruce Mountain’’ on Map 9
29682968 3, which shall be known as the ‘‘Bruce Moun-10
29692969 tain Wilderness’’. 11
29702970 (W) D
29712971 OYLE CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 12
29722972 Federal land within the Bighorn National For-13
29732973 est comprising approximately 6,917 acres, iden-14
29742974 tified as ‘‘Doyle Creek’’ on Map 3, which shall 15
29752975 be known as the ‘‘Doyle Creek Wilderness’’. 16
29762976 (7) N
29772977 EW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA -17
29782978 TION SYSTEM COMPONENTS IN THE PRYOR MOUN -18
29792979 TAINS.—Each of the following areas of land in the 19
29802980 Pryor Mountains is designated as a component of 20
29812981 the National Wilderness Preservation System: 21
29822982 (A) L
29832983 OST WATER CANYON WILDERNESS .— 22
29842984 Certain Federal land within the Custer Gallatin 23
29852985 National Forest and the Bighorn National 24
29862986 Recreation Area and certain public land admin-25
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29892989 •S 1198 IS
29902990 istered by the Billings Field Office of the Bu-1
29912991 reau of Land Management comprising approxi-2
29922992 mately 65,311 acres, identified as ‘‘Lost Water 3
29932993 Canyon’’ on Map 3 and the map entitled ‘‘Wil-4
29942994 derness Recommendation Bighorn Canyon Na-5
29952995 tional Recreation Area’’ and dated March 1981, 6
29962996 which shall be known as the ‘‘Lost Water Can-7
29972997 yon Wilderness’’. 8
29982998 (B) B
29992999 IG PRYOR MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 9
30003000 Certain Federal land within the Custer Gallatin 10
30013001 National Forest comprising approximately 11
30023002 41,976 acres, identified as ‘‘Big Pryor Moun-12
30033003 tain’’ on Map 3, which shall be known as the 13
30043004 ‘‘Big Pryor Mountain Wilderness’’. 14
30053005 (C) P
30063006 ROSPECT WILDERNESS .—Certain 15
30073007 public land administered by the Billings Field 16
30083008 Office of the Bureau of Land Management 17
30093009 comprising approximately 5,420 acres, identi-18
30103010 fied as ‘‘Prospect’’ on Map 3, which shall be 19
30113011 known as the ‘‘Prospect Wilderness’’. 20
30123012 (D) W
30133013 EATHERMAN DRAW WILDERNESS .— 21
30143014 Certain public land administered by the Billings 22
30153015 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-23
30163016 ment comprising approximately 5,420 acres, 24
30173017 identified as ‘‘Weatherman Draw’’ on Map 3, 25
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30213021 which shall be known as the ‘‘Weatherman 1
30223022 Draw Wilderness’’. 2
30233023 (8) O
30243024 THER NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRES -3
30253025 ERVATION SYSTEM COMPONENTS .—Each of the fol-4
30263026 lowing areas of land is designated as a component 5
30273027 of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 6
30283028 (A) T
30293029 EXAS BUTTE WILDERNESS .—Certain 7
30303030 Federal land within the Umatilla National For-8
30313031 est comprising approximately 12,714 acres, 9
30323032 identified as ‘‘Texas Butte’’ on Map 1, which 10
30333033 shall be known as the ‘‘Texas Butte Wilder-11
30343034 ness’’. 12
30353035 (B) S
30363036 KOOKUM WILDERNESS .—Certain 13
30373037 Federal land within the Umatilla National For-14
30383038 est comprising approximately 44,256 acres, 15
30393039 identified as ‘‘Skookum’’ on Map 1, which shall 16
30403040 be known as the ‘‘Skookum Wilderness’’. 17
30413041 (C) U
30423042 PPER GRANDE RONDE WILDER -18
30433043 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the 19
30443044 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest comprising 20
30453045 approximately 15,849 acres, identified as 21
30463046 ‘‘Upper Grande Ronde’’ on Map 1, which shall 22
30473047 be known as the ‘‘Upper Grande Ronde Wilder-23
30483048 ness’’. 24
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30523052 (D) NORTH FORK MALHEUR WILDER -1
30533053 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the 2
30543054 Malheur National Forest and certain public 3
30553055 land administered by the Baker Field Office of 4
30563056 the Bureau of Land Management comprising 5
30573057 approximately 28,393 acres, identified as 6
30583058 ‘‘North Fork Malheur’’ on Map 1, which shall 7
30593059 be known as the ‘‘North Fork Malheur Wilder-8
30603060 ness’’. 9
30613061 (E) F
30623062 LAG CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 10
30633063 Federal land within the Malheur National For-11
30643064 est comprising approximately 10,196 acres, 12
30653065 identified as ‘‘Flag Creek’’ on Map 1, which 13
30663066 shall be known as the ‘‘Flag Creek Wilderness’’. 14
30673067 (F) B
30683068 ALDY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-15
30693069 tain Federal land within the Malheur National 16
30703070 Forest comprising approximately 8,975 acres, 17
30713071 identified as ‘‘Baldy Mountain’’ on Map 1, 18
30723072 which shall be known as the ‘‘Baldy Mountain 19
30733073 Wilderness’’. 20
30743074 (G) D
30753075 IXIE BUTTE WILDERNESS .—Certain 21
30763076 Federal land within the Malheur National For-22
30773077 est comprising approximately 18,744 acres, 23
30783078 identified as ‘‘Dixie Butte’’ on Map 1, which 24
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30823082 shall be known as the ‘‘Dixie Butte Wilder-1
30833083 ness’’. 2
30843084 (H) M
30853085 URDERERS CREEK WILDERNESS .— 3
30863086 Certain Federal land within the Malheur Na-4
30873087 tional Forest comprising approximately 50,839 5
30883088 acres, identified as ‘‘Murderers Creek’’ on Map 6
30893089 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Murderers 7
30903090 Creek Wilderness’’. 8
30913091 (I) G
30923092 LACIER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 9
30933093 Certain Federal land within the Malheur Na-10
30943094 tional Forest comprising approximately 23,063 11
30953095 acres, identified as ‘‘Glacier Mountain Wilder-12
30963096 ness’’ on Map 1, which shall be known as the 13
30973097 ‘‘Glacier Mountain Wilderness’’. 14
30983098 (J) M
30993099 ALHEUR RIVER WILDERNESS .—Cer-15
31003100 tain Federal land within the Malheur National 16
31013101 Forest and certain public land administered by 17
31023102 the Baker Field Office of the Bureau of Land 18
31033103 Management comprising approximately 17,581 19
31043104 acres, identified as ‘‘Malheur River’’ on Map 1, 20
31053105 which shall be known as the ‘‘Malheur River 21
31063106 Wilderness’’. 22
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31103110 (K) MCCLELLAN MOUNTAIN WILDER -1
31113111 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the 2
31123112 Malheur National Forest comprising approxi-3
31133113 mately 26,688 acres, identified as ‘‘McClellan 4
31143114 Mountain’’ on Map 1, which shall be known as 5
31153115 the ‘‘McClellan Mountain Wilderness’’. 6
31163116 (L) M
31173117 YRTLE-SILVIES WILDERNESS.—Cer-7
31183118 tain Federal land within the Malheur National 8
31193119 Forest comprising approximately 17,824 acres, 9
31203120 identified as ‘‘Myrtle-Silvies’’ on Map 1, which 10
31213121 shall be known as the ‘‘Myrtle-Silvies Wilder-11
31223122 ness’’. 12
31233123 (M) N
31243124 IPPLE BUTTE WILDERNESS .—Cer-13
31253125 tain Federal land within the Malheur National 14
31263126 Forest comprising approximately 16,649 acres, 15
31273127 identified as ‘‘Nipple Butte’’ on Map 1, which 16
31283128 shall be known as the ‘‘Nipple Butte Wilder-17
31293129 ness’’. 18
31303130 (N) P
31313131 INE CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 19
31323132 Federal land within the Malheur National For-20
31333133 est and certain public land administered by the 21
31343134 Baker Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-22
31353135 agement comprising approximately 20,984 23
31363136 acres, identified as ‘‘Pine Creek’’ on Map 1, 24
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31403140 which shall be known as the ‘‘Pine Creek Wil-1
31413141 derness’’. 2
31423142 (O) H
31433143 ORSESHOE RIDGE WILDERNESS .— 3
31443144 Certain Federal land within the Umatilla Na-4
31453145 tional Forest comprising approximately 6,997 5
31463146 acres, identified as ‘‘Horseshoe Ridge’’ on Map 6
31473147 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Horseshoe 7
31483148 Ridge Wilderness’’. 8
31493149 (P) H
31503150 ELLHOLE WILDERNESS .—Certain 9
31513151 Federal land within the Umatilla National For-10
31523152 est comprising approximately 10,833 acres, 11
31533153 identified as ‘‘Hellhole’’ on Map 1, which shall 12
31543154 be known as the ‘‘Hellhole Wilderness’’. 13
31553155 (Q) M
31563156 OUNT EMILY WILDERNESS .—Certain 14
31573157 Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman Na-15
31583158 tional Forest comprising approximately 81,604 16
31593159 acres, identified as ‘‘Mount Emily’’ on Map 1, 17
31603160 which shall be known as the ‘‘Mount Emily Wil-18
31613161 derness’’. 19
31623162 (R) P
31633163 OTAMUS WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-20
31643164 eral land within the Umatilla National Forest 21
31653165 comprising approximately 19,240 acres, identi-22
31663166 fied as ‘‘Potamus’’ on Map 1, which shall be 23
31673167 known as the ‘‘Potamus Wilderness’’. 24
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31713171 (S) UTLEY BUTTE WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
31723172 Federal land within the Malheur National For-2
31733173 est comprising approximately 12,487 acres, 3
31743174 identified as ‘‘Utley Butte Wilderness’’ on Map 4
31753175 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Utley Butte 5
31763176 Wilderness’’. 6
31773177 (T) K
31783178 LONDIKE SPRINGS WILDERNESS .— 7
31793179 Certain Federal land within the Umatilla Na-8
31803180 tional Forest comprising approximately 5,224 9
31813181 acres, identified as ‘‘Klondike Springs’’ on Map 10
31823182 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Klondike 11
31833183 Springs Wilderness’’. 12
31843184 (U) O
31853185 WSLEY WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-13
31863186 eral land within the Umatilla National Forest 14
31873187 comprising approximately 10,087 acres, identi-15
31883188 fied as ‘‘Owsley’’ on Map 1, which shall be 16
31893189 known as the ‘‘Owsley Wilderness’’. 17
31903190 (V) B
31913191 EAVER CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-18
31923192 tain Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman 19
31933193 National Forest comprising approximately 20
31943194 81,604 acres, identified as ‘‘Beaver Creek’’ on 21
31953195 Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Beaver 22
31963196 Creek Wilderness’’. 23
31973197 (W) D
31983198 RY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-24
31993199 tain Federal land within the Malheur National 25
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32033203 Forest comprising approximately 17,257 acres, 1
32043204 identified as ‘‘Dry Mountain’’ on Map 1, which 2
32053205 shall be known as the ‘‘Dry Mountain Wilder-3
32063206 ness’’. 4
32073207 (X) R
32083208 AGGED ROCK CREEK WILDERNESS .— 5
32093209 Certain Federal land within the Malheur Na-6
32103210 tional Forest comprising approximately 5,026 7
32113211 acres, identified as ‘‘Ragged Rock Creek’’ on 8
32123212 Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Ragged 9
32133213 Rock Creek Wilderness’’. 10
32143214 (Y) G
32153215 UNBARREL CREEK WILDERNESS .— 11
32163216 Certain Federal land within the Malheur Na-12
32173217 tional Forest comprising approximately 5,026 13
32183218 acres, identified as ‘‘Gunbarrel Creek’’ on Map 14
32193219 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Gunbarrel 15
32203220 Creek Wilderness’’. 16
32213221 (Z) F
32223222 OX CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 17
32233223 Federal land within the Malheur National For-18
32243224 est comprising approximately 7,250 acres, iden-19
32253225 tified as ‘‘Fox Creek’’ on Map 1, which shall be 20
32263226 known as the ‘‘Fox Creek Wilderness’’. 21
32273227 (AA) M
32283228 ARBLE POINT WILDERNESS .—Cer-22
32293229 tain Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman 23
32303230 National Forest comprising approximately 24
32313231 9,464 acres, identified as ‘‘Marble Point’’ on 25
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32353235 Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Marble 1
32363236 Point Wilderness’’. 2
32373237 (BB) Y
32383238 OUNGS BUTTE WILDERNESS .—Cer-3
32393239 tain Federal land within the Ochoco National 4
32403240 Forest comprising approximately 18,696 acres, 5
32413241 identified as ‘‘Youngs Butte’’ on Map 1, which 6
32423242 shall be known as the ‘‘Youngs Butte Wilder-7
32433243 ness’’. 8
32443244 (CC) G
32453245 REEN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 9
32463246 Certain Federal land within the Ochoco Na-10
32473247 tional Forest comprising approximately 7,367 11
32483248 acres, identified as ‘‘Green Mountain’’ on Map 12
32493249 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Green Moun-13
32503250 tain Wilderness’’. 14
32513251 (DD) S
32523252 PANISH PEAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-15
32533253 tain Federal land within the Ochoco National 16
32543254 Forest comprising approximately 13,344 acres, 17
32553255 identified as ‘‘Spanish Peak’’ on Map 1, which 18
32563256 shall be known as the ‘‘Spanish Peak Wilder-19
32573257 ness’’. 20
32583258 (EE) L
32593259 OOKOUT MOUNTAIN WILDER -21
32603260 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Ochoco 22
32613261 National Forest comprising approximately 23
32623262 19,356 acres, identified as ‘‘Lookout Mountain’’ 24
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32663266 on Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Look-1
32673267 out Mountain Wilderness’’. 2
32683268 (FF) W
32693269 IND CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 3
32703270 Federal land within the Ochoco National Forest 4
32713271 comprising approximately 6,227 acres, identi-5
32723272 fied as ‘‘Wind Creek’’ on Map 1, which shall be 6
32733273 known as the ‘‘Wind Creek Wilderness’’. 7
32743274 (GG) G
32753275 RASSY BUTTE WILDERNESS .—Cer-8
32763276 tain Federal land within the Ochoco National 9
32773277 Forest comprising approximately 5,024 acres, 10
32783278 identified as ‘‘Grassy Butte’’ on Map 1, which 11
32793279 shall be known as the ‘‘Grassy Butte Wilder-12
32803280 ness’’. 13
32813281 (HH) B
32823282 EAVER DAM CREEK WILDER -14
32833283 NESS.—Certain public land administered by the 15
32843284 Bureau of Land Management comprising ap-16
32853285 proximately 19,154 acres, identified as ‘‘Beaver 17
32863286 Dam Creek’’ on Map 1, which shall be known 18
32873287 as the ‘‘Beaver Dam Creek Wilderness’’. 19
32883288 (II) C
32893289 ASTLE ROCK WILDERNESS .—Certain 20
32903290 public land administered by the Bureau of 21
32913291 Land Management comprising approximately 22
32923292 6,156 acres, identified as ‘‘Castle Rock’’ on 23
32933293 Map 1, which shall be known as the ‘‘Castle 24
32943294 Rock Wilderness’’. 25
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32983298 (JJ) FLINT RANGE WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
32993299 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 2
33003300 National Forest comprising approximately 3
33013301 65,989 acres, identified as ‘‘Flint Range’’ on 4
33023302 Map 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘Flint 5
33033303 Range Wilderness’’. 6
33043304 (KK) F
33053305 RED BURR WILDERNESS .—Certain 7
33063306 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 8
33073307 National Forest comprising approximate 6,857 9
33083308 acres, identified as ‘‘Fred Burr’’ on Map 4, 10
33093309 which shall be known as ‘‘Fred Burr Wilder-11
