th st congress session h. r. 878

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117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 878

To provide for restoration, economic development, recreation, and conservation

on Federal lands in Northern California, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Ms. CHU, and Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL To provide for restoration, economic development, recreation,

and conservation on Federal lands in Northern Cali-

fornia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4

‘‘Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Work-5

ing Forests Act’’. 6

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7

this Act is as follows: 8

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Definitions.

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TITLE I—RESTORATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Sec. 101. South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area.

Sec. 102. Redwood National and State Parks restoration.

Sec. 103. California Public Lands Remediation Partnership.

Sec. 104. Trinity Lake visitor center.

Sec. 105. Del Norte County visitor center.

Sec. 106. Management plans.

Sec. 107. Study; partnerships related to overnight accommodations.

TITLE II—RECREATION

Sec. 201. Horse Mountain Special Management Area.

Sec. 202. Bigfoot National Recreation Trail.

Sec. 203. Elk Camp Ridge Recreation Trail.

Sec. 204. Trinity Lake Trail.

Sec. 205. Trails study.

Sec. 206. Construction of mountain bicycling routes.

Sec. 207. Partnerships.

TITLE III—CONSERVATION

Sec. 301. Designation of wilderness.

Sec. 302. Administration of wilderness.

Sec. 303. Designation of potential wilderness.

Sec. 304. Designation of wild and scenic rivers.

Sec. 305. Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area.

TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 401. Maps and legal descriptions.

Sec. 402. Updates to land and resource management plans.

Sec. 403. Pacific Gas and Electric Company Utility facilities and rights-of-way.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1

In this Act: 2

(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 3

means— 4

(A) with respect to land under the jurisdic-5

tion of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-6

retary of Agriculture; and 7

(B) with respect to land under the jurisdic-8

tion of the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec-9

retary of the Interior. 10


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(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 1

of California. 2

TITLE I—RESTORATION AND 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4

SEC. 101. SOUTH FORK TRINITY-MAD RIVER RESTORATION 5

AREA. 6

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 7

(1) COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED.—The term 8

‘‘collaboratively developed’’ means projects that are 9

developed and implemented through a collaborative 10

process that— 11

(A) includes— 12

(i) appropriate Federal, State, and 13

local agencies; and 14

(ii) multiple interested persons rep-15

resenting diverse interests; and 16

(B) is transparent and nonexclusive. 17

(2) PLANTATION.—The term ‘‘plantation’’ 18

means a forested area that has been artificially es-19

tablished by planting or seeding. 20

(3) RESTORATION.—The term ‘‘restoration’’ 21

means the process of assisting the recovery of an 22

ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or de-23

stroyed by establishing the composition, structure, 24

pattern, and ecological processes necessary to facili-25


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tate terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem sustainability, 1

resilience, and health under current and future con-2

ditions. 3

(4) RESTORATION AREA.—The term ‘‘restora-4

tion area’’ means the South Fork Trinity-Mad River 5

Restoration Area, established by subsection (b). 6

(5) SHADED FUEL BREAK.—The term ‘‘shaded 7

fuel break’’ means a vegetation treatment that effec-8

tively addresses all project-generated slash and that 9

retains: adequate canopy cover to suppress plant re-10

growth in the forest understory following treatment; 11

the longest lived trees that provide the most shade 12

over the longest period of time; the healthiest and 13

most vigorous trees with the greatest potential for 14

crown-growth in plantations and in natural stands 15

adjacent to plantations; and all mature hardwoods, 16

when practicable. 17

(6) STEWARDSHIP CONTRACT.—The term 18

‘‘stewardship contract’’ means an agreement or con-19

tract entered into under section 604 of the Healthy 20

Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c). 21

(7) WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE.—The term 22

‘‘wildland-urban interface’’ has the meaning given 23

the term by section 101 of the Healthy Forests Res-24

toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). 25


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(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 1

rights, there is established the South Fork Trinity-Mad 2

River Restoration Area, comprising approximately 3

871,414 acres of Federal land administered by the Forest 4

Service and Bureau of Land Management, as generally de-5

picted on the map entitled ‘‘South Fork Trinity-Mad River 6

Restoration Area’’ and dated May 15, 2020, to be known 7

as the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area. 8

(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the restoration area 9

are to— 10

(1) establish, restore, and maintain fire-resilient 11

forest structures containing late successional forest 12

structure characterized by large trees and multisto-13

ried canopies, as ecologically appropriate; 14

(2) protect late successional reserves; 15

(3) enhance the restoration of Federal lands 16

within the restoration area; 17

(4) reduce the threat posed by wildfires to com-18

munities within the restoration area; 19

(5) protect and restore aquatic habitat and 20

anadromous fisheries; 21

(6) protect the quality of water within the res-22

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(7) allow visitors to enjoy the scenic, rec-1

reational, natural, cultural, and wildlife values of the 2

restoration area. 3

(d) MANAGEMENT.— 4

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 5

the restoration area— 6

(A) in a manner consistent with the pur-7

poses described in subsection (c); 8

(B) in a manner that— 9

(i) in the case of the Forest Service, 10

prioritizes restoration of the restoration 11

area over other nonemergency vegetation 12

management projects on the portions of 13

the Six Rivers and Shasta-Trinity National 14

Forests in Humboldt and Trinity Counties; 15

and 16

(ii) in the case of the United States 17

Fish and Wildlife Service, establishes with 18

the Forest Service an agreement for co-19

operation to ensure timely completion of 20

consultation required by section 7 of the 21

Endangered Species Act (15 U.S.C. 1536) 22

on restoration projects within the restora-23

tion area and agreement to maintain and 24


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exchange information on planning sched-1

ules and priorities on a regular basis; 2

(C) in accordance with— 3

(i) the laws (including regulations) 4

and rules applicable to the National Forest 5

System for land managed by the Forest 6

Service; 7

(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man-8

agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 9

seq.) for land managed by the Bureau of 10

Land Management; 11

(iii) this Act; and 12

(iv) any other applicable law (includ-13

ing regulations); and 14

(D) in a manner consistent with congres-15

sional intent that consultation for restoration 16

projects within the restoration area is com-17

pleted in a timely and efficient manner. 18

(2) CONFLICT OF LAWS.— 19

(A) IN GENERAL.—The establishment of 20

the restoration area shall not change the man-21

agement status of any land or water that is 22

designated wilderness or as a wild and scenic 23

river, including lands and waters designated by 24

this Act. 25


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(B) RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT.—If there 1

is a conflict between the laws applicable to the 2

areas described in subparagraph (A) and this 3

section, the more restrictive provision shall con-4

trol. 5

(3) USES.— 6

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 7

only allow uses of the restoration area that the 8

Secretary determines would further the pur-9

poses described in subsection (c). 10

(B) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall 11

prioritize restoration activities within the res-12

toration area. 13

(C) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section 14

shall limit the Secretary’s ability to plan, ap-15

prove, or prioritize activities outside of the res-16

toration area. 17

(4) WILDLAND FIRE.— 18

(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section 19

prohibits the Secretary, in cooperation with 20

other Federal, State, and local agencies, as ap-21

propriate, from conducting wildland fire oper-22

ations in the restoration area, consistent with 23

the purposes of this section. 24


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(B) PRIORITY.—The Secretary may use 1

prescribed burning and managed wildland fire 2

to the fullest extent practicable to achieve the 3

purposes of this section. 4

(5) ROAD DECOMMISSIONING.— 5

(A) IN GENERAL.—To the extent prac-6

ticable, the Secretary shall decommission 7

unneeded National Forest System roads identi-8

fied for decommissioning and unauthorized 9

roads identified for decommissioning within the 10

restoration area— 11

(i) subject to appropriations; 12

(ii) consistent with the analysis re-13

quired by subparts A and B of part 212 of 14

title 36, Code of Federal Regulations; and 15

(iii) in accordance with existing law. 16

(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—In mak-17

ing determinations regarding road decommis-18

sioning under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 19

shall consult with— 20

(i) appropriate State, Tribal, and local 21

governmental entities; and 22

(ii) members of the public. 23

(C) DEFINITION.—As used in subpara-24

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(i) to reestablish vegetation on a road; 1

and 2

(ii) to restore any natural drainage, 3

watershed function, or other ecological 4

processes that are disrupted or adversely 5

impacted by the road by removing or 6

hydrologically disconnecting the road 7

prism. 8

(6) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.— 9

(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-10

graphs (B), (C), and (D), the Secretary may 11

conduct vegetation management projects in the 12

restoration area only where necessary to— 13

(i) maintain or restore the character-14

istics of ecosystem composition and struc-15

ture; 16

(ii) reduce wildfire risk to commu-17

nities by promoting forests that are fire re-18

silient; 19

(iii) improve the habitat of threatened, 20

endangered, or sensitive species; 21

(iv) protect or improve water quality; 22

or 23

(v) enhance the restoration of lands 24

within the restoration area. 25


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(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 1

(i) SHADED FUEL BREAKS.—In car-2

rying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary 3

shall prioritize, as practicable, the estab-4

lishment of a network of shaded fuel 5

breaks within— 6

(I) the portions of the wildland- 7

urban interface that are within 150 8

feet from private property contiguous 9

to Federal land; 10

(II) 150 feet from any road that 11

is open to motorized vehicles as of the 12

date of enactment of this Act— 13

(aa) except that, where to-14

pography or other conditions re-15

quire, the Secretary may estab-16

lish shaded fuel breaks up to 275 17

feet from a road so long as the 18

combined total width of the 19

shaded fuel breaks for both sides 20

of the road does not exceed 300 21

feet; and 22

(bb) provided that the Sec-23

retary shall include vegetation 24

treatments within a minimum of 25


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25 feet of the road where prac-1

ticable, feasible, and appropriate 2

as part of any shaded fuel break; 3

or 4

(III) 150 feet of any plantation. 5

(ii) PLANTATIONS; RIPARIAN RE-6

SERVES.—The Secretary may undertake 7

vegetation management projects— 8

(I) in areas within the restora-9

tion area in which fish and wildlife 10

habitat is significantly compromised 11

as a result of past management prac-12

tices (including plantations); and 13

(II) within designated riparian 14

reserves only where necessary to 15

maintain the integrity of fuel breaks 16

and to enhance fire resilience. 17

(C) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall 18

carry out vegetation management projects with-19

in the restoration area— 20

(i) in accordance with— 21

(I) this section; and 22

(II) existing law (including regu-23

lations); 24


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(ii) after providing an opportunity for 1

public comment; and 2

(iii) subject to appropriations. 3

(D) BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE.—The Sec-4

retary shall use the best available science in 5

planning and implementing vegetation manage-6

ment projects within the restoration area. 7

(7) GRAZING.— 8

(A) EXISTING GRAZING.—The grazing of 9

livestock in the restoration area, where estab-10

lished before the date of enactment of this Act, 11

shall be permitted to continue— 12

(i) subject to— 13

(I) such reasonable regulations, 14

policies, and practices as the Sec-15

retary considers necessary; and 16

(II) applicable law (including reg-17

ulations); and 18

(ii) in a manner consistent with the 19

purposes described in subsection (c). 20

(B) TARGETED NEW GRAZING.—The Sec-21

retary may issue annual targeted grazing per-22

mits for the grazing of livestock in the restora-23

tion area, where not established before the date 24

of the enactment of this Act, to control noxious 25


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weeds, aid in the control of wildfire within the 1

