[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1425 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1425

 To designate as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park and 
    preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological 
   connecting corridors certain public lands in the States of Idaho, 
   Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 1997

   Mr. Shays (for himself, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Barrett of 
Wisconsin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
Mr. Conyers, Mr. Costello, Mr. Dellums, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Evans, Mr. Farr 
  of California, Ms. Furse, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Lipinski, 
    Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Rivers, Mr. 
    Sanders, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and Mr. Towns) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park and 
    preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological 
   connecting corridors certain public lands in the States of Idaho, 
   Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Rockies 
Ecosystem Protection Act of 1997''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purposes.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
                TITLE I--DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS

Sec. 101. Designation of certain National Forest System lands as 
                            wilderness.
Sec. 102. Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Divide ecosystem.
Sec. 103. Greater Yellowstone ecosystem.
Sec. 104. Greater Salmon/Selway ecosystem.
Sec. 105. Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystem.
Sec. 106. Islands in the Sky Wilderness.
Sec. 107. Administration.
Sec. 108. Blackfeet Wilderness.
Sec. 109. Water.
               TITLE II--BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS

Sec. 201. Findings.
Sec. 202. Designation of biological connecting corridors.
Sec. 203. Treatment of biological connecting corridors.
Sec. 204. Applicability of title.
Sec. 205. Cooperative agreements and land trades and acquisitions.
Sec. 206. Exemption of certain roads and highways.
             TITLE III--NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE STUDIES

Sec. 301. Greater Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National Park and Preserve 
                            Study.
Sec. 302. Flathead National Park and Preserve study.
             TITLE IV--WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS DESIGNATIONS

Sec. 401. Designation of wild and scenic rivers in Idaho, Montana, and 
                            Wyoming.
       TITLE V--NATIONAL WILDLAND RESTORATION AND RECOVERY SYSTEM

Sec. 501. Findings.
Sec. 502. National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System.
Sec. 503. Management of Recovery System.
Sec. 504. National Wildland Recovery Corps.
                TITLE VI--IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING

Sec. 601. Implementation report.
Sec. 602. Interagency team.
Sec. 603. Roadless lands evaluation.
Sec. 604. Review of goals and mandates of Federal natural resource 
                            management.
Sec. 605. Native American uses.
Sec. 606. Cultural resources.
                    TITLE VII--RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

Sec. 701. Water rights.
Sec. 702. Future designations.
Sec. 703. Indian tribes.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Many areas of undeveloped National Forest System lands 
        in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and 
        Wyoming possess outstanding natural characteristics which give 
        them high values as wilderness, parks, and wild and scenic 
        rivers and will, if properly preserved, be an enduring resource 
        of wilderness, wild land areas, and biodiversity for the 
        benefit of the American people.
            (2) The Northern Rockies Bioregion contains the most 
        diverse array of wild lands remaining south of Canada, 
        providing sanctuary for a host of species listed as threatened 
        or endangered under section 4(c) of the Endangered Species Act 
        of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)). These national interest public 
        lands are among the most popular wild lands in the Nation, 
        embracing greater ecosystems and national treasures such as the 
        Greater Yellowstone, Greater Glacier/Northern Continental 
        Divide, Greater Hells Canyon/Wallowa, Greater Salmon/Selway, 
        and Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystems. The headwaters for 
        nearly two-thirds of the rivers of North America originate in 
        the Northern Rockies, sending waters to three oceans and 
        providing critical supplies of clean water for wildlife and 
        other users.
            (3) The wildlife treasures of the Northern Rockies are of 
        international significance and contain remarkably intact large 
        mammalian fauna and rare and unique plant life.
            (4) Wildlife habitat fragmentation due to roadbuilding, 
        timber harvest, mining, oil and gas exploration, lack of 
        interagency cooperation, and other activities has severe 
        effects on the wildlife populations (including those listed as 
        threatened or endangered under section 4(c) of the Endangered 
        Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c))) and their habitat, the 
        water quality, the ancient forests, and the greater ecosystems 
        of the Northern Rockies Bioregion. Continued fragmentation and 
        development of the remaining roadless and essentially roadless 
        ecosystems and biological connectors of the Northern Rockies 
        would cause a loss to the Nation of an entire wild land region 
        and of the only remaining areas south of Canada still pristine 
        enough to support populations of caribou, gray wolves, grizzly 
        bears, anadromous fish, and numerous other rare and endangered 
        plant and animal life all in one intact bioregion.
            (5) Since the 1936 roadless area inventory completed by Bob 
        Marshall, millions of acres of roadless wild lands have been 
        developed in the Northern Rockies. Extensive fragmentation of 
        wild lands and wildlife habitat has resulted in the listing of 
        several species as threatened or endangered and reduced the 
        numbers and range of many others, including anadromous fish.
            (6) A review of the current situation in the Northern 
        Rockies has revealed the urgent need for an ecological reserve 
        system for the Northern Rockies Bioregion, which includes core 
        ecosystem reserve areas and biological connecting corridors 
        necessary to ensure wildlife movements and genetic interchange 
        between the core reserve areas.
            (7) The economic value to the Nation of most of these 
        undeveloped areas, left in their natural state, greatly exceeds 
        any potential return to the Treasury of the United States from 
        timber harvest and development. If current Federal land 
        management in the Northern Rockies continues to result in the 
        development of roadless areas, the American public will be 
        using its tax dollars to fund permanent reductions in 
        wilderness, water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, and 
        species and biological diversity.
            (8) The congressional review of roadless areas within 
        National Forest System lands in the States of Idaho, Montana, 
        Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming has identified areas which, on 
        the basis of their land form, ecosystem, associated fish and 
        wildlife, economic value, and location will help to fulfill the 
        role of the United States Forest Service to ensure a quality 
        National Wilderness Preservation System. The review has 
        identified other areas which may have outstanding values as 
        national parks and preserves and wild and scenic rivers. The 
        review has also identified areas which may not possess 
        outstanding wilderness attributes and should not now be 
        designated as components of the National Wilderness 
        Preservation System, but which should be studied to determine 
        their role in maintaining biological diversity in the Northern 
        Rockies.
            (9) Many areas of National Forest System lands have been 
        damaged and their productivity reduced by unwise development 
        practices which have also impaired ecosystem function and 
        biological diversity. The Island Park area adjacent to 
        Yellowstone National Park contains large clear-cut areas right 
        up to the park boundary. Efforts should be made to return these 
        areas to their former ecological health and native diversity by 
        designating them as National Wildland Restoration and Recovery 
        areas. These efforts should seek to ensure that vital ecosystem 
        components are restored, especially in areas where wildlife 
        travel corridors and native fish and wildlife populations have 
        been damaged or eliminated. Restoration efforts should seek to 
        ensure and maintain genetic interchange, biological diversity, 
        and restoration of native species diversity throughout the 
        Northern Rockies Bioregion.
            (10) Federal agencies entrusted with managing the natural 
        resources of the Northern Rockies Bioregion operate under 
        contradictory congressional mandates, and thus are in 
        dissension over management policies which involve common 
        resources and greater ecosystems. Existing agency structures 
        and regulatory mechanisms have proven unsatisfactory for 
        responsible management of nationally important ecosystems on 
        public lands. Existing laws and regulations have not been 
        sufficient to establish and maintain agency accountability for 
        public resources.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    (a) Designations.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to designate certain National Forest System lands and 
        Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
        Management in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, 
        and Wyoming as components of the National Wilderness 
        Preservation System;
            (2) to designate certain National Forest System lands in 
        the States of Montana, Oregon, and Idaho as national park and 
        preserve study areas;
            (3) to designate certain National Forest System lands and 
        watercourses in the States of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and 
        Washington as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
        System;
            (4) to establish a pilot system of National Wildland 
        Restoration and Recovery Areas and a Wildlands Recovery Corps 
        to help restore biological diversity and native species; and
            (5) to establish a system of biological connecting 
        corridors between the core ecosystems in the Northern Rockies 
        Bioregion.
    (b) Purpose of Designations.--The designations made by this Act are 
made in order to--
            (1) promote, perpetuate, and preserve the wilderness 
        character of the land;
            (2) protect water quality, watersheds, and wildlife 
        habitat, including that of species listed as threatened or 
        endangered under section 4(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 
        1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c));
            (3) protect the ecological integrity and contiguity of 
        major wild land ecosystems and their interconnecting corridors 
        identified by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and 
        other sources;
            (4) protect and maintain biological and native species 
        diversity;
            (5) promote and ensure interagency cooperation in the 
        implementation of integrated, holistic ecosystem management and 
        protection of the ecosystems and corridors covered by this Act;
            (6) preserve scenic, historic, and cultural resources;
            (7) promote scientific research, primitive recreation, 
        solitude, physical and mental challenge, and inspiration for 
        the benefit of all of the American people;
            (8) avoid the misinvestment of scarce capital in lands of 
        marginal timber value; and
            (9) ensure that all resources on Federal lands in the 
        Northern Rockies Bioregion are managed on an ecologically and 
        economically sustainable basis.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Development.--The term ``development'' means activities 
        that eliminate the roadless and wilderness characteristics of 
        the land and includes ski resort facilities and such activities 
        as roadbuilding, timber harvest, mining, and oil and gas 
        drilling.
            (2) Entry.--The term ``entry'' means to enter a roadless 
        area for purposes of development and associated activities, 
        such as roadbuilding, timber harvest, mining, or other such 
        activities which eliminate the roadless character of the land.
            (3) Greater ecosystem.--The term ``greater ecosystem'', 
        when used in conjunction with the specific ecosystems protected 
        under this Act, means the ecological land units of sufficient 
        scale to support and maintain populations of large vertebrate 
        species and the other native plant and animal species of the 
        area. These units are comprised of lands which are similar in 
        regards to topography, climate, and plant and animal species. 
        The ecosystems in the Northern Rockies are also defined in 
        terms of the habitat of wildlife indicator species listed as 
        threatened or endangered under section 4(c) of the Endangered 
        Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)), including grizzly 
        bear, gray wolf, bald eagle, and caribou, and have been 
        depicted on maps published by Federal agencies.
            (4) Northern rockies bioregion.--The term ``Northern 
        Rockies Bioregion'' means the portion of the Northern Rocky 
        Mountains in the States of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, and 
        Washington, so referred to on maps referred to in this Act.
            (5) Recovery.--The term ``recovery'' means the restoration 
        of lands damaged by land management activities to a condition 
        as close as possible to the condition of the lands as existed 
        prior to entry and development of the lands.
            (6) Recovery system.--The term ``Recovery System'' means 
        the National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System 
        established in title V.

                TITLE I--DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS

SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS AS 
              WILDERNESS.

    In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131-1136), the National Forest System lands and other public lands 
described in this title in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, 
Washington, and Wyoming are hereby designated as wilderness and, 
therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System.

