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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 996 

To designate certain National Forest System lands and certain public lands 

under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States 

of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, 

wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting 

corridors, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2015 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 

MOORE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 

GRAYSON, Mr. POCAN, Mr. JONES, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. MAXINE

WATERS of California, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 

VARGAS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. CAPPS, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 

LYNCH, Ms. BASS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. CHU of California, Ms. 

HAHN, Mr. CLAY, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 

CUMMINGS, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. KUSTER, Mrs. BEATTY, and 

Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To designate certain National Forest System lands and certain public lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 

of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, 

Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic 

rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting 

corridors, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

5 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 

Sec. 101. Designation of certain National Forest System lands, National Park 

System lands, and Bureau of Land Management 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. Greater Hells Canyon ecosystem. 

Sec. 107. Islands in the Sky Wilderness. 

Sec. 108. Wilderness in biological connecting corridors. 

Sec. 109. Administration. 

Sec. 110. 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—WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS DESIGNATIONS 

Sec. 301. Designation of wild and scenic rivers in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. 

TITLE IV—WILDLAND RESTORATION AND RECOVERY 

Sec. 401. Definitions. 

Sec. 402. Restoration and recovery. 

Sec. 403. Management. 

TITLE V—IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING 

Sec. 501. Implementation report. 

Sec. 502. Interagency team. 

Sec. 503. Roadless lands evaluation. 

TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING INDIAN TRIBES 


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Sec. 601. Indian tribes. 

Sec. 602. Federal trust responsibility. 

Sec. 603. Exemption from freedom of information act. 

Sec. 604. Application of Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

Act. 

Sec. 605. Native American uses. 

TITLE VII—RULES OF CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 701. Water rights. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) Many areas of undeveloped National Forest 

4 System lands, National Park System lands, and 

5 public lands administered by the Bureau of Land 

6 Management in the States of Idaho, Montana, Or7 egon, Washington, and Wyoming possess out8 standing natural characteristics which give them 

9 high values as wilderness, parks, and wild and scenic 

10 rivers and will, if properly preserved, be an enduring 

11 resource of wilderness, wild land areas, and biodiver12 sity for the benefit of the American people. 

13 (2) The Northern Rockies Bioregion contains 

14 the most diverse array of wild lands remaining south 

15 of Canada, providing sanctuary for a host of species 

16 listed as threatened or endangered under section 

17 4(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

18 U.S.C. 1533(c)). These national interest public lands 

19 are among the most popular wild lands in the 

20 United States, embracing greater ecosystems and 

21 national treasures such as the Greater Yellowstone, 


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1 Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Divide, Great2 er Hells Canyon/Wallowa, Greater Salmon/Selway, 

3 and Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystems. 

4 (3) The natural ecosystems in the Northern 

5 Rockies Bioregion are largely dependent on National 

6 Forest System lands, National Park System lands, 

7 and public lands administered by the Bureau of 

8 Land Management, and the ecological productivity 

9 and diversity of resources these Federal public lands 

10 provide. Conservation of roadless areas on these 

11 public lands, which produces clean water, protects 

12 native fisheries and native flora and fauna, and pro13 vides scenic and recreational qualities, also preserves 

14 options for sustainable economics through activities 

15 such as hunting, fishing, and wilderness-based recre16 ation. 

17 (4) The headwaters of several major river sys18 tems, including the Columbia, Snake, Green, Mis19 souri and Saskatchewan Rivers, originate in the 

20 Northern Rockies Bioregion, and these rivers send 

21 their waters to three different oceans. These waters 

22 are of tremendous economic importance to farming 

23 and ranching operations, municipal water supplies, 

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1 source will enhance these uses, reduce costs for 

2 water treatment and irrigation, and increase native 

3 fish populations. 

4 (5) The wildlife treasures of the Northern 

5 Rockies are of international significance and contain 

6 remarkably intact large mammalian fauna and rare 

7 and unique plant life. Wildlife habitat fragmentation 

8 due to roadbuilding, timber harvest, mining, oil and 

9 gas exploration, lack of interagency cooperation, and 

10 other activities has severe effects on the wildlife pop11 ulations (including those listed as threatened or en12 dangered under section 4(c) of the Endangered Spe13 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c))) and their 

14 habitat, the water quality, the ancient forests, and 

15 the greater ecosystems of the Northern Rockies Bio16 region. The overemphasis on resource extraction 

17 from National Forest System lands and public lands 

18 administered by the Bureau of Land Management 

19 has compromised ecosystem integrity and detracted 

20 from economic diversification opportunities. Eco21 nomic instability and high unemployment in rural, 

22 resource-dependent communities is a common result 

23 of overexploitation of these lands. 

24 (6) Continued fragmentation and development 

25 of the remaining roadless and essentially roadless 


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1 ecosystems and biological connectors of the Northern 

2 Rockies would cause a loss to the Nation of an en3 tire wild land region and of the only remaining areas 

4 south of Canada still pristine enough to support 

5 populations of caribou, gray wolves, grizzly bears, 

6 anadromous fish, and numerous other rare and en7 dangered plant and animal life all in one intact bio8 region. 

9 (7) Since the 1936 roadless area inventory com10 pleted by Bob Marshall, millions of acres of roadless 

11 wild lands have been developed in the Northern 

12 Rockies. Extensive fragmentation of wild lands and 

13 wildlife habitat has resulted in the listing of several 

14 species as threatened or endangered and reduced the 

15 numbers and range of many others, including anad16 romous fish. 

17 (8) The natural ecosystems of the Northern 

18 Rockies Bioregion also serve as educational and re19 search centers for on-site studies in biology, geology, 

20 astronomy and other sciences. The pristine nature of 

21 the National Forest System lands, National Park 

22 System lands, and public lands administered by the 

23 Bureau of Land Management in the Northern Rock24 ies Bioregion helps local communities attract new 


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1 residents and businesses based on local quality of 

2 life. 

3 (9) A review of the current situation in the 

4 Northern Rockies has revealed the urgent need for 

5 an ecological reserve system for the Northern Rock6 ies Bioregion, which includes core ecosystem reserve 

7 areas and biological connecting corridors necessary 

8 to ensure wildlife movements and genetic inter9 change between the core reserve areas. Wildlife free10 dom of movement has always been essential to the 

11 survival of wildlife species, and an increasing num12 ber of scientific studies have identified movement 

13 corridors as a necessity for wildlife conservation in 

14 a changing climate. Several foreign governments, in15 cluding the governments of Australia and Scotland, 

16 have announced plans for corridors that would make 

17 wildlife movement possible as climate pressures in18 crease. The concept of connective corridors for wild19 life movement has been endorsed by governors of 

20 States in the western United States, and is now 

21 widely recognized by conservation and scientific or22 ganizations. For example, freedom of movement for 

23 wildlife is basic to the emerging new science of 

24 ‘‘Movement Ecology’’ described in a December 2008 

25 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 


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1 This freedom of wildlife movement was a funda2 mental reason for the Act’s development and intro3 duction, and has become an increasingly high profile 

4 issue in the climate and biological sciences. 

5 (10) The economic value to the Nation of most 

6 of these undeveloped areas, left in their natural 

7 state, greatly exceeds any potential return to the 

8 Treasury of the United States from timber harvest 

9 and development. If current Federal land manage10 ment in the Northern Rockies continues to result in 

11 the development of roadless areas, the American 

12 public will be using its tax dollars to fund perma13 nent reductions in wilderness, water quality, fish and 

14 wildlife habitat, and species and biological diversity. 

15 (11) Instead, this Act provides opportunities for 

16 employment in outdoor trades by establishing reha17 bilitation zones on specific tracts of damaged Fed18 eral land where active restoration work will occur. 

19 This Act will provide contracts for local businesses 

20 and renew the intrinsic economic, social and cultural 

21 benefits that result from productive land. Federal 

22 land rehabilitation projects represent a direct benefit 

23 to the local economy and reduce the loss to Amer24 ican taxpayers caused by below-cost timber sales and 

25 other subsidized resource extraction. 


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1 (12) The congressional review of roadless areas 

2 within the National Forest System, National Park 

3 System, and public lands administered by the Bu4 reau of Land Management in the States of Idaho, 

5 Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming has 

6 identified areas which, on the basis of their land 

7 form, ecosystem, associated fish and wildlife, eco8 nomic value, and location will help to fulfill the role 

9 of the United States Forest Service, National Park 

10 Service, and Bureau of Land Management to ensure 

11 a quality National Wilderness Preservation System. 

12 The review has identified other areas which may 

13 have outstanding values as wild and scenic rivers. 