wildland-urban interface, or to provide other ec-2

ological benefits subject to— 3

(i) such reasonable regulations, poli-4

cies, and practices as the Secretary con-5

siders necessary; and 6

(ii) a manner consistent with the pur-7

poses described in subsection (c). 8

(C) BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE.—The Sec-9

retary shall use the best available science when 10

determining whether to issue targeted grazing 11

permits within the restoration area. 12

(e) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 13

the restoration area is withdrawn from— 14

(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-15

posal under the public land laws; 16

(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 17

laws; and 18

(3) disposition under all laws relating to min-19

eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 20

(f) USE OF STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS.—To the 21

maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall— 22

(1) use stewardship contracts to implement this 23

section; and 24


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(2) use revenue derived from such stewardship 1

contracts for restoration and other activities within 2

the restoration area which shall include staff and ad-3

ministrative costs to support timely consultation ac-4

tivities for restoration projects. 5

(g) COLLABORATION.—In developing and imple-6

menting restoration projects in the restoration area, the 7

Secretary shall consult with collaborative groups with an 8

interest in the restoration area. 9

(h) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—A collaboratively de-10

veloped restoration project within the restoration area may 11

be carried out in accordance with the provisions for haz-12

ardous fuel reduction projects set forth in sections 104, 13

105, and 106 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 14

2003 (16 U.S.C. 6514–6516), as applicable. 15

(i) MULTIPARTY MONITORING.—The Secretary of 16

Agriculture shall— 17

(1) in collaboration with the Secretary of the 18

Interior and interested persons, use a multiparty 19

monitoring, evaluation, and accountability process to 20

assess the positive or negative ecological, social, and 21

economic effects of restoration projects within the 22

restoration area; and 23

(2) incorporate the monitoring results into the 24

management of the restoration area. 25


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(j) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use all existing 1

authorities to secure as much funding as necessary to ful-2

fill the purposes of the restoration area. 3

(k) FOREST RESIDUES UTILIZATION.— 4

(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with applica-5

ble law, including regulations, and this section, the 6

Secretary may utilize forest residues from restora-7

tion projects, including shaded fuel breaks, in the 8

restoration area for research and development of 9

biobased products that result in net carbon seques-10

tration. 11

(2) PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out para-12

graph (1), the Secretary may enter into partnerships 13

with universities, nongovernmental organizations, in-14

dustry, Tribes, and Federal, State, and local govern-15

mental agencies. 16

SEC. 102. REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS RES-17

TORATION. 18

(a) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of 19

the Interior is authorized to undertake initiatives to re-20

store degraded redwood forest ecosystems in Redwood Na-21

tional and State Parks in partnership with the State of 22

California, local agencies, and nongovernmental organiza-23

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(b) COMPLIANCE.—In carrying out any initiative au-1

thorized by subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior 2

shall comply with all applicable law. 3

SEC. 103. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC LANDS REMEDIATION PART-4

NERSHIP. 5

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 6

(1) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘partnership’’ 7

means the California Public Lands Remediation 8

Partnership, established by subsection (b). 9

(2) PRIORITY LANDS.—The term ‘‘priority 10

lands’’ means Federal land within the State that is 11

determined by the partnership to be a high priority 12

for remediation. 13

(3) REMEDIATION.—The term ‘‘remediation’’ 14

means to facilitate the recovery of lands and waters 15

that have been degraded, damaged, or destroyed by 16

illegal marijuana cultivation or another illegal activ-17

ity. Remediation includes but is not limited to re-18

moval of trash, debris, and other material, and es-19

tablishing the composition, structure, pattern, and 20

ecological processes necessary to facilitate terrestrial 21

and aquatic ecosystem sustainability, resilience, and 22

health under current and future conditions. 23

(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a 24

California Public Lands Remediation Partnership. 25


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(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the partnership are 1

to— 2

(1) coordinate the activities of Federal, State, 3

Tribal, and local authorities, and the private sector, 4

in the remediation of priority lands in the State af-5

fected by illegal marijuana cultivation or other illegal 6

activities; and 7

(2) use the resources and expertise of each 8

agency, authority, or entity in implementing remedi-9

ation activities on priority lands in the State. 10

(d) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the partnership 11

shall include the following: 12

(1) The Secretary of Agriculture, or a designee 13

of the Secretary of Agriculture to represent the For-14

est Service. 15

(2) The Secretary of the Interior, or a designee 16

of the Secretary of the Interior, to represent the 17

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of 18

Land Management, and National Park Service. 19

(3) The Director of the Office of National Drug 20

Control Policy, or a designee of the Director. 21

(4) The Secretary of the State Natural Re-22

sources Agency, or a designee of the Secretary, to 23

represent the California Department of Fish and 24

Wildlife. 25


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(5) A designee of the California State Water 1

Resources Control Board. 2

(6) A designee of the California State Sheriffs’ 3

Association. 4

(7) One member to represent federally recog-5

nized Indian Tribes, to be appointed by the Sec-6

retary of Agriculture. 7

(8) One member to represent nongovernmental 8

organizations with an interest in Federal land reme-9

diation, to be appointed by the Secretary of Agri-10

culture. 11

(9) One member to represent local govern-12

mental interests, to be appointed by the Secretary of 13

Agriculture. 14

(10) A law enforcement official from each of 15

the following: 16

(A) The Department of the Interior. 17

(B) The Department of Agriculture. 18

(11) A scientist to provide expertise and advise 19

on methods needed for remediation efforts, to be ap-20

pointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. 21

(12) A designee of the National Guard Counter 22

Drug Program. 23

(e) DUTIES.—To further the purposes of this section, 24

the partnership shall— 25


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(1) identify priority lands for remediation in the 1

State; 2

(2) secure resources from Federal and non-Fed-3

eral sources to apply to remediation of priority lands 4

in the State; 5

(3) support efforts by Federal, State, Tribal, 6

and local agencies, and nongovernmental organiza-7

tions in carrying out remediation of priority lands in 8

the State; 9

(4) support research and education on the im-10

pacts of, and solutions to, illegal marijuana cultiva-11

tion and other illegal activities on priority lands in 12

the State; 13

(5) involve other Federal, State, Tribal, and 14

local agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and 15

the public in remediation efforts, to the extent prac-16

ticable; and 17

(6) take any other administrative or advisory 18

actions as necessary to address remediation of pri-19

ority lands in the State. 20

(f) AUTHORITIES.—To implement this section, the 21

partnership may, subject to the prior approval of the Sec-22

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(1) make grants to the State, political subdivi-1

sions of the State, nonprofit organizations, and 2

other persons; 3

(2) enter into cooperative agreements with, or 4

provide grants or technical assistance to, the State, 5

political subdivisions of the State, nonprofit organi-6

zations, Federal agencies, and other interested par-7

ties; 8

(3) hire and compensate staff; 9

(4) obtain funds or services from any source, 10

including Federal and non-Federal funds, and funds 11

and services provided under any other Federal law 12

or program; 13

(5) contract for goods or services; and 14

(6) support activities of partners and any other 15

activities that further the purposes of this section. 16

(g) PROCEDURES.—The partnership shall establish 17

such rules and procedures as it deems necessary or desir-18

able. 19

(h) LOCAL HIRING.—The partnership shall, to the 20

maximum extent practicable and in accordance with exist-21

ing law, give preference to local entities and persons when 22

carrying out this section. 23

(i) SERVICE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.—Members of 24

the partnership shall serve without pay. 25


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(j) DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY 1

OF AGRICULTURE.— 2

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 3

shall convene the partnership on a regular basis to 4

carry out this section. 5

(2) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 6

The Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the 7

Interior may provide technical and financial assist-8

ance, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, as 9

determined by the appropriate Secretary, to the 10

partnership or any members of the partnership to 11

carry out this Act. 12

(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-13

retary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior 14

may enter into cooperative agreements with the 15

partnership, any members of the partnership, or 16

other public or private entities to provide technical, 17

financial, or other assistance to carry out this Act. 18

SEC. 104. TRINITY LAKE VISITOR CENTER. 19

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, act-20

ing through the Chief of the Forest Service, may establish, 21

in cooperation with any other public or private entities 22

that the Secretary may determine to be appropriate, a vis-23

itor center in Weaverville, California— 24

(1) to serve visitors; and 25


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(2) to assist in fulfilling the purposes of the 1

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation 2

Area. 3

(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure 4

that the visitor center authorized under subsection (a) is 5

designed to interpret the scenic, biological, natural, histor-6

ical, scientific, paleontological, recreational, ecological, wil-7

derness, and cultural resources of the Whiskeytown-Shas-8

ta-Trinity National Recreation Area and other nearby 9

Federal lands. 10

(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of 11

Agriculture may, in a manner consistent with this Act, 12

enter into cooperative agreements with the State and any 13

other appropriate institutions and organizations to carry 14

out the purposes of this section. 15

SEC. 105. DEL NORTE COUNTY VISITOR CENTER. 16

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture and 17

Secretary of the Interior, acting jointly or separately, may 18

establish, in cooperation with any other public or private 19

entities that the Secretaries determine to be appropriate, 20

a visitor center in Del Norte County, California— 21

(1) to serve visitors; and 22

(2) to assist in fulfilling the purposes of Red-23

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National Recreation Area, and other nearby Federal 1

lands. 2

(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretaries shall ensure 3

that the visitor center authorized under subsection (a) is 4

designed to interpret the scenic, biological, natural, histor-5

ical, scientific, paleontological, recreational, ecological, wil-6

derness, and cultural resources of Redwood National and 7

State Parks, the Smith River National Recreation Area, 8

and other nearby Federal lands. 9

SEC. 106. MANAGEMENT PLANS. 10

(a) IN GENERAL.—In revising the land and resource 11

management plan for the Shasta-Trinity, Six Rivers, 12

Klamath, and Mendocino National Forests, the Secretary 13

shall— 14

(1) consider the purposes of the South Fork 15

Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area established by 16

section 101; and 17

(2) include or update the fire management plan 18

for the wilderness areas and wilderness additions es-19

tablished by this Act. 20

(b) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out the revisions re-21

quired by subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 22

(1) develop spatial fire management plans in 23

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(A) the Guidance for Implementation of 1

Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy 2

dated February 13, 2009, including any amend-3

ments to that guidance; and 4

(B) other appropriate policies; 5

(2) ensure that a fire management plan— 6

(A) considers how prescribed or managed 7

fire can be used to achieve ecological manage-8

ment objectives of wilderness and other natural 9

or primitive areas; and 10

(B) in the case of a wilderness area ex-11

panded by section 301, provides consistent di-12

rection regarding fire management to the entire 13

wilderness area, including the addition; 14

(3) consult with— 15

(A) appropriate State, Tribal, and local 16


(B) members of the public; and 18

(4) comply with applicable laws (including regu-19

lations). 20

SEC. 107. STUDY; PARTNERSHIPS RELATED TO OVERNIGHT 21

ACCOMMODATIONS. 22

(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior, in con-23

sultation with interested Federal, State, Tribal, and local 24

entities, and private and nonprofit organizations, shall 25


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conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility and suitability 1

of establishing overnight accommodations near Redwood 2

National and State Parks on— 3

(1) Federal land at the northern boundary or 4

on land within 20 miles of the northern boundary; 5

and 6

(2) Federal land at the southern boundary or 7

on land within 20 miles of the southern boundary. 8

(b) PARTNERSHIPS.— 9

(1) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—If the study 10

conducted under subsection (a) determines that es-11

tablishing the described accommodations is suitable 12

and feasible, the Secretary may enter into agree-13

ments with qualified private and nonprofit organiza-14

tions for the development, operation, and mainte-15

nance of overnight accommodations. 16

(2) CONTENTS.—Any agreements entered into 17

under paragraph (1) shall clearly define the role and 18

responsibility of the Secretary and the private or 19

nonprofit organization. 20

(3) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall enter 21

agreements under paragraph (1) in accordance with 22

existing law. 23

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(A) reduces or diminishes the authority of 1

the Secretary to manage land and resources 2

under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; or 3

(B) amends or modifies the application of 4

any existing law (including regulations) applica-5

ble to land under the jurisdiction of the Sec-6

retary. 7

TITLE II—RECREATION 8

SEC. 201. HORSE MOUNTAIN SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. 9

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 10

rights, there is established the Horse Mountain Special 11

Management Area (referred to in this section as the ‘‘spe-12

cial management area’’) comprising approximately 7,482 13

acres of Federal land administered by the Forest Service 14

in Humboldt County, California, as generally depicted on 15

the map entitled ‘‘Horse Mountain Special Management 16

Area’’ and dated May 15, 2020. 17

(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of the special manage-18

ment area is to enhance the recreational and scenic values 19

of the special management area while conserving the 20

plants, wildlife, and other natural resource values of the 21

area. 22

(c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 23

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 24

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with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall develop a 1

comprehensive plan for the long-term management 2

of the special management area. 3

(2) CONSULTATION.—In developing the man-4

agement plan required under paragraph (1), the 5

Secretary shall consult with— 6

(A) appropriate State, Tribal, and local 7


(B) members of the public. 9

(3) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—The manage-10

ment plan required under paragraph (1) shall ensure 11

that recreational use within the special management 12

area does not cause significant adverse impacts on 13

the plants and wildlife of the special management 14

area. 15

(d) MANAGEMENT.— 16


the special management area— 18

(A) in furtherance of the purposes de-19

scribed in subsection (b); and 20

(B) in accordance with— 21


generally applicable to the National Forest 23

System; 24

(ii) this section; and 25


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(iii) any other applicable law (includ-1

ing regulations). 2

(2) RECREATION.—The Secretary shall con-3

tinue to authorize, maintain, and enhance the rec-4

reational use of the special management area, in-5

cluding hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, hang glid-6

ing, sightseeing, nature study, horseback riding, 7

rafting, mountain biking, and motorized recreation 8

on authorized routes, and other recreational activi-9

ties, so long as such recreational use is consistent 10

with the purposes of the special management area, 11

this section, other applicable law (including regula-12

tions), and applicable management plans. 13

(3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.— 14

(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 15

subparagraph (B), the use of motorized vehicles 16

in the special management area shall be per-17

mitted only on roads and trails designated for 18

the use of motorized vehicles. 19

(B) USE OF SNOWMOBILES.—The winter 20

use of snowmobiles shall be allowed in the spe-21

cial management area— 22

(i) during periods of adequate snow 23

coverage during the winter season; and 24


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(ii) subject to any terms and condi-1

tions determined to be necessary by the 2

Secretary. 3

(4) NEW TRAILS.— 4

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 5

construct new trails for motorized or non-6

motorized recreation within the special manage-7

ment area in accordance with— 8



System; 11



ing regulations). 14

(B) PRIORITY.—In establishing new trails 15

within the special management area, the Sec-16

retary shall— 17

(i) prioritize the establishment of 18

loops that provide high-quality, diverse rec-19

reational experiences; and 20

(ii) consult with members of the pub-21

lic. 22

(e) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 23

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(1) all forms of appropriation or disposal under 1

the public land laws; 2


laws; and 4

(3) disposition under laws relating to mineral 5

and geothermal leasing. 6

SEC. 202. BIGFOOT NATIONAL RECREATION TRAIL. 7

(a) FEASIBILITY STUDY.— 8

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 9

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 10

of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Secretary of 11

the Interior, shall submit to the Committee on Nat-12

ural Resources of the House of Representatives and 13

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 14

Senate a study that describes the feasibility of estab-15

lishing a nonmotorized Bigfoot National Recreation 16

Trail that follows the route described in paragraph 17

(2). 18

(2) ROUTE.—The trail described in paragraph 19

(1) shall extend from the Ides Cove Trailhead in the 20

Mendocino National Forest to Crescent City, Cali-21

fornia, by roughly following the route as generally 22

depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Bigfoot National 23

Recreation Trail—Proposed’’ and dated July 25, 24

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(3) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—In com-1

pleting the study required by subsection (a), the Sec-2

retary of Agriculture shall consult with— 3

(A) appropriate Federal, State, Tribal, re-4

gional, and local agencies; 5

(B) private landowners; 6

(C) nongovernmental organizations; and 7

(D) members of the public. 8

(b) DESIGNATION.— 9

(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon a determination that 10

the Bigfoot National Recreation Trail is feasible and 11

meets the requirements for a National Recreation 12

Trail in section 1243 of title 16, United States 13

Code, the Secretary of Agriculture shall designate 14

the Bigfoot National Recreation Trail in accordance 15

with— 16

(A) the National Trails System Act (Public 17

Law 90–543); 18

(B) this Act; and 19

(C) other applicable law (including regula-20

tions). 21

(2) ADMINISTRATION.—Upon designation by 22

the Secretary of Agriculture, the Bigfoot National 23

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‘‘trail’’) shall be administered by the Secretary of 1

Agriculture, in consultation with— 2

(A) other Federal, State, Tribal, regional, 3

and local agencies; 4

(B) private landowners; and 5

(C) other interested organizations. 6

(3) PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.— 7

(A) IN GENERAL.—No portions of the trail 8

may be located on non-Federal land without the 9

written consent of the landowner. 10

(B) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Agri-11

culture shall not acquire for the trail any land 12

or interest in land outside the exterior boundary 13

of any federally managed area without the con-14

sent of the owner of the land or interest in the 15

land. 16

(C) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 17

(i) requires any private property 18

owner to allow public access (including 19

Federal, State, or local government access) 20

to private property; or 21

(ii) modifies any provision of Federal, 22

State, or local law with respect to public 23

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(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out 1

this section, the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into 2

cooperative agreements with State, Tribal, and local gov-3

ernment entities and private entities to complete needed 4

trail construction, reconstruction, realignment, mainte-5

nance, or education projects related to the Bigfoot Na-6

tional Recreation Trail. 7

(d) MAP.— 8

(1) MAP REQUIRED.—Upon designation of the 9

Bigfoot National Recreation Trail, the Secretary of 10

Agriculture shall prepare a map of the trail. 11

(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map referred 12

to in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 13

public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 14

Forest Service. 15

SEC. 203. ELK CAMP RIDGE RECREATION TRAIL. 16

(a) DESIGNATION.— 17

(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with para-18

graph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture after an op-19

portunity for public comment, shall designate a trail 20

(which may include a system of trails)— 21

(A) for use by off-highway vehicles or 22

mountain bicycles, or both; and 23

(B) to be known as the Elk Camp Ridge 24

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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In designating the Elk 1

Camp Ridge Recreation Trail (referred to in this 2

section as the ‘‘trail’’), the Secretary shall only in-3

clude trails that are— 4

(A) as of the date of enactment of this 5

Act, authorized for use by off-highway vehicles 6

or mountain bikes, or both; and 7

(B) located on land that is managed by the 8

Forest Service in Del Norte County. 9

(3) MAP.—A map that depicts the trail shall be 10

on file and available for public inspection in the ap-11

propriate offices of the Forest Service. 12

(b) MANAGEMENT.— 13


the trail— 15

(A) in accordance with applicable laws (in-16

cluding regulations); 17

(B) to ensure the safety of citizens who 18

use the trail; and 19

(C) in a manner by which to minimize any 20

damage to sensitive habitat or cultural re-21

sources. 22

(2) MONITORING; EVALUATION.—To minimize 23

the impacts of the use of the trail on environmental 24

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assess the effects of the use of off-highway vehicles 1

and mountain bicycles on— 2

(A) the trail; 3

(B) land located in proximity to the trail; 4

and 5

(C) plants, wildlife, and wildlife habitat. 6

(3) CLOSURE.—The Secretary, in consultation 7

with the State and Del Norte County, and subject 8

to paragraph (4), may temporarily close or perma-9

nently reroute a portion of the trail if the Secretary 10

determines that— 11

(A) the trail is having an adverse impact 12

on— 13

(i) wildlife habitats; 14

(ii) natural resources; 15

(iii) cultural resources; or 16

(iv) traditional uses; 17

(B) the trail threatens public safety; or 18

(C) closure of the trail is necessary— 19

(i) to repair damage to the trail; or 20

(ii) to repair resource damage. 21

(4) REROUTING.—Any portion of the trail that 22

is temporarily closed by the Secretary under para-23

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(A) that is— 1

(i) in existence as of the date of the 2

closure of the portion of the trail; 3

(ii) located on public land; and 4

(iii) open to motorized or mechanized 5

use; and 6

(B) if the Secretary determines that re-7

routing the portion of the trail would not sig-8

nificantly increase or decrease the length of the 9

trail. 10

(5) NOTICE OF AVAILABLE ROUTES.—The Sec-11

retary shall ensure that visitors to the trail have ac-12

cess to adequate notice relating to the availability of 13

trail routes through— 14

(A) the placement of appropriate signage 15

along the trail; and 16

(B) the distribution of maps, safety edu-17

cation materials, and other information that the 18

Secretary concerned determines to be appro-19

priate. 20

(c) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section affects the 21

ownership, management, or other rights relating to any 22

non-Federal land (including any interest in any non-Fed-23

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SEC. 204. TRINITY LAKE TRAIL. 1