SEC. 102. GREATER GLACIER/NORTHERN CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ECOSYSTEM.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The core of the Greater Glacier/Northern Continental 
        Divide ecosystem region is Glacier National Park and the Bob 
        Marshall Wilderness, which was the first wilderness area in the 
        United States.
            (2) This ecosystem includes unique lands, such as the Rocky 
        Mountain Front, where grizzles still roam the prairies and 
        America's largest herd of bighorn sheep scales the craggy 
        peaks.
            (3) The Swan and Mission mountain ranges contain some of 
        Montana's largest old growth forests and pristine bull trout 
        and westslope cutthroat trout spawning runs.
            (4) The Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf is making a comeback in 
        this ecosystem, and the ecosystem is home to the largest 
        grizzly population in the lower 48 States.
    (b) Designation.--In order to protect the unique Greater Glacier/
Northern Continental Divide ecosystem, the areas specified in the table 
in subsection (c), which together comprise approximately 1,185,856 
acres as generally depicted on the maps with titles corresponding to 
each area and dated January 1, 1997, are hereby designated as 
wilderness. Each wilderness area shall either be incorporated into the 
wilderness area indicated or shall be known by the name given it in the 
table. Each map shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture.
    (c) Table of Areas.--The table referred to in subsection (b) is as 
follows:


                              GREATER GLACIER/NORTHERN CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ECOSYSTEM                             
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area:                              
                                                                                                                


                                                                                                                
                                                  Approximate                                                   
             Name of Wilderness Area                Acreage                         Location                    
                                                                                                                
Choteau Mountain/Teton High Peaks/Deep Creek....      105,593  Lewis & Clark National Forest/BLM                
Renshaw.........................................       46,602  Lewis & Clark National Forest/BLM                
Swan Front......................................      168,372  Flathead Lolo National Forest                    
Swan Crest......................................       88,795  Flathead National Forest                         
Limestone Caves/Lost Jack.......................       35,932  Flathead National Forest                         
Monture Creek...................................       98,761  Lolo National Forest                             
      Total.....................................      544,055                                                   
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Great Bear Wilderness Area:                                
                                                                                                                
Middle Fork.....................................       39,877  Flathead National Forest                         
South Fork......................................       20,545  Flathead National Forest                         
      Total.....................................       60,422                                                   
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Scapegoat Wilderness Area:                                 
                                                                                                                
Stonewall Mountain..............................       54,984  Helena National Forest                           
Silver King/Falls Creek.........................       42,143  Lewis & Clark/Helena National Forest             
Benchmark/Elk Creek.............................       27,721  Lewis & Clark National Forest                    
      Total.....................................      124,848                                                   
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Mission Mountains Wilderness Area:                         
                                                                                                                
Mission additions...............................        2,444  Flathead National Forest                         
Marshall Peak...................................        8,769  Lolo National Forest                             
      Total.....................................       11,213                                                   
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Rattlesnake Wilderness Area:                               
                                                                                                                
Rattlesnake additions...........................        6,000  Lolo National Forest                             
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall become components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and each area shall
take the name given it in this table:                                                                           
                                                                                                                
Badger-Two Medicine.............................      127,708  Lewis & Clark National Forest                    
Sawtooth Ridge..................................       14,446  Lewis & Clark National Forest                    
Mt. Hefty/Tuchuck/Thompson-Seton................      132,078  Flathead/Kootenai National Forest                
Le Beau.........................................        6,453  Flathead/Kootenai National Forest                
Ten Lakes.......................................       43,810  Kootenai National Forest                         
Lincoln Gulch...................................        9,057  Helena National Forest                           
Anaconda Hill...................................       16,316  Helena National Forest                           
Specimen Creek..................................       13,483  Helena National Forest                           
Crater Mountain.................................        9,611  Helena National Forest                           
Ogden Mountain..................................       12,210  Helena National Forest                           
Nevada Mountain.................................       54,146  Helena National Forest                           
      ECOSYSTEM TOTAL...........................    1,185,856                                                   
                                                                                                                

SEC. 103. GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The core of the greater Yellowstone region is 
        Yellowstone National Park, the Nation's first national park.
            (2) This world-famous region of geyser basins, towering 
        mountains, abundant wildlife, and vast forests contains the 
        headwaters for many of the Nation's most famous blue-ribbon 
        trout streams.
            (3) Small glaciers and permanent snowfields cloak the 
        rugged Teton and Beartooth mountains, which contain several 
peaks greater than 12,000 feet.
            (4) Diverse habitat in the region ranges from cactus desert 
        lowlands to arctic tundra.
            (5) Wildlife in the region includes the threatened grizzly 
        bear, the Nation's last wild bison herd, trumpeter swans, and 
        nearly 35,000 elk.
    (b) Designation.--In order to protect the unique ecosystem of the 
greater Yellowstone region, the areas specified in the table in 
subsection (c), which comprise approximately 3,823,391 acres as 
generally depicted on the maps with titles corresponding to each area 
and dated January 1, 1997, are hereby designated as wilderness. Each 
wilderness area shall either be incorporated into the wilderness area 
indicated or shall be known by the name given it in the table. Each map 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
    (c) Table of Areas.--The table referred to in subsection (b) is as 
follows:

                                          GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM                                         
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area:                        
                                                                                                                


                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                  Approximate                                                   
             Name of Wilderness Area                Acreage                         Location                    
                                                                                                                
Absaroka-Beartooth additions....................      260,732  Gallatin/Custer/Shoshone National Forest         
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the North Absaroka Wilderness Area:                            
                                                                                                                
North Absaroka additions........................      152,936  Shoshone National Forest                         
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Washakie Wilderness Area:                                  
                                                                                                                
Washakie additions..............................      218,076  Shoshone National Forest                         
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Teton Wilderness Area:                                     
                                                                                                                
DuNoir/Pacific Creek/Blackrock Creek............       81,112  Bridger-Teton/Shoshone National Forest           
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Gros Ventre Wilderness Area:                               
                                                                                                                
Shoal Creek addition............................       35,000  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
Gros Ventre additions...........................       85,687  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
      Total.....................................      120,687                                                   
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Bridger Wilderness Area:                                   
                                                                                                                
Bridger additions...............................      143,300  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Popo Agie Wilderness Area:                                 
                                                                                                                
Popo Agie additions.............................       47,709  Shoshone National Forest                         
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Winegar Hole Wilderness Area:                              
                                                                                                                
Winegar Hole addition...........................        4,859  Targhee National Forest                          
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Lee Metcalf Wilderness Area:                               
                                                                                                                
Cowboys Heaven..................................       39,670  Gallatin/Beaverhead National Forest              
Lee Metcalf additions...........................      149,043  Gallatin/Beaverhead National Forest              
      Total.....................................      188,713                                                   
  Each of the following areas shall become a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System and shall 
take the name given it in this table:                                                                           
                                                                                                                
Gallatin Range..................................      236,802  Gallatin National Forest                         
Chico Peak......................................       12,422  Gallatin National Forest                         
Lionhead........................................       47,969  Gallatin/Targhee National Forest                 
Line Creek Plateau/Deep Lake....................      112,739  Custer/Shoshone National Forest                  
Monument Ridge..................................       17,835  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
Munger Mountain.................................        8,427  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
Little Sheep Mountain...........................       14,884  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
Palisades.......................................      222,977  Bridger-Teton/Targhee National Forest            
Mt Leidy Highlands..............................      165,219  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
Salt River Range................................      227,909  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
Grayback Ridge..................................      294,373  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
Commissary Ridge................................       94,239  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
South Wyoming Range.............................       78,577  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
Gannett Hills/Spring Creek......................       76,949  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
Little Cottonwood...............................        5,448  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
North Mountain..................................        9,950  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
Philips Ridge...................................       10,316  Bridger-Teton National Forest                    
Garns Mountain..................................      104,077  Targhee National Forest                          
Warm River......................................       25,579  Targhee National Forest                          
Snake River.....................................        9,644  Targhee National Forest                          
Bear Creek......................................      117,269  Targhee/Caribou National Forest                  
Stump Creek.....................................      100,526  Caribou National Forest                          
Caribou.........................................       83,540  Caribou National Forest                          
Poker Peak......................................       19,795  Caribou National Forest                          
Bitters Peak....................................       12,376  Caribou National Forest                          
Wolverine Creek.................................       20,640  Caribou National Forest                          
Pole Creek......................................        8,384  Caribou National Forest                          
Gravelly Mountains..............................      267,553  Beaverhead National Forest                       
Snowcrest.......................................       97,546  Beaverhead National Forest                       
Tobacco Root Mountains..........................      101,303  Beaverhead/Deerlodge National Forest             
      ECOSYSTEM TOTAL...........................    3,823,391                                                   
                                                                                                                

SEC. 104. GREATER SALMON/SELWAY ECOSYSTEM.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Greater Salmon/Selway region is one of the most 
        rugged and wild areas in America, and one of the largest intact 
        forest ecosystems in the temperate zones of the Earth.
            (2) The core of the region is comprised of the Frank 
        Church-River of No Return and Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness 
        areas.
            (3) Swimming the Salmon and Clearwater river systems, 
        several species of salmon and sea-going trout still make the 
        900 mile spawning journey from the Pacific Ocean to small 
        tributaries in the high mountain country.
            (4) Biological and landscape diversity in the region is 
        great, ranging from rocky, dry canyon country to wet forests of 
        ancient cedars many feet in diameter in the Mallard-Larkins and 
        other areas.
            (5) A wide array of forest dwelling species reside in the 
        region, and the gray wolf is making a comeback.
    (b) Designation.--In order to protect the unique ecosystem of the 
Greater Salmon/Selway region, the areas specified in the table in 
subsection (c), which comprise approximately 5,969,804 acres as 
generally depicted on the maps with titles corresponding to each area 
and dated January 1, 1997, are hereby designated as wilderness. Each 
wilderness area shall either be incorporated into the wilderness area 
indicated or shall be known by the name given it in the table. Each map 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
    (c) Table of Areas.--The table referred to in subsection (b) is as 
follows:

      

                                         GREATER SALMON/SELWAY ECOSYSTEM                                        
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area:           
                                                                                                                


                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                  Approximate                                                   
             Name of Wilderness Area                Acreage                         Location                    
                                                                                                                
Bluejoint.......................................       62,321  Bitterroot/Salmon National Forests               
Camas Creek.....................................       98,152  Challis/Salmon National Forests                  
Blue Bunch......................................       10,876  Challis/Boise National Forests                   
Loon Creek......................................      103,891  Challis/Sawtooth National Forests                
Pinnacle Peak...................................       10,494  Payette National Forest                          
Meadow Creek....................................       47,169  Payette National Forest/Boise National Forest    
Big Creek Fringe................................        1,030  Payette National Forest                          
Placer Creek....................................        6,806  Payette National Forest                          
Smith Creek.....................................        2,303  Payette National Forest                          
Cottontail Point-Pilot Peak.....................      107,288  Payette National Forest                          
Bernard.........................................       19,711  Boise National Forest                            
Burnt Log.......................................       21,377  Boise National Forest                            
Whiskey.........................................        3,799  Boise National Forest                            
Nameless Creek..................................        2,231  Boise National Forest                            
Tennessee.......................................          649  Boise National Forest                            
Poker Meadows...................................          968  Boise National Forest                            
Black Lake......................................        5,661  Boise National Forest                            
Panther Creek...................................       35,209  Salmon National Forest                           
McEleny.........................................        3,041  Salmon National Forest                           
Little Horse....................................        6,425  Salmon National Forest                           
Oreana..........................................        7,178  Salmon National Forest                           
Duck Peak.......................................       45,018  Salmon National Forest                           
Long Tom........................................       17,869  Salmon National Forest                           
Challis Creek...................................       41,725  Challis National Forest                          
Seafoam.........................................       27,048  Challis National Forest                          
Greylock........................................       10,906  Challis National Forest                          
Rackliff-Gedney.................................       86,079  Clearwater/Nez Perce National Forests            
Jersey-Jack.....................................       41,064  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Mallard.........................................       21,774  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Marshall Mountain...............................        5,265  Coeur d'Alene Dist. BLM                          
      Total.....................................      853,319                                                   
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Gospel Hump Wilderness Area:                               
                                                                                                                
Gospel Hump Additions...........................       59,679  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Carey Creek.....................................        9,283  Payette National Forest                          
      Total.....................................       68,962                                                   
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area:                         
                                                                                                                
Bitterroot additions............................      123,125  Bitterroot National Forest                       
Lochsa Face.....................................       68,140  Clearwater National Forest                       
Elk Summit/Sneakfoot/North Fork Spruce..........       54,433  Clearwater National Forest                       
West Meadow Creek...............................      108,854  Nez Perce National Forest                        
East Meadow Creek...............................       96,617  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Lolo Creek......................................       15,168  Lolo/Clearwater/Bitterroot National Forests      
      Total.....................................      466,347                                                   
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Sawtooth Wilderness Area:                                  
                                                                                                                
Sawtooth completion (Hansen Lakes/Huckleberry/        523,062  Boise/Sawtooth/Challis National Forests          
 Pettit/Smoky Mountains/Ten Mile/Black Warrior/                                                                 
 South Boise/Yuba).                                                                                             
                                                                                                                
  Each of the following areas shall become a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System and shall 
take the name given it in this table:                                                                           
                                                                                                                
