WILDERNESS AREAS

Articles and editorials

Vets Find Solace in Mountain Fishing, S6064 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 33), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 139), H38 [5JA]

BLM: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and renewable energy development in California desert areas (see S. 138), S125 [25JA]

California: add to certain wilderness areas in the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests, protect property rights in such additions, and prevent and prepare for wildfires and address backlog of maintenance (see H.R. 113), H37 [5JA]

Cherokee National Forest: designate as wilderness certain public lands (see S. 1090), S3426 [26MY]

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 1701), H2998 [3MY] (see H.R. 2420), H4671 [6JY] (see H.R. 2922), H6180 [14SE]

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. 2352), H4573 [24JN]

———designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, CO, as wilderness (see S. 1635), S5992 [26SE]

———establish Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area, designate certain lands as wilderness, and improve management of noxious weeds in Lewis and Clark National Forest (see S. 1774), S7005 [1NO]

El Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area: establish in New Mexico (see S. 667), S1933 [29MR] (see H.R. 1241), H2037 [29MR]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see S. 1891), S7702 [17NO] (see H.R. 3465), H7829 [17NO]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see S. 1400), S4802 [21JY] (see H.R. 3096), H6624 [5OC]

———restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine habitats, and coastal wetland of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see S. 861), S2507 [14AP]

Humboldt County, NV: designate the Pine Forest Range Wilderness Area (see S. 1788), S7066 [2NO] (see H.R. 3377), H7397 [4NO]

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. 2050), H3755 [26MY]

———establish certain wilderness areas and authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System and BLM lands in central Idaho (see H.R. 163), H39 [5JA]

Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuges: designate certain Federal lands in Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington Counties as wilderness (see H.R. 2984), H6341 [21SE]

Montana: sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land and add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System (see S. 268), S543 [3FE]

New Mexico: designate the Organ Mountains and other public lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and National Landscape Conservation System (see S. 1024), S3170 [19MY]

———modify boundaries of Cibola National Forest and transfer certain BLM land for inclusion in the Manzano Mountain Wilderness (see H.R. 490), H508 [26JA]

Olympic National Park: designate certain land as wilderness or potential wilderness (see H.R. 3222), H6976 [14OC]

Oregon: designate certain lands as wilderness and provide for the exchange of certain Federal and non-Federal lands (see S. 607), S1826 [17MR]

———designate Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area and segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks as wild or recreational rivers (see S. 766), S2266 [7AP] (see H.R. 1413), H2533 [7AP]

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. 979), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 1916), H3301 [13MY]

———designate lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers and establish Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program (see H.R. 3334), H7329 [3NO]

———release certain wilderness study areas from management as de facto wilderness areas and release certain National Forest System roadless areas from certain land use restrictions (see S. 1087), S3426 [26MY] (see H.R. 1581), H2910 [15AP]

San Diego County, CA: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see S. 1574), S5726 [19SE] (see H.R. 41), H34 [5JA]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: designate certain lands and inland water as wilderness (see S. 140), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 977), H1664 [9MR]

T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act: amend (see S. 2024), S8734 [16DE] (see H.R. 3734), H9945 [19DE]

Washington (State): clarify and adjust boundaries between Quileute Indian Tribe reservation and Olympic National Park and provide the tribe with tsunami and flood protection (see S. 636), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 1162), H1983 [17MR]

Wild Rogue Wilderness Area: expand (see S. 2001), S8679 [15DE] (see H.R. 3436), H7713 [16NO]

Lists

Deepwater Horizon oil spill damage statistics, S2535 [14AP]

Remarks in House

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 139), E5 [5JA]

BLM: National Landscape Conservation System funding, H1322 [18FE]

———prohibit funding to implement Secretarial order regarding wilderness land designations, H5618-H5622 [27JY]

California: add to certain wilderness areas in the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests, protect property rights in such additions, and prevent and prepare for wildfires and address backlog of maintenance (H.R. 113), E6 [5JA]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 3096), H6665 [6OC]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S., E1964 [31OC], E1981 [2NO], E2063 [16NO]

Joshua Tree National Park: anniversary, E2122 [29NO]

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: reconstruction and paving of Alger County Road H-58, E1194 [24JN]

Power resources: use of hydraulic fracturing in increasing oil and gas exploration, H660 [10FE], H3208 [11MY]

Public lands: designate lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers and establish Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program (H.R. 3334), E1991 [3NO]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit funding limitations for listing of endangered species and critical habitat designations, H5550-H5560 [26JY], E1491 [2AU]

Washington (State): clarify and adjust boundaries between Quileute Indian Tribe reservation and Olympic National Park and provide the tribe with tsunami and flood protection (H.R. 1162), E527 [17MR]

Remarks in Senate

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (S. 33), S152 [25JA]

BLM: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and renewable energy development in California desert areas (S. 138), S206-S209 [25JA]

Dept. of the Interior: designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, CO, as wilderness (S. 1635), S6064 [4OC]

———importance of public lands, S6062-S6064 [4OC]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (S. 1400), S6366-S6368 [11OC]

———restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine habitats, and coastal wetland of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (S. 861), S2534, S2535 [14AP]

Humboldt County, NV: designate the Pine Forest Range Wilderness Area (S. 1788), S7067 [2NO]

Montana: sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land and add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System (S. 268), S6085 [4OC], S8499 [13DE]

Oregon: designate certain lands as wilderness and provide for the exchange of certain Federal and non-Federal lands (S. 607), S1831 [17MR]

———designate Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area and segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks as wild or recreational rivers (S. 766), S2277 [7AP]

Power resources: use of hydraulic fracturing in increasing oil and gas exploration, S2819 [10MY]

San Diego County, CA: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (S. 1574), S5727 [19SE]

Wild Rogue Wilderness Area: expand (S. 2001), S8682 [15DE]

Reports filed

Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourists Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1400) (S. Rept. 112-100), S8460 [8DE]

Texts of

S. 138, California Desert Protection Act, S209-S221 [25JA]

S. 979, America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, S2944-S2947 [12MY]

S. 1788, Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act, S7068-S7070 [2NO]

S. 2001, Rogue Wilderness Area Expansion Act, S8683 [15DE]