14 The review has also identified areas which may not 

15 possess outstanding wilderness attributes and should 

16 not now be designated as components of the Na17 tional Wilderness Preservation System, but which 

18 should be studied to determine their role in main19 taining biological diversity in the Northern Rockies. 

20 (13) Many areas of National Forest System 

21 lands and public lands administered by the Bureau 

22 of Land Management have been damaged and their 

23 productivity reduced by unwise development prac24 tices, which have also impaired ecosystem function 

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1 cent to Yellowstone National Park contains large 

2 clear-cut areas right up to the park boundary. Ef3 forts should be made to return these areas to their 

4 former ecological health and native diversity. These 

5 efforts should seek to ensure that vital ecosystem 

6 components are restored, especially in areas where 

7 wildlife travel corridors and native fish and wildlife 

8 populations have been damaged or eliminated. Res9 toration efforts should seek to ensure and maintain 

10 genetic interchange, biological diversity, and restora11 tion of native species diversity throughout the 

12 Northern Rockies Bioregion. 

13 (14) Backcountry areas of the National Park 

14 System have been damaged by inappropriate man15 agement, despite policies that require that rec16 ommended wilderness be administered as wilderness. 

17 An emphasis on structures and motorized equip18 ment, and in some instances developed 

19 ‘‘backcountry’’ campsites, have all detracted from 

20 and degraded the wilderness character of these 

21 backcountry areas. 

22 (15) Federal agencies entrusted with managing 

23 the natural resources of the Northern Rockies Bio24 region operate under contradictory congressional 

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1 ment policies which involve common resources and 

2 greater ecosystems. Existing agency structures and 

3 regulatory mechanisms have proven unsatisfactory 

4 for responsible management of nationally important 

5 ecosystems on public lands. Existing laws and regu6 lations have not been sufficient to establish and 

7 maintain agency accountability for public resources. 

8 (16) This Act does not affect private existing 

9 rights. 

10 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The purposes of this Act are— 

12 (1) to designate certain National Forest System 

13 lands, certain National Park System lands, and cer14 tain public lands administered by the Bureau of 

15 Land Management in the States of Idaho, Montana, 

16 Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as components 

17 of the National Wilderness Preservation System; 

18 (2) to designate certain National Forest System 

19 lands, public lands administered by the Bureau of 

20 Land Management, and watercourses on these lands 

21 in the States of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming as 

22 components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 

23 System; 


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1 (3) to prioritize areas for wildland recovery to 

2 help restore biological diversity and native species; 

3 and 

4 (4) to establish a system of biological con5 necting corridors between the core ecosystems in the 

6 Northern Rockies Bioregion. 

7 (b) PURPOSE OF DESIGNATIONS.—The designations 

8 made by this Act are made in order to— 

9 (1) promote, perpetuate, and preserve the wil10 derness character of the area so designated; 

11 (2) protect water quality, watersheds, and wild12 life habitat, including that of species listed as threat13 ened or endangered under section 4(c) of the Endan14 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)); 

15 (3) protect the ecological integrity and con16 tiguity of major wild land ecosystems and their 

17 interconnecting corridors identified by the United 

18 States Fish and Wildlife Service, and other sources; 

19 (4) protect and maintain biological and native 

20 species diversity and dispersal throughout the 

21 Northern Rockies Bioregion; 

22 (5) promote and ensure interagency cooperation 

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1 systems and corridors covered by this Act based 

2 upon principles from conservation biology; 

3 (6) preserve scenic, historic, and cultural re4 sources; 

5 (7) promote scientific research, primitive recre6 ation, solitude, physical and mental challenge, and 

7 inspiration for the benefit of all of the American 

8 people; 

9 (8) avoid the misinvestment of scarce capital in 

10 lands of marginal timber value; and 

11 (9) promote ecologically and economically sus12 tainable management in the Northern Rockies Bio13 region. 

14 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

15 For purposes of this Act: 

16 (1) DEVELOPMENT.—The term ‘‘development’’ 

17 means activities that eliminate the roadless and wil18 derness characteristics of the land and includes ski 

19 resort facilities and such activities as roadbuilding, 

20 timber harvest, mining, and oil and gas drilling. 

21 (2) GREATER ECOSYSTEM.—The term ‘‘greater 

22 ecosystem’’, when used in conjunction with the spe23 cific ecosystems protected under this Act, means the 

24 ecological land units of sufficient scale to support 

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1 and the other native plant and animal species of the 

2 units. These units are comprised of lands which are 

3 similar in regards to topography, climate, and plant 

4 and animal species. The ecosystems in the Northern 

5 Rockies are also defined in terms of the habitat of 

6 wildlife indicator species listed as threatened or en7 dangered under section 4(c) of the Endangered Spe8 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)), including griz9 zly bear, gray wolf, bald eagle, and caribou, and 

10 have been depicted on maps published by Federal 

11 agencies. 

12 (3) NORTHERN ROCKIES BIOREGION.—The 

13 term ‘‘Northern Rockies Bioregion’’ means the por14 tion of the Northern Rocky Mountains in the States 

15 of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, and Wash16 ington, so referred to on maps referred to in this 

17 Act. 

18 (4) CORRIDORS.—The term ‘‘corridors’’ means 

19 areas that provide connectivity of habitat or poten20 tial habitat and that facilitate the ability of terres21 trial, estuarine, and freshwater fish, or wildlife to 

22 move within a landscape as needed for migration, 

23 gene flow, or dispersal, or in response to the impacts 

24 of climate change or other impacts. 


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1 (5) HABITAT.—The term ‘‘habitat’’ means the 

2 physical, chemical, and biological properties that are 

3 used by fish, wildlife, or plants for growth, reproduc4 tion, survival, food, water, and cover, on a tract of 

5 land, in a body of water, or in an area or region. 

6 (6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 

7 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 

8 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

9 Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 

10 (7) NATURAL RESOURCES.—The term ‘‘natural 

11 resources’’ means the terrestrial, freshwater, estua12 rine, and marine fish, wildlife, plants, land, water, 

13 habitats, and ecosystems of the United States. 

14 (8) PUBLIC LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ 

15 has the meaning given the term in section 103(e) of 

16 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 

17 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)). 

18 (9) RESILIENCE.—The terms ‘‘resilience’’ and 

19 ‘‘resilient’’ means the ability to resist or recover 

20 from disturbance and preserve diversity, produc21 tivity, and sustainability. 

22 (10) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term 

23 ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 

24 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re25 spect to National Forest System lands; and 


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1 (B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re2 spect to National Park System lands and public 

3 land. 

4 TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF 

5 WILDERNESS 

6 SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL FOREST 

7 SYSTEM LANDS, NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 

8 LANDS, AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 

9 LANDS AS WILDERNESS. 

10 In furtherance of the purpose of the Wilderness Act 

11 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain National Forest System 

12 lands, National Park System lands, and public lands ad13 ministered by the Bureau of Land Management, as de14 scribed in this title, in the States of Idaho, Montana, Or15 egon, Washington, and Wyoming are designated as wilder16 ness and, therefore, as components of the National Wilder17 ness Preservation System. 

18 SEC. 102. GREATER GLACIER/NORTHERN CONTINENTAL DI19 VIDE ECOSYSTEM. 

20 (a) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 

21 ecosystem of the greater Glacier/Northern Continental Di22 vide region, the areas described in this section are hereby 

23 designated as wilderness. 


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1 (b) BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—The 

2 following areas are incorporated into the Bob Marshall 

3 Wilderness: 

4 (1) CHOTEAU MOUNTAIN/TETON HIGH PEAKS/ 

5 DEEP CREEK ADDITION.—Certain Federal land with6 in the Lewis and Clark National Forest and land ad7 ministered by the Lewistown Field Office of the Bu8 reau of Land Management comprising approximately 

9 73,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti10 tled ‘‘ll’’ and dated lll, which shall be added 

11 to and administered as part of the Bob Marshall 

12 Wilderness. 

13 (2) RENSHAW ADDITION.—Certain Federal land 

14 within the Lewis and Clark National Forest and 

15 land administered by the Lewistown Field Office of 

16 the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap17 proximately 30,000 acres as generally depicted on 

18 the map entitled ‘‘lll’’ and dated lll, which 

19 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

20 Bob Marshall Wilderness. 

21 (3) SWAN FRONT ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

22 land within the Flathead National Forest and Lolo 

23 National Forest comprising approximately 169,000 

24 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

25 ‘‘lll’’ and dated lll, which shall be added 


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1 to and administered as part of the Bob Marshall 

2 Wilderness. 

3 (4) HUNGRY HORSE RESERVOIR WEST.—Cer4 tain Federal land within the Flathead National For5 est comprising approximately 179,000 acres as gen6 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lll’’ and 

7 dated lll, which shall be added to and adminis8 tered as part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. 