(a) TRAIL CONSTRUCTION.— 2

(1) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—Not later than 18 3

months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 4

Secretary shall study the feasibility and public inter-5

est of constructing a recreational trail for non-6

motorized uses around Trinity Lake. 7

(2) CONSTRUCTION.— 8

(A) CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZED.—Sub-9

ject to appropriations, and in accordance with 10

paragraph (3), if the Secretary determines 11

under paragraph (1) that the construction of 12

the trail described in such paragraph is feasible 13

and in the public interest, the Secretary may 14

provide for the construction of the trail. 15

(B) USE OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES AND 16

CONTRIBUTIONS.—The trail may be constructed 17

under this section through the acceptance of 18

volunteer services and contributions from non- 19

Federal sources to reduce or eliminate the need 20

for Federal expenditures to construct the trail. 21

(3) COMPLIANCE.—In carrying out this section, 22

the Secretary shall comply with— 23

(A) the laws (including regulations) gen-24

erally applicable to the National Forest System; 25

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(B) this Act. 1

(b) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section affects the 2



eral land). 5

SEC. 205. TRAILS STUDY. 6

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 7

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-8

culture, in accordance with subsection (b) and in consulta-9

tion with interested parties, shall conduct a study to im-10

prove motorized and nonmotorized recreation trail oppor-11

tunities (including mountain bicycling) on land not des-12

ignated as wilderness within the portions of the Six Rivers, 13

Shasta-Trinity, and Mendocino National Forests located 14

in Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino Coun-15

ties. 16

(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study re-17

quired by subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 18

consult with the Secretary of the Interior regarding oppor-19

tunities to improve, through increased coordination, recre-20

ation trail opportunities on land under the jurisdiction of 21

the Secretary of the Interior that shares a boundary with 22

the national forest land described in subsection (a). 23


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SEC. 206. CONSTRUCTION OF MOUNTAIN BICYCLING 1

ROUTES. 2

(a) TRAIL CONSTRUCTION.— 3

(1) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—Not later than 18 4

months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 5

Secretary of Agriculture shall study the feasibility 6

and public interest of constructing recreational trails 7

for mountain bicycling and other nonmotorized uses 8

on the routes as generally depicted in the report en-9

titled ‘‘Trail Study for Smith River National Recre-10

ation Area Six Rivers National Forest’’ and dated 11

2016. 12

(2) CONSTRUCTION.— 13

(A) CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZED.—Sub-14

ject to appropriations, and in accordance with 15

paragraph (3), if the Secretary determines 16

under paragraph (1) that the construction of 17

one or more routes described in such paragraph 18

is feasible and in the public interest, the Sec-19

retary may provide for the construction of the 20

routes. 21

(B) MODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary may 22

modify the routes as necessary in the opinion of 23

the Secretary. 24

(C) USE OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES AND 25

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under this section through the acceptance of 1

volunteer services and contributions from non- 2

Federal sources to reduce or eliminate the need 3

for Federal expenditures to construct the route. 4

(3) COMPLIANCE.—In carrying out this section, 5

the Secretary shall comply with— 6

(A) the laws (including regulations) gen-7

erally applicable to the National Forest System; 8

and 9

(B) this Act. 10

(b) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section affects the 11



eral land). 14

SEC. 207. PARTNERSHIPS. 15

(a) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is 16

authorized to enter into agreements with qualified private 17

and nonprofit organizations to undertake the following ac-18

tivities on Federal lands in Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, 19

and Del Norte Counties— 20

(1) trail and campground maintenance; 21

(2) public education, visitor contacts, and out-22

reach; and 23

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(b) CONTENTS.—Any agreements entered into under 1

subsection (a) shall clearly define the role and responsi-2

bility of the Secretary and the private or nonprofit organi-3

zation. 4

(c) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall enter into 5

agreements under subsection (a) in accordance with exist-6

ing law. 7

(d) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 8

(1) reduces or diminishes the authority of the 9

Secretary to manage land and resources under the 10

jurisdiction of the Secretary; or 11

(2) amends or modifies the application of any 12

existing law (including regulations) applicable to 13

land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 14

TITLE III—CONSERVATION 15

SEC. 301. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS. 16

(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Wilderness 17

Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the 18

State are designated as wilderness areas and as compo-19

nents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 20

(1) BLACK BUTTE RIVER WILDERNESS.—Cer-21

tain Federal land managed by the Forest Service in 22

the State, comprising approximately 11,155 acres, 23

as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Black 24

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2020, which shall be known as the Black Butte 1

River Wilderness. 2

(2) CHANCHELULLA WILDERNESS ADDI-3

TIONS.—Certain Federal land managed by the For-4

est Service in the State, comprising approximately 5

6,382 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-6

tled ‘‘Chanchelulla Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’ 7

and dated May 15, 2020, which is incorporated in, 8

and considered to be a part of, the Chanchelulla Wil-9

derness, as designated by section 101(a)(4) of the 10

California Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 11

note; 98 Stat. 1619). 12

(3) CHINQUAPIN WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-13

eral land managed by the Forest Service in the 14

State, comprising approximately 27,164 acres, as 15

generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Chinquapin 16

Wilderness—Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 2020, 17

which shall be known as the Chinquapin Wilderness. 18

(4) ELKHORN RIDGE WILDERNESS ADDITION.— 19

Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of 20

Land Management in the State, comprising approxi-21

mately 37 acres, as generally depicted on the map 22

entitled ‘‘Proposed Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness Addi-23

tions’’ and dated October 24, 2019, which is incor-24

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horn Ridge Wilderness, as designated by section 1

6(d) of Public Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 2

120 Stat. 2070). 3

(5) ENGLISH RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 4

Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-5

agement in the State, comprising approximately 6


tled ‘‘English Ridge Wilderness—Proposed’’ and 8

dated March 29, 2019, which shall be known as the 9

English Ridge Wilderness. 10

(6) HEADWATERS FOREST WILDERNESS.—Cer-11

tain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 12

Management in the State, comprising approximately 13


tled ‘‘Headwaters Forest Wilderness—Proposed’’ 15

and dated October 15, 2019, which shall be known 16

as the Headwaters Forest Wilderness. 17

(7) MAD RIVER BUTTES WILDERNESS.—Certain 18

Federal land managed by the Forest Service in the 19

State, comprising approximately 6,097 acres, as gen-20

erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Mad River 21

Buttes Wilderness—Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 22

2020, which shall be known as the Mad River 23

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(8) MOUNT LASSIC WILDERNESS ADDITION.— 1

Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service 2

in the State, comprising approximately 1,288 acres, 3

as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Mt. 4

Lassic Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’ and dated 5

May 15, 2020, which is incorporated in, and consid-6

ered to be a part of, the Mount Lassic Wilderness, 7

as designated by section 3(6) of Public Law 109– 8

362 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 120 Stat. 2065). 9

(9) NORTH FORK EEL WILDERNESS ADDI-10

TION.—Certain Federal land managed by the Forest 11

Service and the Bureau of Land Management in the 12


generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘North Fork 14

Eel Wilderness Additions’’ and dated May 15, 2020, 15

which is incorporated in, and considered to be a part 16

of, the North Fork Eel Wilderness, as designated by 17

section 101(a)(19) of the California Wilderness Act 18

of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 98 Stat. 1621). 19

(10) PATTISON WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 20

land managed by the Forest Service in the State, 21

comprising approximately 29,451 acres, as generally 22

depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Pattison Wilderness— 23

Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 2020, which shall be 24

known as the Pattison Wilderness. 25


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(11) SANHEDRIN WILDERNESS ADDITION.— 1


in the State, comprising approximately 112 acres, as 3

generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Sanhedrin 4

Wilderness Addition—Proposed’’ and dated March 5

29, 2019, which is incorporated in, and considered 6

to be a part of, the Sanhedrin Wilderness, as des-7

ignated by section 3(2) of Public Law 109–362 (16 8

U.S.C. 1132 note; 120 Stat. 2065). 9

(12) SISKIYOU WILDERNESS ADDITION.—Cer-10

tain Federal land managed by the Forest Service in 11

the State, comprising approximately 23,913 acres, 12

as generally depicted on the maps entitled ‘‘Siskiyou 13

Wilderness Additions—Proposed (North)’’ and 14

‘‘Siskiyou Wilderness Additions—Proposed (South)’’ 15

and dated May 15, 2020, which is incorporated in, 16

and considered to be a part of, the Siskiyou Wilder-17

ness, as designated by section 101(a)(30) of the 18

California Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 19

note; 98 Stat. 1623) (as amended by section 3(5) of 20

Public Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 120 21

Stat. 2065)). 22

(13) SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER WILDERNESS AD-23

DITION.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bu-24

reau of Land Management in the State, comprising 25


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approximately 603 acres, as generally depicted on 1

the map entitled ‘‘South Fork Eel River Wilderness 2

Additions—Proposed’’ and dated October 24, 2019, 3

which is incorporated in, and considered to be a part 4

of, the South Fork Eel River Wilderness, as des-5

ignated by section 3(10) of Public Law 109–362 (16 6

U.S.C. 1132 note; 120 Stat. 2066). 7

(14) SOUTH FORK TRINITY RIVER WILDER-8

NESS.—Certain Federal land managed by the Forest 9

Service in the State, comprising approximately 10


tled ‘‘South Fork Trinity River Wilderness Addi-12

tions—Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 2020, which 13

shall be known as the South Fork Trinity River Wil-14

derness. 15

(15) TRINITY ALPS WILDERNESS ADDITION.— 16



as generally depicted on the maps entitled ‘‘Trinity 19

Alps Proposed Wilderness Additions EAST’’ and 20

‘‘Trinity Alps Wilderness Additions West—Pro-21

posed’’ and dated May 15, 2020, which is incor-22

porated in, and considered to be a part of, the Trin-23

ity Alps Wilderness, as designated by section 24

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(16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 98 Stat. 1623) (as amended 1

by section 3(7) of Public Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 2

1132 note; 120 Stat. 2065)). 3

(16) UNDERWOOD WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-4

eral land managed by the Forest Service in the 5


generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Underwood 7

Wilderness—Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 2020, 8

which shall be known as the Underwood Wilderness. 9

(17) YOLLA BOLLY-MIDDLE EEL WILDERNESS 10

ADDITIONS.—Certain Federal land managed by the 11

Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management 12


as generally depicted on the maps entitled ‘‘Yolla 14

Bolly Wilderness Proposed—NORTH’’, ‘‘Yolla Bolly 15

Wilderness Proposed—SOUTH’’, and ‘‘Yolla Bolly 16

Wilderness Proposed—WEST’’ and dated May 15, 17

2020, which is incorporated in, and considered to be 18

a part of, the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness, as 19

designated by section 3 of the Wilderness Act (16 20

U.S.C. 1132) (as amended by section 3(4) of Public 21

Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 120 Stat. 22

2065)). 23

(18) YUKI WILDERNESS ADDITION.—Certain 24

Federal land managed by the Forest Service and the 25


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Bureau of Land Management in the State, com-1

prising approximately 11,076 acres, as generally de-2

picted on the map entitled ‘‘Yuki Wilderness Addi-3

tions—Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 2020, which is 4

incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the 5

Yuki Wilderness, as designated by section 3(3) of 6

Public Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 120 7

Stat. 2065). 8

(b) REDESIGNATION OF NORTH FORK WILDERNESS 9

AS NORTH FORK EEL RIVER WILDERNESS.—Section 10

101(a)(19) of Public Law 98–425 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 11