33103310 ness’’. 12
33113311 (LL) E
33123312 LKHORN MOUNTAINS WILDER -13
33133313 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Helena 14
33143314 National Forest and certain public land admin-15
33153315 istered by the Butte Field Office of the Bureau 16
33163316 of Land Management comprising approximately 17
33173317 79,036 acres, identified as ‘‘Elkhorn Moun-18
33183318 tains’’ on Map 4, which shall be known as 19
33193319 ‘‘Elkhorn Mountains Wilderness’’. 20
33203320 (MM) C
33213321 ACHE PEAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-21
33223322 tain Federal land within the Sawtooth National 22
33233323 Forest comprising approximately 26,518 acres, 23
33243324 identified as ‘‘Cache Peak’’ on Map 4, which 24
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33283328 shall be known as the ‘‘Cache Peak Wilder-1
33293329 ness’’. 2
33303330 (NN) S
33313331 UBLETT WILDERNESS .—Certain 3
33323332 Federal land within the Sawtooth National For-4
33333333 est comprising approximately 7,112 acres, iden-5
33343334 tified as ‘‘Sublett’’ on Map 4, which shall be 6
33353335 known as the ‘‘Sublett Wilderness’’. 7
33363336 (OO) B
33373337 URNT BASIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-8
33383338 tain Federal land within the Sawtooth National 9
33393339 Forest comprising approximately 43,892 acres, 10
33403340 identified as ‘‘Burnt Basin’’ on Map 4, which 11
33413341 shall be known as the ‘‘Burnt Basin Wilder-12
33423342 ness’’. 13
33433343 (PP) M
33443344 OUNT HARRISON WILDERNESS .— 14
33453345 Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth Na-15
33463346 tional Forest comprising approximately 29,938 16
33473347 acres, identified as ‘‘Mount Harrison’’ on Map 17
33483348 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘Mount Har-18
33493349 rison Wilderness’’. 19
33503350 (QQ) F
33513351 IFTH FORK ROCK CREEK WILDER -20
33523352 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Saw-21
33533353 tooth National Forest comprising approximately 22
33543354 16,560 acres, identified as ‘‘Fifth Fork Rock 23
33553355 Creek’’ on Map 4, which shall be known as the 24
33563356 ‘‘Fifth Fork Rock Creek Wilderness’’. 25
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33603360 (RR) THIRD FORK ROCK CREEK WILDER -1
33613361 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Saw-2
33623362 tooth National Forest comprising approximately 3
33633363 14,254 acres, identified as ‘‘Third Fork Rock 4
33643364 Creek’’ on Map 4, which shall be known as the 5
33653365 ‘‘Third Fork Rock Creek Wilderness’’. 6
33663366 (SS) C
33673367 OTTONWOOD WILDERNESS .—Cer-7
33683368 tain Federal land within the Sawtooth National 8
33693369 Forest comprising approximately 11,330 acres, 9
33703370 identified as ‘‘Cottonwood’’ on Map 4, which 10
33713371 shall be known as the ‘‘Cottonwood Wilder-11
33723372 ness’’. 12
33733373 (TT) M
33743374 AHOGANY BUTTE WILDERNESS .— 13
33753375 Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth Na-14
33763376 tional Forest comprising approximately 21,022 15
33773377 acres, identified as ‘‘Mahogany Butte’’ on Map 16
33783378 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘Mahogany 17
33793379 Butte Wilderness’’. 18
33803380 (UU) T
33813381 HOROBRED WILDERNESS .—Certain 19
33823382 Federal land within the Sawtooth National For-20
33833383 est comprising approximately 6,073 acres, iden-21
33843384 tified as ‘‘Thorobred’’ on Map 4, which shall be 22
33853385 known as the ‘‘Thorobred Wilderness’’. 23
33863386 (VV) W
33873387 ORM CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-24
33883388 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 25
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33923392 National Forest comprising approximately 1
33933393 43,130 acres, identified as ‘‘Worm Creek’’ on 2
33943394 Map 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘Worm 3
33953395 Creek Wilderness’’. 4
33963396 (WW) S
33973397 WAN CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-5
33983398 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 6
33993399 National Forest comprising approximately 7
34003400 7,466 acres, identified as ‘‘Swan Creek’’ on 8
34013401 Map 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘Swan 9
34023402 Creek Wilderness’’. 10
34033403 (XX) G
34043404 IBSON WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-11
34053405 eral land within the Caribou-Targhee National 12
34063406 Forest comprising approximately 8,565 acres, 13
34073407 identified as ‘‘Gibson’’ on Map 4, which shall be 14
34083408 known as the ‘‘Gibson Wilderness’’. 15
34093409 (YY) P
34103410 ARIS PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 16
34113411 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na-17
34123412 tional Forest comprising approximately 8,946 18
34133413 acres, identified as ‘‘Paris Peak’’ on Map 4, 19
34143414 which shall be known as the ‘‘Paris Peak Wil-20
34153415 derness’’. 21
34163416 (ZZ) S
34173417 TATION CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-22
34183418 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 23
34193419 National Forest comprising approximately 24
34203420 9,695 acres, identified as ‘‘Station Creek’’ on 25
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34243424 Map 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘Station 1
34253425 Creek Wilderness’’. 2
34263426 (AAA) M
34273427 INK CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-3
34283428 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 4
34293429 National Forest comprising approximately 5
34303430 16,909 acres, identified as ‘‘Mink Creek’’ on 6
34313431 Map 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘Mink 7
34323432 Creek Wilderness’’. 8
34333433 (BBB) L
34343434 IBERTY CREEK WILDERNESS .— 9
34353435 Certain Federal land within the Caribou- 10
34363436 Targhee National Forest comprising approxi-11
34373437 mately 15,620 acres, identified as ‘‘Liberty 12
34383438 Creek’’ on Map 4, which shall be known as the 13
34393439 ‘‘Liberty Creek Wilderness’’. 14
34403440 (CCC) W
34413441 ILLIAMS CREEK WILDERNESS .— 15
34423442 Certain Federal land within the Caribou- 16
34433443 Targhee National Forest comprising approxi-17
34443444 mately 10,220 acres, identified as ‘‘Williams 18
34453445 Creek’’ on Map 4, which shall be known as the 19
34463446 ‘‘Williams Creek Wilderness’’. 20
34473447 (DDD) S
34483448 TAUFFER CREEK WILDERNESS .— 21
34493449 Certain Federal land within the Caribou- 22
34503450 Targhee National Forest comprising approxi-23
34513451 mately 6,679 acres, identified as ‘‘Stauffer 24
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34553455 Creek’’ on Map 4, which shall be known as the 1
34563456 ‘‘Stauffer Creek Wilderness’’. 2
34573457 (EEE) S
34583458 HERMAN PEAK WILDERNESS .— 3
34593459 Certain Federal land within the Caribou- 4
34603460 Targhee National Forest comprising approxi-5
34613461 mately 8,291 acres, identified as ‘‘Sherman 6
34623462 Peak’’ on Map 4, which shall be known as the 7
34633463 ‘‘Sherman Peak Wilderness’’. 8
34643464 (FFF) S
34653465 ODA POINT WILDERNESS .—Cer-9
34663466 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 10
34673467 National Forest comprising approximately 11
34683468 23,457 acres, identified as ‘‘Soda Point’’ on 12
34693469 Map 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘Soda 13
34703470 Point Wilderness’’. 14
34713471 (GGG) C
34723472 LARKSTON MOUNTAIN WILDER -15
34733473 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Car-16
34743474 ibou-Targhee National Forest comprising ap-17
34753475 proximately 15,757 acres, identified as 18
34763476 ‘‘Clarkston Mountain’’ on Map 4, which shall 19
34773477 be known as the ‘‘Clarkston Mountain Wilder-20
34783478 ness’’. 21
34793479 (HHH) D
34803480 EEP CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-22
34813481 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 23
34823482 National Forest comprising approximately 24
34833483 7,000 acres, identified as ‘‘Deep Creek’’ on 25
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34873487 Map 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘Deep 1
34883488 Creek Wilderness’’. 2
34893489 (III) O
34903490 XFORD MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 3
34913491 Certain Federal land within the Caribou- 4
34923492 Targhee National Forest comprising approxi-5
34933493 mately 40,946 acres, identified as ‘‘Oxford 6
34943494 Mountain’’ on Map 4, which shall be known as 7
34953495 the ‘‘Oxford Mountain Wilderness’’. 8
34963496 (JJJ) E
34973497 LKHORN MOUNTAIN WILDER -9
34983498 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Car-10
34993499 ibou-Targhee National Forest comprising ap-11
35003500 proximately 41,968 acres, identified as ‘‘Elk-12
35013501 horn Mountain’’ on Map 4, which shall be 13
35023502 known as the ‘‘Elkhorn Mountain Wilderness’’. 14
35033503 (KKK) B
35043504 ONNEVILLE PEAK WILDER -15
35053505 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Car-16
35063506 ibou-Targhee National Forest comprising ap-17
35073507 proximately 38,125 acres, identified as ‘‘Bonne-18
35083508 ville Peak’’ on Map 4, which shall be known as 19
35093509 the ‘‘Bonneville Peak Wilderness’’. 20
35103510 (LLL) T
35113511 OPONCE WILDERNESS .—Certain 21
35123512 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na-22
35133513 tional Forest comprising approximately 18,315 23
35143514 acres, identified as ‘‘Toponce’’ on Map 4, which 24
35153515 shall be known as the ‘‘Toponce Wilderness’’. 25
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35193519 (MMM) SCOUT MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 1
35203520 Certain Federal land within the Caribou- 2
35213521 Targhee National Forest comprising approxi-3
35223522 mately 24,638 acres, identified as ‘‘Scout 4
35233523 Mountain’’ on Map 4, which shall be known as 5
35243524 the ‘‘Scout Mountain Wilderness’’. 6
35253525 (NNN) W
35263526 EST MINK WILDERNESS .—Cer-7
35273527 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 8
35283528 National Forest comprising approximately 9
35293529 20,719 acres, identified as ‘‘West Mink’’ on 10
35303530 Map 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘West 11
35313531 Mink Wilderness’’. 12
35323532 (OOO) C
35333533 UDDY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 13
35343534 Certain Federal land within the Payette Na-14
35353535 tional Forest comprising approximately 41,045 15
35363536 acres, identified as ‘‘Cuddy Mountain’’ on Map 16
35373537 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘Cuddy Moun-17
35383538 tain Wilderness’’. 18
35393539 (PPP) C
35403540 OUNCIL MOUNTAIN WILDER -19
35413541 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Payette 20
35423542 National Forest comprising approximately 21
35433543 16,581 acres, identified as ‘‘Council Mountain’’ 22
35443544 on Map 4, which shall be known as the ‘‘Coun-23
35453545 cil Mountain Wilderness’’. 24
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35493549 (QQQ) MCCULLOUGH PEAKS WILDER -1
35503550 NESS.—Certain public land administered by the 2
35513551 Cody Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-3
35523552 agement comprising approximately 38,000 4
35533553 acres, identified as ‘‘McCullough Peaks’’ on 5
35543554 Map 3, which shall be known as the 6
35553555 ‘‘McCullough Peaks Wilderness’’. 7
35563556 (RRR) S
35573557 HEEP MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 8
35583558 Certain public land administered by the 9
35593559 Worland Field Office of the Bureau of Land 10
35603560 Management comprising approximately 30,111 11
35613561 acres, identified as ‘‘Sheep Mountain’’ on Map 12
35623562 3, which shall be known as the ‘‘Sheep Moun-13
35633563 tain Wilderness’’. 14
35643564 (SSS) R
35653565 ED BUTTE WILDERNESS .—Certain 15
35663566 public land administered by the Worland Field 16
35673567 Office of the Bureau of Land Management 17
35683568 comprising approximately 29,432 acres, identi-18
35693569 fied as ‘‘Red Butte’’ on Map 3, which shall be 19
35703570 known as the ‘‘Red Butte Wilderness’’. 20
35713571 (TTT) B
35723572 OBCAT DRAW BADLANDS WILDER -21
35733573 NESS.—Certain public l land administered by 22
35743574 the Worland Field Office of the Bureau of 23
35753575 Land Management comprising approximately 24
35763576 36,248 acres, identified as ‘‘Bobcat Draw Bad-25
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35803580 lands’’ on Map 3, which shall be known as the 1
35813581 ‘‘Bobcat Draw Badlands Wilderness’’. 2
35823582 (UUU) C
35833583 EDAR MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 3
35843584 Certain public land administered by the 4
35853585 Worland Field Office of the Bureau of Land 5
35863586 Management comprising approximately 27,055 6
35873587 acres, identified as ‘‘Cedar Mountain’’ on Map 7
35883588 3, which shall be known as the ‘‘Cedar Moun-8
35893589 tain Wilderness’’. 9
35903590 (VVV) C
35913591 OPPER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 10
35923592 Certain public land administered by the Lander 11
35933593 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-12
35943594 ment comprising approximately 6,935 acres, 13
35953595 identified as ‘‘Copper Mountain’’ on Map 3, 14
35963596 which shall be known as the ‘‘Copper Mountain 15
35973597 Wilderness’’. 16
35983598 (WWW) F
35993599 ULLER PEAK WILDERNESS .— 17
36003600 Certain public land administered by the Lander 18
36013601 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-19
36023602 ment comprising approximately 9,638 acres, 20
36033603 identified as ‘‘Fuller Peak’’ on Map 3, which 21
36043604 shall be known as the ‘‘Fuller Peak Wilder-22
36053605 ness’’. 23
36063606 (XXX) L
36073607 YSITE BADLANDS WILDERNESS .— 24
36083608 Certain public land administered by the Lander 25
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36123612 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-1
36133613 ment comprising approximately 13,991 acres, 2
36143614 identified as ‘‘Lysite Badlands’’ on Map 3, 3
36153615 which shall be known as the ‘‘Lysite Badlands 4
36163616 Wilderness’’. 5
36173617 (YYY) P
36183618 ETTICOAT PEAK WILDERNESS .— 6
36193619 Certain public land administered by the Upper 7
36203620 Snake Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-8
36213621 agement comprising approximately 11,215 9
36223622 acres, identified as ‘‘Petticoat Peak’’ on Map 3, 10
36233623 which shall be known as the ‘‘Petticoat Peak 11
36243624 Wilderness’’. 12
36253625 SEC. 108. WILDERNESS IN BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING COR-13
36263626 RIDORS. 14
36273627 (a) D
36283628 EFINITION OFMAP.—In this section, the term 15
36293629 ‘‘Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Northern Rockies Eco-16
36303630 system Protection Act (2023)’’. 17
36313631 (b) D
36323632 ESIGNATIONS.—To protect the unique and in-18
36333633 creasingly isolated island mountain ranges in the biologi-19
36343634 cal connecting corridors designated by section 202, the fol-20
36353635 lowing land is designated as wilderness: 21
36363636 (1) A
36373637 NACONDA-PINTLER WILDERNESS ADDI -22
36383638 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Bitterroot 23
36393639 and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest com-24
36403640 prising approximately 194,009 acres, identified as 25
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36443644 ‘‘North Big Hole, Storm Lake, North Carpp, Upper 1
36453645 East Fork, and Sapphire’’ on the Map, is incor-2
36463646 porated in, and shall be administered as part of, the 3
36473647 Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness. 4
36483648 (2) G
