WILDERNESS AREAS

Amendments

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S236, S237 [8JA], S273 [11JA], S299, S316 [12JA], S419, S628 [15JA]

Articles and editorials

Bill Whose Time Has Come, H3846 [25MR]

Friars and National Park Service Face Off on Appalachian Trail—Eminent Domain Proceedings Halted, S3343 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 231), S388 [14JA] (see H.R. 39), H29 [6JA]

BLM: establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 404), H160 [9JA]

———provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and renewable energy development in California desert areas, and designate Renewable Energy Coordination Offices (see S. 2921), S13698 [21DE]

California: anniversary of East Bay Regional Park District (see S. Con. Res. 47), S11205 [5NO] (see H. Con. Res. 211), H12587 [6NO]

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 4289), H14826 [11DE]

———designate certain lands within the Rocky Mountain National Park as wilderness, and adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho National Forest (see S. 190), S212 [8JA] (see H.R. 419), H161 [9JA]

Dartmouth College: anniversary of Dartmouth Outing Club (see H. Res. 776), H9962 [24SE]

Dept. of the Interior: adjust boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness in the North Cascades National Park to allow rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain (see H.R. 2806), H6538 [10JN]

———designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 980), H1246 [11FE]

———designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, CO, as wilderness (see S. 2762), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 3914), H11712 [22OC]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (see S. 22), S168 [7JA]

Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area: establish (see S. 183), S212 [8JA] (see H.R. 170), H34 [6JA]

El Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area: establish in New Mexico (see S. 874), S4669 [23AP]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see S. 1738), S10060 [1OC] (see H.R. 3692), H10455 [1OC]

———study options for protecting open space characteristics of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (see S. 188), S212 [8JA]

Idaho: authorize continued use of certain water diversions on National Forest System lands in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (see H.R. 3538), H9341 [8SE]

———promote economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land, designate certain land as Boulder-White Cloud Management Area, and add land to National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 192), H35 [6JA]

Los Padres National Forest: redesignate Monterey Ranger District as the Big Sur Management Unit, transfer lands, adjust wilderness area boundaries, and designate certain river segments as wild and scenic (see H.R. 4040), H12586 [6NO]

Monongahela National Forest: designate additional lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1109), H2601 [23FE]

Montana: sustain economic development and recreational use of public lands, add lands to wilderness areas, release wilderness study areas, and designate new areas for recreation (see S. 1470), S7699 [20JY]

New Mexico: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and National Landscape Conservation System (see S. 1689), S9555 [17SE]

Oregon: designate Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area and segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks as wild or recreational rivers (see S. 1272), S6650 [16JN] (see H.R. 2888), H6902 [16JN]

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: designate the Beaver Basin Wilderness (see S. 109), S42 [6JA]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 799), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 1925), H4521 [2AP]

Riverside County, CA: designate certain lands as wilderness and certain river segments as wild and scenic, and adjust the boundaries of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument (see H.R. 369), H159 [9JA]

Sabinoso Wilderness Area: establish (see H.R. 921), H1079 [9FE]

San Diego County, CA: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 4304), H14877 [14DE]

Trails: allow recreation organizations consisting of hikers or horseback riders to cross wilderness areas on established trails (see H.R. 2809), H6538 [10JN]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 244), S8865 [5AU]

Cloture motions

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S299 [12JA], S356 [14JA]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), motion to proceed, S255 [9JA], S271 [11JA]

Letters

Maintain access to hunting, fishing, and trapping on newly designated wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas: Chris W. Cox, NRA, H3846, H3974, H3975 [25MR]

Omnibus Public Land Management Act: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3289 [11MR]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H3289 [11MR]

———several water resources organizations, H3983 [25MR]

Public lands accessibility for disabled persons: Representative Doc Hastings, H3847 [25MR]

Lists

Programs in S. 22, Omnibus Public Land Management Act, targeted to a specific State or locality, S162 [7JA]

Remarks in House

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 39), E20 [6JA]

BLM: National Landscape Conservation System funding, H3280 [11MR]

California: anniversary of East Bay Regional Park District, E2169 [31JY], E2561 [15OC]

———designate certain land as wilderness, H3976 [25MR]

Colorado: wetlands and water projects, H3976 [25MR]

Dept. of the Interior: adjust boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness in the North Cascades National Park to allow rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain (H.R. 2806), H11745, H11746 [26OC]

———designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (H.R. 980), H4846 [28AP], E243 [11FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, H3751, H3753, H3754, H3756 [24MR], H3841-H3847, H3854 [25MR], E785 [26MR], E820 [31MR]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), H1073-H1077 [9FE], H3151-H3290, H3317, H3321 [11MR], H3378 [12MR], H9840 [23SE]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (H.R. 3692), E2427 [1OC]

Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, Inc.: anniversary, E221 [9FE]

Oregon: water, wilderness, and national recreation area projects, H3976 [25MR]

Owyhee Initiative Agreement: implementation, E764 [25MR]

Power resources: use of hydraulic fracturing in increasing oil and gas exploration, H12060, H12066 [29OC]