98 Stat. 1621) is amended by striking ‘‘North Fork Wil-12

derness’’ and inserting ‘‘North Fork Eel River Wilder-13

ness’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 14

paper, or other record of the United States to the North 15

Fork Wilderness shall be deemed to be a reference to the 16

North Fork Eel River Wilderness. 17

(c) ELKHORN RIDGE WILDERNESS ADJUSTMENTS.— 18

The boundary of the Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness estab-19

lished by section 6(d) of Public Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 20

1132 note) is adjusted by deleting approximately 30 acres 21

of Federal land as generally depicted on the map entitled 22

‘‘Proposed Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness Additions’’ and 23

dated October 24, 2019. 24


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SEC. 302. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS. 1

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 2

the wilderness areas and wilderness additions established 3

by section 301 shall be administered by the Secretary in 4

accordance with this Act and the Wilderness Act (16 5

U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 6

(1) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the 7

effective date of that Act shall be considered to be 8

a reference to the date of enactment of this Act; and 9

(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 10

of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 11

to the Secretary. 12

(b) FIRE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED ACTIVI-13

TIES.— 14

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may take 15

such measures in a wilderness area or wilderness ad-16

dition designated by section 301 as are necessary for 17

the control of fire, insects, and diseases in accord-18

ance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 19

U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and House Report 98–40 of the 20

98th Congress. 21

(2) FUNDING PRIORITIES.—Nothing in this Act 22

limits funding for fire and fuels management in the 23

wilderness areas or wilderness additions designated 24

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(3) ADMINISTRATION.—Consistent with para-1

graph (1) and other applicable Federal law, to en-2

sure a timely and efficient response to fire emer-3

gencies in the wilderness additions designated by 4

this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 5

(A) not later than 1 year after the date of 6

enactment of this Act, establish agency ap-7

proval procedures (including appropriate delega-8

tions of authority to the Forest Supervisor, Dis-9

trict Manager, or other agency officials) for re-10

sponding to fire emergencies; and 11

(B) enter into agreements with appropriate 12

State or local firefighting agencies. 13

(c) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock in the wilder-14

ness areas and wilderness additions designated by this 15

Act, if established before the date of enactment of this 16

Act, shall be administered in accordance with— 17

(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 18

U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 19

(2)(A) for lands under the jurisdiction of the 20

Secretary of Agriculture, the guidelines set forth in 21

the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 22

Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-23

panying H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress (H. Rept. 24

96–617); or 25


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(B) for lands under the jurisdiction of the Sec-1

retary of the Interior, the guidelines set forth in Ap-2

pendix A of the report of the Committee on Interior 3

and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 4

accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. 5

Rept. 101–405). 6

(d) FISH AND WILDLIFE.— 7

(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with section 8

4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 9

1133(d)(7)), nothing in this Act affects the jurisdic-10

tion or responsibilities of the State with respect to 11

fish and wildlife on public land in the State. 12

(2) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In furtherance 13

of the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act 14

(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary may conduct 15

any management activities that are necessary to 16

maintain or restore fish, wildlife, and plant popu-17

lations and habitats in the wilderness areas or wil-18

derness additions designated by section 301, if the 19

management activities are— 20

(A) consistent with relevant wilderness 21

management plans; and 22

(B) conducted in accordance with— 23

(i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 24

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(ii) appropriate policies, such as the 1

policies established in Appendix B of 2

House Report 101–405. 3

(e) BUFFER ZONES.— 4

(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for 5

designation of wilderness or wilderness additions by 6

this Act to lead to the creation of protective perim-7

eters or buffer zones around each wilderness area or 8

wilderness addition. 9

(2) ACTIVITIES OR USES UP TO BOUNDARIES.— 10

The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be 11

seen or heard from within a wilderness area shall 12

not, of itself, preclude the activities or uses up to the 13

boundary of the wilderness area. 14

(f) MILITARY ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this Act pre-15

cludes— 16

(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 17

the wilderness areas or wilderness additions des-18

ignated by section 301; 19

(2) the designation of new units of special air-20

space over the wilderness areas or wilderness addi-21

tions designated by section 301; or 22

(3) the use or establishment of military flight 23

training routes over the wilderness areas or wilder-24

ness additions designated by section 301. 25


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(g) HORSES.—Nothing in this Act precludes horse-1

back riding in, or the entry of recreational or commercial 2

saddle or pack stock into, an area designated as a wilder-3

ness area or wilderness addition by section 301— 4

(1) in accordance with section 4(d)(5) of the 5

Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)); and 6

(2) subject to any terms and conditions deter-7

mined to be necessary by the Secretary. 8

(h) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 9

the wilderness areas and wilderness additions designated 10

by section 301 are withdrawn from— 11




laws; and 15

(3) operation of the mineral materials and geo-16

thermal leasing laws. 17

(i) USE BY MEMBERS OF INDIAN TRIBES.— 18

(1) ACCESS.—In recognition of the past use of 19

wilderness areas and wilderness additions designated 20

by this Act by members of Indian Tribes for tradi-21

tional cultural and religious purposes, the Secretary 22

shall ensure that Indian Tribes have access to the 23

wilderness areas and wilderness additions designated 24


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by section 301 for traditional cultural and religious 1

purposes. 2

(2) TEMPORARY CLOSURES.— 3

(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this 4

section, the Secretary, on request of an Indian 5

Tribe, may temporarily close to the general 6

public one or more specific portions of a wilder-7

ness area or wilderness addition to protect the 8

privacy of the members of the Indian Tribe in 9

the conduct of the traditional cultural and reli-10

gious activities in the wilderness area or wilder-11

ness addition. 12

(B) REQUIREMENT.—Any closure under 13

subparagraph (A) shall be made in such a man-14

ner as to affect the smallest practicable area for 15

the minimum period of time necessary for the 16

activity to be carried out. 17

(3) APPLICABLE LAW.—Access to the wilder-18

ness areas and wilderness additions under this sub-19

section shall be in accordance with— 20

(A) Public Law 95–341 (commonly known 21

as the American Indian Religious Freedom Act) 22

(42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.); and 23

(B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 24

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(j) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-1

ESTS.—Any land within the boundary of a wilderness area 2

or wilderness addition designated by section 301 that is 3

acquired by the United States shall— 4

(1) become part of the wilderness area in which 5

the land is located; 6

(2) be withdrawn in accordance with subsection 7

(h); and 8

(3) be managed in accordance with this section, 9

the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and 10

any other applicable law. 11

(k) CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION.—In ac-12

cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 13

and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 14

may prescribe, the Secretary may authorize the installa-15

tion and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or cli-16

matological collection devices in the wilderness areas and 17

wilderness additions designated by section 301 if the Sec-18

retary determines that the facilities and access to the fa-19

cilities are essential to flood warning, flood control, or 20

water reservoir operation activities. 21

(l) AUTHORIZED EVENTS.—The Secretary may con-22

tinue to authorize the competitive equestrian event per-23

mitted since 2012 in the Chinquapin Wilderness estab-24


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lished by section 301 in a manner compatible with the 1

preservation of the area as wilderness. 2

(m) RECREATIONAL CLIMBING.—Nothing in this Act 3

prohibits recreational rock climbing activities in the wil-4

derness areas, such as the placement, use, and mainte-5

nance of fixed anchors, including any fixed anchor estab-6

lished before the date of the enactment of this Act— 7

(1) in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 8

U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and 9

(2) subject to any terms and conditions deter-10

mined to be necessary by the Secretary. 11

SEC. 303. DESIGNATION OF POTENTIAL WILDERNESS. 12

(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 13

the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following 14

areas in the State are designated as potential wilderness 15

areas: 16

(1) Certain Federal land managed by the For-17

est Service, comprising approximately 4,005 acres, 18

as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Chin-19

quapin Proposed Potential Wilderness’’ and dated 20

May 15, 2020. 21

(2) Certain Federal land administered by the 22

National Park Service, compromising approximately 23



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tled ‘‘Redwood National Park—Potential Wilder-1

ness’’ and dated October 9, 2019. 2



as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Siskiyou 5

Proposed Potential Wildernesses’’ and dated May 6

15, 2020. 7


est Service, comprising approximately 446 acres, as 9

generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘South Fork 10

Trinity River Proposed Potential Wilderness’’ and 11

dated May 15, 2020. 12



as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Trinity 15

Alps Proposed Potential Wilderness’’ and dated May 16

15, 2020. 17



as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Yolla 20

Bolly Middle-Eel Proposed Potential Wilderness’’ 21

and dated May 15, 2020. 22



as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Yuki Pro-25


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posed Potential Wilderness’’ and dated May 15, 1

2020. 2

(b) MANAGEMENT.—Except as provided in subsection 3

(c) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall 4

manage the potential wilderness areas designated by sub-5

section (a) (referred to in this section as ‘‘potential wilder-6

ness areas’’) as wilderness until the potential wilderness 7

areas are designated as wilderness under subsection (d). 8

(c) ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION.— 9

(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of ecological 10

restoration (including the elimination of nonnative 11

species, removal of illegal, unused, or decommis-12

sioned roads, repair of skid tracks, and any other 13

activities necessary to restore the natural ecosystems 14

in a potential wilderness area and consistent with 15

paragraph (2)), the Secretary may use motorized 16

equipment and mechanized transport in a potential 17

wilderness area until the potential wilderness area is 18

designated as wilderness under subsection (d). 19

(2) LIMITATION.—To the maximum extent 20

practicable, the Secretary shall use the minimum 21

tool or administrative practice necessary to accom-22

plish ecological restoration with the least amount of 23

adverse impact on wilderness character and re-24

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(d) EVENTUAL WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.—The 1

potential wilderness areas shall be designated as wilder-2

ness and as a component of the National Wilderness Pres-3

ervation System on the earlier of— 4

(1) the date on which the Secretary publishes in 5

the Federal Register notice that the conditions in a 6

potential wilderness area that are incompatible with 7

the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) have 8

been removed; or 9

(2) the date that is 10 years after the date of 10

enactment of this Act for potential wilderness areas 11

located on lands managed by the Forest Service. 12

(e) ADMINISTRATION AS WILDERNESS.— 13

(1) IN GENERAL.—On its designation as wilder-14

ness under subsection (d), a potential wilderness 15

area shall be administered in accordance with sec-16

tion 302 and the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 17

seq.). 18

(2) DESIGNATION.—On its designation as wil-19

derness under subsection (d)— 20

(A) the land described in subsection (a)(1) 21

shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a 22

part of, the Chinquapin Wilderness established 23

by section 301(a)(3); 24


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(B) the land described in subsection (a)(3) 1


part of, the Siskiyou Wilderness as designated 3

by section 101(a)(30) of the California Wilder-4

ness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 98 5

Stat. 1623) (as amended by section 3(5) of 6

Public Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 7

120 Stat. 2065) and expanded by section 8

301(a)(12)); 9

(C) the land described in subsection (a)(4) 10


part of, the South Fork Trinity River Wilder-12

ness established by section 301(a)(14); 13

(D) the land described in subsection (a)(5) 14


part of, the Trinity Alps Wilderness as des-16

ignated by section 101(a)(34) of the California 17

Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 18

98 Stat. 1623) (as amended by section 3(7) of 19

Public Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 20

120 Stat. 2065) and expanded by section 21

301(a)(15)); 22

(E) the land described in subsection (a)(6) 23


part of, the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness 25


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as designated by section 3 of the Wilderness 1