36493649 ATES OF THE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AD -5
36503650 DITION.—Certain Federal land within the Helena 6
36513651 National Forest comprising approximately 6,377 7
36523652 acres, identified as ‘‘Biglog-Holter’’ on the Map, is 8
36533653 incorporated in, and shall be administered as part 9
36543654 of, the Gates of the Mountain Wilderness. 10
36553655 (3) N
36563656 EW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA -11
36573657 TION SYSTEM COMPONENTS .—Each of the following 12
36583658 areas of land is designated as a component of the 13
36593659 National Wilderness Preservation System: 14
36603660 (A) S
36613661 TONY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .—Cer-15
36623662 tain Federal land within the Bitterroot, Lolo, 16
36633663 and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest 17
36643664 comprising approximately 100,845 acres, identi-18
36653665 fied as ‘‘Stony Mountain’’ on the Map, which 19
36663666 shall be known as the ‘‘Stony Mountain Wilder-20
36673667 ness’’. 21
36683668 (B) Q
36693669 UIGG PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 22
36703670 Federal land within the Lolo and Beaverhead- 23
36713671 Deerlodge National Forests and land adminis-24
36723672 tered by the Missoula Field Office of the Bu-25
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36763676 reau of Land Management comprising approxi-1
36773677 mately 80,473 acres, identified as ‘‘Quigg 2
36783678 Peak’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 3
36793679 ‘‘Quigg Peak Wilderness’’. 4
36803680 (C) S
36813681 ILVER KING WILDERNESS .—Certain 5
36823682 Federal land within the Lolo and Beaverhead- 6
36833683 Deerlodge National Forest comprising approxi-7
36843684 mately 51,380 acres, identified as ‘‘Silver 8
36853685 King’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 9
36863686 ‘‘Silver King Wilderness’’. 10
36873687 (D) E
36883688 MERINE WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-11
36893689 eral land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na-12
36903690 tional Forest comprising approximately 16,627 13
36913691 acres, identified as ‘‘Emerine’’ on the Map, 14
36923692 which shall be known as the ‘‘Emerine Wilder-15
36933693 ness’’. 16
36943694 (E) S
36953695 LEEPING CHILD WILDERNESS .—Cer-17
36963696 tain Federal land within the Bitterroot National 18
36973697 Forest comprising approximately 21,433 acres, 19
36983698 identified as ‘‘Sleeping Child’’ on the Map, 20
36993699 which shall be known as the ‘‘Sleeping Child 21
37003700 Wilderness’’. 22
37013701 (F) M
37023702 OUNT BUSHNELL WILDERNESS .— 23
37033703 Certain Federal land within the Lolo National 24
37043704 Forest comprising approximately 41,798 acres, 25
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37083708 identified as ‘‘Mount Bushnell’’ on the Map, 1
37093709 which shall be known as the ‘‘Mount Bushnell 2
37103710 Wilderness’’. 3
37113711 (G) C
37123712 HERRY PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 4
37133713 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest 5
37143714 comprising approximately 37,662 acres, identi-6
37153715 fied as ‘‘Cherry Peak’’ on the Map, which shall 7
37163716 be known as the ‘‘Cherry Peak Wilderness’’. 8
37173717 (H) P
37183718 ATRICK’S KNOB/NORTH CUTOFF .— 9
37193719 Certain Federal land within the Lolo National 10
37203720 Forest comprising approximately 16,970 acres, 11
37213721 identified as ‘‘Patrick’s Knob/North Cutoff’’ on 12
37223722 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Pat-13
37233723 rick’s Knob/North Cutoff Wilderness’’. 14
37243724 (I) S
37253725 OUTH SIEGEL/SOUTH CUTOFF WIL -15
37263726 DERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 16
37273727 Lolo National Forest comprising approximately 17
37283728 13,474 acres, identified as ‘‘South Siegel/South 18
37293729 Cutoff’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 19
37303730 the ‘‘South Siegel/South Cutoff Wilderness’’. 20
37313731 (J) N
37323732 ORTH SIEGEL WILDERNESS .—Certain 21
37333733 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest 22
37343734 comprising approximately 9,208 acres, identi-23
37353735 fied as ‘‘North Siegel’’ on the Map, which shall 24
37363736 be known as the ‘‘North Siegel Wilderness’’. 25
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37403740 (K) RESERVATION DIVIDE WILDERNESS .— 1
37413741 Certain Federal land within the Lolo National 2
37423742 Forest comprising approximately 19,908 acres, 3
37433743 identified as ‘‘Reservation Divide’’ on the Map, 4
37443744 which shall be known as the ‘‘Reservation Di-5
37453745 vide Wilderness’’. 6
37463746 (L) B
37473747 URDETTE WILDERNESS .—Certain 7
37483748 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest 8
37493749 comprising approximately 16,018 acres, identi-9
37503750 fied as ‘‘Burdette’’ on the Map, which shall be 10
37513751 known as the ‘‘Burdette Wilderness’’. 11
37523752 (M) P
37533753 ETTY MOUNTAIN/DEEP CREEK WIL -12
37543754 DERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 13
37553755 Lolo National Forest comprising approximately 14
37563756 23,847 acres, identified as ‘‘Petty Mountain/ 15
37573757 Deep Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known 16
37583758 as the ‘‘Petty Mountain/Deep Creek Wilder-17
37593759 ness’’. 18
37603760 (N) F
37613761 LEECER WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-19
37623762 eral land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na-20
37633763 tional Forest comprising approximately 36,118 21
37643764 acres, identified as ‘‘Fleecer’’ on the Map, 22
37653765 which shall be known as the ‘‘Fleecer Wilder-23
37663766 ness’’. 24
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37703770 (O) HIGHLANDS WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
37713771 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 2
37723772 National Forest comprising approximately 3
37733773 21,215 acres, identified as ‘‘Highlands’’ on the 4
37743774 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Highlands 5
37753775 Wilderness’’. 6
37763776 (P) B
37773777 ASIN CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 7
37783778 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 8
37793779 National Forest comprising approximately 9
37803780 9,681 acres, identified as ‘‘Basin Creek’’ on the 10
37813781 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Basin Creek 11
37823782 Wilderness’’. 12
37833783 (Q) G
37843784 RANULATED MOUNTAINS WILDER -13
37853785 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Beaver-14
37863786 head-Deerlodge National Forest comprising ap-15
37873787 proximately 15,180 acres, identified as ‘‘Granu-16
37883788 lated Mountains’’ on the Map, which shall be 17
37893789 known as the ‘‘Granulated Mountains Wilder-18
37903790 ness’’. 19
37913791 (R) B
37923792 LACK SAGE WILDERNESS .—Certain 20
37933793 public land administered by the Butte Field Of-21
37943794 fice of the Bureau of Land Management com-22
37953795 prising approximately 5,917 acres, identified as 23
37963796 ‘‘Black Sage’’ on the Map, which shall be 24
37973797 known as the ‘‘Black Sage Wilderness’’. 25
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38013801 (S) RUBY RANGE WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
38023802 public land administered by the Dillon Field Of-2
38033803 fice of the Bureau of Land Management com-3
38043804 prising approximately 26,254 acres, identified 4
38053805 as ‘‘Ruby Range’’ on the Map, which shall be 5
38063806 known as the ‘‘Ruby Range Wilderness’’. 6
38073807 (T) H
38083808 UMBUG SPIRES WILDERNESS .—Cer-7
38093809 tain public land administered by the Butte 8
38103810 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-9
38113811 ment comprising approximately 11,327 acres, 10
38123812 identified as ‘‘Humbug Spires’’ on the Map, 11
38133813 which shall be known as the ‘‘Humbug Spires 12
38143814 Wilderness’’. 13
38153815 (U) G
38163816 OLD HILL WILDERNESS .—Certain 14
38173817 Federal land within the Kootenai National For-15
38183818 est comprising approximately 6,455 acres, iden-16
38193819 tified as ‘‘Gold Hill’’ on the Map, which shall 17
38203820 be known as the ‘‘Gold Hill Wilderness’’. 18
38213821 (V) G
38223822 OLD HILL WEST WILDERNESS .—Cer-19
38233823 tain Federal land within the Kootenai National 20
38243824 Forest comprising approximately 15,079 acres, 21
38253825 identified as ‘‘Gold Hill West’’ on the Map, 22
38263826 which shall be known as the ‘‘Gold Hill West 23
38273827 Wilderness’’. 24
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38313831 (W) ZULU CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
38323832 Federal land within the Kootenai National For-2
38333833 est comprising approximately 17,540 acres, 3
38343834 identified as ‘‘Zulu Creek’’ on the Map, which 4
38353835 shall be known as the ‘‘Zulu Creek Wilderness’’. 5
38363836 (X) M
38373837 APLE PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 6
38383838 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest, 7
38393839 Idaho Panhandle National Forests, and 8
38403840 Kootenai National Forest comprising approxi-9
38413841 mately 18,724 acres, identified as ‘‘Maple 10
38423842 Peak’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 11
38433843 ‘‘Maple Peak Wilderness’’. 12
38443844 (Y) S
38453845 TORM CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 13
38463846 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle Na-14
38473847 tional Forests and Kootenai National Forest 15
38483848 comprising approximately 8,233 acres, identi-16
38493849 fied as ‘‘Storm Creek’’ on the Map, which shall 17
38503850 be known as the ‘‘Storm Creek Wilderness’’. 18
38513851 (Z) H
38523852 AMMOND CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-19
38533853 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 20
38543854 National Forests comprising approximately 21
38553855 17,414 acres, identified as ‘‘Hammond Creek’’ 22
38563856 on the Map, which shall be known as the 23
38573857 ‘‘Hammond Creek Wilderness’’. 24
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38613861 (AA) NORTH FORK WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
38623862 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle Na-2
38633863 tional Forests comprising approximately 31,375 3
38643864 acres, identified as ‘‘North Fork’’ on the Map, 4
38653865 which shall be known as the ‘‘North Fork Wil-5
38663866 derness’’. 6
38673867 (BB) B
38683868 IG CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 7
38693869 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle Na-8
38703870 tional Forests comprising approximately 76,556 9
38713871 acres, identified as ‘‘Big Creek’’ on the Map, 10
38723872 which shall be known as the ‘‘Big Creek Wilder-11
38733873 ness’’. 12
38743874 (CC) L
38753875 OST CREEK WILDERNESS .—Certain 13
38763876 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle Na-14
38773877 tional Forests comprising approximately 11,613 15
38783878 acres, identified as ‘‘Lost Creek’’ on the Map, 16
38793879 which shall be known as the ‘‘Lost Creek Wil-17
38803880 derness’’. 18
38813881 (DD) E
38823882 AST CATHEDRAL PEAK WILDER -19
38833883 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Idaho 20
38843884 Panhandle National Forests comprising ap-21
38853885 proximately 34,361 acres, identified as ‘‘East 22
38863886 Cathedral Peak’’ on the Map, which shall be 23
38873887 known as the ‘‘East Cathedral Peak Wilder-24
38883888 ness’’. 25
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38913891 •S 1198 IS
38923892 (EE) SPION KOP WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
38933893 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle Na-2
38943894 tional Forests comprising approximately 22,407 3
38953895 acres, identified as ‘‘Spion Kop’’ on the Map, 4
38963896 which shall be known as the ‘‘Spion Kop Wil-5
38973897 derness’’. 6
38983898 (FF) R
38993899 OLAND POINT WILDERNESS .—Cer-7
39003900 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 8
39013901 National Forests comprising approximately 9
39023902 6,584 acres, identified as ‘‘Roland Point’’ on 10
39033903 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Roland 11
39043904 Point Wilderness’’. 12
39053905 (GG) T
39063906 ROUT CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-13
39073907 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 14
39083908 National Forests and Kootenai National Forest 15
39093909 comprising approximately 38,871 acres, identi-16
39103910 fied as ‘‘Trout Creek’’ on the Map, which shall 17
39113911 be known as the ‘‘Trout Creek Wilderness’’. 18
39123912 (HH) W
39133913 ONDERFUL PEAK WILDERNESS .— 19
39143914 Certain Federal land within the Idaho Pan-20
39153915 handle National Forests and Lolo National 21
39163916 Forest comprising approximately 11,214 acres, 22
39173917 identified as ‘‘Wonderful Peak’’ on the Map, 23
39183918 which shall be known as the ‘‘Wonderful Peak 24
39193919 Wilderness’’. 25
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39223922 •S 1198 IS
39233923 (II) EVANS GULCH WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
39243924 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest 2
39253925 comprising approximately 8,059 acres, identi-3
39263926 fied as ‘‘Evans Gulch’’ on the Map, which shall 4
39273927 be known as the ‘‘Evans Gulch Wilderness’’. 5
39283928 (JJ) G
39293929 ILT EDGE-SILVER CREEK WILDER -6
39303930 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Lolo 7
39313931 National Forest comprising approximately 8
39323932 10,252 acres, identified as ‘‘Gilt Edge-Silver 9
39333933 Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 10
39343934 the ‘‘Gilt Edge-Silver Creek Wilderness’’. 11
39353935 (KK) W
39363936 ARD EAGLE WILDERNESS .—Cer-12
39373937 tain Federal land within the Lolo National For-13
39383938 est comprising approximately 8,556 acres, iden-14
39393939 tified as ‘‘Ward Eagle’’ on the Map, which shall 15
39403940 be known as the ‘‘Ward Eagle Wilderness’’. 16
39413941 (LL) B
39423942 ROWN GULCH WILDERNESS .—Cer-17
39433943 tain Federal land within the Lolo National For-18
39443944 est comprising approximately 12,581 acres, 19
39453945 identified as ‘‘Brown Gulch’’ on the Map, which 20
39463946 shall be known as the ‘‘Brown Gulch Wilder-21
39473947 ness’’. 22
39483948 (MM) W
39493949 EST PIONEERS WILDERNESS .— 23
39503950 Certain Federal land within the Beaverhead- 24
39513951 Deerlodge National Forest comprising approxi-25
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39553955 mately 249,906 acres, identified as ‘‘West Pio-1
39563956 neers’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 2
39573957 ‘‘West Pioneers Wilderness’’. 3
39583958 (NN) C
39593959 ATTLE GULCH RIDGE WILDER -4
39603960 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Beaver-5
39613961 head-Deerlodge National Forest comprising ap-6
39623962 proximately 19,742 acres, identified as ‘‘Cattle 7
39633963 Gulch Ridge’’ on the Map, which shall be 8
39643964 known as the ‘‘Cattle Gulch Ridge Wilderness’’. 9
39653965 (OO) E
39663966 AST PIONEERS.—Certain Federal 10
39673967 land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 11
39683968 Forests and certain public land administered by 12
39693969 the Dillon Field Office of the Bureau of Land 13
39703970 Management comprising approximately 161,727 14
39713971 acres, identified as ‘‘East Pioneers’’ on the 15
39723972 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘East Pio-16
39733973 neers Wilderness’’. 17
39743974 (PP) T
39753975 OLAN CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-18
39763976 tain Federal land within the Bitterroot National 19
39773977 Forest comprising approximately 7,2215 acres, 20
