WILDERNESS AREAS

Bills and resolutions

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 2341), S8306 [2DE] (see H.R. 239), H187 [9JA]

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument: designate (see S. 393), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 761), H853 [5FE]

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 1375), S3059 [19MY] (see H.R. 2430), H3387 [19MY]

——— establish Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Joaquin Rocks Wilderness, and designate additional components of the national wild and scenic rivers system in California (see H.R. 1838), H2305 [16AP]

——— release wilderness study areas in Luna and Hidalgo Counties, NM, that are not suitable for wilderness designation from continued management as de facto wilderness areas (see H.R. 3478), H5941 [10SE]

California: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see S. 1423), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 1865), H2306 [16AP]

——— designate certain off-highway vehicle recreation areas, wilderness, wild, scenic, and recreational rivers, and protect and manage additional Federal lands (see H.R. 3668), H6787 [1OC]

California Desert Conservation Area: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy (see S. 414), S858 [9FE]

Chaffee County, CO: clarify effect of designating certain Federal land as a national monument (see S. 972), S2244 [16AP]

Cherokee National Forest: designate as wilderness certain public lands (see S. 755), S1585 [17MR]

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 3336), H5764 [29JY]

——— designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and designate Tenmile Recreation Management Area and Porcupine Gulch Protection Area (see H.R. 2554), H3560 [21MY]

Forest Service: provide for management of certain inventoried roadless areas (see S. 193), S283 [20JA]

Gold Butte National Conservation Area: establish and designate certain wilderness areas (see S. 199), S283 [20JA] (see H.R. 856), H917 [10FE]

Idaho: establish certain wilderness areas and authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System and BLM lands in central Idaho (see S. 583), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 1138), H1369 [26FE]

——— modify boundaries of Pole Creek Wilderness, Owyhee River Wilderness, and North Fork Owyhee River Wilderness and authorize continued use of motorized vehicles for livestock activities in certain wilderness areas (see S. 1167), S2568 [30AP] (see H.R. 2171), H2769 [30AP]

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve: designate wilderness as Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (see S. 873), S2040 [26MR]

Los Angeles County, CA: establish St. Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial and Monument and designate Castaic Wilderness (see H.R. 3153), H5402 [22JY]

Minnesota: prohibit future mining on federally managed land within Rainy River Drainage Basin and implement more stringent environmental standards for existing mining leases (see H.R. 1796), H2268 [15AP]

Nevada: facilitate pinyon-juniper related projects in Lincoln County, modify boundaries of certain wilderness areas, and implement conservation plan for the Virgin River (see S. 953), S2220 [15AP] (see H.R. 1815), H2268 [15AP]

Oregon: clarify the Cooper Spur land exchange in the Mount Hood Wilderness (see S. 2069), S6894 [22SE] (see H.R. 3826), H7174 [23OC]

——— designate certain BLM land as wilderness, authorize certain land exchanges, and convey certain BLM land to Wheeler County for economic and community development purposes (see S. 1255), S2730 [7MY]

——— designate certain land as wilderness and national recreation areas and make additional wild and scenic river designations (see S. 1699), S4648 [25JN]

Public lands: 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. 996), H1068 [13FE]

Rio Grand del Norte National Monument: designate Cerro del Yuta and Rio San Antonio Wilderness Areas (see S. 1240), S2730 [7MY]

Sierra National Forest: designate a mountain in John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’ (see H.R. 979), H1067 [13FE]

Sonoran Desert: designate certain public lands as national conservation areas and wilderness areas (see H.R. 2926), H4770 [25JN]

Washington (State): designate and expand wilderness areas and designate certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park (see S. 1510), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 2665), H3914 [4JN]

Remarks in House

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, H555 [26JA]

——— prohibit funding for revised comprehensive conservation plan, H4803, H4804 [7JY]

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (H.R. 2430), H3651 [2JN]

Idaho: establish certain wilderness areas and authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System and BLM lands in central Idaho (H.R. 1138), H5475–H5478 [27JY], E1139 [28JY], E1155 [29JY]

National Outdoor Leadership School: anniversary, H2671 [30AP]

Public lands: 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. 996), E218 [13FE]

Sierra National Forest: designate a mountain in John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’ (H.R. 979), H3589–H3591 [1JN]

Remarks in Senate

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: proposal to preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, S456–S460 [26JA], S558–S560 [28JA]

BLM: release certain wilderness study areas for preservation as wilderness, S515 [27JA], S557–S560, S572 [28JA]

California Desert Conservation Area: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy (S. 414), S860 [9FE]

Idaho: establish certain wilderness areas and authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System and BLM lands in central Idaho (H.R. 1138), S6270, S6271 [4AU], S6646 [15SE]

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve: designate wilderness as Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (S. 873), S2049 [26MR]

——— designate wilderness as Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (S. 873), unanimous-consent request, S8843 [18DE]

National Outdoor Leadership School: anniversary, S2562 [30AP]

National parks and recreation areas: acknowledge the economic benefits provided local and regional communities of preserving federally protected lands as national parks, S391 [22JA]

Oregon: clarify the Cooper Spur land exchange in the Mount Hood Wilderness (S. 2069), S6897 [22SE]

——— designate certain land as wilderness and national recreation areas and make additional wild and scenic river designations (S. 1699), S4653 [25JN]

Rio Grand del Norte National Monument: designate Cerro del Yuta and Rio San Antonio Wilderness Areas (S. 1240), unanimous-consent request, S8843 [18DE]

San Juan National Forest: designate certain Hermosa Creek watershed lands as wilderness, S324 [21JA]

Reports filed

Cerros del Norte Conservation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1240) (S. Rept. 114–134), S6532 [9SE]

Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 873) (S. Rept. 114–131), S6532 [9SE]

Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 583) (S. Rept. 114–127), S6532 [9SE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1138) (H. Rept. 114–229), H5522 [27JY]

Sierra National Forest John Muir Wilderness Mountain Designation as ‘‘Sky Point’’: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 979) (H. Rept. 114–81), H2267 [15AP]

Texts of

H.R. 979, designate a mountain in the Sierra National Forest’s John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’, H3589 [1JN]

H.R. 1138, Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act, H5475–H5477 [27JY]

S. 199, Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act, S286–S290 [20JA]

S. 1375, America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act, S3064–S3067 [19MY]

S. 2069, Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act, S6897 [22SE]