Act (16 U.S.C. 1132) (as amended by section 2

3(4) of Public Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 1132 3

note; 120 Stat. 2065) and expanded by section 4

301(a)(17)); and 5

(F) the land described in subsection (a)(7) 6


part of, the Yuki Wilderness as designated by 8

section 3(3) of Public Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 9

1132 note; 120 Stat. 2065) and expanded by 10

section 301(a)(18). 11

(f) REPORT.—Within 3 years after the date of enact-12

ment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter until the 13

date upon which the potential wilderness is designated wil-14

derness under subsection (d), the Secretary shall submit 15

a report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 16

House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 17

and Natural Resources of the Senate on the status of eco-18

logical restoration within the potential wilderness area and 19

the progress toward the potential wilderness area’s even-20

tual wilderness designation under subsection (d). 21

SEC. 304. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS. 22

Section 3(a) of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 23

Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end 24

the following: 25


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‘‘(231) SOUTH FORK TRINITY RIVER.—The fol-1

lowing segments from the source tributaries in the 2

Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness, to be adminis-3

tered by the Secretary of Agriculture: 4

‘‘(A) The 18.3-mile segment from its mul-5

tiple source springs in the Cedar Basin of the 6

Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness in section 7

15, T. 27 N., R. 10 W. to .25 miles upstream 8

of the Wild Mad Road, as a wild river. 9

‘‘(B) The .65-mile segment from .25 miles 10

upstream of Wild Mad Road to the confluence 11

with the unnamed tributary approximately .4 12

miles downstream of the Wild Mad Road in sec-13

tion 29, T. 28 N., R. 11 W., as a scenic river. 14

‘‘(C) The 9.8-mile segment from .75 miles 15

downstream of Wild Mad Road to Silver Creek, 16

as a wild river. 17

‘‘(D) The 5.4-mile segment from Silver 18

Creek confluence to Farley Creek, as a scenic 19

river. 20

‘‘(E) The 3.6-mile segment from Farley 21

Creek to Cave Creek, as a recreational river. 22

‘‘(F) The 5.6-mile segment from Cave 23

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upstream of Hidden Valley Ranch in section 5, 1

T. 15, R. 7 E., as a wild river. 2

‘‘(G) The 2.5-mile segment from unnamed 3

creek confluence upstream of Hidden Valley 4

Ranch to the confluence with the unnamed 5

creek flowing west from Bear Wallow Mountain 6

in section 29, T. 1 N., R. 7 E., as a scenic 7

river. 8

‘‘(H) The 3.8-mile segment from the 9

unnamed creek confluence in section 29, T. 1 10

N., R. 7 E. to Plummer Creek, as a wild river. 11

‘‘(I) The 1.8-mile segment from Plummer 12

Creek to the confluence with the unnamed trib-13

utary north of McClellan Place in section 6, T. 14

1 N., R. 7 E., as a scenic river. 15

‘‘(J) The 5.4-mile segment from the 16

unnamed tributary confluence in section 6, T. 1 17

N., R. 7 E. to Hitchcock Creek, as a wild river. 18

‘‘(K) The 7-mile segment from Eltapom 19

Creek to the Grouse Creek, as a scenic river. 20

‘‘(L) The 5-mile segment from Grouse 21

Creek to Coon Creek, as a wild river. 22

‘‘(232) EAST FORK SOUTH FORK TRINITY 23

RIVER.—The following segments to be administered 24

by the Secretary of Agriculture: 25


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‘‘(A) The 8.4-mile segment from its source 1

in the Pettijohn Basin in the Yolla Bolly-Middle 2

Eel Wilderness in section 10, T. 3 S., R. 10 W. 3

to .25 miles upstream of the Wild Mad Road, 4

as a wild river. 5

‘‘(B) The 3.4-mile segment from .25 miles 6

upstream of the Wild Mad Road to the South 7

Fork Trinity River, as a recreational river. 8

‘‘(233) RATTLESNAKE CREEK.—The 5.9-mile 9

segment from the confluence with the unnamed trib-10

utary in the southeast corner of section 5, T. 1 S., 11

R. 12 W. to the South Fork Trinity River, to be ad-12

ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a rec-13

reational river. 14

‘‘(234) BUTTER CREEK.—The 7-mile segment 15

from .25 miles downstream of the Road 3N08 cross-16

ing to the South Fork Trinity River, to be adminis-17

tered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic 18

river. 19

‘‘(235) HAYFORK CREEK.—The following seg-20

ments to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-21

culture: 22

‘‘(A) The 3.2-mile segment from Little 23

Creek to Bear Creek, as a recreational river. 24


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‘‘(B) The 13.2-mile segment from Bear 1

Creek to the northern boundary of section 19, 2

T. 3 N., R. 7 E., as a scenic river. 3

‘‘(236) OLSEN CREEK.—The 2.8-mile segment 4

from the confluence of its source tributaries in sec-5

tion 5, T. 3 N., R. 7 E. to the northern boundary 6

of section 24, T. 3 N., R. 6 E., to be administered 7

by the Secretary of the Interior as a scenic river. 8

‘‘(237) RUSCH CREEK.—The 3.2-mile segment 9

from .25 miles downstream of the 32N11 Road 10

crossing to Hayfork Creek, to be administered by 11

the Secretary of Agriculture as a recreational river. 12

‘‘(238) ELTAPOM CREEK.—The 3.4-mile seg-13

ment from Buckhorn Creek to the South Fork Trin-14

ity River, to be administered by the Secretary of Ag-15

riculture as a wild river. 16

‘‘(239) GROUSE CREEK.—The following seg-17


culture: 19

‘‘(A) The 3.9-mile segment from Carson 20

Creek to Cow Creek, as a scenic river. 21

‘‘(B) The 7.4-mile segment from Cow 22

Creek to the South Fork Trinity River, as a 23

recreational river. 24


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‘‘(240) MADDEN CREEK.—The following seg-1


culture: 3

‘‘(A) The 6.8-mile segment from the con-4

fluence of Madden Creek and its unnamed trib-5

utary in section 18, T. 5 N., R. 5 E. to 6

Fourmile Creek, as a wild river. 7

‘‘(B) The 1.6-mile segment from Fourmile 8

Creek to the South Fork Trinity River, as a 9


‘‘(241) CANYON CREEK.—The following seg-11


culture and the Secretary of the Interior: 13

‘‘(A) The 6.6-mile segment from the outlet 14

of lower Canyon Creek Lake to Bear Creek up-15

stream of Ripstein, as a wild river. 16

‘‘(B) The 11.2-mile segment from Bear 17

Creek upstream of Ripstein to the southern 18

boundary of section 25, T. 34 N., R. 11 W., as 19

a recreational river. 20

‘‘(242) NORTH FORK TRINITY RIVER.—The fol-21

lowing segments to be administered by the Secretary 22

of Agriculture: 23

‘‘(A) The 12-mile segment from the con-24

fluence of source tributaries in section 24, T. 8 25


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N., R. 12 W. to the Trinity Alps Wilderness 1

boundary upstream of Hobo Gulch, as a wild 2

river. 3

‘‘(B) The .5-mile segment from where the 4

river leaves the Trinity Alps Wilderness to 5

where it fully reenters the Trinity Alps Wilder-6

ness downstream of Hobo Gulch, as a scenic 7

river. 8

‘‘(C) The 13.9-mile segment from where 9

the river fully reenters the Trinity Alps Wilder-10

ness downstream of Hobo Gulch to the Trinity 11

Alps Wilderness boundary upstream of the 12

County Road 421 crossing, as a wild river. 13

‘‘(D) The 1.3-mile segment from the Trin-14

ity Alps Wilderness boundary upstream of the 15

County Road 421 crossing to the Trinity River, 16

as a recreational river. 17

‘‘(243) EAST FORK NORTH FORK TRINITY 18


by the Secretary of Agriculture: 20

‘‘(A) The 9.5-mile segment from the river’s 21

source north of Mt. Hilton in section 19, T. 36 22

N., R. 10 W. to the end of Road 35N20 ap-23

proximately .5 miles downstream of the con-24


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fluence with the East Branch East Fork North 1

Fork Trinity River, as a wild river. 2

‘‘(B) The 3.25-mile segment from the end 3

of Road 35N20 to .25 miles upstream of 4

Coleridge, as a scenic river. 5

‘‘(C) The 4.6-mile segment from .25 miles 6

upstream of Coleridge to the confluence of Fox 7

Gulch, as a recreational river. 8

‘‘(244) NEW RIVER.—The following segments 9

to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture: 10

‘‘(A) The 12.7-mile segment of Virgin 11

Creek from its source spring in section 22, T. 12

9 N., R. 7 E. to Slide Creek, as a wild river. 13

‘‘(B) The 2.3-mile segment of the New 14

River where it begins at the confluence of Vir-15

gin and Slide Creeks to Barron Creek, as a wild 16

river. 17

‘‘(245) MIDDLE EEL RIVER.—The following 18

segment, to be administered by the Secretary of Ag-19

riculture: 20

‘‘(A) The 37.7-mile segment from its 21

source in Frying Pan Meadow to Rose Creek, 22

as a wild river. 23


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‘‘(B) The 1.5-mile segment from Rose 1

Creek to the Black Butte River, as a rec-2

reational river. 3

‘‘(C) The 10.5-mile segment of Balm of 4

Gilead Creek from its source in Hopkins Hollow 5

to the Middle Eel River, as a wild river. 6

‘‘(D) The 13-mile segment of the North 7

Fork Middle Fork Eel River from the source on 8

Dead Puppy Ridge in section 11, T. 26 N., R. 9

11 W. to the confluence of the Middle Eel 10

River, as a wild river. 11

‘‘(246) NORTH FORK EEL RIVER, CA.—The 12

14.3-mile segment from the confluence with Gilman 13

Creek to the Six Rivers National Forest boundary, 14

to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture 15

as a wild river. 16

‘‘(247) RED MOUNTAIN CREEK, CA.—The fol-17


of Agriculture: 19

‘‘(A) The 5.25-mile segment from its 20

source west of Mike’s Rock in section 23, T. 26 21

N., R. 12 E. to the confluence with Littlefield 22

Creek, as a wild river. 23

‘‘(B) The 1.6-mile segment from the con-24

fluence with Littlefield Creek to the confluence 25


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with the unnamed tributary in section 32, T. 26 1