39783978 identified as ‘‘Tolan Creek’’ on the Map, which 21
39793979 shall be known as the ‘‘Tolan Creek Wilder-22
39803980 ness’’. 23
39813981 (QQ) A
39823982 LLAN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 24
39833983 Certain Federal land within the Bitterroot and 25
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39873987 Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising ap-1
39883988 proximately 150,641 acres, identified as ‘‘Allan 2
39893989 Mountain’’ on the Map, which shall be known 3
39903990 as the ‘‘Allan Mountain Wilderness’’. 4
39913991 (RR) A
39923992 NDERSON MOUNTAIN WILDER -5
39933993 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Beaver-6
39943994 head-Deerlodge and Salmon-Challis National 7
39953995 Forest comprising approximately 50,009 acres, 8
39963996 identified as ‘‘Anderson Mountain’’ on the Map, 9
39973997 which shall be known as the ‘‘Anderson Moun-10
39983998 tain Wilderness’’. 11
39993999 (SS) W
40004000 EST BIG HOLE WILDERNESS .—Cer-12
40014001 tain Federal land within the Beaverhead- 13
40024002 Deerlodge and Salmon-Challis National Forest 14
40034003 comprising approximately 220,756 acres, identi-15
40044004 fied as ‘‘West Big Hole’’ on the Map, which 16
40054005 shall be known as the ‘‘West Big Hole Wilder-17
40064006 ness’’. 18
40074007 (TT) G
40084008 OAT MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 19
40094009 Certain Federal land within the Beaverhead- 20
40104010 Deerlodge and Salmon-Challis National Forest 21
40114011 comprising approximately 45,187 acres, identi-22
40124012 fied as ‘‘Goat Mountain’’ on the Map, which 23
40134013 shall be known as the ‘‘Goat Mountain Wilder-24
40144014 ness’’. 25
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40184018 (UU) ITALIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS .—Cer-1
40194019 tain Federal land within the Beaverhead- 2
40204020 Deerlodge, Salmon-Challis, and Caribou- 3
40214021 Targhee National Forests and certain public 4
40224022 land administered by the Salmon Field Office of 5
40234023 the Bureau of Land Management comprising 6
40244024 approximately 307,198 acres, identified as 7
40254025 ‘‘Italian Peaks’’ on the Map, which shall be 8
40264026 known as the ‘‘Italian Peaks Wilderness’’. 9
40274027 (VV) G
40284028 ARFIELD MOUNTAIN WILDER -10
40294029 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Beaver-11
40304030 head-Deerlodge and Caribou-Targhee National 12
40314031 Forests comprising approximately 90,623 acres, 13
40324032 identified as ‘‘Garfield Mountain’’ on the Map, 14
40334033 which shall be known as the ‘‘Garfield Moun-15
40344034 tain Wilderness’’. 16
40354035 (WW) F
40364036 OUR EYES CANYON WILDER -17
40374037 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Beaver-18
40384038 head-Deerlodge National Forest comprising ap-19
40394039 proximately 5,650 acres, identified as ‘‘Four 20
40404040 Eyes Canyon’’ on the Map, which shall be 21
40414041 known as the ‘‘Four Eyes Canyon Wilderness’’. 22
40424042 (XX) T
40434043 ENDOY MOUNTAINS WILDER -23
40444044 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Beaver-24
40454045 head-Deerlodge National Forest and certain 25
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40494049 public land administered by the Dillon Field Of-1
40504050 fice of the Bureau of Land Management com-2
40514051 prising approximately 85,114 acres, identified 3
40524052 as ‘‘Tendoy Mountains’’ on the Map, which 4
40534053 shall be known as the ‘‘Tendoy Mountains Wil-5
40544054 derness’’. 6
40554055 (YY) H
40564056 ENNEBERRY RIDGE WILDER -7
40574057 NESS.—Certain public land administered by the 8
40584058 Dillon Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-9
40594059 agement comprising approximately 9,614 acres, 10
40604060 identified as ‘‘Henneberry Ridge’’ on the Map, 11
40614061 which shall be known as the ‘‘Henneberry Ridge 12
40624062 Wilderness’’. 13
40634063 (ZZ) B
40644064 LACKTAIL MOUNTAINS WILDER -14
40654065 NESS.—Certain public land administered by the 15
40664066 Dillon Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-16
40674067 agement comprising approximately 17,562 17
40684068 acres, identified as ‘‘Blacktail Mountains’’ on 18
40694069 the Map, which shall be known as the 19
40704070 ‘‘Blacktail Mountains Wilderness’’. 20
40714071 (AAA) S
40724072 AGINAW CREEK WILDERNESS .— 21
40734073 Certain Federal land within the Beaverhead- 22
40744074 Deerlodge National Forest comprising approxi-23
40754075 mately 8,824 acres, identified as ‘‘Saginaw 24
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40794079 Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 1
40804080 the ‘‘Saginaw Creek Wilderness’’. 2
40814081 (BBB) T
40824082 ASH PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 3
40834083 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 4
40844084 National Forest comprising approximately 5
40854085 64,867 acres, identified as ‘‘Tash Peak’’ on the 6
40864086 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Tash Peak 7
40874087 Wilderness’’. 8
40884088 (CCC) B
40894089 EAVER LAKE WILDERNESS .—Cer-9
40904090 tain Federal land within the Beaverhead- 10
40914091 Deerlodge National Forest comprising approxi-11
40924092 mately 7,378 acres, identified as ‘‘Beaver 12
40934093 Lake’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 13
40944094 ‘‘Beaver Lake Wilderness’’. 14
40954095 (DDD) A
40964096 GENCY CREEK WILDERNESS .— 15
40974097 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 16
40984098 National Forest comprising approximately 17
40994099 6,382 acres, identified as ‘‘Agency Creek’’ on 18
41004100 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Agency 19
41014101 Creek Wilderness’’. 20
41024102 (EEE) T
41034103 WO TOP WILDERNESS .—Certain 21
41044104 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na-22
41054105 tional Forest and the Custer-Gallatin National 23
41064106 Forest comprising approximately 14,420 acres, 24
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41104110 identified as ‘‘Two Top’’ on the Map, which 1
41114111 shall be known as the ‘‘Two Top Wilderness’’. 2
41124112 (FFF) C
41134113 ENTENNIALS MOUNTAINS WIL -3
41144114 DERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 4
41154115 Caribou-Targhee and Beaverhead-Deerlodge 5
41164116 National Forests and certain public land ad-6
41174117 ministered by the Dillon Field Office of the Bu-7
41184118 reau of Land Management comprising approxi-8
41194119 mately 109,459 acres, identified as 9
41204120 ‘‘Centennials Mountains’’ on the Map, which 10
41214121 shall be known as the ‘‘Centennials Mountains 11
41224122 Wilderness’’. 12
41234123 (GGG) B
41244124 EAR CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-13
41254125 tain Federal land within the Beaverhead- 14
41264126 Deerlodge National Forest comprising approxi-15
41274127 mately 8,170 acres, identified as ‘‘Bear Creek’’ 16
41284128 on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Bear 17
41294129 Creek Wilderness’’. 18
41304130 (HHH) N
41314131 ORTH LEMHI MOUNTAINS WIL -19
41324132 DERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 20
41334133 Salmon-Challis National Forest and certain 21
41344134 public land administered by the Challis Field 22
41354135 Office of the Bureau of Land Management 23
41364136 comprising approximately 312,292 acres, identi-24
41374137 fied as ‘‘North Lemhi Mountains’’ on the Map, 25
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41414141 which shall be known as the ‘‘North Lemhi 1
41424142 Mountains Wilderness’’. 2
41434143 (III) D
41444144 IAMOND PEAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-3
41454145 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 4
41464146 and Caribou-Targhee National Forests and cer-5
41474147 tain public land administered by the Upper 6
41484148 Snake Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-7
41494149 agement comprising approximately 173,000 8
41504150 acres, identified as ‘‘Diamond Peak’’ on the 9
41514151 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Diamond 10
41524152 Peak Wilderness’’. 11
41534153 (JJJ) W
41544154 ARM CANYON WILDERNESS .—Cer-12
41554155 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 13
41564156 National Forest comprising approximately 14
41574157 6,627 acres, identified as ‘‘Warm Canyon’’ on 15
41584158 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Warm 16
41594159 Canyon Wilderness’’. 17
41604160 (KKK) G
41614161 OLDBUG RIDGE WILDERNESS .— 18
41624162 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 19
41634163 National Forest comprising approximately 20
41644164 12,742 acres, identified as ‘‘Goldbug Ridge’’ on 21
41654165 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Goldbug 22
41664166 Ridge Wilderness’’. 23
41674167 (LLL) S
41684168 AL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 24
41694169 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 25
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41734173 National Forest comprising approximately 1
41744174 13,963 acres, identified as ‘‘Sal Mountain’’ on 2
41754175 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Sal 3
41764176 Mountain Wilderness’’. 4
41774177 (MMM) B
41784178 ORAH PEAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-5
41794179 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 6
41804180 National Forest and certain public land admin-7
41814181 istered by the Challis Field and Upper Snake 8
41824182 and Field Offices of the Bureau of Land Man-9
41834183 agement comprising approximately 158,152 10
41844184 acres, identified as ‘‘Borah Peak’’ on the Map, 11
41854185 which shall be known as the ‘‘Borah Peak Wil-12
41864186 derness’’. 13
41874187 (NNN) K
41884188 ING MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 14
41894189 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 15
41904190 National Forest comprising approximately 16
41914191 87,119 acres, identified as ‘‘King Mountain’’ on 17
41924192 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘King 18
41934193 Mountain Wilderness’’. 19
41944194 (OOO) G
41954195 ROUSE PEAK WILDERNESS .—Cer-20
41964196 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 21
41974197 National Forest comprising approximately 22
41984198 8,948 acres, identified as ‘‘Grouse Peak’’ on the 23
41994199 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Grouse 24
42004200 Peak Wilderness’’. 25
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42044204 (PPP) RED HILL WILDERNESS .—Certain 1
42054205 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis Na-2
42064206 tional Forest comprising approximately 14,995 3
42074207 acres, identified as ‘‘Red Hill’’ on the Map, 4
42084208 which shall be known as the ‘‘Red Hill Wilder-5
42094209 ness’’. 6
42104210 (QQQ) J
42114211 UMPOFF MOUNTAIN WILDER -7
42124212 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Salm-8
42134213 on-Challis National Forest comprising approxi-9
42144214 mately 14,426 acres, identified as ‘‘Jumpoff 10
42154215 Mountain’’ on the Map, which shall be known 11
42164216 as the ‘‘Jumpoff Mountain Wilderness’’. 12
42174217 (RRR) W
42184218 OOD CANYON WILDERNESS .— 13
42194219 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 14
42204220 National Forest comprising approximately 15
42214221 7,741 acres, identified as ‘‘Wood Canyon’’ on 16
42224222 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Wood 17
42234223 Canyon Wilderness’’. 18
42244224 (SSS) P
42254225 AHSIMEROI MOUNTAINS WILDER -19
42264226 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Salm-20
42274227 on-Challis National Forest comprising approxi-21
42284228 mately 73,378 acres, identified as ‘‘Pahsimeroi 22
42294229 Mountains’’ on the Map, which shall be known 23
42304230 as the ‘‘Pahsimeroi Mountains Wilderness’’. 24
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42344234 (TTT) HAWLEY MOUNTAINS WILDER -1
42354235 NESS.—Certain public land administered by the 2
42364236 Upper Snake Field Office of the Bureau of 3
42374237 Land Management comprising approximately 4
42384238 16,817 acres, identified as ‘‘Hawley Mountains’’ 5
42394239 on the Map, which shall be known as the 6
42404240 ‘‘Hawley Mountains Wilderness’’. 7
42414241 (UUU) A
42424242 PPENDICITIS HILL WILDER -8
42434243 NESS.—Certain public land administered by the 9
42444244 Upper Snake Field Office of the Bureau of 10
42454245 Land Management comprising approximately 11
42464246 25,457 acres, identified as ‘‘Appendicitis Hill’’ 12
42474247 on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Ap-13
42484248 pendicitis Hill Wilderness’’. 14
42494249 (VVV) T
42504250 ENDERFOOT/DEEP CREEK WIL -15
42514251 DERNESS.—Certain Federal land within the 16
42524252 Lewis and Clark National Forest comprising 17
42534253 approximately 106,845 acres, identified as 18
42544254 ‘‘Tenderfoot/Deep Creek’’ on the Map, which 19
42554255 shall be known as the ‘‘Tenderfoot/Deep Creek 20
42564256 Wilderness’’. 21
42574257 (WWW) M
42584258 IDDLE FORK JUDITH WILDER -22
42594259 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Lewis 23
42604260 and Clark National Forest comprising approxi-24
42614261 mately 90,845 acres, identified as ‘‘Middle Fork 25
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42654265 Judith’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 1
42664266 the ‘‘Middle Fork Judith Wilderness’’. 2
42674267 (XXX) P
42684268 ILGRIM CREEK WILDERNESS .— 3
42694269 Certain Federal land within the Lewis and 4
42704270 Clark National Forest comprising approxi-5
42714271 mately 44,608 acres, identified as ‘‘Pilgrim 6
42724272 Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 7
42734273 the ‘‘Pilgrim Creek Wilderness’’. 8
42744274 (YYY) P
42754275 AINE GULCH WILDERNESS .—Cer-9
42764276 tain Federal land within the Lewis and Clark 10
42774277 National Forest comprising approximately 11
42784278 7,875 acres, identified as ‘‘Paine Gulch’’ on the 12
42794279 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Paine Gulch 13
42804280 Wilderness’’. 14
42814281 (ZZZ) S
42824282 AWMILL GULCH WILDERNESS .— 15
42834283 Certain Federal land within the Lewis and 16
42844284 Clark National Forest comprising approxi-17
42854285 mately 11,588 acres, identified as ‘‘Sawmill 18
42864286 Gulch’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 19
42874287 the ‘‘Sawmill Gulch Wilderness’’. 20
42884288 (AAAA) S
42894289 PRING CREEK WILDERNESS .— 21
42904290 Certain Federal land within the Lewis and 22
42914291 Clark National Forest comprising approxi-23
42924292 mately 17,840 acres, identified as ‘‘Spring 24
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42964296 Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 1
42974297 the ‘‘Spring Creek Wilderness’’. 2
42984298 (BBBB) TW
42994299 MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 3
43004300 Certain Federal land within the Lewis and 4
43014301 Clark National Forest comprising approxi-5
43024302 mately 8,388 acres, identified as ‘‘TW Moun-6
43034303 tain’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 7
43044304 ‘‘TW Mountain Wilderness’’. 8
43054305 (CCCC) B
43064306 IG BALDY WILDERNESS .—Cer-9
43074307 tain Federal land within the Lewis and Clark 10
43084308 National Forest comprising approximately 11
43094309 43,135 acres, identified as ‘‘Big Baldy’’ on the 12
43104310 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Big Baldy 13
43114311 Wilderness’’. 14
43124312 (DDDD) G
43134313 RANITE MOUNTAIN WILDER -15
43144314 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Lewis 16
43154315 and Clark National Forest comprising approxi-17
43164316 mately 10,338 acres, identified as ‘‘Granite 18
43174317 Mountain’’ on the Map, which shall be known 19