French Creek/Patrick Butte......................      169,350  Payette National Forest                          
Crystal Mountain................................       13,054  Payette National Forest                          
Secesh..........................................      258,706  Payette National Forest                          
Needles.........................................      167,274  Payette/Boise National Forests                   
Caton Lake......................................       95,570  Payette/Boise National Forests                   
Mount Heinen....................................       16,594  Boise National Forest                            
Grape Mountain..................................       13,086  Boise National Forest                            
Peace Rock......................................      181,417  Boise National Forest                            
Deadwood........................................       50,589  Boise National Forest                            
Whitehawk Mountain..............................        8,218  Boise National Forest                            
Stony Meadows...................................       13,367  Boise National Forest                            
Bear Wallow.....................................        7,907  Boise National Forest                            
Grimes Pass.....................................       11,602  Boise National Forest                            
Bald Mountain...................................        6,213  Boise National Forest                            
Hawley Mountain.................................        8,547  Boise National Forest                            
Red Mountain....................................      106,800  Boise National Forest                            
Breadwinner.....................................       39,726  Boise National Forest                            
Elk Creek.......................................       13,346  Boise National Forest                            
Steel Mountain..................................       20,951  Boise National Forest                            
Rainbow.........................................       16,511  Boise National Forest                            
Grand Mountain..................................       13,016  Boise National Forest                            
Sheep Creek.....................................       86,043  Boise National Forest                            
Snowbank........................................       36,596  Boise National Forest                            
House Mountain..................................       18,318  Boise National Forest                            
Danskin/South Fork Boise........................       34,423  Boise National Forest                            
Cow Creek.......................................        9,082  Boise National Forest                            
Lime Creek......................................      113,527  Boise/Sawtooth National Forests                  
O'Hara Falls Creek..............................       24,441  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Lick Point......................................        7,534  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Goddard Creek...................................       13,276  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Middle Fork Face................................       11,158  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Clear Creek.....................................       11,398  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Silver Creek-Pilot Knob.........................       21,523  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Dixie Summit-Nut Hill...........................        8,651  Nez Perce National Forest                        
North Fork Slate Creek..........................       11,360  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Little Slate Creek..............................       14,025  Nez Perce National Forest                        
John Day........................................       11,332  Nez Perce National Forest                        
Perreau Creek...................................        7,309  Salmon National Forest                           
Napias..........................................        8,070  Salmon National Forest                           
Napolean Ridge..................................       52,029  Salmon National Forest                           
Jesse Creek.....................................       12,759  Salmon National Forest                           
Haystack Mountain...............................       10,379  Salmon National Forest                           
Phelan..........................................       11,600  Salmon National Forest                           
Sheepeater......................................       33,442  Salmon National Forest                           
South Fork Deep Creek...........................       11,471  Salmon National Forest                           
Deep Creek......................................        6,087  Salmon National Forest                           
Taylor Mountain.................................       60,304  Salmon/Challis National Forests                  
Squaw Creek.....................................       96,086  Challis National Forest                          
White Knob......................................       62,159  Challis National Forest                          
Porphyry Peak...................................       47,363  Challis National Forest                          
Pioneer Mountains...............................      279,281  Sawtooth/Challis National Forests                
Railroad Ridge..................................       41,023  Sawtooth/Challis National Forests                
Boulder/White Clouds............................      434,897  Sawtooth/Challis National Forest/BLM             
Buttercup Mountain..............................       72,743  Sawtooth National Forest                         
Elk Ridge.......................................       10,565  Sawtooth National Forest                         
Little Wood River...............................        6,481  Shoshone Dist. BLM                               
Friedman Creek..................................       10,968  Shoshone Dist. BLM                               
      Total.....................................    2,938,547                                                   
                                                                                                                
Great Burn Wildlands Complex:                                                                                   
Great Burn (Hoodoo).............................      248,927  Clearwater/Lolo National Forests                 
Meadow Creek/Upper North Fork/Rawhide...........       62,695  Idaho Panhandle/Lolo/Clearwater National Forests 
Sheep Mountain/State Line.......................       59,417  Idaho Panhandle/Lolo National Forests            
Mallard-Larkins.................................      268,421  Clearwater/Idaho Panhandle National Forests      
Bighorn-Weitas..................................      243,556  Clearwater National Forest                       
North Lochsa Slope..............................      103,603  Clearwater National Forest                       
Siwash..........................................        8,652  Clearwater National Forest                       
Pot Mountain....................................       48,582  Clearwater National Forest                       
Moose Mountain..................................       20,441  Clearwater National Forest                       
Eldorado Creek..................................        6,317  Clearwater National Forest                       
Weir-Post Office................................       22,588  Clearwater National Forest                       
Mosquito Fly....................................       19,982  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Midget Peak.....................................        6,386  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
      Total.....................................    1,119,567                                                   
      ECOSYSTEM TOTAL...........................    5,969,804                                                   
                                                                                                                

SEC. 105. GREATER CABINET/YAAK/SELKIRK ECOSYSTEM.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The wettest part of the Northern Rockies, the Greater 
        Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystem is a wild land region that 
        contains the last major stands of low elevation ancient forests 
        in the general region, including the Long Canyon area which 
        contains the oldest living cedars in the Nation.
            (2) The only caribou herd in the lower 48 States roams 
        these mountains, as do the grizzly and the gray wolf.
            (3) Towering mountains in the ecosystem include the 
        Cabinet, Selkirk, and Purcell ranges.
    (b) Designation.--In order to protect the unique, heavily 
fragmented, and endangered Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystem, the 
areas specified in the table in subsection (c), which comprise 
approximately 1,071,350 acres as generally depicted on the maps with 
titles corresponding to each area and dated January 1, 1997, are hereby 
designated as wilderness. Each wilderness area shall either be 
incorporated into the wilderness area indicated or shall be known by 
the name given it in the table. Each map shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture.
    (c) Table of Areas.--The table referred to in subsection (b) is as 
follows:

      

                                     GREATER CABINET/YAAK/SELKIRK ECOSYSTEM                                     
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area:                         
                                                                                                                


                                                                                                                
                                                  Approximate                                                   
             Name of Wilderness Area                Acreage                         Location                    
                                                                                                                
Cabinet Additions...............................       90,807  Kootenai National Forest                         
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
  The following areas shall be incorporated into the Salmo-Priest Wilderness Area:                              
                                                                                                                
Salmo-Priest Additions..........................       33,964  Colville/Kaniksu National Forests                
                                                                                                                
  Each of the following areas shall become a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System and shall 
take the name given it in this table:                                                                           
                                                                                                                
Zulu Creek......................................       38,256  Kootenai National Forest                         
Saddle Mountain.................................       30,111  Kootenai National Forest                         
Roberts Mountain................................        8,072  Kootenai National Forest                         
Galena Creek....................................       18,770  Kootenai National Forest                         
Berray Mountain.................................        8,187  Kootenai National Forest                         
Lone Cliff-Smeads...............................        8,742  Kootenai National Forest                         
McNeeley........................................        6,157  Kootenai National Forest                         
Northwest Peaks.................................       20,960  Kootenai National Forest                         
Roderick........................................       31,148  Kootenai National Forest                         
Grizzly Peak....................................        7,475  Kootenai National Forest                         
West Fork Yaak..................................       10,788  Kootenai National Forest                         
Mt. Henry.......................................       17,896  Kootenai National Forest                         
Alexander Creek.................................        8,480  Kootenai National Forest                         
Robinson Mountain...............................        6,719  Kootenai National Forest                         
Cataract Peak...................................       26,870  Kootenai/Lolo National Forests                   
Cube Iron-Silcox................................       38,077  Kootenai/Lolo National Forests                   
Sundance Ridge..................................        8,897  Lolo National Forest                             
Teepee-Spring Creek.............................       12,371  Lolo National Forest                             
Scotchman's Peak................................       87,444  Kootenai/Idaho Panhandle National Forests        
Elk Creek/Cathedral Peak........................       33,372  Kootenai/Idaho Panhandle National Forests        
Buckhorn Ridge..................................       42,653  Kootenai/Idaho Panhandle National Forests        
Little Grass Mountain...........................        8,075  Colville/Idaho Panhandle National Forests        
Grassy Top......................................       24,767  Colville National Forest                         
Harvey Creek....................................       13,187  Colville National Forest                         
Abercrombie-Hooknose............................       35,683  Colville National Forest                         
South Fork Mountain.............................       15,499  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Continental Mountain............................        7,874  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Skitwish Ridge..................................        6,870  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
White Mountain..................................       10,076  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Shafer Peak.....................................        6,295  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Blacktail Mountain..............................        4,722  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Upper Priest Lake...............................       13,481  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Long Canyon/Selkirk Crest.......................      104,164  Idaho Panhandle National Forest/Bureau of Land   
                                                                Management                                      
Saddle Mountain.................................        7,818  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Mt. Willard/Lake Estelle/Katka..................       62,701  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Trestle Peak....................................        7,565  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Beetop..........................................       14,753  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Packsaddle......................................       21,576  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Blacktail Mountain..............................        4,982  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Magee...........................................       34,490  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Tepee Creek.....................................        4,687  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Trouble Creek...................................        5,834  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Graham Coal.....................................       11,232  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Grandmother Mountain............................       36,943  Idaho Panhandle National Forest                  
Pinchot Butte...................................       11,860  Idaho Panhandle National Forest/Bureau of Land   
                                                                Management                                      
      Ecosystem total...........................    1,071,350                                                   
                                                                                                                

SEC. 106. ISLANDS IN THE SKY WILDERNESS.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) There are several island mountain ranges in the 
        Northern Rockies Bioregion, separated from other mountains by 
        the intervening prairies.
            (2) These wild and beautiful mountains are home to an 
        abundant array of native wildlife and birds and are 
        representative of a unique ecological complex.
            (3) These lands include the Bighorn, Big Snowy, Pryor, 
        Elkhorn, and Caribou Mountain Ranges.
    (b) Designation.--In order to protect the unique and increasingly 
isolated ecological treasure of island mountain ranges in the Northern 
Rockies Bioregion, the areas specified in the table in subsection (c), 
which comprise approximately 1,365,137 acres as generally depicted on 
the maps with titles corresponding to each area and dated January 1, 
1997, are hereby designated as wilderness. Each wilderness area shall 
either be incorporated into the wilderness area indicated or shall be 
known by the name given it in the table. Each map shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
    (c) Table of Areas.--The table referred to in subsection (b) is as 
follows:

      

                                                                                                                
                                                  Approximate                                                   
             Name of Wilderness Area                Acreage                         Location                    
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
  ISLANDS IN THE SKY WILDERNESS AREAS:                                                                          
                                                                                                                
Kettle Mountains:                                                                                               
Thirteen Mile...................................       11,742  Colville National Forest                         
Bald Snow.......................................       19,045  Colville National Forest                         
Profanity.......................................       38,741  Colville National Forest                         
Twin Sisters....................................       17,081  Colville National Forest                         
South Huckleberry...............................        9,609  Colville National Forest                         
Cougar Mountain.................................        4,454  Colville National Forest                         
Owl Mountain....................................       14,881  Colville National Forest                         
Deer Creek......................................        9,463  Colville National Forest                         
Jacknife Mountain...............................        9,944  Colville National Forest                         
Paradise........................................        6,861  Colville National Forest                         
Bodie Mountain..................................        7,172  Colville National Forest                         
Bulldog Mountain................................        7,708  Colville National Forest                         
Hoodoo..........................................       12,987  Colville National Forest                         
      Total.....................................      169,688                                                   
                                                                                                                
Bighorn Mountains:                                                                                              
Cloud Peak Additions............................       82,242  Bighorn National Forest                          
Wolf Creek......................................       46,944  Bighorn National Forest                          
Little Bighorn..................................       42,637  Bighorn National Forest                          
      Total.....................................      171,823                                                   
                                                                                                                