9 (5) BOB NORTH ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

10 land within the Flathead National Forest comprising 

11 approximately 88,000 acres as generally depicted on 

12 the map entitled ‘‘lll’’ and dated lll, which 

13 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

14 Bob Marshall Wilderness. 

15 (6) MONTURE CREEK ADDITION.—Certain Fed16 eral land within the Lolo National Forest comprising 

17 approximately 99,000 acres as generally depicted on 

18 the map entitled ‘‘lll’’ and dated lll, which 

19 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

20 Bob Marshall Wilderness. 

21 (c) GREAT BEAR WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—The 

22 following areas are incorporated into the Great Bear Wil23 derness: 

24 (1) HUNGRY HORSE RESERVOIR EAST ADDI25 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Flathead 


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1 National Forest comprising approximately 37,000 

2 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

3 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

4 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

5 Great Bear Wilderness. 

6 (2) MIDDLE FORK ADDITIONS.—Certain Fed7 eral land within the Flathead National Forest com8 prising approximately 53,000 acres as generally de9 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

10 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis11 tered as part of the Great Bear Wilderness. 

12 (d) SCAPEGOAT WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—The fol13 lowing areas, consisting of a total of approximately 

14 125,000 acres, are incorporated into the Scapegoat Wil15 derness: 

16 (1) STONEWALL MOUNTAIN ADDITION.—Cer17 tain Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

18 comprising approximately 55,000 acres as generally 

19 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

20 dated llllll, which shall be added to and 

21 administered as part of the Scapegoat Wilderness. 

22 (2) SILVER KING/FALLS CREEK ADDITION.— 

23 Certain Federal land within the Lewis and Clark 

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1 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

2 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis3 tered as part of the Scapegoat Wilderness. 

4 (3) BENCHMARK/ELK CREEK ADDITION.—Cer5 tain Federal lands within the Lewis and Clark Na6 tional Forest, comprising approximately 28,000 

7 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

8 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

9 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

10 Scapegoat Wilderness. 

11 (e) MISSION MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS ADDI12 TIONS.—The following areas, consisting of a total of ap13 proximately 16,000 acres, are incorporated into the Mis14 sion Mountains Wilderness: 

15 (1) MISSION MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS ADDI16 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Flathead 

17 National Forest comprising approximately 20,000 

18 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

19 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

20 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

21 Mission Mountains Wilderness. 

22 (2) MARSHALL PEAK ADDITION.—Certain Fed23 eral land within the Lolo National Forest comprising 

24 approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on 

25 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis2 tered as part of the Mission Mountains Wilderness. 

3 (f) NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION

4 SYSTEM COMPONENTS.—The following areas are des5 ignated as new components of the National Wilderness 

6 Preservation System: 

7 (1) GLACIER WILDERNESS, GLACIER NATIONAL

8 PARK.—Certain Federal land within Glacier Na9 tional Park comprising approximately 925,000 acres 

10 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the Glacier Wilderness. 

13 (2) SAWTOOTH RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

14 Federal land within the Lewis and Clark National 

15 Forest comprising approximately 14,000 acres as 

16 generally depicted on the map entitled 

17 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllllll, which 

18 shall be known as the Sawtooth Ridge Wilderness. 

19 (3) TUCHUCK WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

20 land within the Flathead National Forest and the 

21 Kootenai National Forest comprising approximately 

22 142,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti23 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

24 shall be known as the Tuchuck Wilderness. 


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1 (4) LE BEAU WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

2 land within the Flathead National Forest and the 

3 Kootenai National Forest comprising approximately 

4 8,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti5 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

6 shall be known as the Le Beau Wilderness. 

7 (5) TEN LAKES WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

8 land within the Kootenai National Forest comprising 

9 approximately 49,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

10 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

11 llllll, which shall be known as the Ten 

12 Lakes Wilderness. 

13 (6) COAL RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed14 eral land within the Flathead National Forest com15 prising approximately 24,000 acres as generally de16 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

17 llllll, which shall be known as Coal Ridge 

18 Wilderness. 

19 (7) STANDARD PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

20 Federal land within the Flathead National Forest 

21 comprising approximately 19,000 acres as generally 

22 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

23 dated llllll, which shall be known as 

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1 (8) DEMERS WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

2 land within the Flathead National Forest comprising 

3 approximately 7,000 acres as generally depicted on 

4 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

5 llllll, which shall be known as Coal Ridge 

6 Wilderness. 

7 (9) LINCOLN GULCH WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

9 comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally 

10 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

11 dated llllll, which shall be known as Lin12 coln Gulch Wilderness. 

13 (10) ANACONDA HILL WILDERNESS.—Certain 

14 Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

15 comprising approximately 20,000 acres as generally 

16 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

17 dated llllll, which shall be known as Ana18 conda Hill Wilderness. 

19 (11) SPECIMEN CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

20 Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

21 comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally 

22 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

23 dated llllll, which shall be known as Speci24 men Creek Wilderness. 


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1 (12) CRATER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer2 tain Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

3 comprising approximately 10,000 acres as generally 

4 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

5 dated llllll, which shall be known as Cra6 ter Mountain Wilderness. 

7 (13) OGDEN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

9 comprising approximately 8,000 acres as generally 

10 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

11 dated llllll, which shall be known as 

12 Ogden Mountain Wilderness. 

13 (14) NEVADA MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer14 tain Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

15 comprising approximately 54,000 acres as generally 

16 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

17 dated llllll, which shall be known as Ne18 vada Mountain Wilderness. 

19 (15) BLACKFEET WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed20 eral land within the Lewis and Clark National For21 est comprising approximately 129,000 acres as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘llll’’ and 

23 dated llll, which shall be known as the Black24 feet Wilderness. 


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1 SEC. 103. GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM. 

2 (a) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 

3 ecosystem of the greater Yellowstone region, the areas de4 scribed in this section are hereby designated as wilderness. 

5 (b) ABSAROKA-BEARTOOTH WILDERNESS ADDI6 TIONS.—Certain Federal lands within the Custer Gallatin 

7 National Forest and Shoshone National Forest comprising 

8 approximately 265,000 acres as generally depicted on the 

9 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, 

10 which shall be added to and administered as part of the 

11 Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. 

12 (c) NORTH ABSAROKA WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.— 

13 Certain Federal land within the Shoshone National Forest 

14 and the Custer Gallatin National Forest comprising ap15 proximately 173,000 acres as generally depicted on the 

16 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, 

17 which shall be added to and administered as part of the 

18 North Absaroka Wilderness. 

19 (d) WASHAKIE WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Certain 

20 Federal land with the Shoshone National Forest and land 

21 administered by Lander Field Office of the Bureau of 

22 Land Management comprising approximately 339,000 

23 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

24 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which shall be 

25 added to and administered as part of the Washakie Wil26 derness. 


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1 (e) FITZPATRICK WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—The 

2 following areas are incorporated into the Fitzpatrick Wil3 derness: 

4 (1) FITZPATRICK WILDERNESS ADDITION.— 

5 Certain Federal land within the Shoshone National 

6 Forest and land administered by the Lander Field 

7 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com8 prising approximately 14,000 acres as generally de9 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

10 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis11 tered as part of the Fitzpatrick Wilderness. 

12 (2) BENCH MARK/WARM SPRINGS ADDITION.— 

13 Certain Federal land within the Shoshone National 

14 Forest comprising approximately 15,000 acres as 

15 generally depicted on the map entitled 

16 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

17 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

18 Fitzpatrick Wilderness. 

19 (f) TETON WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Certain Fed20 eral lands within the Bridger-Teton National Forest com21 prising approximately 24,000 acres as generally depicted 

22 on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

23 llllll, which shall be added to and administered 

24 as part of the Teton Wilderness. 


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1 (g) GROS VENTRE WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—The 

2 following areas are incorporated into the Gros Ventre Wil3 derness: 

4 (1) SHOAL CREEK ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

5 land within the Bridger-Teton National Forest com6 prising approximately 32,000 acres as generally de7 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

8 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis9 tered as part of the Gros Ventre Wilderness. 

10 (2) GROS VENTRE ADDITIONS.—Certain Fed11 eral land within the Bridger Teton National Forest 

12 comprising approximately 124,000 acres as generally 

13 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

14 dated llllll, which shall be added to and 

15 administered as part of the Gros Ventre Wilderness. 