43184318 as the ‘‘Granite Mountain Wilderness’’. 20
43194319 (EEEE) T
43204320 OLLGATE-SHEEP WILDER -21
43214321 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Lewis 22
43224322 and Clark National Forest comprising approxi-23
43234323 mately 24,044 acres, identified as ‘‘Tollgate- 24
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43274327 Sheep’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 1
43284328 the ‘‘Tollgate-Sheep Wilderness’’. 2
43294329 (FFFF) M
43304330 OUNT HIGH WILDERNESS .— 3
43314331 Certain Federal land within the Lewis and 4
43324332 Clark National Forest comprising approxi-5
43334333 mately 71,544 acres, identified as ‘‘Mount 6
43344334 High’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 7
43354335 ‘‘Mount High Wilderness’’. 8
43364336 (GGGG) N
43374337 ORTH FORK SMITH WILDER -9
43384338 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Lewis 10
43394339 and Clark National Forest comprising approxi-11
43404340 mately 8,444 acres, identified as ‘‘North Fork 12
43414341 Smith’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 13
43424342 the ‘‘North Fork Smith Wilderness’’. 14
43434343 (HHHH) B
43444344 IG SNOWIES WILDERNESS .— 15
43454345 Certain Federal land within the Lewis and 16
43464346 Clark National Forest and certain public land 17
43474347 administered by the Lewistown Field Office of 18
43484348 the Bureau of Land Management comprising 19
43494349 approximately 104,133 acres, identified as ‘‘Big 20
43504350 Snowies’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 21
43514351 the ‘‘Big Snowies Wilderness’’. 22
43524352 (IIII) H
43534353 IGHWOODS WILDERNESS .—Certain 23
43544354 Federal land within the Lewis and Clark Na-24
43554355 tional Forest comprising approximately 24,378 25
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43594359 acres, identified as ‘‘Highwoods’’ on the Map, 1
43604360 which shall be known as the ‘‘Highwoods Wil-2
43614361 derness’’. 3
43624362 (JJJJ) H
43634363 IGHWOOD BALDY WILDERNESS .— 4
43644364 Certain Federal land within the Lewis and 5
43654365 Clark National Forest comprising approxi-6
43664366 mately 15,305 acres, identified as ‘‘Highwood 7
43674367 Baldy’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 8
43684368 the ‘‘Highwood Baldy Wilderness’’. 9
43694369 (KKKK) C
43704370 ALF CREEK WILDERNESS .—Cer-10
43714371 tain Federal land within the Lewis and Clark 11
43724372 National Forest comprising approximately 12
43734373 10,108 acres, identified as ‘‘Calf Creek’’ on the 13
43744374 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Calf Creek 14
43754375 Wilderness’’. 15
43764376 (LLLL) E
43774377 AGLE PARK WILDERNESS .—Cer-16
43784378 tain Federal land within the Lewis and Clark 17
43794379 National Forest comprising approximately 18
43804380 5,912 acres, identified as ‘‘Eagle Park’’ on the 19
43814381 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Eagle Park 20
43824382 Wilderness’’. 21
43834383 (MMMM) C
43844384 ASTLE MOUNTAINS WILDER -22
43854385 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Lewis 23
43864386 and Clark National Forest comprising approxi-24
43874387 mately 29,409 acres, identified as ‘‘Castle 25
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43914391 Mountains’’ on the Map, which shall be known 1
43924392 as the ‘‘Castle Mountains Wilderness’’. 2
43934393 (NNNN) B
43944394 OX CANYON WILDERNESS .— 3
43954395 Certain Federal land within the Lewis and 4
43964396 Clark National Forest comprising approxi-5
43974397 mately 19,470 acres, identified as ‘‘Box Can-6
43984398 yon’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 7
43994399 ‘‘Box Canyon Wilderness’’. 8
44004400 (OOOO) C
44014401 RAZY MOUNTAINS WILDER -9
44024402 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Lewis 10
44034403 and Clark National Forest and the Custer-Gal-11
44044404 latin National Forest comprising approximately 12
44054405 102,447 acres, identified as ‘‘Crazy Mountains’’ 13
44064406 on the Map, which shall be known as ‘‘Crazy 14
44074407 Mountains Wilderness’’. 15
44084408 (PPPP) L
44094409 AZYMAN GULCH WILDERNESS .— 16
44104410 Certain Federal land within the Helena Na-17
44114411 tional Forest comprising approximately 11,614 18
44124412 acres, identified as ‘‘Lazyman Gulch’’ on the 19
44134413 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Lazyman 20
44144414 Gulch Wilderness’’. 21
44154415 (QQQQ) B
44164416 IG BIRCH POND WILDERNESS .— 22
44174417 Certain Federal land within the Helena Na-23
44184418 tional Forest comprising approximately 16,287 24
44194419 acres, identified as ‘‘Big Birch Pond’’ on the 25
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44234423 Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Big Birch 1
44244424 Pond Wilderness’’. 2
44254425 (RRRR) C
44264426 AMAS CREEK WILDERNESS .— 3
44274427 Certain Federal land within the Helena Na-4
44284428 tional Forest comprising approximately 29,157 5
44294429 acres, identified as ‘‘Camas Creek’’ on the Map, 6
44304430 which shall be known as the ‘‘Camas Creek Wil-7
44314431 derness’’. 8
44324432 (SSSS) J
44334433 ERICHO MOUNTAIN WILDER -9
44344434 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Helena 10
44354435 National Forest comprising approximately 11
44364436 8,445 acres, identified as ‘‘Jericho Mountain’’ 12
44374437 on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Jeri-13
44384438 cho Mountain Wilderness’’. 14
44394439 (TTTT) I
44404440 RISH GULCH WILDERNESS .—Cer-15
44414441 tain Federal land within the Helena National 16
44424442 Forest comprising approximately 7,321 acres, 17
44434443 identified as ‘‘Irish Gulch’’ on the Map, which 18
44444444 shall be known as the ‘‘Irish Gulch Wilder-19
44454445 ness’’. 20
44464446 (UUUU) G
44474447 RASSY MOUNTAIN WILDER -21
44484448 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Helena 22
44494449 National Forest comprising approximately 23
44504450 6,740 acres, identified as ‘‘Grassy Mountain’’ 24
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44544454 on the Map, which shall be known as the 1
44554455 ‘‘Grassy Mountain Wilderness’’. 2
44564456 (VVVV) M
44574457 IDDLEMAN/HEDGES WILDER -3
44584458 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Helena 4
44594459 National Forest comprising approximately 5
44604460 32,233 acres, identified as ‘‘Middleman/ 6
44614461 Hedges’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 7
44624462 the ‘‘Middleman/Hedges Wilderness’’. 8
44634463 (WWWW) H
44644464 ELLGATE GULCH WILDER -9
44654465 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Helena 10
44664466 National Forest comprising approximately 11
44674467 16,821 acres, identified as ‘‘Hellgate Gulch’’ on 12
44684468 the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Hellgate 13
44694469 Gulch Wilderness’’. 14
44704470 (ZZZZ) C
44714471 AYUSE MOUNTAIN WILDER -15
44724472 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Helena 16
44734473 National Forest comprising approximately 17
44744474 19,044 acres, identified as ‘‘Cayuse Mountain’’ 18
44754475 on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Cay-19
44764476 use Mountain Wilderness’’. 20
44774477 (YYYY) E
44784478 LECTRIC PEAK/LITTLE BLACK-21
44794479 FOOT MEADOWS WILDERNESS , BEAVERHEAD- 22
44804480 DEERLODGE AND HELENA NATIONAL FOR -23
44814481 ESTS.—Certain Federal land within the Helena 24
44824482 and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests 25
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44864486 comprising approximately 49,560 acres, identi-1
44874487 fied as ‘‘Electric Peak/ Little Blackfoot Mead-2
44884488 ows’’ on the Map, which shall be known as the 3
44894489 ‘‘Electric Peak/Little Blackfoot Meadows Wil-4
44904490 derness’’. 5
44914491 (ZZZZ) W
44924492 HITETAIL-HAYSTACK WILDER -6
44934493 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Beaver-7
44944494 head-Deerlodge National Forest comprising ap-8
44954495 proximately 80,152 acres, identified as 9
44964496 ‘‘Whitetail-Haystack’’ on the Map, which shall 10
44974497 be known as the ‘‘Whitetail-Haystack Wilder-11
44984498 ness’’. 12
44994499 (AAAAA) O’
45004500 NEIL CREEK WILDERNESS .— 13
45014501 Certain Federal land within the Beaverhead- 14
45024502 Deerlodge National Forest comprising approxi-15
45034503 mately 7,591 acres, identified as ‘‘O’Neil 16
45044504 Creek’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 17
45054505 the ‘‘O’Neil Creek Wilderness’’. 18
45064506 (BBBBB) B
45074507 RIDGER RANGE WILDER -19
45084508 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Custer- 20
45094509 Gallatin National Forest comprising approxi-21
45104510 mately 54,046 acres, identified as ‘‘Bridger 22
45114511 Range’’ on the Map, which shall be known as 23
45124512 the ‘‘Bridger Range Wilderness’’. 24
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45164516 (CCCCC) BEARTOOTH MOUNTAIN WILDER -1
45174517 NESS.—Certain public land administered by the 2
45184518 Lewistown Field Office of the Bureau of Land 3
45194519 Management comprising approximately 6,517 4
45204520 acres, identified as ‘‘Beartooth Mountain’’ on 5
45214521 the Map, which shall be known as the 6
45224522 ‘‘Beartooth Mountain Wilderness’’. 7
45234523 SEC. 109. ADMINISTRATION. 8
45244524 (a) I
45254525 NGENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 9
45264526 land designated as wilderness by this title shall be admin-10
45274527 istered by the Secretary concerned in accordance with the 11
45284528 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 12
45294529 (1) any reference in that Act to the effective 13
45304530 date shall be deemed to be a reference to the date 14
45314531 of the enactment of this Act; 15
45324532 (2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 16
45334533 of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 17
45344534 to the Secretary concerned; and 18
45354535 (3) the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-19
45364536 retary of Agriculture shall, to the maximum extent 20
45374537 practicable, coordinate the management of an area 21
45384538 of land designated as wilderness by this title that 22
45394539 contains— 23
45404540 (A) land administered by the Secretary of 24
45414541 the Interior; and 25
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45454545 (B) land administered by the Secretary of 1
45464546 Agriculture. 2
45474547 (b) M
45484548 APS ANDLEGALDESCRIPTION.— 3
45494549 (1) I
45504550 N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 4
45514551 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 5
45524552 concerned shall submit a map and legal description 6
45534553 of each area of land designated as wilderness by this 7
45544554 title to— 8
45554555 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 9
45564556 Resources of the Senate; and 10
45574557 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 11
45584558 of the House of Representatives. 12
45594559 (2) F
45604560 ORCE AND EFFECT.—Each map and legal 13
45614561 description prepared under paragraph (1) shall have 14
45624562 the same force and effect as if included in this Act, 15
45634563 except that the Secretary concerned may correct 16
45644564 clerical and typographical errors in the map or legal 17
45654565 description. 18
45664566 (3) P
45674567 UBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 19
45684568 legal description prepared under paragraph (1) shall 20
45694569 be on file and available for public inspection in the 21
45704570 Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, the Office 22
45714571 of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, 23
45724572 or the Office of the Director of the National Park 24
45734573 Service, as appropriate. 25
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45774577 SEC. 110. WATER. 1
45784578 (a) R
45794579 ESERVATION.— 2
45804580 (1) I
45814581 N GENERAL.—With respect to the land 3
45824582 designated as wilderness by this title, rights to a 4
45834583 quantity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes for 5
45844584 which the land is designated as wilderness are re-6
45854585 served. 7
45864586 (2) P
45874587 RIORITY DATE.—The priority date of the 8
45884588 rights reserved by paragraph (1) is the date of en-9
45894589 actment of this Act. 10
45904590 (b) I
45914591 MPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Agri-11
45924592 culture, the Secretary of the Interior, and any other rel-12
45934593 evant officer of the United States shall, to the maximum 13
45944594 extent practicable, ensure that the rights reserved by sub-14
45954595 section (a) are protected, including by filing in a court 15
45964596 of the State of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, or 16
45974597 Washington claims for quantification of those rights in 17
45984598 any appropriate stream adjudication— 18
45994599 (1) occurring on or after the date of enactment 19
46004600 of this Act; and 20
46014601 (2) in which the United States is properly 21
46024602 joined in accordance with section 208 of the Act of 22
46034603 July 10, 1952 (43 U.S.C. 666) (commonly referred 23
46044604 to as the ‘‘McCarran Amendment’’). 24
46054605 SEC. 111. DONATION OF GRAZING PERMITS AND LEASES. 25
46064606 (a) A
46074607 CCEPTANCE BYSECRETARYCONCERNED.— 26
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46114611 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 1
46124612 shall accept the donation of any valid existing permit 2
46134613 or lease authorizing grazing on public land or Na-3
46144614 tional Forest System land, all or a portion of which 4
46154615 is within— 5
46164616 (A) a wilderness area designated under 6
46174617 this title; 7
46184618 (B) a biological connecting corridor des-8
46194619 ignated under title II; or 9
46204620 (C) a recovery area designated under title 10
46214621 IV. 11
46224622 (2) P
46234623 ARTIAL DONATION.—A person holding a 12
46244624 valid permit or lease for a grazing allotment par-13
46254625 tially located in an area described in paragraph (1) 14
46264626 may elect to donate only the portion of the permit 15
46274627 or lease that is within the applicable area. 16
46284628 (b) T
46294629 ERMINATION.—With respect to each permit or 17
46304630 lease donated under subsection (a), the Secretary con-18
46314631 cerned shall— 19
46324632 (1) terminate the permit or lease or portion of 20
46334633 the permit or lease, as applicable; and 21
46344634 (2) except as provided in subsection (c), ensure 22
46354635 a permanent end to grazing on the land covered by 23
46364636 the permit or lease or portion of the permit or lease. 24
46374637 (c) C
46384638 OMMONALLOTMENTS.— 25
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46424642 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the land covered by a per-1
46434643 mit or lease donated under subsection (a) is covered 2
46444644 by an additional valid permit or lease that is not do-3
46454645 nated under that subsection, the Secretary con-4
46464646 cerned shall reduce the authorized level on the land 5
46474647 covered by the permit or lease to reflect the donation 6
46484648 of the permit or lease under that subsection. 7
46494649 (2) A
46504650 UTHORIZED LEVEL.—To ensure that there 8
46514651 is a permanent reduction in the level of grazing on 9
46524652 the land covered by the permit or lease donated 10
46534653 under subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall 11
46544654 not allow grazing use on the covered land to exceed 12
46554655 the authorized level established under paragraph (1). 13
46564656 (d) P
46574657 ARTIALDONATION.—If a person holding a valid 14
46584658 permit or lease donates less than the full level of grazing 15