Pryor Mountains:                                                                                                
Lost Water Canyon...............................       58,992  Custer National Forest/Bighorn National          
                                                                Recreation Area/BLM                             
Big Pryor Mountain..............................       39,059  Custer National Forest                           
      Total.....................................       98,051                                                   
                                                                                                                
Blue Mountains:                                                                                                 
Additions to Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness:                                                                        
Upper Tucannon..................................       12,864  Umatilla National Forest                         
W-T Three.......................................        2,375  Umatilla National Forest                         
      Total.....................................       15,239                                                   
                                                                                                                
Willow Springs..................................        9,796  Umatilla National Forest                         
Asotin Creek....................................       18,361  Umatilla National Forest                         
Spangler........................................        5,970  Umatilla National Forest                         
Wenatchee Creek.................................       15,205  Umatilla National Forest                         
Mill Creek......................................       23,819  Umatilla National Forest                         
Walla Walla.....................................       35,343  Umatilla National Forest                         
Jassaud.........................................        3,732  Umatilla National Forest                         
Grande Ronde....................................       20,295  Umatilla National Forest                         
Texas Butte.....................................        8,323  Umatilla National Forest                         
Skookum.........................................        7,759  Umatilla National Forest                         
Potamus.........................................        5,524  Umatilla National Forest                         
South Fork-Tower................................       16,706  Umatilla National Forest                         
Squaw...........................................        7,462  Umatilla National Forest                         
Greenhorn Mountain..............................       18,607  Umatilla National Forest                         
Lookingglass....................................        4,650  Umatilla National Forest                         
Horseshoe Ridge.................................        5,896  Umatilla National Forest                         
Hellhole/Mount Emily............................       68,988  Umatilla/Wallowa-Whitman National Forest         
North Mount Emily...............................        4,995  Umatilla/Wallowa-Whitman National Forest         
Beaver Creek....................................       12,073  Wallowa-Whitman National Forest                  
Twin Mountain...................................       58,240  Wallowa-Whitman National Forest                  
Upper Grande Ronde..............................        7,984  Wallowa-Whitman National Forest                  
Marble Point....................................        7,014  Wallowa-Whitman National Forest                  
      Total Umatilla/Wallowa-Whitman National         366,742                                                   
       Forests.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                
Baldy Mountain..................................        6,461  Malheur National Forest                          
Dixie Butte.....................................       12,921  Malheur National Forest                          
Murderers Creek.................................       24,631  Malheur National Forest                          
Flag Creek......................................        7,268  Malheur National Forest                          
Fox Creek.......................................        6,087  Malheur National Forest                          
Glacier Mountain................................       24,692  Malheur National Forest                          
Jumpoff Joe.....................................       30,789  Malheur National Forest                          
Malheur River...................................       12,937  Malheur National Forest                          
McClellan Mountain..............................       21,736  Malheur National Forest                          
Myrtle-Silvies..................................       11,280  Malheur National Forest                          
Nipple Butte....................................       11,509  Malheur National Forest                          
North Fork Malheur River........................       25,415  Malheur National Forest                          
Pine Creek......................................       13,580  Malheur National Forest                          
Shaketable......................................        6,926  Malheur National Forest                          
Utley Butte.....................................       11,069  Malheur National Forest                          
Monument Rock...................................        5,330  Malheur National Forest                          
      Total Malheur National Forest.............      232,631                                                   
Flint Range.....................................       66,496  Deerlodge National Forest                        
Fred Burr.......................................        6,113  Deerlodge National Forest                        
Elkhorn Mountains...............................       82,278  Helena National Forest                           
Cache Peak......................................       25,949  Sawtooth National Forest                         
Mount Naomi/Worm Creek..........................       67,901  Caribou National Forest                          
Cuddy Mountain..................................       46,595  Payette National Forest                          
Council Mountain................................       15,631  Payette National Forest                          
      Island Wilderness Total...................    1,365,137                                                   
                                                                                                                

SEC. 107. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, each 
wilderness area designated under this title shall be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131-1136) that govern areas designated by 
that Act as wilderness, except that for purposes of this subsection any 
reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness 
Act or any similar reference shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Map and Description.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a 
map and legal description of each wilderness area designated under this 
title with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives. Each 
map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if 
included in this Act, except that correction of clerical and 
typographical errors in the map and legal description may be made. Each 
map and legal description shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department 
of Agriculture.

SEC. 108. BLACKFEET WILDERNESS.

    (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act, the preservation of Blackfeet religious lands, and Blackfeet 
treaty rights, certain lands within the Lewis and Clark National Forest 
comprising approximately 123,000 acres known as the Badger-Two Medicine 
Area, as depicted on the map dated January 1, 1997, and entitled 
``Blackfeet Wilderness'', are hereby designated as the Blackfeet 
Wilderness Area.
    (b) Treaty Rights.--The Congress recognizes that the Blackfeet 
Nation retains treaty rights in the lands described in subsection (a), 
provided for in the 1896 treaty with the United States Government.
    (c) Review.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a review of 
the wilderness area established under this section in accordance with 
the Wilderness Act. The Secretary shall report the results of the 
review to the Congress not later than 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (d) Review Committee.--
            (1) Appointment.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
        establish a committee composed of the following:
                    (A) Representatives of the Blackfeet Tribal 
                Business Council.
                    (B) Blackfeet Tribal Traditionalists selected in a 
                manner consistent with the historic Cultural Law of the 
                Tribe, independently of the Business Council. The 
                Secretary shall give careful consideration to the 
                Blackfeet Language community and its views.
                    (C) The National Park Service.
                    (D) The State of Montana.
                    (E) Representatives of the public who use the area 
                designated as wilderness by this section, including 
                environmental groups previously appropriately involved 
                in the area.
            (2) Advisory role.--The committee shall regularly advise 
        the Secretary of Agriculture during the preparation of the 
        review required by subsection (c) and shall submit its findings 
        to the Congress concurrently with the submission of the review 
        by the Secretary.
            (3) Management plan.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
        instruct the committee to develop a wilderness management plan 
        for the area which ensures that Blackfeet religious and treaty 
        rights to the area are recognized and honored.
    (e) Considerations.--In carrying out their duties under subsections 
(c) and (d), the Secretary of Agriculture and the committee shall give 
special consideration to the religious, wilderness, and wildlife uses 
of the area, taking into account any treaties the United States has 
entered into with the Blackfeet Nation.
    (f) Withdrawal.--The Blackfeet Wilderness Area is hereby withdrawn 
from all forms of entry, appropriation, the disposal under the mining 
laws, and from disposition under the geothermal and mineral leasing 
laws.

SEC. 109. WATER.

    (a) Reservation.--With respect to each wilderness area designated 
by this title, the Congress hereby reserves a quantity of water 
sufficient to fulfill the purposes for which such area is designated. 
The priority date of such reserved rights shall be the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Implementation.--The Secretary of Agriculture and all other 
officers of the United States shall take all steps necessary to protect 
the rights reserved by subsection (a), including the filing of claims 
for quantification of such rights in any present or future appropriate 
stream adjudication, in a court of the State of Idaho, Montana, 
Wyoming, Oregon, or Washington, in which the United States has been or 
is properly joined in accordance with section 208 of the Act of July 
10, 1952 (66 Stat. 560; 43 U.S.C. 666; commonly referred to as the 
``McCarran Amendment'').

               TITLE II--BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS

SEC. 201. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The most recent scientific information on ecological 
        reserve design and function points out the critical need for 
        biological connecting corridors between the larger core 
        ecosystem areas.
            (2) While none of the remaining major wild land ecosystems 
        of the Northern Rockies Bioregion appears to be of sufficient 
        size to perpetuate the full complement of self-sustaining 
        viable populations of native wildlife, biological diversity, 
        and full range of ecological processes on its own, it appears 
        that an effective reserve system can be achieved if biological 
        connecting corridors between the ecosystems are identified and 
        protected.
            (3) The wild land areas described in this section are 
        located between the major core ecosystems of the region and are 
        essential for wildlife and plant migration and genetic 
        interchange.
            (4) These areas are some of the most beautiful and wild 
        mountain ranges in the Nation, including the Bitterroot, 
        Sapphire, Lost River, Lemhi, and Bridger mountain ranges.

SEC. 202. DESIGNATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS.

    (a) Designation.--To protect the life flow of the Northern Rockies 
Bioregion, the areas specified in the table in subsection (b) as 
biological connecting corridors, which comprise approximately 4,860,497 
acres as generally depicted on the maps with titles corresponding to 
each area and dated January 1, 1997, are hereby designated as 
biological connecting corridors. The biological connecting corridors 
shall be of two types, areas to be designated as components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System and areas to be subject to 
special corridor management requirements under section 203. Each 
biological connecting corridor shall be known by the name given it in 
the table. Each map shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department 
of Agriculture.
    (b) Table of Areas.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as 
follows:

      

                     BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS                    
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
Two Part Designation......................  (a) Portion designated as   
                                             components of the National 
                                             Wilderness Preservation    
                                             System                     
  ........................................  (b) Portion designated as   
                                             special corridor management
                                             area                       
  Sapphire Mountains/Continental Divide Corridor - Lolo - Bitterroot -  
Deerlodge - Beaverhead National Forests:                                
                                                                        


                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                  Approximate                                                   
                  Name of Area                      Acreage                         Location                    
                                                                                                                
Welcome Creek Addition..........................        1,096  Lolo National Forest                             
Anaconda Pintlar Additions......................       81,919  Bitterroot/Deerlodge/Beaverhead National Forests 
Sapphire........................................      119,164  Bitterroot/Deerlodge National Forests            
Stony Mountain..................................      111,017  Lolo/Deerlodge/Beaverhead National Forests       
Quigg Peak......................................       84,984  Lolo/Deerlodge National Forests                  
Silver King.....................................       49,875  Lolo/Deerlodge National Forests                  
Emerine.........................................       16,187  Deerlodge National Forest                        
Sleeping Child..................................       21,755  Bitterroot National Forest                       
Beaver Lake.....................................       16,201  Beaverhead National Forest                       
      Total.....................................  (a) 502,194                                                   
  ..............................................  (b) 119,914                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Jocko Mountains/Cabinet Mountains Corridor-Lolo National Forest:                                              
                                                                                                                
Mount Bushnell..................................       38,637  Lolo National Forest                             
Cherry Peak.....................................       37,803  Lolo National Forest                             
Patrick's Knob/North Cutoff.....................       17,441  Lolo National Forest                             
South Siegel/South Cutoff.......................       13,913  Lolo National Forest                             
North Siegel....................................        8,691  Lolo National Forest                             
Reservation Divide..............................       24,607  Lolo National Forest                             
      Total.....................................  (a) 141,092                                                   
  ..............................................  (b) 242,885                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Nine Mile/Great Burn Corridor-Lolo National Forest:                                                           
                                                                                                                
Burdette........................................       16,226  Lolo National Forest                             
Petty Mountain/Deep Creek.......................       22,413  Lolo National Forest                             
      Total.....................................   (a) 38,639                                                   
  ..............................................  (b) 115,138                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Anaconda-Pintlar-Divide Corridor-Deerlodge/Beaverhead National Forest:                                        
                                                                                                                
Fleecer.........................................       35,576  Deerlodge/Beaverhead National Forests            
Highlands.......................................       20,149  Deerlodge National Forest                        
Basin Creek.....................................        9,326  Deerlodge National Forest                        
Granulated Mountain.............................       14,224  Beaverhead National Forest                       
      Total.....................................   (a) 79,275                                                   
  ..............................................  (b) 105,215                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Ten Lakes/Cabinet/Yaak Corridor-Kootenai National Forest:                                                     
                                                                                                                
Gold Hill.......................................       15,556  .................................................
Gold Hill West..................................       15,683  Kootenai National Forest                         
      Total.....................................   (a) 31,239                                                   
  ..............................................  (b) 161,280                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Cabinet/Yaak/Great Burn Complex Corridor-Panhandle/Lolo/Clearwater National Forests:                          
                                                                                                                