Public lands: oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H3975, H3977 [25MR]

———permit the carrying of concealed firearms subject to State laws, H3756 [24MR], H3975, H3977 [25MR]

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness: establish, H3283 [11MR]

Tuolumne County Alliance for Resources and Environment, Inc.: anniversary, E669 [16MR]

Virginia: designate additional National Forest System lands as wilderness, establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, and develop trail plans for wilderness and scenic areas, H3286 [11MR]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: include certain non-Federal land in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, S425 [15JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (S. 231), S389 [14JA]

BLM: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and renewable energy development in California desert areas, and designate Renewable Energy Coordination Offices (S. 2921), S13699-S13703 [21DE]

California: anniversary of East Bay Regional Park District, S10108 [5OC]

Colorado: designate certain lands within the Rocky Mountain National Park as wilderness, and adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho National Forest, S421, S422 [15JA]

———designate certain lands within the Rocky Mountain National Park as wilderness, and adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho National Forest (S. 190), S229-S231 [8JA]

———ensure that neither the Grand River Ditch nor its right-of-way will be adversely affected if the end use of water diverted is for municipal purposes as opposed to irrigated agriculture, S421 [15JA]

———protect operation and maintenance of Alva B. Adams Tunnel as part of the Colorado-Big Thompson Reclamation Project, S421 [15JA]

Dept. of the Interior: designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, CO, as wilderness (S. 2762), S11346 [10NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, S3101, S3106-S3108 [16MR], S3136-S3144, S3146, S3149-S3154 [17MR], S3335, S3338-S3344, S3348-S3352, S3361, S3363 [18MR], S3385-S3514 [19MR], S3604 [23MR], S3778 [25MR], S3982 [30MR]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S299 [12JA], S324, S331-S333 [13JA], S353-S357, S376-S380 [14JA], S419-S430, S559-S561, S590, S591 [15JA]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), motion to proceed, S25-S27 [6JA], S153, S162, S170-S172 [7JA], S181 [8JA], S239, S244-S248, S253, S255 [9JA], S263-S271 [11JA], S291-S293 [12JA]

———prohibit use of eminent domain to designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, S3146, S3154 [17MR], S3335, S3342, S3343, S3348, S3351 [18MR]

El Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area: establish in New Mexico (S. 874), S4674 [23AP]

Florida: Everglades restoration funding, S10401 [14OC]

Forest Service: study options for protecting open space characteristics of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (S. 188), S229-S231 [8JA]

Gaylord A. Nelson Wilderness: redesignate as the Gaylord Nelson Wilderness, S422 [15JA]

Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County (organization): anniversary, S4508 [21AP]

Montana: sustain economic development and recreational use of public lands, add lands to wilderness areas, release wilderness study areas, and designate new areas for recreation (S. 1470), S7828 [22JY]

National Park Service: trail construction, rehabilitation and maintenance funding, S1799 [6FE]

Nature Conservancy (organization): scientific findings and suggestions on renewable energy from paper entitled ``Energy Sprawl or Energy Efficiency—Climate Policy Impacts on Natural Habitat for the United States of America'', S10085-S10087 [5OC]

New Mexico: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and National Landscape Conservation System (S. 1689), S9564-S9567 [17SE]

Oregon: designate Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area and segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks as wild or recreational rivers (S. 1272), S6652 [16JN]

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: designate the Beaver Basin Wilderness, S422 [15JA]

Power resources: use of hydraulic fracturing in increasing oil and gas exploration, S8108-S8111 [27JY], S10900, S10903, S10906 [29OC]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness, S422 [15JA]

———designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (S. 799), S4344-S4349 [2AP]

Santa Barbara County, CA: tribute to firefighters, S5814 [21MY]

Washington County, UT: establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality economic development, S422 [15JA]

White Mountain National Forest: implementation of Forest Service management plan and timber harvesting guidelines, S334 [13JA]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (S. Res. 244), S8889 [5AU], S8981 [6AU]

Reports filed

Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2888) (H. Rept. 111-337), H13000 [16NO]

North Cascades National Park and Stephen Mather Wilderness Boundary Adjustment To Allow Rebuilding of a Road Outside of the Floodplain: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2806) (H. Rept. 111-293), H11165 [8OC]

Texts of

H.R. 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act, S3394-S3513 [19MR], H3854-H3972 [25MR]

H.R. 2806, Stephen Mather Wilderness boundary expansion in the North Cascades National Park to allow rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain, H11745 [26OC]

S. 22, Omnibus Public Land Management Act, S430-S557 [15JA], H3151-H3277 [11MR]

S. 188, Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act, S232 [8JA]

S. 190, Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act, S232-S234 [8JA]

S. 799, America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, S4345-S4349 [2AP]

S. 874, El Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act, S4675 [23AP]

S. 1689, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act, S9565-S9567 [17SE]

S. 2762, San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act, S11347-S11349 [10NO]

S. Con. Res. 47, East Bay Regional Park District anniversary, S11223 [5NO]

S. Res. 244, Wilderness Act anniversary, S8873, S8889 [5AU]