46594659 use authorized under the grazing permit or lease under 16
46604660 subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall— 17
46614661 (1) reduce the authorized grazing level to re-18
46624662 flect the donation; and 19
46634663 (2) modify the permit or lease to reflect the re-20
46644664 vised level. 21
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46684668 TITLE II—BIOLOGICAL 1
46694669 CONNECTING CORRIDORS 2
46704670 SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 3
46714671 Congress finds that, as of the date of enactment of 4
46724672 this Act— 5
46734673 (1) the most recent scientific information on ec-6
46744674 ological reserve design and function, including recent 7
46754675 scientific information on species dispersal in re-8
46764676 sponse to a changing climate, points out the critical 9
46774677 need for biological connecting corridors between the 10
46784678 larger core ecosystem areas; 11
46794679 (2) while none of the remaining major wildland 12
46804680 ecosystems of the Northern Rockies Bioregion ap-13
46814681 pears to be of sufficient size to perpetuate the full 14
46824682 complement of self-sustaining viable populations of 15
46834683 native wildlife, biological diversity, and full range of 16
46844684 ecological processes on its own, it appears that an 17
46854685 effective reserve system can be achieved if biological 18
46864686 connecting corridors between the ecosystems are 19
46874687 identified and protected; 20
46884688 (3) the wildland areas addressed by this title 21
46894689 are located between the major core ecosystems of the 22
46904690 region and are essential for wildlife and plant migra-23
46914691 tion and genetic interchange; and 24
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46954695 (4) those areas are some of the most beautiful 1
46964696 and wild mountain ranges in the United States, in-2
46974697 cluding the Bitterroot, Sapphire, Lost River, Lemhi, 3
46984698 and Bridger mountain ranges. 4
46994699 SEC. 202. DESIGNATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING COR-5
47004700 RIDORS. 6
47014701 (a) D
47024702 ESIGNATION.—To protect the life flow of the 7
47034703 Northern Rockies Bioregion, the Federal land described 8
47044704 in subsection (b)— 9
47054705 (1) is designated as biological connecting cor-10
47064706 ridors that connect the Greater Yellowstone, Greater 11
47074707 Glacier/Northern Continental Divide, Greater Hells 12
47084708 Canyon, Greater Salmon/Selway, and Greater Cabi-13
47094709 net-Yaak-Selkirk ecosystems; and 14
47104710 (2) shall be subject to the special corridor man-15
47114711 agement requirements under section 203. 16
47124712 (b) D
47134713 ESCRIPTION OFFEDERALLAND.—The Federal 17
47144714 land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 18
47154715 2,900,000 acres of Federal land, as generally depicted on 19
47164716 the map entitled ‘‘Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection 20
47174717 Act (2023)’’ and dated April 10, 2023, and administered 21
47184718 by the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management. 22
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47224722 SEC. 203. TREATMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING COR-1
47234723 RIDORS. 2
47244724 (a) I
47254725 NGENERAL.—Those portions of the biological 3
47264726 connecting corridors designated by section 202 are des-4
47274727 ignated as special corridor management areas and shall 5
47284728 be managed according to the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield 6
47294729 Act of 1960 (16 U.S.C. 528 et seq.) and other applicable 7
47304730 laws and in accordance with subsection (b). 8
47314731 (b) R
47324732 EQUIREMENTS.— 9
47334733 (1) S
47344734 ILVICULTURAL MANAGEMENT AND TIMBER 10
47354735 HARVESTING.—The practice of even-aged silvicul-11
47364736 tural management and timber harvesting is prohib-12
47374737 ited within the special corridor management areas. 13
47384738 (2) M
47394739 INING, OIL, GAS, AND ROADS.—Subject to 14
47404740 valid existing rights, mining, oil, and gas exploration 15
47414741 and development and new road construction or re-16
47424742 construction is prohibited within the special corridor 17
47434743 management areas. 18
47444744 (3) R
47454745 OAD DENSITY.— 19
47464746 (A) I
47474747 N GENERAL.—The Federal land man-20
47484748 agement agency responsible for the administra-21
47494749 tion of a special corridor management area or 22
47504750 portion of a special corridor management area 23
47514751 shall act immediately to ensure that road den-24
47524752 sities within the biological connecting corridor 25
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47564756 approach, to the maximum extent practicable, 1
47574757 zero miles of road per square mile of land area. 2
47584758 (B) L
47594759 IMITATION.—The road density de-3
47604760 scribed in subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 4
47614761 0.25 miles per square mile, using the method 5
47624762 known as the ‘‘moving window’’ method. 6
47634763 SEC. 204. APPLICABILITY OF TITLE. 7
47644764 (a) F
47654765 EDERALLANDMANAGEMENTAGENCIES.—This 8
47664766 title shall apply only to National Forest System land and 9
47674767 land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Man-10
47684768 agement. 11
47694769 (b) P
47704770 RIVATELAND ANDLANDOWNERS.— 12
47714771 (1) I
47724772 N GENERAL.—No private land is affected 13
47734773 by this title and no private landowner whose land is 14
47744774 adjacent to public land within the designated biologi-15
47754775 cal connecting corridors shall be compelled, under 16
47764776 any circumstances, to comply with this title. 17
47774777 (2) C
47784778 OOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS .—A private 18
47794779 landowner may enter into a cooperative agreement 19
47804780 with the Federal Government on a willing partici-20
47814781 pant or willing seller basis to include the land of the 21
47824782 private landowner in a biological connecting corridor 22
47834783 designated by this title. 23
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47874787 SEC. 205. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND LAND TRADES 1
47884788 AND ACQUISITIONS. 2
47894789 (a) C
47904790 OOPERATIVEAGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of 3
47914791 the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall seek 4
47924792 to enter into cooperative agreements with private, State, 5
47934793 and corporate landowners and sovereign Indian Tribes the 6
47944794 land of which is adjacent to public land in the biological 7
47954795 connecting corridors designated under this title, if those 8
47964796 agreements would benefit the ecological integrity and 9
47974797 function of the designated corridors. 10
47984798 (b) L
47994799 ANDTRADES ANDACQUISITIONS.—The Sec-11
48004800 retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 12
48014801 may undertake land trades or acquisitions to carry out the 13
48024802 purposes of this title if the Secretary concerned considers 14
48034803 the action to be— 15
48044804 (1) appropriate; and 16
48054805 (2) in compliance with existing law (including 17
48064806 regulations) applicable to land trades or acquisitions. 18
48074807 (c) R
48084808 EPORT.—As part of the report required by sec-19
48094809 tion 501, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 20
48104810 of the Interior shall describe the progress of cooperative 21
48114811 agreements, acquisitions, and proposed land exchanges 22
48124812 sought pursuant to this section. 23
48134813 SEC. 206. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 24
48144814 (a) E
48154815 XEMPTION.— 25
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48194819 (1) IN GENERAL.—The roads and highways de-1
48204820 scribed in subsection (b) are expressly exempted 2
48214821 from this title. 3
48224822 (2) A
48234823 DDITIONAL ROADS.—If the Secretary con-4
48244824 cerned determines that any Federal, State, county, 5
48254825 or private road has been mistakenly omitted from 6
48264826 the list in subsection (b), the Secretary concerned 7
48274827 may exempt the road from this title, if the Secretary 8
48284828 concerned determines that the exemption is nec-9
48294829 essary to carry out the purposes of this title. 10
48304830 (b) D
48314831 ESCRIPTION.—The roads and highways referred 11
48324832 to in subsection (a) are the following: 12
48334833 (1) United States Highways 2, 10, 12, 20, 89, 13
48344834 91, 93, 95, and 287. 14
48354835 (2) Interstate Highways 15 and 90. 15
48364836 (3) Idaho State Highways 3, 28, 29, and 87. 16
48374837 (4) Montana State Highways 2, 37, 38, 41, 43, 17
48384838 56, 58, 83, 87, 135, 200, 278, 287, 293, 294, 298, 18
48394839 and 324. 19
48404840 (5) Montana Secondary Roads 92, 278, 279, 20
48414841 294, 298, 324, 411, and 508. 21
48424842 (6) The Thompson Pass Road, Montana-Idaho. 22
48434843 (7) The Moyie Springs to East Port Road, 23
48444844 Idaho. 24
48454845 (8) The Red Rock Pass Road, Montana. 25
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48494849 (9) Boundary County, Idaho, Routes 3, 18, 34, 1
48504850 and 47. 2
48514851 (10) Lolo National Forest Route 102. 3
48524852 (11) Gallatin National Forest Route 259. 4
48534853 (12) Kelly Canyon and Middle Fork Canyon 5
48544854 Roads, Gallatin National Forest. 6
48554855 (13) Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Roads 7
48564856 4, 164, 280, 287, and 291. 8
48574857 (14) The Beaverhead-Deerlodge to Basin Road, 9
48584858 Montana. 10
48594859 (15) The Marysville to Avon Road, Montana. 11
48604860 (16) The Pahsimeroi Road, Butte County, 12
48614861 Idaho. 13
48624862 TITLE III—WILD AND SCENIC 14
48634863 RIVERS DESIGNATIONS 15
48644864 SEC. 301. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS IN 16
48654865 IDAHO, MONTANA, AND WYOMING. 17
48664866 Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 18
48674867 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-19
48684868 lowing: 20
48694869 ‘‘(233) S
48704870 OUTH FORK PAYETTE , IDAHO.—The 21
48714871 segment within the Boise and Sawtooth National 22
48724872 Forests from the Sawtooth Wilderness Boundary 23
48734873 downstream approximately 54 miles to confluence 24
48744874 with the Middle Fork and then downstream on the 25
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48774877 •S 1198 IS
48784878 main stem to the confluence with the North Fork, 1
48794879 to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 2
48804880 ‘‘(234) M
48814881 IDDLE FORK PAYETTE , IDAHO.—The 3
48824882 segment within the Boise National Forest from Rail-4
48834883 road Pass downstream approximately 33 miles to the 5
48844884 national forest boundary, to be administered by the 6
48854885 Secretary of Agriculture. 7
48864886 ‘‘(235) D
48874887 EADWOOD, IDAHO.—The segment 8
48884888 within the Boise National Forest from Threemile 9
48894889 Creek downstream approximately 22 miles to the 10
48904890 South Fork of the Payette, to be administered by 11
48914891 the Secretary of Agriculture. 12
48924892 ‘‘(236) U
48934893 PPER PRIEST, IDAHO.—The segment 13
48944894 within the Panhandle National Forests from the Ca-14
48954895 nadian border downstream approximately 19 miles 15
48964896 to Upper Priest Lake, to be administered by the 16
48974897 Secretary of Agriculture. 17
48984898 ‘‘(237) C
48994899 OEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO.—The segment 18
49004900 within the Panhandle National Forests from the 19
49014901 headwaters downstream approximately 58 miles to 20
49024902 the national forest boundary, to be administered by 21
49034903 the Secretary of Agriculture. 22
49044904 ‘‘(238) L
49054905 ITTLE NORTH FORK CLEARWATER , 23
49064906 IDAHO.—The segment within the Idaho Panhandle 24
49074907 National Forests and the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na-25
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49104910 •S 1198 IS
49114911 tional Forests from the headwaters downstream ap-1
49124912 proximately 37 miles to the national forest bound-2
49134913 ary, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-3
49144914 culture. 4
49154915 ‘‘(239) K
49164916 ELLY CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 5
49174917 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests 6
49184918 from its headwaters downstream approximately 31 7
49194919 miles to the North Fork of the Clearwater River, to 8
49204920 be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 9
49214921 ‘‘(240) C
49224922 AYUSE CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 10
49234923 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests 11
49244924 from its headwaters downstream approximately 39 12
49254925 miles to the confluence of Kelly Creek, to be admin-13
49264926 istered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 14
49274927 ‘‘(241) B
49284928 ARGAMIN CREEK, IDAHO.—The seg-15
49294929 ment within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For-16
49304930 ests comprising approximately 21 miles, to be ad-17
49314931 ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 18
49324932 ‘‘(242) L
49334933 AKE CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 19
49344934 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests 20
49354935 from the wilderness boundary downstream approxi-21
49364936 mately 10 miles to Crooked Creek, to be adminis-22
49374937 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 23
49384938 ‘‘(243) M
49394939 EADOW CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 24
49404940 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests 25
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49434943 •S 1198 IS
49444944 from its headwaters downstream approximately 34 1
49454945 miles to its confluence with the Selway River, to be 2
49464946 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 3
49474947 ‘‘(244) R
49484948 UNNING CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 4
49494949 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests 5
49504950 comprising approximately 20 miles, to be adminis-6
49514951 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 7
49524952 ‘‘(245) S
49534953 ALMON, IDAHO.— 8
49544954 ‘‘(A) V
49554955 INEGAR CREEK .—The segment 9
49564956 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For-10
49574957 ests and Payette National Forest from Vinegar 11
49584958 Creek downstream approximately 25 miles to 12
49594959 the Little Salmon River, to be administered by 13
49604960 the Secretary of Agriculture. 14
49614961 ‘‘(B) S
49624962 ALMON.—The segment on public 15
49634963 lands managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-16
49644964 ment from Hammer Creek downstream approxi-17
49654965 mately 45 miles to the confluence with the 18
49664966 Snake River, to be administered by the Sec-19
49674967 retary of the Interior. 20
49684968 ‘‘(C) S
49694969 ALMON.—The segment on public 21
49704970 lands within the Sawtooth National Recreation 22
49714971 Area from its headwaters downstream approxi-23
49724972 mately 60 miles to the recreation area bound-24
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49754975 •S 1198 IS
49764976 ary, to be administered by the Secretary of Ag-1
49774977 riculture. 2
49784978 ‘‘(246) E
49794979 AST FORK SALMON, IDAHO.—The seg-3
49804980 ment within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area 4
49814981 from the headwaters downstream approximately 42 5
49824982 miles to the recreation area boundary, to be admin-6
49834983 istered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 7
49844984 ‘‘(247) N