N., R. 8 E., as a scenic river. 2

‘‘(C) The 1.25-mile segment from the con-3

fluence with the unnamed tributary in section 4

32, T. 4 S., R. 8 E. to the confluence with the 5

North Fork Eel River, as a wild river. 6

‘‘(248) REDWOOD CREEK.—The following seg-7

ments to be administered by the Secretary of the In-8

terior: 9


fluence with Lacks Creek to the confluence with 11

Coyote Creek as a scenic river on publication by 12

the Secretary of a notice in the Federal Reg-13

ister that sufficient inholdings within the 14

boundaries of the segments have been acquired 15

in fee title to establish a manageable addition 16

to the system. 17


fluence with Coyote Creek in section 2, T. 8 N., 19

R. 2 E. to the Redwood National Park bound-20

ary upstream of Orick in section 34, T. 11 N., 21

R. 1 E. as a scenic river. 22

‘‘(C) The 2.3-mile segment of Emerald 23

Creek (also known as Harry Weir Creek) from 24

its source in section 29, T. 10 N., R. 2 E. to 25


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the confluence with Redwood Creek as a scenic 1

river. 2

‘‘(249) LACKS CREEK.—The following segments 3

to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior: 4


fluence with two unnamed tributaries in section 6

14, T. 7 N., R. 3 E. to Kings Crossing in sec-7

tion 27, T. 8 N., R. 3 E. as a wild river. 8

‘‘(B) The 2.7-mile segment from Kings 9

Crossing to the confluence with Redwood Creek 10

as a scenic river upon publication by the Sec-11

retary of a notice in the Federal Register that 12

sufficient inholdings within the segment have 13

been acquired in fee title or as scenic easements 14

to establish a manageable addition to the sys-15

tem. 16

‘‘(250) LOST MAN CREEK.—The following seg-17


terior: 19

‘‘(A) The 6.4-mile segment of Lost Man 20

Creek from its source in section 5, T. 10 N., R. 21

2 E. to .25 miles upstream of the Prairie Creek 22

confluence, as a recreational river. 23

‘‘(B) The 2.3-mile segment of Larry 24

Damm Creek from its source in section 8, T. 11 25


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N., R. 2 E. to the confluence with Lost Man 1

Creek, as a recreational river. 2

‘‘(251) LITTLE LOST MAN CREEK.—The 3.6- 3

mile segment of Little Lost Man Creek from its 4

source in section 6, T. 10 N., R. 2 E. to .25 miles 5

upstream of the Lost Man Creek road crossing, to 6

be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as 7

a wild river. 8

‘‘(252) SOUTH FORK ELK RIVER.—The fol-9


of the Interior through a cooperative management 11

agreement with the State of California: 12

‘‘(A) The 3.6-mile segment of the Little 13

South Fork Elk River from the source in sec-14

tion 21, T. 3 N., R. 1 E. to the confluence with 15

the South Fork Elk River, as a wild river. 16

‘‘(B) The 2.2-mile segment of the 17

unnamed tributary of the Little South Fork Elk 18

River from its source in section 15, T. 3 N., R. 19

1 E. to the confluence with the Little South 20

Fork Elk River, as a wild river. 21

‘‘(C) The 3.6-mile segment of the South 22

Fork Elk River from the confluence of the Lit-23

tle South Fork Elk River to the confluence with 24

Tom Gulch, as a recreational river. 25


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‘‘(253) SALMON CREEK.—The 4.6-mile segment 1

from its source in section 27, T. 3 N., R. 1 E. to 2

the Headwaters Forest Reserve boundary in section 3

18, T. 3 N., R. 1 E. to be administered by the Sec-4

retary of the Interior as a wild river through a coop-5

erative management agreement with the State of 6

California. 7

‘‘(254) SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER.—The fol-8


of the Interior: 10


fluence with Jack of Hearts Creek to the south-12

ern boundary of the South Fork Eel Wilderness 13

in section 8, T. 22 N., R. 16 W., as a rec-14

reational river to be administered by the Sec-15

retary through a cooperative management 16

agreement with the State of California. 17

‘‘(B) The 6.1-mile segment from the south-18

ern boundary of the South Fork Eel Wilderness 19

to the northern boundary of the South Fork 20

Eel Wilderness in section 29, T. 23 N., R. 16 21

W., as a wild river. 22

‘‘(255) ELDER CREEK.—The following seg-23



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terior through a cooperative management agreement 1

with the State of California: 2


north of Signal Peak in section 6, T. 21 N., R. 4

15 W. to the confluence with the unnamed trib-5

utary near the center of section 28, T. 22 N., 6

R. 16 W., as a wild river. 7


fluence with the unnamed tributary near the 9

center of section 28, T. 22 N., R. 15 W. to the 10

confluence with the South Fork Eel River, as a 11


‘‘(C) The 2.1-mile segment of Paralyze 13

Canyon from its source south of Signal Peak in 14

section 7, T. 21 N., R. 15 W. to the confluence 15

with Elder Creek, as a wild river. 16

‘‘(256) CEDAR CREEK.—The following seg-17

ments to be administered as a wild river by the Sec-18

retary of the Interior: 19


in section 22, T. 24 N., R. 16 W. to the south-21

ern boundary of the Red Mountain unit of the 22

South Fork Eel Wilderness. 23

‘‘(B) The 1.9-mile segment of North Fork 24

Cedar Creek from its source in section 28, T. 25


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24 N., R. 16 E. to the confluence with Cedar 1

Creek. 2

‘‘(257) EAST BRANCH SOUTH FORK EEL 3


by the Secretary of the Interior as a scenic river on 5

publication by the Secretary of a notice in the Fed-6

eral Register that sufficient inholdings within the 7

boundaries of the segments have been acquired in 8

fee title or as scenic easements to establish a man-9

ageable addition to the system: 10

‘‘(A) The 2.3-mile segment of Cruso Cabin 11

Creek from the confluence of two unnamed trib-12

utaries in section 18, T. 24 N., R. 15 W. to the 13

confluence with Elkhorn Creek. 14

‘‘(B) The 1.8-mile segment of Elkhorn 15

Creek from the confluence of two unnamed trib-16

utaries in section 22, T. 24 N., R. 16 W. to the 17

confluence with Cruso Cabin Creek. 18

‘‘(C) The 14.2-mile segment of the East 19

Branch South Fork Eel River from the con-20

fluence of Cruso Cabin and Elkhorn Creeks to 21

the confluence with Rays Creek. 22

‘‘(D) The 1.7-mile segment of the 23

unnamed tributary from its source on the north 24

flank of Red Mountain’s north ridge in section 25


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2, T. 24 N., R. 17 W. to the confluence with 1

the East Branch South Fork Eel River. 2

‘‘(E) The 1.3-mile segment of the 3

unnamed tributary from its source on the north 4

flank of Red Mountain’s north ridge in section 5

1, T. 24 N., R. 17 W. to the confluence with 6

the East Branch South Fork Eel River. 7

‘‘(F) The 1.8-mile segment of Tom Long 8

Creek from the confluence with the unnamed 9

tributary in section 12, T. 5 S., R. 4 E. to the 10

confluence with the East Branch South Fork 11

Eel River. 12

‘‘(258) MATTOLE RIVER ESTUARY.—The 1.5- 13

mile segment from the confluence of Stansberry 14

Creek to the Pacific Ocean, to be administered as a 15

recreational river by the Secretary of the Interior. 16

‘‘(259) HONEYDEW CREEK.—The following seg-17

ments to be administered as a wild river by the Sec-18

retary of the Interior: 19

‘‘(A) The 5.1-mile segment of Honeydew 20

Creek from its source in the southwest corner 21

of section 25, T. 3 S., R. 1 W. to the eastern 22

boundary of the King Range National Con-23

servation Area in section 18, T. 3 S., R. 1 E. 24


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‘‘(B) The 2.8-mile segment of West Fork 1

Honeydew Creek from its source west of North 2

Slide Peak to the confluence with Honeydew 3

Creek. 4

‘‘(C) The 2.7-mile segment of Upper East 5

Fork Honeydew Creek from its source in sec-6

tion 23, T. 3 S., R. 1 W. to the confluence with 7

Honeydew Creek. 8

‘‘(260) BEAR CREEK.—The following segments 9

to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior: 10

‘‘(A) The 1.9-mile segment of North Fork 11

Bear Creek from the confluence with the 12

unnamed tributary immediately downstream of 13

the Horse Mountain Road crossing to the con-14

fluence with the South Fork, as a scenic river. 15

‘‘(B) The 6.1-mile segment of South Fork 16

Bear Creek from the confluence in section 2, T. 17

5 S., R. 1 W. with the unnamed tributary flow-18

ing from the southwest flank of Queen Peak to 19

the confluence with the North Fork, as a scenic 20

river. 21

‘‘(C) The 3-mile segment of Bear Creek 22

from the confluence of the North and South 23

Forks to the southern boundary of section 11, 24

T. 4 S., R. 1 E., as a wild river. 25


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‘‘(261) GITCHELL CREEK.—The 3-mile segment 1

of Gitchell Creek from its source near Saddle Moun-2

tain to the Pacific Ocean to be administered by the 3

Secretary of the Interior as a wild river. 4

‘‘(262) BIG FLAT CREEK.—The following seg-5


terior as a wild river: 7

‘‘(A) The 4-mile segment of Big Flat 8

Creek from its source near King Peak in sec-9

tion 36, T. 3 S., R. 1 W. to the Pacific Ocean. 10

‘‘(B) The .8-mile segment of the unnamed 11

tributary from its source in section 35, T. 3 S., 12

R. 1 W. to the confluence with Big Flat Creek. 13

‘‘(C) The 2.7-mile segment of North Fork 14

Big Flat Creek from the source in section 34, 15

T. 3 S., R. 1 W. to the confluence with Big 16

Flat Creek. 17

‘‘(263) BIG CREEK.—The following segments to 18

be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as 19

wild rivers: 20

‘‘(A) The 2.7-mile segment of Big Creek 21

from its source in section 26, T. 3 S., R. 1 W. 22

to the Pacific Ocean. 23


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‘‘(B) The 1.9-mile unnamed southern trib-1

utary from its source in section 25, T. 3 S., R. 2

1 W. to the confluence with Big Creek. 3

‘‘(264) ELK CREEK.—The 11.4-mile segment 4

from its confluence with Lookout Creek to its con-5

fluence with Deep Hole Creek, to be jointly adminis-6

tered by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Inte-7

rior, as a wild river. 8

‘‘(265) EDEN CREEK.—The 2.7-mile segment 9

from the private property boundary in the northwest 10

quarter of section 27, T. 21 N., R. 12 W. to the 11

eastern boundary of section 23, T. 21 N., R. 12 W., 12

to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior 13

as a wild river. 14

‘‘(266) DEEP HOLE CREEK.—The 4.3-mile seg-15

ment from the private property boundary in the 16

southwest quarter of section 13, T. 20 N., R. 12 W. 17

to the confluence with Elk Creek, to be administered 18

by the Secretary of the Interior as a wild river. 19

‘‘(267) INDIAN CREEK.—The 3.3-mile segment 20

from 300 feet downstream of the jeep trail in section 21

13, T. 20 N., R. 13 W. to the confluence with the 22

Eel River, to be administered by the Secretary of the 23

Interior as a wild river. 24


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‘‘(268) FISH CREEK.—The 4.2-mile segment 1