16 (h) BRIDGER WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Certain 

17 Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National Forest 

18 and land administered by the Pinedale Field Office of the 

19 Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately 

20 230,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

21 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which shall be 

22 added to and administered as part of the Bridger Wilder23 ness. 

24 (i) POPO AGIE WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Certain 

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1 prising approximately 60,000 acres as generally depicted 

2 on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

3 llllll, which shall be added to and administered 

4 as part of the Popo Agie Wilderness. 

5 (j) WINEGAR HOLE WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Cer6 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

7 Forest comprising approximately 5,000 acres as generally 

8 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

9 llllll, which shall be added to and administered 

10 as part of the Winegar Hole Wilderness. 

11 (k) JEDEDIAH SMITH WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.— 

12 Certain Federal lands within the Bridger-Teton and Car13 ibou-Targhee National Forest comprising approximately 

14 51,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

15 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which shall be 

16 added to and administered as part of the Jedediah Smith 

17 Wilderness. 

18 (l) LEE METCALF WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—The 

19 following areas are incorporated into the Lee Metcalf Wil20 derness: 

21 (1) COWBOYS HEAVEN ADDITION.—Certain 

22 Federal land within the Custer Gallatin National 

23 Forest and the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National For24 est comprising approximately 40,000 acres as gen25 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 


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1 and dated llllll, which shall be added to 

2 and administered as part of the Lee Metcalf Wilder3 ness. 

4 (2) LEE METCALF ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

5 land within the Custer Gallatin National Forest and 

6 the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest com7 prising approximately 143,000 acres as generally de8 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

9 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis10 tered as part of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness. 

11 (m) NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION

12 SYSTEM COMPONENTS.—The following areas are des13 ignated as new components of the National Wilderness 

14 Preservation System: 

15 (1) YELLOWSTONE WILDERNESS, YELLOW16 STONE NATIONAL PARK.—Certain Federal land with17 in Yellowstone National Park comprising approxi18 mately 2,030,000 acres as generally depicted on the 

19 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

20 llllll, which shall be known as the Yellow21 stone Wilderness. 

22 (2) GRAND TETON WILDERNESS, GRAND TETON

23 NATIONAL PARK.—Certain Federal land within the 

24 Grand Teton National Park comprising approxi25 mately 123,000 acres as generally depicted on the 


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1 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

2 llllll, which shall be known as the Grand 

3 Teton Wilderness. 

4 (3) SNOWCREST WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed5 eral land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 

6 Forest and land administered by the Dillon Field 

7 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com8 prising approximately 105,000 acres as generally de9 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

10 llllll, which shall be known as the 

11 Snowcrest Wilderness. 

12 (4) ANTELOPE BASIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

13 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na14 tional Forest comprising approximately 70,000 acres 

15 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

16 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

17 shall be known as Antelope Basin Wilderness. 

18 (5) LONE BUTTE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed19 eral land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 

20 Forest comprising approximately 14,000 acres as 

21 generally depicted on the map entitled 

22 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

23 shall be known as Lone Butte Wilderness. 

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1 prising approximately 39,000 acres as generally de2 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

3 llllll, which shall be known Black Butte 

4 Wilderness. 

5 (7) GRAVELLY MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.—Cer6 tain Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

7 National Forest comprising of approximately 53,000 

8 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

9 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

10 shall be known as Gravelly Mountains Wilderness. 

11 (8) VIGILANTE WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

12 land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National For13 est comprising approximately 16,000 acres as gen14 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

15 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

16 Vigilante Wilderness. 

17 (9) CHERRY LAKES WILDERNESS.—Certain 

18 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na19 tional Forest comprising approximately 13,000 acres 

20 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

21 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

22 shall be known as Cherry Lakes Wilderness. 

23 (10) AXOLOTL WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

24 land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National For25 est and land administered by the Dillon Field Office 


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1 of the Bureau of Land Management consisting of 

2 approximately 35,000 acres as generally depicted on 

3 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

4 llllll, which shall be known as the Axolotl 

5 Wilderness. 

6 (11) CROCKETT LAKE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

7 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na8 tional Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres 

9 administered as generally depicted on the map enti10 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

11 shall be known as Crockett Lake Wilderness. 

12 (12) GALLATIN RANGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

13 Federal land within the Custer Gallatin National 

14 Forest comprising approximately 221,000 acres as 

15 generally depicted on the map entitled 

16 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

17 shall be known as the Gallatin Range Wilderness. 

18 (13) CHICO PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed19 eral land within the Custer Gallatin National Forest 

20 comprising approximately 12,000 acres as generally 

21 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

22 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

23 Chico Peak Wilderness. 

24 (14) MADISON WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

25 land within the Custer Gallatin National Forest 


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1 comprising approximately 15,000 acres as generally 

2 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

3 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

4 Madison Wilderness. 

5 (15) LIONHEAD WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

6 land within the Custer Gallatin National Forest and 

7 the Caribou-Targhee National Forest comprising ap8 proximately 48,000 acres as generally depicted on 

9 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

10 llllll, which shall be known as the 

11 Lionhead Wilderness. 

12 (16) DEEP LAKE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed13 eral land within the Custer Gallatin National Forest 

14 and the Shoshone National Forest comprising ap15 proximately 90,000 acres as generally depicted on 

16 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

17 llllll, which shall be known as the Deep 

18 Lake Wilderness. 

19 (17) MONUMENT RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

20 Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National For21 est comprising approximately 18,000 acres as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

23 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

24 the Monument Ridge Wilderness. 


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1 (18) MUNGER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer2 tain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National 

3 Forest comprising approximately 10,000 acres as 

4 generally depicted on the map entitled 

5 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

6 shall be known as the Munger Mountain Wilderness. 

7 (19) LITTLE SHEEP MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.— 

8 Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton Na9 tional Forest comprising approximately 14,000 acres 

10 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the Little Sheep Mountain Wilder13 ness. 

14 (20) MT. LEIDY HIGHLANDS WILDERNESS.— 

15 Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton Na16 tional Forest comprising approximately 205,000 

17 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

18 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

19 shall be known as the Mt. Leidy Highlands Wilder20 ness. 

21 (21) SALT RIVER RANGE WILDERNESS.—Cer22 tain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National 

23 Forest comprising approximately 245,000 acres as 

24 generally depicted on the map entitled 


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1 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

2 shall be known as the Salt River Range Wilderness. 

3 (22) GRAYBACK RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National For5 est comprising approximately 314,000 acres as gen6 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

7 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

8 the Grayback Ridge Wilderness. 

9 (23) COMMISSARY RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Cer10 tain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National 

11 Forest comprising approximately 143,000 acres as 

12 generally depicted on the map entitled 

13 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

14 shall be known as the Commissary Ridge Wilder15 ness. 

16 (24) SOUTH WYOMING RANGE WILDERNESS.— 

17 Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton Na18 tional Forest comprising approximately 98,000 acres 

19 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

20 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

21 shall be known as the South Wyoming Range Wil22 derness. 

23 (25) NORTH MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

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1 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

2 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

3 the North Mountain Wilderness. 

4 (26) GRAYBACK RIDGE EAST WILDERNESS.— 

5 Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton Na6 tional Forest consisting of approximately 18,000 

7 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

8 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

9 shall be known as the Grayback Ridge East Wilder10 ness. 

11 (27) PALISADES WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed12 eral land within the Bridger-Teton National Forest 

13 and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest com14 prising approximately 224,000 acres as generally de15 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

16 llllll, which shall be known as the Pali17 sades Wilderness. 

18 (28) GANNETT HILLS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

19 Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National For20 est, and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest com21 prising approximately 63,000 acres as generally de22 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

23 llllll, which shall be known as the Gannett 

24 Hills Wilderness. 


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1 (29) RAYMOND MOUNTAIN NORTH WILDER2 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Bridger3 Teton National Forest and land administered by the 

4 Kemmerer Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man5 agement comprising approximately 19,000 acres as 

6 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘llll’’ 

7 and dated llll, which shall be known as the 

8 Raymond Mountain North Wilderness. 

9 (30) RAYMOND MOUNTAIN SOUTH WILDER10 NESS.—Certain Federal land administered by the 

11 Kemmerer Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man12 agement comprising approximately 24,000 acres as 

13 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘llll’’ 

14 and dated llll, which shall be known as the 

15 Raymond Mountain South Wilderness. 

16 (31) LAKE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

17 Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National For18 est and land administered by the Pinedale Field Of19 fice of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 

20 approximately 17,000 acres as generally depicted on 

21 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

22 llllll, which shall be known as the Lake 

23 Mountain Wilderness. 

24 (32) GARNS MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

25 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 


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1 Forest comprising approximately 104,000 acres as 

2 generally depicted on the map entitled 

3 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

4 shall be known as the Garns Mountain Wilderness. 