49854985 ORTH FORK CLEARWATER , IDAHO.— 8
49864986 The segment within the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na-9
49874987 tional Forests from the headwaters downstream to 10
49884988 the Dworkshak Reservoir, to be administered by the 11
49894989 Secretary of Agriculture. 12
49904990 ‘‘(248) N
49914991 ORTH FORK COEUR D ’ALENE, 13
49924992 IDAHO.—The segment within the Panhandle Na-14
49934993 tional Forests from its headwaters south of Honey 15
49944994 Mountain downstream to its confluence with the 16
49954995 Coeur d’Alene River to be administered by the Sec-17
49964996 retary of Agriculture. 18
49974997 ‘‘(249) P
49984998 ACK, IDAHO.—The segment within the 19
49994999 Panhandle National Forests from Harrison Lake 20
50005000 downstream approximately 14 miles to the national 21
50015001 forest boundary, to be administered by the Secretary 22
50025002 of Agriculture. 23
50035003 ‘‘(250) H
50045004 ENRY’S FORK, IDAHO.—The segment 24
50055005 within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest from 25
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50085008 •S 1198 IS
50095009 Big Springs downstream to the national forest 1
50105010 boundary, except for Island Park Reservoir, to be 2
50115011 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 3
50125012 ‘‘(251) F
50135013 ALLS RIVER, IDAHO.—The segment 4
50145014 within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest from 5
50155015 Yellowstone National Park downstream approxi-6
50165016 mately 13 miles to the National Forest Boundary, to 7
50175017 be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 8
50185018 a wild river. 9
50195019 ‘‘(252) L
50205020 OCHSA RIVER WATERSHED , IDAHO.— 10
50215021 The segment within the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na-11
50225022 tional Forests of the Lochsa River from the con-12
50235023 fluence of Colt Killed Creek and Crooked Fork 13
50245024 downstream approximately 2 miles to the beginning 14
50255025 of the Lochsa Recreational River, to be administered 15
50265026 by the Secretary of Agriculture. 16
50275027 ‘‘(253) C
50285028 OLT KILLED CREEK, IDAHO.—The seg-17
50295029 ment within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For-18
50305030 ests from its headwaters at Big Sand Lake down-19
50315031 stream approximately 23 miles to its confluence with 20
50325032 Crooked Fork, to be administered by the Secretary 21
50335033 of Agriculture. 22
50345034 ‘‘(254) M
50355035 OOSE CREEK COMPLEX , IDAHO.—The 23
50365036 main segment, including the North Fork segment, 24
50375037 the East Fork segment, the West Moose segment, 25
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50415041 and the Rhoda Creek segment comprising approxi-1
50425042 mately 86 miles within the Nez Perce-Clearwater 2
50435043 National Forests, to be administered by the Sec-3
50445044 retary of Agriculture. 4
50455045 ‘‘(255) B
50465046 EAR CREEK COMPLEX , IDAHO.—The 5
50475047 Bear Creek segment, the Club Creek segment, the 6
50485048 Paradise Creek segment, the Brushy Fork Creek 7
50495049 segment, and the Wahoo Creek segment comprising 8
50505050 approximately 70 miles within the Nez Perce-Clear-9
50515051 water National Forests, to be administered by the 10
50525052 Secretary of Agriculture. 11
50535053 ‘‘(256) T
50545054 HREE LINKS CREEK COMPLEX , 12
50555055 IDAHO.—The Three Links Creek segment and the 13
50565056 West Fork Three Links Creek segment comprising 14
50575057 approximately 23 miles within the Nez Perce-Clear-15
50585058 water National Forests, to be administered by the 16
50595059 Secretary of Agriculture. 17
50605060 ‘‘(257) G
50615061 EDNEY CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 18
50625062 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests 19
50635063 from its headwaters downstream approximately 14.5 20
50645064 miles to the confluence the Selway River, to be ad-21
50655065 ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 22
50665066 ‘‘(258) S
50675067 OUTH FORK CLEARWATER , IDAHO.— 23
50685068 The segment within the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na-24
50695069 tional Forests from the confluence of the Red and 25
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50735073 American Rivers downstream to the national forest 1
50745074 boundary comprising approximately 40 miles, to be 2
50755075 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 3
50765076 ‘‘(259) J
50775077 OHNS CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 4
50785078 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests 5
50795079 from the headwaters downstream to its confluence 6
50805080 with the South Fork Clearwater, to be administered 7
50815081 by the Secretary of Agriculture. 8
50825082 ‘‘(260) S
50835083 LATE CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 9
50845084 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests 10
50855085 from the headwaters downstream the source approxi-11
50865086 mately 15 miles to the national forest boundary, to 12
50875087 be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 13
50885088 ‘‘(261) S
50895089 OUTH FORK TWO MEDICINE RIVER , 14
50905090 MONTANA.—The segment within the Lewis and 15
50915091 Clark National Forest from its headwaters down-16
50925092 stream approximately 10 miles to the Sawmill Flat 17
50935093 Trailhead, to be administered by the Secretary of 18
50945094 Agriculture. 19
50955095 ‘‘(262) B
50965096 ADGER CREEK , INCLUDING THE 20
50975097 SOUTH AND NORTH FORKS , MONTANA.—The seg-21
50985098 ment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest 22
50995099 from its headwaters downstream approximately 24 23
51005100 miles to the national forest boundary, to be adminis-24
51015101 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 25
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51045104 •S 1198 IS
51055105 ‘‘(263) DEARBORN, MONTANA.—The segment 1
51065106 within the Lewis and Clark National Forest down-2
51075107 stream approximately 19 miles to the national forest 3
51085108 boundary, to be administered by the Secretary of 4
51095109 Agriculture. 5
51105110 ‘‘(264) N
51115111 ORTH FORK BIRCH CREEK , MON-6
51125112 TANA.—The segment within the Lewis and Clark 7
51135113 National Forest from its headwaters downstream ap-8
51145114 proximately 7 miles to the national forest boundary, 9
51155115 to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 10
51165116 ‘‘(265) S
51175117 OUTH FORK SUN, MONTANA.—The seg-11
51185118 ment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest 12
51195119 from its headwaters at Sun Lake downstream ap-13
51205120 proximately 26 miles to its confluence with the 14
51215121 North Fork, to be administered by the Secretary of 15
51225122 Agriculture. 16
51235123 ‘‘(266) N
51245124 ORTH FORK SUN , MONTANA.—The 17
51255125 segment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest 18
51265126 from the confluence of Open Creek and Fool Creek 19
51275127 downstream approximately 27 miles, to be adminis-20
51285128 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 21
51295129 ‘‘(267) T
51305130 ENDERFOOT CREEK , MONTANA.—The 22
51315131 segment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest 23
51325132 from the top of Tenderfoot Creek Falls downstream 24
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51355135 •S 1198 IS
51365136 approximately 5 miles to the Smith River, to be ad-1
51375137 ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 2
51385138 ‘‘(268) G
51395139 REEN FORK STRAIGHT CREEK , MON-3
51405140 TANA.—The segment within the Lewis and Clark 4
51415141 National Forest from its headwaters downstream ap-5
51425142 proximately 5 miles to Straight Creek, to be admin-6
51435143 istered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 7
51445144 ‘‘(269) Y
51455145 AAK RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment 8
51465146 within the Kootenai National Forest from the Yaak 9
51475147 Falls downstream 46 miles to the mouth of the Yaak 10
51485148 River at the junction of the Kootenai River, to be 11
51495149 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 12
51505150 ‘‘(270) K
51515151 OOTENAI RIVER, MONTANA.—The seg-13
51525152 ment within the Kootenai National Forest from the 14
51535153 junction of the Fisher River downstream approxi-15
51545154 mately 46 miles to the State line, to be administered 16
51555155 by the Secretary of Agriculture. 17
51565156 ‘‘(271) B
51575157 ULL RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment 18
51585158 within the Kootenai National Forest from the junc-19
51595159 tion of the North and South Forks downstream 21 20
51605160 miles to the Cabinet Gorge Reservoir, to be adminis-21
51615161 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 22
51625162 ‘‘(272) V
51635163 ERMILLION RIVER, MONTANA.—The 23
51645164 segment within the Kootenai National Forest from 24
51655165 the junction of Willow Creek, downstream 12 miles 25
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51685168 •S 1198 IS
51695169 to the Noxon Reservoir, to be administered by the 1
51705170 Secretary of Agriculture. 2
51715171 ‘‘(273) W
51725172 EST FORK MADISON, MONTANA.—The 3
51735173 segment within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 4
51745174 Forest from approximately the midpoint of T. 12 S., 5
51755175 R. 2 W., sec. 28, downstream approximately 21 6
51765176 miles to the West Fork Rest Area, to be adminis-7
51775177 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 8
51785178 ‘‘(274) E
51795179 LK RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment 9
51805180 within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in 10
51815181 the southeast corner of T. 11 S., R. 2 W., sec. 16, 11
51825182 downstream approximately 17 miles to the con-12
51835183 fluence with the West Fork of the Madison River, to 13
51845184 be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 14
51855185 ‘‘(275) B
51865186 ROWNS CREEK, MONTANA.—The seg-15
51875187 ment within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 16
51885188 Forest from the west central part of T. 8 S., R. 14 17
51895189 W., sec. 1, downstream approximately 4 miles to the 18
51905190 national forest boundary, to be administered by the 19
51915191 Secretary of Agriculture. 20
51925192 ‘‘(276) C
51935193 ANYON CREEK, MONTANA.—The seg-21
51945194 ment within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 22
51955195 Forest from Canyon Lake downstream approxi-23
51965196 mately 4 miles to the end of USFS road 7401, to 24
51975197 be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 25
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52005200 •S 1198 IS
52015201 ‘‘(277) DEADMAN CREEK, MONTANA.—The seg-1
52025202 ment within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 2
52035203 Forest from its headwaters source downstream ap-3
52045204 proximately 10 miles to the national forest bound-4
52055205 ary, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-5
52065206 culture. 6
52075207 ‘‘(278) S
52085208 MITH RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment 7
52095209 within the Lewis and Clark National Forest from 8
52105210 Tenderfoot Creek downstream approximately 12 9
52115211 miles to Deep Creek, to be administered by the Sec-10
52125212 retary of Agriculture. 11
52135213 ‘‘(279) M
52145214 IDDLE FORK JUDITH RIVER , MON-12
52155215 TANA.—The segment within the Lewis and Clark 13
52165216 National Forest from Arch Coulee Junction down-14
52175217 stream approximately 5 miles to the national forest 15
52185218 boundary, to be administered by the Secretary of 16
52195219 Agriculture. 17
52205220 ‘‘(280) R
52215221 OCK CREEK WATERSHED , MONTANA.— 18
52225222 The segments within the Lolo and Beaverhead- 19
52235223 Deerlodge National Forests including the main fork 20
52245224 of Rock Creek, the West Fork of Rock Creek, the 21
52255225 East Fork of Rock Creek, the Ross Fork of Rock 22
52265226 Creek, the Middle Fork of Rock Creek, the Carpp 23
52275227 Creek segment, the Copper Creek segment, the 24
52285228 Ranch Creek segment, the Welcome Creek segment, 25
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52325232 the Alder Creek segment, the Hogback Creek seg-1
52335233 ment, the Wyman Gulch segment, the Stony Creek 2
52345234 segment, the West Fork segment, and the Ross 3
52355235 Fork segment comprising approximately 134 miles, 4
52365236 to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 5
52375237 ‘‘(281) S
52385238 ALT RIVER, WYOMING.—The segment 6
52395239 within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the 7
52405240 headwaters downstream approximately 12 miles to 8
52415241 forest road 10072, to be administered by the Sec-9
52425242 retary of Agriculture. 10
52435243 ‘‘(282) S
52445244 WIFT CREEK, WYOMING.—The segment 11
52455245 within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the 12
52465246 source downstream approximately 8 miles to Peri-13
52475247 odic Spring, to be administered by the Secretary of 14
52485248 Agriculture. 15
52495249 ‘‘(283) H
52505250 OBACK RIVER, WYOMING.—The seg-16
52515251 ment within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from 17
52525252 the source downstream approximately 10 miles to 18
52535253 the end of forest road 30710, to be administered by 19
52545254 the Secretary of Agriculture. 20
52555255 ‘‘(284) T
52565256 HOROFARE, WYOMING.—The segment 21
52575257 of the main stem within the Bridger-Teton National 22
52585258 Forest from the headwaters downstream approxi-23
52595259 mately 25 miles to the confluence with the Yellow-24
52605260 stone River, and the headwaters of Open Creek 25
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52645264 downstream 10 miles to the confluence with the 1
52655265 main stem, to be administered by the Secretary of 2
52665266 Agriculture. 3
52675267 ‘‘(285) A
52685268 TLANTIC CREEK, WYOMING.—The seg-4
52695269 ment within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from 5
52705270 the Parting of the Waters downstream approxi-6
52715271 mately 10 miles to the confluence with the Yellow-7
52725272 stone River, to be administered by the Secretary of 8
52735273 Agriculture. 9
52745274 ‘‘(286) Y
52755275 ELLOWSTONE, WYOMING.—The seg-10
52765276 ment within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from 11
52775277 the headwater downstream approximately 28 miles 12
52785278 to the boundary of Yellowstone National Park, to be 13
52795279 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 14
52805280 ‘‘(287) Y
52815281 ELLOWSTONE RIVER , WYOMING AND 15
52825282 MONTANA.—The segment within the Custer Gallatin 16
52835283 National Forest and Yellowstone National Park 17
52845284 from the southern boundary of Yellowstone National 18
52855285 Park downstream approximately 102 miles to the 19
52865286 mouth of Yankee Jim Canyon, to be administered by 20
52875287 the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture.’’. 21
52885288 TITLE IV—WILDLAND 22
52895289 RESTORATION AND RECOVERY 23
52905290 SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 24
52915291 In this title: 25
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52955295 (1) RECOVERY.—The term ‘‘recovery’’, with re-1
52965296 spect to any land damaged by a land management 2
52975297 activity, means the restoration of— 3
52985298 (A) the natural, untrammeled condition of 4
52995299 the land; or 5
53005300 (B) the undeveloped, roadless character of 6
53015301 the land. 7
53025302 (2) R
53035303 ECOVERY AREA.—The term ‘‘recovery 8
53045304 area’’ means any area designated as a wildland re-9
53055305 covery area by section 402(a). 10
53065306 (3) S
53075307 ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 11