from the source at Buckhorn Spring to the con-2

fluence with the Eel River, to be administered by the 3

Secretary of the Interior as a wild river.’’. 4

SEC. 305. SANHEDRIN SPECIAL CONSERVATION MANAGE-5

MENT AREA. 6

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 7

rights, there is established the Sanhedrin Special Con-8

servation Management Area (referred to in this section as 9

the ‘‘conservation management area’’), comprising ap-10

proximately 12,254 acres of Federal land administered by 11

the Forest Service in Mendocino County, California, as 12

generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Sanhedrin Con-13

servation Management Area’’ and dated May 15, 2020. 14

(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the conservation 15

management area are to— 16

(1) conserve, protect, and enhance for the ben-17

efit and enjoyment of present and future generations 18

the ecological, scenic, wildlife, recreational, roadless, 19

cultural, historical, natural, educational, and sci-20

entific resources of the conservation management 21

area; 22

(2) protect and restore late-successional forest 23

structure, oak woodlands and grasslands, aquatic 24


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habitat, and anadromous fisheries within the con-1

servation management area; 2

(3) protect and restore the wilderness character 3

of the conservation management area; and 4

(4) allow visitors to enjoy the scenic, natural, 5

cultural, and wildlife values of the conservation man-6

agement area. 7

(c) MANAGEMENT.— 8


the conservation management area— 10

(A) in a manner consistent with the pur-11

poses described in subsection (b); and 12

(B) in accordance with— 13



System; 16



ing regulations). 19

(2) USES.—The Secretary shall only allow uses 20

of the conservation management area that the Sec-21

retary determines would further the purposes de-22

scribed in subsection (b). 23

(d) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.— 24


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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-1

graph (3), the use of motorized vehicles in the con-2

servation management area shall be permitted only 3

on existing roads, trails, and areas designated for 4

use by such vehicles as of the date of enactment of 5

this Act. 6

(2) NEW OR TEMPORARY ROADS.—Except as 7

provided in paragraph (3), no new or temporary 8

roads shall be constructed within the conservation 9

management area. 10

(3) EXCEPTION.—Nothing in paragraph (1) or 11

(2) prevents the Secretary from— 12

(A) rerouting or closing an existing road or 13

trail to protect natural resources from degrada-14

tion, or to protect public safety, as determined 15

to be appropriate by the Secretary; 16

(B) designating routes of travel on lands 17

acquired by the Secretary and incorporated into 18

the conservation management area if the des-19

ignations are— 20

(i) consistent with the purposes de-21

scribed in subsection (b); and 22

(ii) completed, to the maximum extent 23

practicable, within 3 years of the date of 24

acquisition; 25


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(C) constructing a temporary road on 1

which motorized vehicles are permitted as part 2

of a vegetation management project carried out 3

in accordance with subsection (e); 4

(D) authorizing the use of motorized vehi-5

cles for administrative purposes; or 6

(E) responding to an emergency. 7

(4) DECOMMISSIONING OF TEMPORARY 8

ROADS.— 9

(A) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 10

decommission any temporary road constructed 11

under paragraph (3)(C) not later than 3 years 12

after the date on which the applicable vegeta-13

tion management project is completed. 14

(B) DEFINITION.—As used in subpara-15

graph (A), the term ‘‘decommission’’ means— 16

(i) to reestablish vegetation on a road; 17

and 18

(ii) to restore any natural drainage, 19

watershed function, or other ecological 20

processes that are disrupted or adversely 21

impacted by the road by removing or 22

hydrologically disconnecting the road 23

prism. 24

(e) TIMBER HARVEST.— 25


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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-1

graph (2), no harvesting of timber shall be allowed 2

within the conservation management area. 3

(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may author-4

ize harvesting of timber in the conservation manage-5

ment area— 6

(A) if the Secretary determines that the 7

harvesting is necessary to further the purposes 8

of the conservation management area; 9

(B) in a manner consistent with the pur-10

poses described in subsection (b); and 11

(C) subject to— 12

(i) such reasonable regulations, poli-13

cies, and practices as the Secretary deter-14

mines appropriate; and 15

(ii) all applicable laws (including regu-16

lations). 17

(f) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock in the con-18

servation management area, where established before the 19

date of enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to con-20

tinue— 21

(1) subject to— 22

(A) such reasonable regulations, policies, 23

and practices as the Secretary considers nec-24

essary; and 25


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(B) applicable law (including regulations); 1

and 2

(2) in a manner consistent with the purposes 3

described in subsection (b). 4

(g) WILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGE-5

MENT.—Consistent with this section, the Secretary may 6

take any measures within the conservation management 7

area that the Secretary determines to be necessary to con-8

trol fire, insects, and diseases, including the coordination 9

of those activities with a State or local agency. 10

(h) ACQUISITION AND INCORPORATION OF LAND AND 11

INTERESTS IN LAND.— 12

(1) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—In accordance 13

with applicable laws (including regulations), the Sec-14

retary may acquire any land or interest in land with-15

in or adjacent to the boundaries of the conservation 16

management area by purchase from willing sellers, 17

donation, or exchange. 18

(2) INCORPORATION.—Any land or interest in 19

land acquired by the Secretary under paragraph (1) 20

shall be— 21

(A) incorporated into, and administered as 22

part of, the conservation management area; and 23

(B) withdrawn in accordance with sub-24

section (i). 25


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(i) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 1

all Federal land located in the conservation management 2

area is withdrawn from— 3



(2) location, entry, and patenting under the 6

mining laws; and 7

(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 8

materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 9

TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 10

SEC. 401. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS. 11

(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 12

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare 13

maps and legal descriptions of the— 14

(1) wilderness areas and wilderness additions 15

designated by section 301; 16

(2) potential wilderness areas designated by 17

section 303; 18

(3) South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration 19

Area; 20

(4) Horse Mountain Special Management Area; 21

and 22

(5) Sanhedrin Special Conservation Manage-23

ment Area. 24


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(b) SUBMISSION OF MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIP-1

TIONS.—The Secretary shall file the maps and legal de-2

scriptions prepared under subsection (a) with— 3

(1) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 4

House of Representatives; and 5

(2) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-6

sources of the Senate. 7

(c) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal descrip-8

tions prepared under subsection (a) shall have the same 9

force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the 10

Secretary may correct any clerical and typographical er-11

rors in the maps and legal descriptions. 12

(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The maps and legal de-13

scriptions prepared under subsection (a) shall be on file 14

and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-15

fices of the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, 16

and National Park Service. 17

SEC. 402. UPDATES TO LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGE-18

MENT PLANS. 19

As soon as practicable, in accordance with applicable 20

laws (including regulations), the Secretary shall incor-21

porate the designations and studies required by this Act 22

into updated management plans for units covered by this 23

Act. 24


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SEC. 403. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY UTILITY 1

FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY. 2

(a) EFFECT OF ACT.—Nothing in this Act— 3

(1) affects any validly issued right-of-way for 4

the customary operation, maintenance, upgrade, re-5

pair, relocation within an existing right-of-way, re-6

placement, or other authorized activity (including 7

the use of any mechanized vehicle, helicopter, and 8

other aerial device) in a right-of-way acquired by or 9

issued, granted, or permitted to Pacific Gas and 10

Electric Company (including any predecessor or suc-11

cessor in interest or assign) that is located on land 12

included in the South Fork Trinity—Mad River Res-13

toration Area, Bigfoot National Recreation Trail, 14

Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area, 15

and Horse Mountain Special Management Area; or 16

(2) prohibits the upgrading or replacement of 17

any— 18

(A) utility facilities of the Pacific Gas and 19

Electric Company, including those utility facili-20

ties known on the date of enactment of this Act 21

within the— 22

(i) South Fork Trinity—Mad River 23

Restoration Area known as— 24

(I) Gas Transmission Line 177A 25

or rights-of-way; 26


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(II) Gas Transmission Line 1

DFM 1312–02 or rights-of-way; 2

(III) Electric Transmission Line 3

Bridgeville—Cottonwood 115 kV or 4

rights-of-way; 5

(IV) Electric Transmission Line 6

Humboldt—Trinity 60 kV or rights- 7

of-way; 8

(V) Electric Transmission Line 9


of-way; 11

(VI) Electric Transmission Line 12

Maple Creek—Hoopa 60 kV or rights- 13

of-way; 14

(VII) Electric Distribution 15

Line—Willow Creek 1101 12 kV or 16

rights-of-way; 17

(VIII) Electric Distribution 18

Line—Willow Creek 1103 12 kV or 19

rights-of-way; 20

(IX) Electric Distribution Line— 21

Low Gap 1101 12 kV or rights-of- 22

way; 23


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(X) Electric Distribution Line— 1

Fort Seward 1121 12 kV or rights-of- 2

way; 3

(XI) Forest Glen Border District 4

Regulator Station or rights-of-way; 5

(XII) Durret District Gas Regu-6

lator Station or rights-of-way; 7

(XIII) Gas Distribution Line 8

4269C or rights-of-way; 9

(XIV) Gas Distribution Line 10

43991 or rights-of-way; 11

(XV) Gas Distribution Line 12

4993D or rights-of-way; 13

(XVI) Sportsmans Club District 14

Gas Regulator Station or rights-of- 15

way; 16

(XVII) Highway 36 and Zenia 17

District Gas Regulator Station or 18

rights-of-way; 19

(XVIII) Dinsmore Lodge 2nd 20

Stage Gas Regulator Station or 21

rights-of-way; 22

(XIX) Electric Distribution 23

Line—Wildwood 1101 12kV or rights- 24

of-way; 25


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(XX) Low Gap Substation; 1

(XXI) Hyampom Switching Sta-2

tion; or 3

(XXII) Wildwood Substation; 4

(ii) Bigfoot National Recreation Trail 5

known as— 6

(I) Gas Transmission Line 177A 7

or rights-of-way; 8

(II) Electric Transmission Line 9


of-way; 11

(III) Electric Transmission Line 12

Bridgeville—Cottonwood 115 kV or 13

rights-of-way; or 14

(IV) Electric Transmission Line 15


of-way; 17

(iii) Sanhedrin Special Conservation 18

Management Area known as, Electric Dis-19

tribution Line—Willits 1103 12 kV or 20

rights-of-way; or 21

(iv) Horse Mountain Special Manage-22

ment Area known as, Electric Distribution 23

Line Willow Creek 1101 12 kV or rights- 24

of-way; or 25


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(B) utility facilities of the Pacific Gas and 1

Electric Company in rights-of-way issued, 2

granted, or permitted by the Secretary adjacent 3

to a utility facility referred to in paragraph (1). 4

(b) PLANS FOR ACCESS.—Not later than 1 year after 5

the date of enactment of this Act or the issuance of a 6

new utility facility right-of-way within the South Fork 7

Trinity—Mad River Restoration Area, Bigfoot National 8

Recreation Trail, Sanhedrin Special Conservation Man-9

agement Area, and Horse Mountain Special Management 10

Area, whichever is later, the Secretary, in consultation 11

with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, shall publish 12

plans for regular and emergency access by the Pacific Gas 13

and Electric Company to the rights-of-way of the Pacific 14

Gas and Electric Company. 15

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