5 (33) ANTELOPE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

6 Federal land within Caribou-Targhee National For7 est comprising approximately 17,000 acres as gen8 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

9 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

10 the Bald Mountain Antelope Creek Wilderness. 

11 (34) BEAR CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed12 eral land within the Caribou-Targhee National For13 est comprising approximately 98,000 acres as gen14 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

15 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

16 the Bear Creek Wilderness. 

17 (35) STUMP CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

18 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

19 Forest comprising approximately 97,000 acres as 

20 generally depicted on the map entitled 

21 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

22 shall be known as the Stump Creek Wilderness. 

23 (36) CARIBOU-TARGHEE WILDERNESS.—Cer24 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na25 tional Forest comprising approximately 94,000 acres 


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1 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

2 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

3 shall be known as the Caribou-Targhee Wilderness. 

4 (37) POKER PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed5 eral land within the Caribou-Targhee National For6 est comprising approximately 20,000 acres as gen7 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

8 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

9 the Poker Peak Wilderness. 

10 (38) TINCUP WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

11 land within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest 

12 comprising approximately 7,000 acres as generally 

13 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

14 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

15 Tincup Wilderness. 

16 (39) SCHMID PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

17 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

18 Forest comprising approximately 20,000 acres as 

19 generally depicted on the map entitled 

20 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

21 shall be known as the Schmid Peak Wilderness. 

22 (40) SAGE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed23 eral land within the Caribou-Targhee National For24 est comprising approximately 11,000 acres as gen25 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 


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1 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

2 the Sage Creek Wilderness. 

3 (41) PREUSS CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

5 Forest comprising approximately 14,000 acres as 

6 generally depicted on the map entitled 

7 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

8 shall be known as the Preuss Creek Wilderness. 

9 (42) DRY RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed10 eral land within the Caribou-Targhee National For11 est comprising approximately 23,000 acres as gen12 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

13 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

14 the Dry Ridge Wilderness. 

15 (43) MEADE PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed16 eral land within the Caribou-Targhee National For17 est comprising approximately 45,000 acres as gen18 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

19 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

20 the Meade Peak Wilderness. 

21 (44) TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS WILDER22 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Beaverhead23 Deerlodge National Forest and land administered by 

24 the Dillon Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man25 agement comprising approximately 97,000 acres as 


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1 generally depicted on the map entitled 

2 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

3 shall be known as the Tobacco Root Mountains Wil4 derness. 

5 (45) POTOSI WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

6 land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National For7 est comprising approximately 5,000 acres as gen8 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

9 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

10 Potosi Wilderness. 

11 (46) BAYER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

12 Federal land within the Shoshone National Forest 

13 comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally 

14 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

15 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

16 Bayer Mountain Wilderness. 

17 (47) LITTLE POPO AGIE CANYON WILDER18 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Shoshone 

19 National Forest comprising approximately 11,000 

20 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

21 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

22 shall be known as the Little Popo Agie Canyon Wil23 derness. 

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1 prising approximately 42,000 acres as generally de2 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

3 llllll, which shall be known as the Clark 

4 Fork Wilderness. 

5 SEC. 104. GREATER SALMON/SELWAY ECOSYSTEM. 

6 (a) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 

7 ecosystem of the Greater Yellowstone region, the areas de8 scribed in this section are hereby designated as wilderness. 

9 (b) FRANK CHURCH-RIVER OF NO RETURN WILDER10 NESS ADDITIONS.—The following areas are incorporated 

11 into the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness: 

12 (1) PINNACLE PEAK (SUGAR MOUNTAIN) ADDI13 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Payette Na14 tional Forest comprising approximately 10,000 acres 

15 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

16 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

17 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

18 Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. 

19 (2) PLACER CREEK ADDITION.—Certain Fed20 eral land within the Payette National Forest com21 prising approximately 7,000 acres as generally de22 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

23 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis24 tered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Re25 turn Wilderness. 


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1 (3) SMITH CREEK ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

2 land within the Payette National Forest comprising 

3 approximately 2,000 acres as generally depicted on 

4 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

5 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis6 tered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Re7 turn Wilderness. 

8 (4) COTTONTAIL POINT-PILOT CREEK ADDI9 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Payette Na10 tional Forest and land administered by the Cotton11 wood Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage12 ment comprising approximately 99,000 acres as gen13 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

14 and dated llllll, which shall be added to 

15 and administered as part of the Frank Church-River 

16 of No Return Wilderness. 

17 (5) JERSEY-JACK ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

18 land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For19 ests comprising approximately 64,000 acres as gen20 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

21 and dated llllll, which shall be added to 

22 and administered as part of the Frank Church-River 

23 of No Return Wilderness. 

24 (6) MALLARD ADDITION.—Certain Federal land 

25 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests 


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1 comprising approximately 20,000 acres as generally 

2 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

3 dated llllll, which shall be added to and 

4 administered as part of the Frank Church-River of 

5 No Return Wilderness. 

6 (7) BLUEJOINT ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

7 land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest and 

8 the Bitterroot National Forest comprising approxi9 mately 70,000 acres as generally depicted on the 

10 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

11 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis12 tered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Re13 turn Wilderness. 

14 (8) BLUE BUNCH ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

15 land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest and 

16 the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 

17 11,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti18 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

19 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

20 Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. 

21 (9) LOON CREEK ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

22 land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest and 

23 the Sawtooth National Forest comprising approxi24 mately 109,000 acres as generally depicted on the 

25 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis2 tered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Re3 turn Wilderness. 

4 (10) SALMON-CHALLIS ADDITIONS.—Certain 

5 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

6 Forest comprising approximately 303,000 acres as 

7 generally depicted on the map entitled 

8 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

9 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

10 Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. 

11 (11) BOISE ADDITIONS.—Certain Federal land 

12 within the Boise National Forest comprising ap13 proximately 59,000 acres as generally depicted on 

14 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

15 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis16 tered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Re17 turn Wilderness. 

18 (c) GOSPEL HUMP WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—The 

19 Gospel Hump additions consisting of approximately 

20 55,000 acres administered by the Nez Perce National For21 est are incorporated into the Gospel Hump Wilderness. 

22 (d) SELWAY-BITTERROOT WILDERNESS ADDI23 TIONS.—The following areas are incorporated into the 

24 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness: 


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1 (1) LOCHSA FACE ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

2 land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For3 ests comprising approximately 75,000 acres as gen4 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

5 and dated llllll, which shall be added to 

6 and administered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot 

7 Wilderness. 

8 (2) ELK SUMMIT/SNEAKFOOT/NORTH FORK

9 SPRUCE ADDITION.—Certain Federal land within the 

10 Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising 

11 approximately 59,000 acres as generally depicted on 

12 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis14 tered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. 

15 (3) RACKLIFF-GEDNEY ADDITION.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na17 tional Forests comprising approximately 90,000 

18 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

19 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

20 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

21 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. 

22 (4) MEADOW CREEK ADDITION.—Certain Fed23 eral land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National 

24 Forests and on land administered by the Cottonwood 

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1 comprising approximately 215,000 acres as generally 

2 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

3 dated llllll, which shall be added to and 

4 administered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wil5 derness. 

6 (5) LOLO CREEK ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

7 land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For8 ests and the Lolo National Forest comprising ap9 proximately 18,000 acres as generally depicted on 

10 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

11 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis12 tered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. 

13 (6) BITTERROOT ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

14 land within the Bitterroot National Forest and the 

15 Nez-Perce National Forest comprising approximately 

16 123,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti17 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

18 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

19 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. 

20 (e) SAWTOOTH WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Certain 

21 Federal land within the Boise National Forest, Sawtooth 

22 National Forest and the Salmon-Challis National Forest 

23 comprising approximately 540,000 acres as generally de24 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be added to and administered 

2 as part of the Sawtooth Wilderness. 

3 (f) NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION

4 SYSTEM COMPONENTS OF THE GREAT BURN WILDLANDS

5 COMPLEX.—The following areas within the Great Burn 

6 Wildlands Complex are designated as new components of 

7 the National Wilderness Preservation System: 

8 (1) GREAT BURN (HOODOO) WILDERNESS.— 

9 Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clear10 water National Forests and the Lolo National For11 est comprising approximately 255,000 acres as gen12 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

13 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

14 the Great Burn (Hoodoo) Wilderness. 