53085308 the Secretary of Agriculture. 12
53095309 SEC. 402. RESTORATION AND RECOVERY. 13
53105310 (a) D
53115311 ESIGNATION OFRECOVERYAREAS.—Except as 14
53125312 provided in subsection (b), the following areas, consisting 15
53135313 of a total of approximately 1,023,000 acres, as depicted 16
53145314 on the map entitled ‘‘Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protec-17
53155315 tion Act (2023)’’ and dated April 10, 2023, are designated 18
53165316 as wildland recovery areas: 19
53175317 (1) Skyland area, consisting of approximately 20
53185318 10,000 acres administered by the Flathead National 21
53195319 Forest. 22
53205320 (2) Hungry Horse area (except Hungry Horse 23
53215321 Dam and Reservoir), consisting of approximately 24
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53255325 205,000 acres administered by the Flathead Na-1
53265326 tional Forest. 2
53275327 (3) Lolo Creek area, consisting of approxi-3
53285328 mately 59,000 acres administered by the Lolo or 4
53295329 Clearwater National Forest. 5
53305330 (4) Yellowstone West area, consisting of ap-6
53315331 proximately 164,000 acres administered by the Car-7
53325332 ibou-Targhee National Forest. 8
53335333 (5) Mt. Leidy area, consisting of approximately 9
53345334 70,000 acres administered by the Bridger-Teton Na-10
53355335 tional Forest. 11
53365336 (6) Cabinet/Yaak area, consisting of approxi-12
53375337 mately 100,000 acres administered by the Kootenai 13
53385338 National Forest. 14
53395339 (7) Lightning Creek area, consisting of approxi-15
53405340 mately 31,000 acres administered by the Idaho Pan-16
53415341 handle National Forests. 17
53425342 (8) Coeur d’Alene River area, consisting of ap-18
53435343 proximately 372,000 acres administered by the 19
53445344 Idaho Panhandle National Forests. 20
53455345 (9) Magruder Corridor area, consisting of ap-21
53465346 proximately 12,000 acres administered by the Nez 22
53475347 Perce-Clearwater National Forests or Bitterroot Na-23
53485348 tional Forest. 24
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53525352 (b) EXEMPTIONS.—Subject to subsection (c), the fol-1
53535353 lowing roads, highways, and facilities are exempted from 2
53545354 this title: 3
53555355 (1) Any road that is— 4
53565356 (A)(i) a private road; or 5
53575357 (ii) owned by the Federal Government, a 6
53585358 State government, or a unit of local government 7
53595359 (including any National Forest System road); 8
53605360 and 9
53615361 (B) used to access an existing, authorized 10
53625362 use. 11
53635363 (2) Any facility, such as a developed camp-12
53645364 ground, ranger station, or other facility, that is de-13
53655365 termined to be essential by the Chief of the Forest 14
53665366 Service. 15
53675367 (c) R
53685368 EQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), 16
53695369 in accordance with the plans developed under section 403, 17
53705370 the Secretary— 18
53715371 (1) shall recover and restore the portion of the 19
53725372 Magruder Corridor between Magruder Crossing and 20
53735373 Dry Saddle; and 21
53745374 (2) may recover and restore any National For-22
53755375 est System road or Forest Service development or 23
53765376 facility located in a recovery area. 24
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53805380 SEC. 403. MANAGEMENT. 1
53815381 (a) R
53825382 ESTORATIONREQUIREMENTS.— 2
53835383 (1) I
53845384 N GENERAL.—The land located within a 3
53855385 recovery area shall be managed in a manner that, to 4
53865386 the maximum extent practicable— 5
53875387 (A) restores the native vegetative cover of 6
53885388 the land; 7
53895389 (B) reduces or eliminates invasive non-8
53905390 native species; 9
53915391 (C) facilitates native species diversity, sub-10
53925392 ject to the conditions imposed by climate 11
53935393 change; 12
53945394 (D) stabilizes slopes and soils to prevent or 13
53955395 reduce further erosion; 14
53965396 (E) recontours slopes to their original con-15
53975397 tours; 16
53985398 (F) removes barriers to natural fish 17
53995399 spawning runs; and 18
54005400 (G) generally restores the land to a natural 19
54015401 roadless and wild condition. 20
54025402 (2) W
54035403 ATER QUALITY.—In the management of a 21
54045404 recovery area, special consideration shall be given to 22
54055405 restoration of water quality. 23
54065406 (b) R
54075407 ECOVERYPLANS.— 24
54085408 (1) I
54095409 N GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 25
54105410 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 26
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54145414 shall develop a wildland recovery plan for each recov-1
54155415 ery area. 2
54165416 (2) I
54175417 NCLUSIONS.—Each recovery plan under 3
54185418 paragraph (1) shall include a description of the 4
54195419 projects, activities, and funding required to achieve 5
54205420 compliance with the requirements of this section. 6
54215421 (c) E
54225422 VALUATION.—The Secretary shall use measur-7
54235423 able criteria to evaluate the success of recovery actions 8
54245424 carried out pursuant to this section. 9
54255425 TITLE V—IMPLEMENTATION 10
54265426 AND MONITORING 11
54275427 SEC. 501. IMPLEMENTATION REPORT. 12
54285428 Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 13
54295429 of this Act, the Secretaries concerned shall jointly submit 14
54305430 to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 15
54315431 the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of 16
54325432 the House of Representatives a report that— 17
54335433 (1) is prepared by a panel of independent sci-18
54345434 entists, to be appointed by the National Academy of 19
54355435 Sciences, in consultation with the Society for Con-20
54365436 servation Biology; and 21
54375437 (2) describes— 22
54385438 (A) the implementation of this Act during 23
54395439 the preceding 3-year period; and 24
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54435443 (B) any additional projects, activities, and 1
54445444 funding required to achieve the purposes of this 2
54455445 Act. 3
54465446 SEC. 502. INTERAGENCY TEAM. 4
54475447 (a) E
54485448 STABLISHMENT.—The Secretaries concerned 5
54495449 shall jointly establish an interagency team, containing an 6
54505450 equal number of participants from the public and private 7
54515451 sectors, to monitor, evaluate, and make recommendations 8
54525452 to ensure achievement of the long-term results required 9
54535453 by this Act. 10
54545454 (b) G
54555455 EOGRAPHICINFORMATIONSYSTEM.— 11
54565456 (1) D
54575457 EVELOPMENT.— 12
54585458 (A) I
54595459 N GENERAL.—The interagency team 13
54605460 established under subsection (a) shall develop a 14
54615461 geographic information system for monitoring 15
54625462 the Northern Rockies Bioregion. 16
54635463 (B) R
54645464 EQUIREMENT.—The geographic in-17
54655465 formation system under subparagraph (A) 18
54665466 shall— 19
54675467 (i) be based on satellite-gathered data; 20
54685468 and 21
54695469 (ii) include comprehensive maps and 22
54705470 databases to assist in the detection of 23
54715471 changes in the Northern Rockies Bio-24
54725472 region. 25
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54765476 (2) TYPES OF INFORMATION .—The maps and 1
54775477 databases included in the geographic information 2
54785478 system under paragraph (1) shall be updated peri-3
54795479 odically to record the following: 4
54805480 (A) Vegetation cover (including a descrip-5
54815481 tion of species occurrence and densities). 6
54825482 (B) Human impacts. 7
54835483 (C) Water and air quality. 8
54845484 (D) Activities that impact forest husbandry 9
54855485 and restoration. 10
54865486 (3) S
54875487 TATUS REPORTS.—The geographic infor-11
54885488 mation system under paragraph (1) shall include 12
54895489 status reports regarding— 13
54905490 (A) the progress of relevant ecosystem pro-14
54915491 tection, corridor consolidation, and forest recov-15
54925492 ery efforts; and 16
54935493 (B) relevant threatened and endangered 17
54945494 species, which are primary indicators of eco-18
54955495 system health. 19
54965496 (c) W
54975497 ILDLIFEMOVEMENTS.— 20
54985498 (1) I
54995499 N GENERAL.—The interagency team estab-21
55005500 lished under subsection (a) shall assess the potential 22
55015501 for facilitating wildlife movement across or under 23
55025502 major highways and rail lines within the biological 24
55035503 corridors established under title II. 25
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55075507 (2) REQUIREMENT.—The assessment under 1
55085508 paragraph (1) shall include an identification of 2
55095509 major crossing points and practicable management 3
55105510 actions to enhance the suitability of the crossing 4
55115511 points as movement corridors, including under-5
55125512 passes, overpasses, and other methods for reducing 6
55135513 the danger to native wildlife while facilitating move-7
55145514 ments within the Northern Rockies Bioregion. 8
55155515 SEC. 503. ROADLESS LAND EVALUATION. 9
55165516 (a) D
55175517 EFINITION OFROADLESSLAND.—In this sec-10
55185518 tion, the term ‘‘roadless land’’ means land that is— 11
55195519 (1) greater than 1,000 acres in area; 12
55205520 (2) located within the National Forest System 13
55215521 in the Wild Rockies Bioregion in the State of Idaho, 14
55225522 Montana, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming; and 15
55235523 (3) not designated as a component of the Na-16
55245524 tional Wilderness Preservation System under this 17
55255525 Act or any other provision of law. 18
55265526 (b) E
55275527 VALUATION.— 19
55285528 (1) I
55295529 N GENERAL.—The panel of independent 20
55305530 scientists described in section 501(1) shall— 21
55315531 (A) subject to paragraph (2), identify and 22
55325532 evaluate roadless land; 23
55335533 (B) study the role of roadless land— 24
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55375537 (i) in maintaining biological diversity 1
55385538 in the Northern Rockies; and 2
55395539 (ii) as part of the overall Forest Re-3
55405540 serve System; and 4
55415541 (C) include in the report under section 501 5
55425542 recommendations regarding the management of 6
55435543 roadless land. 7
55445544 (2) S
55455545 OURCES OF INFORMATION .—In identifying 8
55465546 and evaluating roadless land under paragraph 9
55475547 (1)(A), the panel shall use, in addition to other in-10
55485548 formation sources, existing satellite information and 11
55495549 geographic information system data developed by— 12
55505550 (A) the Forest Service; 13
55515551 (B) the Bureau of Land Management; and 14
55525552 (C) the United States Fish and Wildlife 15
55535553 Service. 16
55545554 (c) P
55555555 ROHIBITION.—Effective beginning on the date 17
55565556 of completion of the evaluation under subsection (b), there 18
55575557 is prohibited on roadless land— 19
55585558 (1) any construction or reconstruction of a new 20
55595559 or existing road; 21
55605560 (2) any timber harvesting (except firewood 22
55615561 gathering); and 23
55625562 (3) subject to valid existing rights, any oil or 24
55635563 gas leasing, mining, or other development that im-25
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55675567 pairs the natural and roadless qualities of roadless 1
55685568 land. 2
55695569 TITLE VI—EFFECT OF ACT ON 3
55705570 INDIAN TRIBES 4
55715571 SEC. 601. RIGHTS OF INDIAN TRIBES. 5
55725572 Nothing in this Act affects or modifies any treaty or 6
55735573 other right of an Indian Tribe. 7
55745574 SEC. 602. FEDERAL TRUST RESPONSIBILITY. 8
55755575 Nothing in this Act amends, alters, or gives priority 9
55765576 over the Federal trust responsibility to Indian Tribes. 10
55775577 SEC. 603. EXEMPTION FROM FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 11
55785578 ACT. 12
55795579 If a Federal department or agency receives any infor-13
55805580 mation relating to a sacred site or cultural activity identi-14
55815581 fied by an Indian Tribe as confidential, the information 15
55825582 shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 16
55835583 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom 17
55845584 of Information Act’’). 18
55855585 SEC. 604. APPLICATION OF INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION 19
55865586 AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT. 20
55875587 The Secretary of the Interior may apply the Indian 21
55885588 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 22
55895589 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) as the Secretary determines to be 23
55905590 appropriate in carrying out this Act. 24
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55945594 SEC. 605. TRIBAL USE OF PROTECTED AREAS. 1
55955595 (a) D
55965596 EFINITION OFPROTECTEDAREA.—In this sec-2
55975597 tion, the term ‘‘protected area’’ means land designated 3
55985598 under this Act as— 4
55995599 (1) a wilderness area; 5
56005600 (2) a recovery area; 6
56015601 (3) a wild or scenic river; or 7
56025602 (4) a biological corridor. 8
56035603 (b) A
56045604 CCESS TOPROTECTEDAREAS.— 9
56055605 (1) I
56065606 N GENERAL.—In recognition of the past 10
56075607 use of portions of protected areas by Indians for tra-11
56085608 ditional cultural and religious purposes, the Secre-12
56095609 taries concerned shall ensure nonexclusive access by 13
56105610 Indians to any applicable protected area for such a 14
56115611 traditional cultural or religious purpose. 15
56125612 (2) C
56135613 ONSISTENCY WITH APPLICABLE LAW .— 16
56145614 The access under paragraph (1) shall be consistent 17
56155615 with the purposes and intent of— 18
56165616 (A) Public Law 95–341 (commonly known 19
56175617 as the ‘‘American Indian Religious Freedom 20
56185618 Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 1996); and 21
56195619 (B) in the case of any protected area des-22
56205620 ignated as wilderness under this Act, the Wil-23
56215621 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 24
56225622 (3) C
56235623 LOSING TO PUBLIC.—The Secretaries con-25
56245624 cerned, in accordance with the provisions of law re-26
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56285628 ferred to in paragraph (2) and on receipt of a re-1
56295629 quest from an Indian Tribe, from time to time may 2
56305630 temporarily close to the general public 1 or more 3
56315631 specific portions of a protected area to protect the 4
56325632 privacy of a religious activity or cultural use by an 5
56335633 Indian. 6
56345634 (4) R
56355635 ECOMMENDATIONS FROM INDIAN 7
56365636 TRIBES.—In preparing a management plan for a 8
56375637 protected area, the Secretaries concerned shall re-9
56385638 quest that the head of each applicable Tribal govern-10
56395639 ment submit to the Secretaries concerned rec-11
56405640 ommendations with respect to— 12
56415641 (A) ensuring access by Indians to impor-13
56425642 tant sites; 14
56435643 (B) enhancing the privacy of Indian tradi-15
56445644 tional cultural and religious activities; and 16
56455645 (C) protecting Indian cultural and religious 17
56465646 sites. 18
56475647 TITLE VII—EFFECT OF ACT ON 19
56485648 WATER RIGHTS 20
56495649 SEC. 701. WATER RIGHTS. 21
56505650 Nothing in this Act relinquishes or reduces any water 22
56515651 right reserved, appropriated, or otherwise secured by the 23
56525652 United States in the State of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, 24
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56565656 Washington, or Wyoming on or before the date of enact-1
56575657 ment of this Act. 2
56585658 Æ
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