Maple Peak......................................       16,224  Lolo/Idaho Panhandle/Kootenai National Forests   
Storm Creek.....................................        8,415  Idaho Panhandle National Forests                 
Hammond Creek...................................       14,539  Idaho Panhandle National Forests                 
North Fork......................................       30,475  Idaho Panhandle National Forests                 
Big Creek.......................................       78,627  Idaho Panhandle National Forests                 
Lost Creek......................................       11,577  Idaho Panhandle National Forests                 
East Cathedral Peak.............................       22,226  Idaho Panhandle National Forests                 
Spion Kop.......................................       21,768  Idaho Panhandle National Forests                 
Roland Point....................................        6,005  Idaho Panhandle National Forests                 
Trout Creek.....................................       41,390  Idaho Panhandle/Kootenai National Forests        
Wonderful Peak..................................        6,930  Idaho Panhandle/Lolo National Forests            
Stevens Peak....................................        5,909  Idaho Panhandle/Lolo National Forests            
Evans Gulch.....................................        8,059  Lolo National Forest                             
Gilt Edge-Silver Creek..........................        8,570  Lolo National Forests                            
Ward Eagle......................................        8,874  Lolo National Forest                             
Marble Point....................................       10,699  Lolo National Forest                             
      Total.....................................  (a) 300,287                                                   
  ..............................................  (b) 204,918                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk Corridor:                                                                                
                                                                                                                
      Total.....................................          (a)    See Total Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk                 
  ..............................................   (b) 97,280                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Cabinet/Yaak/Canada Corridor:                                                                                 
                                                                                                                
      Total.....................................        (a) 0                                                   
  ..............................................   (b) 42,880                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Anaconda-Pintlar/Bitterroot Mountains Corridor-Beaverhead National Forest:                                    
                                                                                                                


                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
West Pioneers..................................       246,565  Beaverhead National Forest                       
Call Mountain..................................         8,794  Beaverhead National Forest                       
Cattle Gulch Ridge.............................        19,157  Beaverhead National Forest                       
East Pioneers..................................       143,482  Beaverhead National Forest                       
      Total....................................   (a) 417,998                                                   
  .............................................    (b) 38,400                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Frank Church/Greater Yellowstone Corridor--Bitterroot--Salmon--Beaverhead--Targhee National Forests:          
                                                                                                                
Tolan Creek....................................        14,278  Bitterroot National Forest                       
Allan Mountain.................................       159,127  Bitterroot/Salmon National Forests               
Anderson Mountain..............................        48,947  Beaverhead/Salmon National Forests               
West Big Hole..................................       212,295  Beaverhead/Salmon National Forests               
Goat Mountain..................................        43,772  Beaverhead/Salmon National Forests               
Italian Peaks/Eighteen Mile/Maiden.............       303,422  Beaverhead/Salmon/Targhee National Forests       
Garfield Mountain..............................        87,867  Beaverhead/Targhee National Forests              
Four Eyes Canyon...............................         7,141  Beaverhead National Forest                       
Tendoy Mountains...............................        58,673  Beaverhead National Forest                       
Saginaw Creek..................................         7,532  Beaverhead National Forest                       
Tash Peak......................................        60,780  Beaverhead National Forest                       
Raynolds Pass..................................         7,179  Targhee National Forest                          
Two Top........................................         6,777  Targhee National Forest                          
Signal Peak....................................         8,165  Targhee National Forest                          
Mount Jefferson/Centennials....................        83,554  Targhee/Beaverhead National Forest/BLM           
      Total....................................           (a)                                                   
                                                    1,109,509                                                   
  .............................................   (b) 584,960                                                   
                                                                                                                
  French Creek/Hells Canyon Study Area Corridor:                                                                
                                                                                                                
      Total....................................         (a) 0                                                   
  .............................................    (b) 33,920                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Lemhi Mountains Corridor - Salmon - Challis - Targhee National Forest:                                        
                                                                                                                
North Lemhi Mountains..........................       301,647  Salmon/Challis National Forests                  
Diamond Peak...................................       167,319  Salmon/Challis/Targhee National Forests          
Black Canyon...................................         5,502  Idaho Falls Dist. BLM                            
Warm Creek.....................................         6,404  Salmon National Forest                           
Goldbug Ridge..................................        12,091  Salmon National Forest                           
      Total....................................   (a) 492,963                                                   
  .............................................    (b) 20,480                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Lost River Range Corridor - Challis National Forest:                                                          
                                                                                                                
Borah Peak.....................................       135,074  Challis National Forest/Salmon Dist. BLM         
King Mountain..................................        83,462  Challis National Forest                          
Grouse Peak....................................         8,156  Challis National Forest                          
Red Hill.......................................        14,402  Challis National Forest                          
Jumpoff Mountain...............................        12,491  Challis National Forest                          
Wood Canyon....................................         7,505  Challis National Forest                          
Pahsimeroi.....................................        75,920  Challis National Forest                          
Burnt Creek....................................        21,680  Salmon/Idaho Falls Dist. BLM                     
Hawley Mountain................................        17,422  Idaho Falls Dist. BLM                            
      Total....................................   (a) 376,112                                                   
  .............................................         (b) 0                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Frank Church Complex/Lemhi Range Corridor:                                                                    
                                                                                                                
      Total....................................         (a) 0                                                   
  .............................................    (b) 59,726                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Boulder/White Clouds/Lost River Range Corridor:                                                               
                                                                                                                
Jerry Peak.....................................        26,341  Salmon Dist. BLM                                 
Jerry Peak West................................        12,452  Salmon Dist. BLM                                 
Corral-Horse Basin.............................        69,169  Salmon Dist. BLM                                 
Appendicitis Hill..............................        25,842  Idaho Falls Dist. BLM                            
White-Knob Mountains...........................        10,149  Idaho Falls Dist. BLM                            
      Total....................................   (a) 143,953                                                   
  .............................................     (b) 9,600                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Bitterroot/Lemhi Corridor:                                                                                    
                                                                                                                
      Total....................................         (a) 0                                                   
  .............................................    (b) 21,120                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Greater Glacier/Greater Yellowstone Corridors:                                                                
                                                                                                                
Tenderfoot/Deep Creek..........................       105,008  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Middle Fork Judith.............................        84,040  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Pilgrim Creek..................................        46,426  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Paine Gulch....................................         7,828  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Sawmill Gulch..................................        11,610  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Spring Creek...................................        17,512  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
TW Mountain....................................         8,177  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Big Baldy......................................        42,495  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Granite Mountain...............................        10,072  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Tollgate-Sheep.................................        24,766  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Mount High.....................................        32,609  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Bluff Mountain.................................        36,746  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
North Fork Smith...............................         8,711  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Big Snowies....................................       104,860  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Highwoods......................................        24,537  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Highwood Baldy.................................        15,587  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Calf Creek.....................................         9,876  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Eagle Park.....................................         5,721  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Castle Mountains...............................        28,350  Lewis and Clark National Forest                  
Box Canyon.....................................        15,110  Lewis and Clark/Gallatin National Forests        
Crazy Mountains................................       159,291  Lewis and Clark/Gallatin National Forests        
Gates of the Mountains Additions...............        19,904  Helena National Forest                           
Lazyman Gulch..................................        11,869  Helena National Forest                           
Mt. Baldy......................................        18,521  Helena National Forest                           
Camas Creek....................................        27,405  Helena National Forest                           
Jericho Mountain...............................        11,633  Helena National Forest                           
Irish Gulch....................................         7,259  Helena National Forest                           
Grassy Mountain................................         7,261  Helena National Forest                           
Middleman/Hedges Mountain......................        33,542  Helena National Forest                           
Hellgate Gulch.................................        17,378  Helena National Forest                           
Cayuse Mountain................................        22,092  Helena National Forest                           
Electric Peak/Little Blackfoot Meadows.........        53,473  Helena/Deerlodge National Forests                
Whitetail-Haystack.............................        70,352  Deerlodge National Forest                        
O'Neil Creek...................................         6,253  Deerlodge National Forest                        
Bridger........................................        51,345  Gallatin National Forest                         
      Total....................................           (a)  .................................................
                                                    1,157,619                                                   
  .............................................   (b) 552,190                                                   
                                                                                                                
  Mt. Leidy Highlands/Wind River Range Corridor:                                                                
                                                                                                                
Seven Lakes....................................        59,613  Bridger-Teton/Shoshone National Forests          
      Total....................................    (a) 59,613                                                   
      Total....................................   (b) 103,680                                                   
      Corridor Total...........................           (a)                                                   
                                                    4,850,497                                                   
      Corridor Total...........................           (b)                                                   
                                                    2,513,586                                                   
                                                                                                                

SEC. 203. TREATMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS.

    (a) Roadless Lands Designated as Wilderness.--The roadless areas 
identified as part of the biological connecting corridors on the maps 
referred to in section 202 and the areas described on such maps as 
wilderness are hereby designated as wilderness and as components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System.
    (b) Special Corridor Management Areas.--Those portions of the 
biological connecting corridors identified on the maps referred to in 
202 that are not covered by subsection (a) are hereby designated as 
special corridor management areas. The portions shall be managed in the 
following manner:
            (1) The practice of even-aged silvicultural management and 
        timber harvesting is hereby prohibited on the portions.
            (2) Mining, oil, and gas exploration and development and 
        new road construction or reconstruction is hereby prohibited 
        with regard to the portions.
            (3) The Federal land management agencies responsible for 
        said lands shall take immediate steps to ensure that road 
        densities within the biological connecting corridors approach, 
        as nearly as possible, zero miles of road per square mile of 
        land area. Such road density shall not exceed 0.25 miles per 
        square mile.

SEC. 204. APPLICABILITY OF TITLE.

    (a) Federal Land Management Agencies.--This title shall apply only 
to lands under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service, the Bureau of 
Land Management, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
    (b) Private Landowners.--No private landowner shall be compelled, 
under any circumstances, to comply with this title. However, private 
landowners may enter into cooperative agreements with the Federal 
Government on a willing participant or willing seller basis to include 
their land in a biological connecting corridor.

SEC. 205. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND LAND TRADES AND ACQUISITIONS.

    (a) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall seek to enter into cooperative 
agreements with private, State, and corporate landowners and sovereign 
Indian tribes to ensure that portions of the biological connecting 
corridors designated by this title that are located within areas under 
the ownership of such landowners or tribes shall be managed in a manner 
similar to that required by this title for lands within the 
jurisdiction of the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
    (b) Land Trades and acquisitions.--The Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior shall seek to accomplish land trades or 
acquisitions in order to accomplish the purposes of this title when the 
Secretary concerned considers such action to be appropriate.
    (c) Report.--As part of the report required by section 601, the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
describe the progress of cooperative agreements, acquisitions, and 
proposed land exchanges sought pursuant to this section.

SEC. 206. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.

    (a) Exemption.--The roads and highways referred to in subsection 
(b) are expressly exempted from the provisions of this title.
    (b) Description.--The roads and highways referred to in subsection 
(a) are U.S. Highway 93; U.S. Highway 2; U.S. Highway 95; U.S. Highway 
10; U.S. Highway 12; U.S. Highway 20; U.S. Highway 89; U.S. Highway 91; 
Interstate Highway 15; Interstate Highway 90; Idaho State Highway 28; 
Idaho State Highway 29; Idaho State Highway 87; Idaho State Highway 3; 
Montana State Highway 200; Montana State Highway 37; Montana State 
Highway 38; Montana State Highway 135; Montana State Highway 83; 
Montana State Highway 43; Montana State Highway 56; Montana State 
Highway 324; Montana State Highway 278; Montana State Highway 87; 
Montana State Highway 2; Montana State Highway 298; Montana State 
Highway 293; Montana State Highway 294; Montana State Highway 58; 
Montana Secondary Road 508; Montana Secondary Road 278; Montana 
Secondary Road 279; Montana Secondary Road 324; Montana Secondary Road 
411; Montana Secondary Road 92; the Thompson Pass Road (Montana-Idaho); 
the Moyie Springs to East Port Road (Idaho); the Red Rock Pass Road 
(Montana); Boundary County (ID) Route 18; Boundary County (ID) Route 
47; Boundary County (ID) Route 3; Boundary County (ID) Route 34; Lolo 
National Forest Route 102; Gallatin National Forest Route 259; Kelly 
Canyon Road (Gallatin NF); Middle Fork Canyon Road (Gallatin NF); Lewis 
and Clark County Road 280 (MT); Lewis and Clark County Road 164 (MT); 
Lewis and Clark County Road 4 (MT); Lewis and Clark County Road 291 
(MT); Lewis and Clark County Road 287 (MT); and the Pahsimeroi Road 
(Butte County, ID).