15 (2) UPPER NORTH FORK WILDERNESS.—Cer16 tain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater 

17 National Forest, the Idaho Panhandle National For18 est, and the Lolo National Forest comprising ap19 proximately 62,000 acres as generally depicted on 

20 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

21 llllll, which shall be known as the Upper 

22 North Fork Wilderness. 

23 (3) SHEEP MOUNTAIN/STATE LINE WILDER24 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce25 Clearwater National Forests, the Idaho Panhandle 


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1 National Forest, and the Lolo National Forest com2 prising approximately 68,000 acres as generally de3 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

4 llllll, which shall be known as the Sheep 

5 Mountain/State Line Wilderness. 

6 (4) MALLARD-LARKINS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

7 Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na8 tional Forests and the Idaho Panhandle National 

9 Forest comprising approximately 260,000 acres as 

10 generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the Mallard-Larkins Wilderness. 

13 (5) BIGHORN-WEITAS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

14 Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na15 tional Forests comprising approximately 260,000 

16 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

17 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

18 shall be known as the Bighorn-Weitas Wilderness. 

19 (6) ELDORADO WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

20 land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For21 ests comprising approximately 7,000 acres as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

23 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

24 the Eldorado Wilderness. 


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1 (7) MOOSE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

2 Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na3 tional Forests comprising approximately 22,000 

4 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

5 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

6 shall be known as the Moose Mountain Wilderness. 

7 (8) NORTH LOCHSA SLOPE WILDERNESS.—Cer8 tain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater 

9 National Forests approximately 118,000 acres as 

10 generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the North Lochsa Wilderness. 

13 (9) POT MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

14 Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na15 tional Forests approximately 51,000 acres as gen16 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

17 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

18 the Pot Mountain Wilderness. 

19 (10) SIWASH WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

20 land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For21 ests comprising approximately 9,000 acres as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

23 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

24 the Siwash Wilderness. 


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1 (11) WEIR-POST OFFICE WILDERNESS.—Cer2 tain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater 

3 National Forests comprising approximately 22,000 

4 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

5 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

6 shall be known as the Weir-Post Office Wilderness. 

7 (12) MOSQUITO FLY WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

9 Forest comprising approximately 19,000 acres as 

10 generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the Mosquito Fly Wilderness. 

13 (13) MIDGET PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

14 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

15 Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres as gen16 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

17 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

18 the Midget Peak Wilderness. 

19 (14) STARK MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

20 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest com21 prising approximately 13,000 acres as generally de22 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

23 lllll, which shall be known as Stark Moun24 tain Wilderness. 


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1 (g) NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION

2 SYSTEM COMPONENTS OF THE LITTLE SLATE CREEK

3 WILDLANDS COMPLEX.—The following areas within the 

4 Little Slate Creek Wildlands Complex are designated as 

5 new components of the National Wilderness Preservation 

6 System: 

7 (1) LITTLE SLATE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Cer8 tain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater 

9 National Forests comprising approximately 12,000 

10 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the Little Slate Creek Wilderness. 

13 (2) LITTLE SLATE CREEK NORTH WILDER14 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce15 Clearwater National Forests comprising approxi16 mately 6,000 acres as generally depicted on the map 

17 entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, 

18 which shall be known as the Little Slate Creek 

19 North Wilderness. 

20 (h) OTHER NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESER21 VATION SYSTEM COMPONENTS.—The following areas are 

22 designated as new components of the National Wilderness 

23 Preservation System: 

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1 tional Forest comprising approximately 170,000 

2 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

3 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

4 shall be known as the French Creek/Patrick Butte 

5 Wilderness. 

6 (2) CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer7 tain Federal land within the Payette National For8 est comprising approximately 13,000 acres as gen9 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

10 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

11 the Crystal Mountain Wilderness. 

12 (3) SECESH WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

13 land within the Payette National Forest comprising 

14 approximately 248,000 acres as generally depicted 

15 on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

16 llllll, which shall be known as the Secesh 

17 Wilderness. 

18 (4) NEEDLES WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

19 land within the Payette National Forest and the 

20 Boise National Forest comprising approximately 

21 161,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti22 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

23 shall be known as the Needles Wilderness. 

24 (5) CATON LAKE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed25 eral land within the Payette National Forest and the 


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1 Boise National Forest comprising approximately 

2 85,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti3 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

4 shall be known as the Caton Lake Wilderness. 

5 (6) POISON CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

6 Federal land within the Payette National Forest and 

7 the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 

8 5,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti9 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

10 shall be known as the Poison Creek Wilderness. 

11 (7) MEADOW CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

12 Federal land within the Payette National Forest and 

13 the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 

14 29,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti15 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

16 shall be known as the Meadow Creek Wilderness. 

17 (8) MOUNT HEINEN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

18 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com19 prising approximately 13,000 acres as generally de20 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

21 llllll, which shall be known as the Mount 

22 Heinen Wilderness. 

23 (9) REEVES CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

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1 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

2 llllll, which shall be known as the Reeves 

3 Creek Wilderness. 

4 (10) PEACE ROCK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed5 eral land within the Boise National Forest com6 prising approximately 192,000 acres as generally de7 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

8 llllll, which shall be known as the Peace 

9 Rock Wilderness. 

10 (11) DEADWOOD WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed11 eral land within the Boise National Forest com12 prising approximately 52,000 acres as generally de13 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

14 llllll, which shall be known as the Dead15 wood Wilderness. 

16 (12) WHITEHAWK MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.— 

17 Certain Federal land within the Boise National For18 est comprising approximately 9,000 acres as gen19 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

20 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

21 the Whitehawk Mountain Wilderness. 

22 (13) STONY MEADOWS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

23 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com24 prising approximately 13,000 acres as generally de25 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be known as the Stony 

2 Meadows Wilderness. 

3 (14) SCRIVER CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com5 prising approximately 8,000 acres as generally de6 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

7 llllll, which shall be known as the Scriver 

8 Creek Wilderness. 

9 (15) GRIMES PASS WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed10 eral land within the Boise National Forest com11 prising approximately 13,000 acres as generally de12 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be known as the Grimes 

14 Pass Wilderness. 

15 (16) GALLAGHER WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed16 eral land within the Boise National Forest com17 prising approximately 6,000 acres as generally de18 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

19 llllll, which shall be known as the Galla20 gher Wilderness. 

21 (17) CORSKI CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

22 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com23 prising approximately 8,000 acres as generally de24 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be known as the Corski 

2 Creek Wilderness. 

3 (18) BULL TROUT WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed4 eral land within the Boise National Forest and the 

5 Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approxi6 mately 115,000 acres as generally depicted on the 

7 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

8 llllll, which shall be known as the Bull 

9 Trout Wilderness. 

10 (19) BREADWINNER WILDERNESS.—Certain 

11 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com12 prising approximately 20,000 acres as generally de13 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

14 llllll, which shall be known as the Bread15 winner Wilderness. 

16 (20) ELK CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed17 eral land within the Boise National Forest com18 prising approximately 15,000 acres as generally de19 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

20 llllll, which shall be known as the Elk 

21 Creek Wilderness. 

22 (21) STEEL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

23 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com24 prising approximately 23,000 acres as generally de25 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be known as the Steel 

2 Mountain Wilderness. 

3 (22) RAINBOW WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

4 land within the Boise National Forest comprising 

5 approximately 31,000 acres as generally depicted on 

6 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

7 llllll, which shall be known as the Rain8 bow Wilderness. 

9 (23) GRAND MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

10 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com11 prising approximately 14,000 acres as generally de12 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be known as the Grand 

14 Mountain Wilderness. 

15 (24) SHEEP CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com17 prising approximately 70,000 acres as generally de18 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

19 llllll, which shall be known as the Sheep 

20 Creek Wilderness. 

21 (25) SNOWBANK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed22 eral land within the Boise National Forest com23 prising approximately 34,000 acres as generally de24 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be known as the Snow2 bank Wilderness. 

3 (26) HOUSE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com5 prising approximately 26,000 acres as generally de6 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

7 llllll, which shall be known as the House 

8 Mountain Wilderness. 

9 (27) DANSKIN WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

10 land within the Boise National Forest comprising 

11 approximately 30,000 acres as generally depicted on 

12 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be known as the Danskin 

14 Wilderness. 

15 (28) COW CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed16 eral land within the Boise National Forest com17 prising approximately 15,000 acres as generally de18 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

19 llllll, which shall be known as the Cow 

20 Creek Wilderness. 

21 (29) WILSON PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

22 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com23 prising approximately 8,000 acres as generally de24 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be known as the Wilson 

2 Peak Wilderness. 

3 (30) LOST MAN CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com5 prising approximately 13,000 acres as generally de6 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

7 llllll, which shall be known as the Lost 

8 Man Creek Wilderness. 

9 (31) WHISKEY JACK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

10 Federal land within the Boise National Forest com11 prising approximately 7,000 acres as generally de12 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be known as the Whiskey 

14 Jack Wilderness. 

15 (32) CATHEDRAL ROCKS WILDERNESS.—Cer16 tain Federal land within the Boise National Forest 

17 comprising approximately 8,000 acres as generally 

18 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

19 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

20 Cathedral Rocks Wilderness. 

21 (33) LIME CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed22 eral land within the Sawtooth National Forest and 

23 the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 

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1 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

2 shall be known as the Lime Creek Wilderness. 

