[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2034 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2034

  To amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper 
   Salmon Wilderness and to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk River in the 
   State of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 10, 2007

   Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper 
   Salmon Wilderness and to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk River in the 
   State of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Copper Salmon Wilderness Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the proposed Copper Salmon Wilderness, comprising 
        13,700 acres, includes a significant portion of an inventoried 
        roadless area adjacent to the Grassy Knob Wilderness area 
        protected by the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 
        note; Public Law 98-328);
            (2) the proposed Copper Salmon Wilderness includes--
                    (A) the North Fork and South Fork of the Elk River;
                    (B) the upper Middle Fork of the Sixes River; and
                    (C) tributaries of the South Fork of Coquille 
                River;
            (3) the Elk River is designated as a Tier 1 Key Watershed;
            (4) the fisheries of the Elk River are recognized as 1 of 
        the best salmon and steelhead producers in the 48 contiguous 
        States, producing more salmon per square meter than most rivers 
        outside the State of Alaska;
            (5) designation of the proposed Wilderness would provide 
        permanent protection for the last remaining mammoth Port Orford 
        Cedars in the Elk River watershed;
            (6) the protection of the proposed Copper Salmon Wilderness 
        is supported by the local communities near the proposed 
        Wilderness, which have passed resolutions supporting the 
        designation of the proposed Wilderness;
            (7) the master plan for the economic stability of Curry 
        County, Oregon, includes ecotourism and recreation as primary 
        sources of income; and
            (8) permanent protection for the proposed Copper Salmon 
        Wilderness is needed to conserve the environment in 
        southwestern Oregon.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE COPPER SALMON WILDERNESS.

    Section 3 of the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 
note; Public Law 98-328) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``eight hundred fifty-nine thousand six hundred acres'' and 
        inserting ``873,300 acres'';
            (2) in paragraph (29), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(30) certain land in the Siskiyou National Forest, 
        comprising approximately 13,700 acres, as generally depicted on 
        the map entitled `Proposed Copper Salmon Wilderness Area', to 
        be known as the `Copper Salmon Wilderness'.''.

SEC. 4. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS, ELK RIVER, OREGON.

    Section 3(a)(76) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)(76)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``19-mile segment'' and inserting ``29-mile segment'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a period; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(B) The approximately 0.4-mile segment of the North Fork 
        Elk from the source of the North Fork Elk in sec. 21, T. 33 S., 
        R. 12 W., of the Willamette Meridian, downstream to 0.01 miles 
        downstream of Forest Service Road 3353, as a scenic river.
            ``(C) The approximately 5.3-mile segment of the North Fork 
        Elk from 0.01 miles downstream of Forest Service Road 3353 
        downstream to its confluence with the South Fork Elk, as a wild 
        river.
            ``(D) The approximately 0.9-mile segment of the South Fork 
        Elk from the source of the North Fork Elk in sec. 32, T. 33 S., 
        R. 12 W., of the Willamette Meridian, downstream to 0.01 miles 
        downstream of Forest Service Road 3353, as a scenic river.
            ``(E) The approximately 4.2-mile segment of the South Fork 
        Elk from 0.01 miles downstream of Forest Service Road 3353 
        downstream to the confluence with the North Fork Elk, as a wild 
        river.''.
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