             TITLE III--NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE STUDIES

SEC. 301. GREATER HELLS CANYON/CHIEF JOSEPH NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE 
              STUDY.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The deepest river-carved canyon in the world at over 
        8,000 feet deep, the Hells Canyon of the Snake River forms the 
        centerpiece of the rugged Greater Hells Canyon/Wallowa region.
            (2) The ancestral home of the Nez Perce Indians and their 
        famous leader Chief Joseph, the region abounds in cultural and 
        archaeological sites.
            (3) Breathtaking scenery in the region includes the 10,000 
        foot peaks of the Wallowa and Seven Devils Mountains, old 
        growth forests of ponderosa pine and larch, and the desert-like 
        canyon walls themselves.
            (4) The Imnaha River Chinook salmon are among the largest 
        salmon in the Nation.
            (5) Wildlife in the region includes one of the largest 
        free-roaming elk herds in the Nation.
    (b) Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National Park and Preserve Study.--
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the 
National Park Service, shall conduct a study of the feasibility of 
creating a Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National Park and Preserve. The 
Secretary shall study the feasibility of designating the study area 
described in subsection (c) as a unit of the National Park System, 
including the feasibility of applying, to the study area, national park 
and national preserve designations to be administered by the National 
Park Service. The study shall include specific recommendations as to 
which areas within the study area boundary should be classified as 
national park, and which should be classified as national preserve 
where hunting, fishing, and some motorized use shall be allowed.
    (c) Study Area.--The study area referred to in subsection (b) shall 
consist of the area generally known as the Hells Canyon National 
Recreation Area and Eagle Cap Wilderness, and surrounding lands on the 
Wallowa-Whitman, Nez Perce, and Payette National Forests. The area to 
be studied shall comprise approximately 1,439,444 acres, as delineated 
on the maps entitled ``Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National Park and 
Preserve Study'' and dated January 1, 1997.
    (d) Time of study.--The Secretary of the Interior shall complete 
the study required by this section not later than 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (e) Management During Study.--Until the Congress enacts a law 
stating otherwise, the study area described in subsection (c) shall be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture so as to maintain its 
presently existing natural character and potential for inclusion in the 
National Park System. Until the Congress enacts a law stating 
otherwise, no new road construction or reconstruction, or timber 
harvest (except firewood gathering) shall be allowed in the area. 
Additionally, no oil or gas leasing, mining, or other development which 
impairs the natural and roadless qualities of the area shall be allowed 
in the area. In administering the area, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall give special consideration to preserving scenery, water quality 
and fisheries habitat, biological diversity, and wildlife habitat for 
threatened and endangered species.

SEC. 302. FLATHEAD NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE STUDY.

    (a) Study Requirement.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of National Park Service, shall conduct a study of 
the feasibility of creating a Flathead National Park and Preserve. The 
Secretary shall study the feasibility of designating the study area 
described in subsection (b) as a unit of the National Park System, 
including the feasibility of applying to the study area national park 
and national preserve designations to be administered by the National 
Park Service. The study shall include specific recommendations as to 
which areas within the study area boundary should be classified as 
national park, and which should be classified as national preserve 
where hunting, fishing, and some motorized use shall be allowed.
    (b) Study Area.--The study area referred to in subsection (a) shall 
consist of the area generally known as the Glacier View Ranger District 
of the Flathead National Forest, excepting those lands south of the Big 
Mountain Road. The study area shall comprise approximately 285,078 
acres, as delineated on the map entitled ``Flathead National Park and 
Preserve Study'' and dated January 1, 1997.
    (c) Time of Study.--The Secretary of the Interior shall complete 
the study required by this section not later than 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Management During Study.--Until the Congress enacts a law 
stating otherwise, the study area described in subsection (b) shall be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture so as to maintain its 
presently existing natural character and potential for inclusion in the 
National Park System. Until the Congress enacts a law stating 
otherwise, no new road construction or reconstruction, or timber 
harvest (except firewood gathering) shall be allowed within the study 
area. Additionally, no oil or gas leasing, mining, or other development 
which impairs the natural and roadless qualities of the study area 
shall be allowed within the study area. In administering the study 
area, the Secretary of Agriculture shall give special consideration to 
preserving scenery, water quality and fisheries habitat, biological 
diversity, and wildlife habitat for threatened and endangered species.

             TITLE IV--WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS DESIGNATIONS

SEC. 401. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS IN IDAHO, MONTANA, AND 
              WYOMING.

    Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
    ``(  ) South Fork Payette, Idaho.--The segment within the Boise and 
Sawtooth National Forests from the Sawtooth Wilderness Boundary 
downstream approximately 54 miles to confluence with the Middle Fork 
and then downstream on the main stem to the confluence with the North 
Fork, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `South Fork 
Payette Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Middle Fork Payette, Idaho.--The segment within the Boise 
National Forest from Railroad Pass downstream approximately 17.9 miles 
to Boiling Springs, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
`Middle Fork Payette Wild and Recreational River' and dated January 1, 
1997; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river and the segment within the Boise National Forest from Boiling 
Springs downstream approximately 14.7 miles to the national forest 
boundary, as generally depicted on such map, to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a recreational river.
    ``(  ) Deadwood, Idaho.--The segment within the Boise National 
Forest comprising approximately 21.3 miles as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Deadwood Wild and Scenic River' and dated 
January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
the 12.8 mile segment from Threemile Creek to Julie Creek, as a wild 
river, and the 8.9 mile segment from Julie Creek to the South Fork of 
the Payette, as a scenic river.
    ``(  ) Upper Priest, Idaho.--The segment within the Panhandle 
National Forest from the Canadian border downstream approximately 18.5 
miles to Upper Priest Lake, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled `Upper Priest Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.--The segment within the Panhandle 
National Forest from the headwaters downstream approximately 110.4 
miles as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `Coeur d'Alene 
Wild and Recreational River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, the 8.5 miles from the 
headwaters downstream to Beaver Creek as a recreational river, the 15.2 
miles from Road No. 3099 to Teepee Creek as a wild river, the 52 miles 
from the South Fork to Teepee Creek as a recreational river, the 7.7 
miles from Mission Creek to the South Fork as a recreational river, and 
the 27 miles from Mission Creek to Lake Coeur d'Alene as a recreational 
river.
    ``(  ) Little North Fork Clearwater, Idaho.--The segment within the 
Panhandle National Forest from Adair Creek downstream approximately 
23.5 miles to Cedar Creek, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled `Little North Fork Clearwater Wild River' and dated January 1, 
1997; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river.
    ``(  ) Kelly Creek, Idaho.--The segment, including all tributaries, 
within the Clearwater National Forest from its headwaters downstream 
approximately 19 miles to the forest service work station, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled `Kelly Creek Wild and 
Recreational River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river and the 12-mile segment 
from USFS Road No. 581 to the North Fork of the Clearwater River to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a recreational river.
    ``(  ) Cayuse Creek, Idaho.--The segment within the Clearwater 
National Forest from its headwaters downstream approximately 39 miles 
to its mouth, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
`Cayuse Creek Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered 
by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Bargamin Creek, Idaho.--The segment within the Nez Perce 
National Forest comprising approximately 21 miles, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled `Bargamin Creek Wild and Scenic 
River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, the 15-mile segment from the North Boundary of the 
Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness to the Salmon River, as a 
wild river and the 6-mile segment from its headwaters to USFS Road No. 
468, as a scenic river.
    ``(  ) Lake Creek, Idaho.--The segment within the Nez Perce 
National Forest from the wilderness boundary downstream approximately 
10 miles to Crooked Creek, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled `Lake Creek Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Meadow Creek, Idaho.--The segment within the Nez Perce 
National Forest from its headwaters downstream approximately 34 miles 
to Selway River, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
`Meadow Creek Recreational River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river, except 
for the 1-mile segment above the confluence with the Selway River which 
shall be administered as a recreational river.
    ``(  ) Running Creek, Idaho.--The segment within the Nez Perce 
National Forest comprising approximately 14 miles, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled `Running Creek Scenic River' and 
dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the 7-mile segment from the wilderness boundary to the 
Selway River, as a wild river and the 8-mile segment from its 
headwaters to the wilderness boundary, as a scenic river.
    ``(  ) South Fork Two Medicine River, Montana.--The segment within 
the Lewis and Clark National Forest from its headwaters downstream 
approximately 10 miles to the Sawmill Flat Trailhead, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled `South Fork Two Medicine Wild 
River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Badger Creek, Including the South and North Forks, 
Montana.--The segment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest from 
its headwaters downstream to the national forest boundary, comprising 
approximately 23.8 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled `Badger Creek Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Dearborn, Montana.--The segment within the Lewis and Clark 
National Forest downstream approximately 18.1 miles to the national 
foresty boundary, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
`Dearborn Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river.
    ``(  ) North Fork Birch Creek, Montana.--The segment within the 
Lewis and Clark National Forest from its headwaters downstream 
approximately 6.6 miles to the national forest boundary, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled `North Fork Birch Creek Wild 
River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, as a wild river.
    ``(  ) South Fork Sun, Montana.--The segment within the Lewis and 
Clark National Forest from its headwaters at Sun Lake downstream 
approximately 25.5 miles to its confluence with the North Fork, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `South Fork Sun Wild 
River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, as a wild river.
    ``(  ) North Fork Sun, Montana.--The segment comprising 
approximately 26.7 miles within the Lewis and Clark National Forest 
from the confluence of Open Creek and Fool Creek downstream 
approximately 25.4 miles to the Bob Marshall Wilderness boundary, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `North Fork Sun Wild 
and Recreational River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river and the segment from 
the Bob Marshall Wilderness boundary downstream approximately 1.3 miles 
to its confluence with the South Fork, to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, as a recreational river.
    ``(  ) Tenderfoot Creek, Montana.--The segment within the Lewis and 
Clark National Forest from The Falls downstream approximately 4.6 miles 
to the Smith River, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
`Tenderfoot Creek Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Green Fork Straight Creek, Montana.--The segment within the 
Lewis and Clark National Forest from its headwaters downstream 
approximately 4.5 miles to Straight Creek, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Green Fork Straight Creek Wild River' and dated 
January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as 
a wild river.
    ``(  ) Yaak River, Montana.--The segment within the Kootenai 
National Forest from the junction of the East and West Forks downstream 
38 miles to the Yaak Falls, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled `Yaak River Wild and Recreational River' and dated January 1, 
1997; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a 
recreational river and the segment from the Yaak Falls downstream 8 
miles to the mouth of the Yaak River at the junction of the Kootenai 
River, as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Kootenai River, Montana.--The segment within the Kootenai 
National Forest from the junction of the Fisher River (3 miles below 
Libby Dam) downstream for 46 miles to the State line, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled `Kootenai River Recreational 
River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as a recreational river.
    ``(  ) Bull River, Montana.--The segment within the Kootenai 
National Forest from the junction of the North and South Forks 
downstream 21 miles to the Cabinet Gorge Reservoir, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled `Bull River Recreational River' 
and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary of 
Agriculture as a recreational river.
    ``(  ) Vermillion River, Montana.--The segment within the Kootenai 
National Forest from the junction of Willow Creek, downstream 12 miles 
to the Noxon Reservoir, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled `Vermillion Recreational River' and dated January 1, 1997; to 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a recreational 
river.
    ``(  ) Salmon, Idaho.--The segment within the Salmon and Sawtooth 
National Forests from its source downstream approximately 177 miles to 
North Fork, Idaho, excluding that part in the town of Salmon, and the 
segment from Hammer Creek downstream approximately 45 miles to its 
mouth, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `Salmon 
Recreational River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture, as a recreational river.
    ``(  ) East Fork Salmon, Idaho.--The segment within the Salmon and 
Sawtooth National Forests from the Sawtooth NRA boundary downstream 
approximately 20 miles to its confluence with the main stem, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `East Fork Salmon 
Recreational River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture, as a recreational river.
    ``(  ) North Fork, Clearwater, Idaho.--The segment within the 
Clearwater National Forest from the Route No. 250 Bridge downstream 
approximately 60 miles to the slackwater in Dwarshak Reservoir, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `North Fork Clearwater 
Recreational River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture, as a recreational river.
    ``(  ) North Fork Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.--The segment within the 
Panhandle National Forest from its headwaters south of Honey Mountain 
downstream approximately 32.5 miles to its confluence with the Coeur 
d'Alene River, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
`North Fork Coeur d'Alene Recreational River' and dated January 1, 
1997; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a 
recreational river.
    ``(  ) Pack, Idaho.--The segment within the Panhandle National 
Forest from Harrison Lake downstream approximately 14 miles to the 
national forest boundary, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled `Pack Recreational River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a recreational river.
    ``(  ) Henry's Fork, Idaho.--The segment within the Targhee 
National Forest from Big Springs downstream approximately 28 miles to 
the Osborne Bridge, except for Island Park Reservoir, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled `Henry's Fork Wild and Scenic 
River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as a scenic river, and the segment from Osborne Bridge 
to the confluence of the Warm River, to be administered as a wild 
river.
    ``(  ) Falls River, Idaho.--The segment within the Targhee National 
Forest from Yellowstone National Park downstream approximately 13 miles 
to the National Forest Boundary, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled `Falls Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) West Fork Madison, Montana.--The segment within the 
Beaverhead National Forest from approximately the midpoint of Section 
28, R. 2 W., T. 12 S., downstream approximately 6 miles to Landon Camp, 
and from Section 32, R. 1 W., T. 12 S. downstream approximately 5.2 
miles to Shakelford Cow Camp, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled `West Fork Madison Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river and 
the segment from Miner Creek (Section 30, R. 2 W., T. 12 S.) downstream 
approximately 2.5 miles to the midpoint of Section 28, and the segment 
from Landon Camp downstream approximately 1.5 miles to the boundary of 
Sections 32 and 33, R. 1 W., T. 12 S. and from Shakelford Cow Camp 
downstream approximately 1.5 miles to Sloan Cow Camp, and from Sloan 
Cow Camp downstream approximately .75 miles to Partridge Cow Camp, and 
from Partridge Cow Camp downstream approximately 3.75 miles to the 
northeast corner of Section 4, R. 1 E., T. 12 S., as generally depicted 
on the boundary map entitled `West Fork Madison Scenic River' and dated 
January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as 
a scenic river and the segment from the northeast corner of Section 4, 
R. 1 E., T. 12 S. downstream approximately 6.5 miles to the West Fork 
Rest Area, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `West 
Fork Madison Scenic River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic river.
    ``(  ) Elk River, Montana.--The segment within the Beaverhead 
National Forest in the southeast corner of Section 16, R. 2 W., T. 11 
S., downstream approximately 12.2 miles to the southeast corner of 
Section 3, R. 1 W., T. 12 S. including the headwaters (Barnett Creek 
and all other tributaries), as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled `Elk Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river; and the segment from 
the southeast corner of Section 3, R. 1 W., T. 12 S., downstream 
approximately 5.2 miles to the confluence with the West Fork of the 
Madison River, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `Elk 
Scenic River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, as a scenic river.
    ``(  ) Browns Creek, Montana.--The segment within the Beaverhead 
National Forest from the west central part of Section 1, R. 14 W., T. 8 
S., downstream approximately 4.3 miles to the forest boundary, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `Browns Creek Wild 
River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Canyon Creek, Montana.--The segment within the Beaverhead 
National Forest from Canyon Lake downstream approximately 4 miles to 
the Canyon Creek Campground, and the Lion Creek tributary 
(approximately 2.5 miles), as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled `Canyon Creek Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Deadman Creek, Montana.--The segment within the Beaverhead 
National Forest from its source downstream approximately 10.2 miles to 
the forest boundary, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
`Deadman Creek Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Salt River, Wyoming.--The segment within the Bridger-Teton 
National Forest from the source downstream approximately 12 miles to 
forest road 10072, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
`Salt Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Swift Creek, Wyoming.--The segment within the Bridger-Teton 
National Forest from the source downstream approximately 8 miles to 
Periodic Spring, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
`Swift Creek Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered 
by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Hoback River, Wyoming.--The segment within the Bridger-Teton 
National Forest from the source downstream approximately 10 miles to 
the end of forest road 30710, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled `Hoback Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Willow Creek, Wyoming.--The segment within the Bridger-Teton 
National Forest from the source downstream approximately 20 miles to 
the confluence with the Hoback River, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Willow Creek Wild River' and dated January 1, 
1997; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river.
    ``(  ) Gros Ventre, Wyoming.--The segment within the Bridger-Teton 
National Forest from the source downstream approximately 12 miles to 
Horn Ranch, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `Gros 
Ventre Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river, and the segment from Horn 
Ranch downstream approximately 28 miles to the forest boundary, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `Gros Ventre Scenic 
River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as a scenic river.
    ``(  ) Crystal Creek, Wyoming.--The segment within the Bridger-
Teton National Forest from the source downstream approximately 12 miles 
to the Gros Ventre Wilderness boundary, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Crystal Creek Wild River' and dated January 1, 
1997; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river; and the segment from the end of the road downstream 
approximately 3 miles to the confluence with the Gros Ventre River, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `Crystal Creek Scenic 
River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as a scenic river.
    ``(  ) Pacific Creek, Wyoming.--The segment within the Bridger-
Teton National Forest from the source downstream approximately 25 miles 
to the Teton Wilderness Boundary, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled `Pacific Creek Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river; and 
the segment from the Wilderness boundary downstream approximately 8 
miles to the confluence with the Snake River, as generally depicted on 
the boundary map entitled `Pacific Creek Scenic River' and dated 
January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
a scenic river.
    ``(  ) Buffalo Fork, Wyoming.--The segment within the Bridger-Teton 
National Forest upstream from Turpin Meadows for approximately 68 
miles, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `Buffalo Fork 
Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river; and the segment from Turpin 
Meadows downstream approximately 16 miles to the boundary of Grand 
Teton National Park, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
`Buffalo Fork Scenic River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic river.
    ``(  ) Snake, Wyoming.--The segment within the Bridger-Teton 
National Forest from the source downstream approximately 7 miles to the 
boundary of Yellowstone National Park, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Snake Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Thorofare, Wyoming.--The segment of the main stem within the 
Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source downstream approximately 
25 miles to the confluence with the Yellowstone River, and the source 
of Open Creek downstream 10 miles to the confluence with the main stem, 
as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `Thorofare Wild 
River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Atlantic Creek, Wyoming.--The segment within the Bridger-
Teton National Forest from the Parting of the Waters downstream 
approximately 10 miles to the confluence with the Yellowstone River, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `Atlantic Creek Wild 
River' and dated January 1, 1997; to be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(  ) Yellowstone, Wyoming.--The segment within the Bridger-Teton 
National Forest from the source downstream approximately 28 miles to 
the boundary of Yellowstone National Park, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Yellowstone Wild River' and dated January 1, 
1997; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river.
    ``( ) Smith River, Montana.--The segment within the Lewis and Clark 
National Forest from Tenderfoot Creek downstream to Deep Creek, 
comprising approximately 11.8 miles, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Smith Wild River' and dated January 1, 1997; to 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``( ) Yellowstone River, Wyoming and Montana.--The segment within 
the Gallatin National Forest and Yellowstone National Park from the 
southern boundary of Yellowstone National Park to the confluence with 
Yellowstone Lake, and from the Fishing Bridge downstream to the mouth 
of Yankee Jim Canyon comprising approximately 102 miles, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled `Yellowstone Wild and Scenic 
River, and dated January 1, 1997, to be administered by the Secretaries 
of the Interior and Agriculture as a wild river with the exception of 
the segment from the north boundary of Yellowstone National Park to the 
mouth of Yankee Jim Canyon, which shall be administered as a scenic 
river.
    ``( ) Middle Fork Judith River, Montana.--The segment within the 
Lewis and Clark National Forest from Arch Coulee Junction downstream to 
the national forest boundary, comprising approximately 4.8 miles, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `Middle Fork Judith 
Wild River', and dated January 1, 1997, to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``( ) Rock Creek Watershed, Montana.--(A) The segment of the main 
fork of Rock Creek within the Lolo and Deerlodge National Forests from 
the mouth of Juno Gulch downstream to the mouth of Rickard Gulch, 
comprising approximately 30 miles, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Rock Creek Scenic River', dated March 1, 1997, 
to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic river.
    ``(B) The segment of Ranch Creek, from its source to the boundary 
of the Lolo National Forest, within the Lolo National Forest, 
comprising approximately 5 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled `Ranch Creek Wild River', dated March 1, 1997, to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(C) The entire segment of Welcome Creek, from its source to its 
confluence with the main fork of Rock Creek, within the Lolo National 
Forest, comprising approximately 7 miles, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Welcome Creek Wild River', dated March 1, 1997, 
to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(D) The entire segment of Alder Creek, from its source to its 
confluence with the main fork of Rock Creek, within the Lolo National 
Forest, comprising approximately 5 miles, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Alder Creek Wild River', dated March 1, 1997, to 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(E) The entire segment of Hogback Creek, from its source to its 
confluence with the main fork of Rock Creek, within the Lolo National 
Forest, comprising approximately 6 miles, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Hogback Wild River', dated March 1, 1997, to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(F) The entire segment of Wyman Gulch, from its source to its 
confluence with the main fork of Rock Creek, within the Lolo National 
Forest, comprising approximately 5 miles, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Wyman Gulch Wild River', dated March 1, 1997, to 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(G) The segment of Stony Creek from its source at Stony Lake to 
the mouth of Little Stony Creek, within the Deerlodge National Forest, 
comprising approximately 4 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled `Stony Creek Wild and Scenic River', dated March 1, 1997, 
to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river; the 
segment of Stony Creek from the mouth of Little Stony Creek to its 
confluence with the main fork of Rock Creek, comprising approximately 6 
miles, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic 
river.
    ``(H) The segment of the West Fork of Rock Creek from its source to 
the Deerlodge National Forest boundary, within the Deerlodge National 
Forest, comprising approximately 15 miles, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map as `West Fork of Rock Creek Scenic River', dated March 1, 
1997, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic 
river.
    ``(I) The segment of the Ross Fork of Rock Creek, from its source 
to the mouth of Elk Creek, within the Deerlodge National Forest, 
comprising approximately 10 miles, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Ross Fork Wild River', to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(J) The segment of Copper Creek, from its source to the boundary 
of the mouth of Lutz Creek, within the Deerlodge National Forest, 
comprising approximately 9 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled `Copper Creek Wild and Scenic River', dated March 1, 1997, 
to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river; the 
segment of Copper Creek from the mouth of Lutz Creek to its confluence 
with the Middle Fork of Rock Creek, comprising approximately 5 miles, 
to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic river.
    ``(K) The segment of the Middle Fork of Rock Creek, from its source 
to the mouth of Senate Creek, within the Deerlodge National Forest, 
comprising approximately 5 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled `Middle Fork Wild and Scenic River', dated March 1, 1997, 
to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river; the 
segment of the Middle Fork of Rock Creek, from the mouth of Senate 
Creek to the confluence with Copper Creek, comprising approximately 6 
miles, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic 
river.
    ``(L) The segment of Carpp Creek, from its source to its confluence 
with the Middle Fork of Rock Creek, within the Deerlodge National 
Forest, comprising approximately 6 miles, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled `Carpp Creek Wild River', dated March 1, 1997, to 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
    ``(M) The segment of the East Fork of Rock Creek, from its source 
to its confluence with the head of the East Fork Reservoir, within the 
Deerlodge National Forest, comprising approximately 10 miles, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled `East Fork Wild River', 
dated March 1, 1997, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as a wild river.''.