3 (34) O’HARA FALLS CREEK WILDERNESS.— 

4 Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clear5 water National Forests comprising approximately 

6 33,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti7 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

8 shall be known as the O’Hara Falls Creek Wilder9 ness. 

10 (35) LICK POINT WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed11 eral land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National 

12 Forests comprising approximately 7,000 acres as 

13 generally depicted on the map entitled 

14 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

15 shall be known as the Lick Point Wilderness. 

16 (36) CLEAR CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

17 Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na18 tional Forests comprising approximately 9,000 acres 

19 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

20 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

21 shall be known as the Clear Creek Wilderness. 

22 (37) SILVER CREEK-PILOT KNOB WILDER23 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce24 Clearwater National Forests comprising approxi25 mately 21,000 acres as generally depicted on the 


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1 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

2 llllll, which shall be known as the Silver 

3 Creek-Pilot Knob Wilderness. 

4 (38) DIXIE SUMMIT-NUT HILL WILDERNESS.— 

5 Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clear6 water National Forests comprising approximately 

7 13,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti8 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

9 shall be known as the Dixie Summit-Nut Hill Wil10 derness. 

11 (39) NORTH FORK SLATE CREEK WILDER12 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce13 Clearwater National Forests comprising approxi14 mately 11,000 acres as generally depicted on the 

15 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

16 llllll, which shall be known as the North 

17 Fork Slate Creek Wilderness. 

18 (40) JOHN DAY WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

19 land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For20 ests comprising approximately 10,000 acres as gen21 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

22 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

23 the John Day Wilderness. 

24 (41) PERREAU CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

25 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 


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1 Forest comprising approximately 8,000 acres as gen2 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

3 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

4 the Perreau Creek Wilderness. 

5 (42) NAPIAS WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

6 land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest com7 prising approximately 9,000 acres as generally de8 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

9 llllll, which shall be known as the Napias 

10 Wilderness. 

11 (43) NAPOLEAN RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

12 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

13 Forest comprising approximately 51,000 acres as 

14 generally depicted on the map entitled 

15 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

16 shall be known as the Napolean Ridge Wilderness. 

17 (44) JESSE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

18 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

19 Forest comprising approximately 14,000 acres as 

20 generally depicted on the map entitled 

21 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

22 shall be known as the Jesse Creek Wilderness. 

23 (45) HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer24 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis Na25 tional Forest comprising approximately 12,000 acres 


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1 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

2 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

3 shall be known as the Haystack Mountain Wilder4 ness. 

5 (46) PHELAN WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

6 land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest com7 prising approximately 13,000 acres as generally de8 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

9 llllll, which shall be known as the Phelan 

10 Wilderness. 

11 (47) SHEEPEATER WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed12 eral land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest 

13 comprising approximately 35,000 acres as generally 

14 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

15 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

16 Sheepeater Wilderness. 

17 (48) SOUTH FORK DEEP CREEK WILDER18 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Salmon19 Challis National Forest comprising approximately 

20 13,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti21 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

22 shall be known as the South Fork Deep Creek Wil23 derness. 

24 (49) COBALT WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

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1 prising approximately 7,000 acres as generally de2 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

3 llllll, which shall be known as the Cobalt 

4 Wilderness. 

5 (50) JUREANO WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

6 land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest com7 prising approximately 25,000 acres as generally de8 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

9 llllll, which shall be known as the Jureano 

10 Wilderness. 

11 (51) SOUTH PANTHER WILDERNESS.—Certain 

12 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

13 Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres as gen14 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

15 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

16 the South Panther Wilderness. 

17 (52) MUSGROVE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed18 eral land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest 

19 comprising approximately 8,000 acres as generally 

20 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

21 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

22 Musgrove Wilderness. 

23 (53) TAYLOR MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer24 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis Na25 tional Forest comprising approximately 63,000 acres 


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1 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

2 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

3 shall be known as the Taylor Mountain Wilderness. 

4 (54) MARTIN CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

5 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

6 Forest comprising approximately 99,000 acres as 

7 generally depicted on the map entitled 

8 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

9 shall be known as the Martin Creek Wilderness. 

10 (55) WHITE KNOB WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed11 eral land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest 

12 comprising approximately 65,000 acres as generally 

13 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

14 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

15 White Knob Wilderness. 

16 (56) PORPHYRY PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

17 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

18 Forest comprising approximately 47,000 acres as 

19 generally depicted on the map entitled 

20 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

21 shall be known as the Porphyry Peak Wilderness. 

22 (57) GREYLOCK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed23 eral land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest 

24 comprising approximately 12,000 acres as generally 

25 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Greylock Wilderness. 

3 (58) COPPER BASIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

5 Forest comprising approximately 11,000 as gen6 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

7 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

8 the Copper Basin Wilderness. 

9 (59) COLD SPRINGS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

10 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

11 Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres as gen12 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

13 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

14 the Cold Springs Wilderness. 

15 (60) PIONEER MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.—Cer16 tain Federal land within the Sawtooth National For17 est and the Salmon-Challis National Forest and on 

18 land administered by the Shoshone Field Office of 

19 the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap20 proximately 308,000 acres as generally depicted on 

21 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

22 llllll, which shall be known as the Pioneer 

23 Mountain Wilderness. 

24 (61) RAILROAD RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

25 Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest 


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1 and the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising 

2 approximately 51,000 acres as generally depicted on 

3 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

4 llllll, which shall be known as the Rail5 road Ridge Wilderness. 

6 (62) BOULDER/WHITE CLOUDS WILDERNESS.— 

7 Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth National 

8 Forest, the Salmon-Challis National Forest and on 

9 land administered by the Challis Field Office of the 

10 Bureau of Land Management comprising approxi11 mately 463,000 acres as generally depicted on the 

12 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be known as the Boul14 der/White Clouds Wilderness. 

15 (63) BUTTERCUP MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.— 

16 Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth National 

17 Forest comprising approximately 57,000 acres as 

18 generally depicted on the map entitled 

19 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

20 shall be known as the Buttercup Mountain Wilder21 ness. 

22 (64) ELK RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed23 eral land within the Sawtooth National Forest com24 prising approximately 9,000 acres as generally de25 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be known as the Elk 

2 Ridge Wilderness. 

3 (65) GRANDMOTHER MOUNTAIN WILDER4 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Idaho Pan5 handle National Forest and on land administered by 

6 the Coeur d’Alene Field Office of the Bureau of 

7 Land Management comprising approximately 35,000 

8 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

9 lllll and dated llllll, which shall 

10 be known as the Grandmother Mountain Wilderness. 

11 (66) PINCHOT BUTTE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

12 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

13 Forest and on land administered by the Coeur 

14 d’Alene Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage15 ment comprising approximately 9,000 acres as gen16 erally depicted on the map entitled lllll and 

17 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

18 Pinchot Butte Wilderness. 

19 (67) LIBERAL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer20 tain Federal land within the Sawtooth National For21 est comprising approximately 11,000 acres as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

23 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

24 the Liberal Mountain Wilderness. 


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1 (68) HORSE HEAVEN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

2 Federal land within the Payette National Forest and 

3 the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 

4 18,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti5 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

6 shall be known as the Horse Heaven Wilderness. 

7 (69) CHIMNEY ROCK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 Federal land within the Payette National Forest 

9 comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally 

10 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

11 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

12 Chimney Rock Wilderness. 

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

14 (a) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique, 

15 heavily fragmented, and endangered Greater Cabinet/ 

16 Yaak/Selkirk ecosystem, the areas described in this sec17 tion, are hereby designated as wilderness. 

18 (b) CABINET MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS ADDI19 TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Kootenai Na20 tional Forest comprising approximately 100,000 acres as 

21 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

22 dated llllll, which shall be added to and admin23 istered as part of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness. 

24 (c) SALMO-PRIEST WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Cer25 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 


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1 Forest and the Colville National Forest comprising ap2 proximately 47,000 acres as generally depicted on the map 

3 entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

4 shall be added to and administered as part of the Salmo5 Priest Wilderness. 