       TITLE V--NATIONAL WILDLAND RESTORATION AND RECOVERY SYSTEM

SEC. 501. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Certain National Forest System lands and surrounding 
        areas have been damaged by unwise resource extraction and 
        development activities and practices, and the productive 
        potential of the lands and waters of these areas has been 
        reduced by development activities.
            (2) Recovery activities are required to reverse severe 
        damage to native fish and wildlife populations and water 
        quality in these areas.
            (3) Recovery work associated with these areas will create 
        new job opportunities for local communities, assist in the 
        economic transition ongoing in the region, and contribute to 
        the economic sustainability of these rural areas by restoring 
        the productive capability of the land.

SEC. 502. NATIONAL WILDLAND RESTORATION AND RECOVERY SYSTEM.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established the National 
Wildland Restoration and Recovery System.
    (b) Components.--The following areas, as depicted on the maps dated 
January 1, 1997, and entitled ``National Wildland Restoration and 
Recovery Area'', shall be components of the National Wildland Recovery 
and Restoration System and may be referred to as recovery areas:
  


                                                                        
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                  Recovery areas        Acres           National Forest 
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                Skyland...........     10,126........  Flathead National
                                                        Forest          
                Hungry Horse......    204,981........  Flathead National
                                                        Forest          
                (except Hungry                                          
                 Horse Dam and                                          
                 Reservoir).                                            
                Lolo Creek........     59,398........  Lolo/Clearwater  
                                                        National Forests
                Yellowstone West..    164,445........  Targhee National 
                                                        Forest          
                Mt. Leidy.........     69,912........  Bridger/Teton    
                                                        National Forests
                Cabinet/Yaak......     99,591........  Kootenai National
                                                        Forest          
                Lightning Creek...     30,722........  Panhandle        
                                                        National Forest 
                Coeur d'Alene         372,072........  Panhandle        
                 River.                                 National Forest 
                Magruder Corridor.     11,522........  Nez Perce/       
                                                        Bitterroot      
                                                        National Forests
                Area Total........  1,022,769........                   
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SEC. 503. MANAGEMENT OF RECOVERY SYSTEM.

    (a) Management During Recovery.--
            (1) Restoration.--All lands within the Recovery System 
        shall be managed so as to restore their native vegetative cover 
        and species diversity, stabilize slopes and soils to prevent or 
        reduce further erosion, recontour slopes to their original 
        contours, remove barriers to natural fish spawning runs, and 
        generally restore, as much as possible, such lands to their 
        natural condition as existed prior to their entry and 
        development.
            (2) Water quality restoration.--In the management of 
        Recovery System lands, special consideration shall be given to 
        restoration of water quality in the Recovery System.
            (3) Management methods.--Recovery System lands shall be 
        managed using methods such as road obliteration, planting of 
        trees and other vegetation native to the lands, and removal by 
        heavy equipment of sediment from streambeds. Existing methods 
        developed by the Forest Service, the National Park Service, and 
        other persons shall be considered and, when appropriate, 
        applied to the lands within the Recovery System. To the extent 
        practicable, the Secretary shall carry out this section using 
        existing, available equipment. When renting or leasing heavy 
        equipment necessary for recovery efforts pursuant to this 
        section, the Secretary shall use local contractors to the 
        extent practicable.
    (b) Post Recovery Management.--When recovery is achieved for a 
component of the Recovery System, the Forest Service shall evaluate the 
suitability of such component for inclusion in the National Wilderness 
Preservation System or for other uses consistent with the purposes of 
this Act. The Forest Service shall make a recommendation concerning the 
future management status of the component, and shall submit the 
recommendation and an evaluation to the Congress. The evaluation shall 
be conducted in the same manner as, and subject to the same 
requirements that apply to, the preparation of an environmental impact 
statement under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). The evaluation shall include 
documentation of the component's values as wilderness and as wildlife 
habitat, its role in maintaining water quality and native biodiversity, 
its role in the forest reserve system, a list of alternative 
designations for the component consistent with the purposes of this 
Act, and a roadless inventory for the component. No provision of this 
subsection shall be construed to diminish the responsibilities of the 
Secretary of Agriculture with respect to land and resource 
management plans under section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604).

SEC. 504. NATIONAL WILDLAND RECOVERY CORPS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a special unit of 
the Forest Service, to be known as the National Wildland Recovery 
Corps. The National Wildland Recovery Corps shall hire the necessary 
personnel and purchase the necessary equipment to carry out its land 
recovery responsibilities under this title.
    (b) Recovery Plans.--The National Wildland Recovery Corps shall be 
responsible for the development of a wildland recovery plan for each 
area of the Recovery System. Each recovery plan shall detail necessary 
work and funding requirements needed to implement the management 
direction established under section 503. Each recovery plan shall take 
into account the specific conditions of an area in the Recovery System, 
including soil type, slope, native species composition, road densities, 
forest cover, the number of road crossings and culverts, and when 
possible, predevelopment conditions. Each recovery plan shall set forth 
definite timelines for expected recovery of the area to which the plan 
applies, including a list of management activities planned each year, 
with projected dates for recovery. Each recovery plan shall map out the 
portion, within the area of the Recovery System to which the plan 
applies, which will be recovered using active management efforts, as 
well as the portion of such area in which natural recovery will occur.
    (c) Evaluation.--The National Wildland Recovery Corps shall use 
measurable criteria to judge the success of recovery efforts taken 
pursuant to this section. Such criteria shall include the results of 
sediment monitoring, reductions in open and total road densities, 
percent forest cover, increase in stream mileage available to native 
fish migrations, the results of hydrological measurements to determine 
water flow rates for key watersheds, and the abundance of management 
indicator species that are indicative of ecosystem health.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

                TITLE VI--IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING

SEC. 601. IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.

    (a) Report Required.--Within 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture 
shall jointly submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
Representatives a report that details the implementation of this Act. 
The report shall also detail any additional work and funding 
requirements necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act.
    (b) Preparation.--The report shall be produced by a panel of 
independent scientists appointed by the National Academy of Sciences, 
in consultation with the Society for Conservation Biology.

SEC. 602. INTERAGENCY TEAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of 
the Interior shall jointly establish an interagency team, containing 
equal numbers of participants from the public and private sectors, to 
monitor, evaluate, and make recommendations to ensure long-term results 
required by this Act.
    (b) Geographic Information System.--
            (1) Development.--The interagency team shall develop a 
        geographic information system for monitoring the Northern 
        Rockies Bioregion. The geographic information system shall be 
        based on satellite-gathered data and shall include 
        comprehensive maps and data bases to assist in the detection of 
        changes in the Northern Rockies Bioregion.
            (2) Types of information.--The maps and databases included 
        in the geographic information system shall be updated 
        periodically to record the following:
                    (A) Vegetation cover (with species occurrence and 
                densities).
                    (B) Human impacts.
                    (C) Water and air quality.
                    (D) Activities that bear on forest husbandry and 
                restoration.
            (3) Status reports.--The geographic information system 
        shall include status reports on the progress of ecosystem 
        protection, corridor consolidation, and forest recovery efforts 
        and reports on the status of threatened and endangered species 
        which are primary indicators of ecosystem health.
    (c) Wildlife Movements.--The interagency team shall assess the 
potential for facilitating wildlife movements across or under major 
highways and rail lines within the biological corridors established in 
title II. This assessment shall identify major crossing points and 
identify possible management actions to enhance the suitability of such 
crossing points as movement corridors, including underpasses, 
overpasses, and other methods for reducing the danger to native 
wildlife while facilitating movements within the Northern Rockies 
Bioregion.

SEC. 603. ROADLESS LANDS EVALUATION.

    (a) Evaluation Required.--Roadless lands that are located within 
the National Forest System in the State of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, 
Washington, or Wyoming and that are not designated as components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System (under this or any other Act) 
shall be identified and evaluated by the panel of independent 
scientists appointed under section 601. In identifying and evaluating 
these lands, the panel shall make use of existing satellite information 
and Geographic Information System data developed by the Forest Service, 
the Bureau of Land Management, and the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, in addition to other information sources. The panel shall 
study the role of such lands in maintaining biological diversity in the 
Northern Rockies and as part of the overall forest reserve system. The 
panel shall make recommendations regarding the management of the lands, 
and shall include the recommendations in the report required by section 
601.
    (b) Prohibition.--Until the Congress enacts a law stating 
otherwise, no new road construction or reconstruction, or timber 
harvest (except firewood gathering) shall be allowed in the lands 
described in subsection (a). Additionally, no oil or gas leasing, 
mining, or other development which impairs the natural and roadless 
qualities of these lands shall be allowed on the lands.

SEC. 604. REVIEW OF GOALS AND MANDATES OF FEDERAL NATURAL RESOURCE 
              MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Establishment and Review.--The Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior shall jointly establish a governmental review 
board, containing equal numbers of participants from the public and 
private sectors, to review the goals and mandates of all Federal 
agencies that are responsible for natural resource management.
    (b) Recommendations.--On the basis of the review conducted under 
subsection (a), governmental review board shall prepare and submit to 
the Congress a report containing recommendations to legally restate and 
unify the resource management mandates of Federal agencies. These 
recommendations shall be guided by holistic and scientific methods of 
resource management, and shall seek to ensure the long-term health of 
the Northern Rockies Bioregion's ecology for this and future 
generations. The report shall be submitted to the Congress at the same 
time that the report required by section 601 is submitted.

SEC. 605. NATIVE AMERICAN USES.

    (a) Definition.--For purposes of this section and section 606, the 
term ``protected areas'' means the Wilderness areas, National Park and 
Preserve Study areas, Wildland Recovery areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, 
and biological corridors designated by this Act.
    (b) Nonexclusive Access.--In recognition of the past use of 
portions of the protected areas by Native Americans for traditional 
cultural and religious purposes, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior shall ensure nonexclusive access to these 
protected areas by native people for such traditional cultural and 
religious purposes. Such access shall be consistent with the purpose 
and intent of Public Law 95-341 (42 U.S.C. 1996; commonly known as the 
American Indian Religious Freedom Act). The Secretaries, in accordance 
with such Act, upon request of an Indian tribe, may from time-to-time 
temporarily close to the general public use of one or more specific 
portions of these protected areas in order to protect the privacy of 
religious activities and cultural uses in such portions by an Indian 
people. As part of the preparation of general management plans for the 
protected areas, the Secretaries shall request that the chief executive 
officers of appropriate Indian tribes make recommendations with respect 
to assuring access to important sites, enhancing the privacy of 
traditional cultural and religious activities, and protecting cultural 
and religious sites.
    (c) Cooperative Agreement.--The Forest Service and Bureau of Land 
Management shall enter into cooperative management agreements with the 
appropriate Indian tribes to assure protection of religious, burial, 
and gathering sites in the protected areas, and shall work 
cooperatively on the management of all uses in the protected areas that 
impact Indian lands and people.

SEC. 606. CULTURAL RESOURCES.

    In managing the protected areas described in section 605 in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall give particular 
emphasis to the preservation and protection of cultural resources 
located within these areas, in accordance with the Archaeological 
Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.) and the 
National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Cultural 
resources within the protected areas shall be managed in consultation 
with State Historic Preservation Officers, Indian tribes, and other 
appropriate parties in the States affected, with emphasis on the 
preservation of resources in the areas and the interpretive, 
educational, and long-term scientific uses of these resources.

                    TITLE VII--RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

SEC. 701. WATER RIGHTS.

    Nothing in this Act may be construed as a relinquishment or 
reduction of any water rights reserved, appropriated, or otherwise 
secured by the United States in the State of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, 
Oregon, or Washington on or before the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 702. FUTURE DESIGNATIONS.

    Nothing in this Act may be construed as establishing a precedent 
with regard to any future designations, including designations of 
wilderness, or as constituting an interpretation of any other Act or 
designations made pursuant thereto.

SEC. 703. INDIAN TRIBES.

    Nothing in this Act may be construed to affect or modify any treaty 
or other right of an Indian tribe.
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