6 (d) NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION

7 SYSTEM COMPONENTS.—The following areas are des8 ignated as new components of the National Wilderness 

9 Preservation System: 

10 (1) SKYLINE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

11 Federal land within the Kootenai National Forest 

12 comprising approximately 15,000 acres as generally 

13 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

14 dated llllll, which shall be known as Sky15 line Mountain Wilderness. 

16 (2) GALENA CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

17 Federal land within the Kootenai National Forest 

18 comprising approximately 20,000 acres as generally 

19 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

20 dated llllll, which shall be known as Ga21 lena Creek Wilderness. 

22 (3) BERRAY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

23 Federal land within the Kootenai National Forest 

24 comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally 

25 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as 

2 Berray Mountain Wilderness. 

3 (4) LONE CLIFF-SMEADS WILDERNESS.—Cer4 tain Federal land within the Kootenai National For5 est comprising approximately 10,000 acres as gen6 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

7 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

8 Lone Cliff-Smeads Wilderness. 

9 (5) MCNEELEY WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

10 land within the Kootenai National Forest comprising 

11 approximately 7,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

12 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be known as McNeeley 

14 Wilderness. 

15 (6) NORTHWEST PEAKS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Kootenai National Forest 

17 comprising approximately 15,000 acres, as generally 

18 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

19 dated llllll, which shall be known as 

20 Northwest Peaks Wilderness. 

21 (7) RODERICK WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

22 land within the Kootenai National Forest comprising 

23 approximately 30,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

24 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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2 Wilderness. 

3 (8) GRIZZLY PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed4 eral land within the Kootenai National Forest com5 prising approximately 7,000 acres as generally de6 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

7 llllll, which shall be known as Grizzly 

8 Peak Wilderness. 

9 (9) WEST FORK YAAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

10 Federal land within the Kootenai National Forest 

11 comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally 

12 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

13 dated llllll, which shall be known as West 

14 Fork Yaak Wilderness. 

15 (10) MT. HENRY WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed16 eral land within the Kootenai National Forest com17 prising approximately 14,000 acres as generally de18 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

19 llllll, which shall be known as Mt. Henry 

20 Wilderness. 

21 (11) ALEXANDER CREEK WILDERNESS.—Cer22 tain Federal land within the Kootenai National For23 est comprising approximately 7,000 acres, as gen24 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 


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1 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

2 Alexander Creek Wilderness. 

3 (12) ROBINSON MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer4 tain Federal land within the Kootenai National For5 est comprising approximately 7,000 acres as gen6 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

7 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

8 Robinson Mountain Wilderness. 

9 (13) DEVIL’S GAP WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed10 eral land within the Kootenai National Forest com11 prising approximately 5,000 acres as generally de12 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be known as Devil’s Gap 

14 Wilderness. 

15 (14) LONE CLIFF WEST WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Kootenai National Forest 

17 comprising approximately 5,000 acres as generally 

18 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

19 dated llllll, which shall be known as Lone 

20 Cliff West Wilderness. 

21 (15) ALLEN PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed22 eral land within the Kootenai National Forest com23 prising approximately 30,000 acres as generally de24 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be known as Allen Peak 

2 Wilderness. 

3 (16) HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDER4 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Kootenai 

5 National Forest comprising approximately 9,000 

6 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

7 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

8 shall be known as Huckleberry Mountain Wilder9 ness. 

10 (17) CATARACT PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

11 Federal land within the Kootenai National Forest 

12 and the Lolo National Forest comprising approxi13 mately 39,000 acres as generally depicted on the 

14 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

15 llllll, which shall be known as the Cata16 ract Peak Wilderness. 

17 (18) CUBE IRON-SILCOX WILDERNESS.—Cer18 tain Federal land within the Kootenai National For19 est and the Lolo National Forest comprising ap20 proximately 39,000 acres as generally depicted on 

21 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

22 llllll, which shall be known as the Cube 

23 Iron-Silcox Wilderness. 

24 (19) SUNDANCE RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

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1 prising approximately 8,000 acres as generally de2 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

3 llllll, which shall be known as Sundance 

4 Ridge Wilderness. 

5 (20) TEEPEE-SPRING CREEK WILDERNESS.— 

6 Certain Federal land within the Lolo National For7 est comprising approximately 14,000 acres as gen8 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

9 and dated lllll, which shall be known as 

10 Teepee-Spring Creek Wilderness. 

11 (21) BALDY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

12 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest and 

13 comprising approximately 6,000 acres as generally 

14 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

15 dated llllll, which shall be known as Baldy 

16 Mountain Wilderness. 

17 (22) SCOTCHMAN’S PEAK WILDERNESS.—Cer18 tain Federal land within the Kootenai National For19 est and the Idaho Panhandle National Forest com20 prising approximately 88,000 acres as generally de21 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

22 llllll, which shall be known as the Scotch23 man’s Peak Wilderness. 

24 (23) BUCKHORN RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

25 Federal land within the Kootenai National Forest 


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1 and the Idaho Panhandle National Forest com2 prising approximately 36,000 acres as generally de3 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

4 llllll, which shall be known as the 

5 Buckhorn Ridge Wilderness. 

6 (24) GRASSY TOP/HALL MOUNTAIN WILDER7 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Idaho Pan8 handle National Forest and the Colville National 

9 Forest comprising approximately 24,000 acres as 

10 generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the Grassy Top/Hall Mountain 

13 Wilderness. 

14 (25) ABERCROMBIE-HOOKNOSE WILDERNESS.— 

15 Certain Federal land within the Colville National 

16 Forest comprising approximately 38,000 acres as 

17 generally depicted on the map entitled 

18 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

19 shall be known as the Abercrombie-Hooknose Wil20 derness. 

21 (26) HARVEY CREEK/BUNCHGRASS WILDER22 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Colville Na23 tional Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres 

24 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

25 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 


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1 shall be known as the Harvey Creek/Bunchgrass 

2 Wilderness. 

3 (27) SOUTH FORK MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.— 

4 Certain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 

5 National Forest and the Colville National Forest 

6 comprising approximately 6,000 acres as generally 

7 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

8 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

9 South Fork Mountain Wilderness. 

10 (28) QUARTZITE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed11 eral land within the Colville National Forest com12 prising approximately 5,000 acres as generally de13 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

14 llllll, which shall be known as the Quartz15 ite Wilderness. 

16 (29) SOUTH FORK HUNGRY MOUNTAIN WILDER17 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Idaho Pan18 handle National Forest and the Colville National 

19 Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres as gen20 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

21 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

22 the South Fork Hungry Mountain Wilderness. 

23 (30) CONTINENTAL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.— 

24 Certain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 

25 National Forest comprising approximately 8,000 


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1 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

2 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

3 shall be known as the Continental Mountain Wilder4 ness. 

5 (31) DEEP WHITE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed6 eral land within the Idaho Panhandle National For7 est comprising approximately 8,000 acres as gen8 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

9 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

10 the Deep White Wilderness. 

11 (32) SCHAFER PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

12 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

13 Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres as gen14 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

15 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

16 the Schafer Peak Wilderness. 

17 (33) UPPER PRIEST LAKE WILDERNESS.—Cer18 tain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle Na19 tional Forest comprising approximately 13,000 acres 

20 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

21 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

22 shall be known as the Upper Priest Lake Wilder23 ness. 

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1 handle National Forest and on land administered by 

2 the Coeur d’Alene Field Office of the Bureau of 

3 Land Management comprising approximately 99,000 

4 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

5 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

6 shall be known as the Long Canyon/Selkirk Crest 

7 Wilderness. 

8 (35) LAKE ESTELLE ROBERTS WILDERNESS.— 

9 Certain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 

10 National Forest and the Kootenai National Forest 

11 comprising approximately 79,000 acres as generally 

12 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

13 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

14 Lake Estelle Roberts Wilderness. 

15 (36) TRESTLE PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

17 Forest and the Kootenai National Forest comprising 

18 approximately 7,000 acres as generally depicted on 

19 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

20 llllll, which shall be known as the Trestle 

21 Peak Wilderness. 

22 (37) BEETOP WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

23 land within the Idaho Panhandle National Forest 

24 comprising approximately 12,000 acres as generally 

25 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Beetop Wilderness. 

3 (38) PACKSADDLE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed4 eral land within the Idaho Panhandle National For5 est comprising approximately 19,000 acres as gen6 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

7 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

8 the Packsaddle Wilderness. 

9 (39) BLACKTAIL PEND OREILLE WILDER10 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Idaho Pan11 handle National Forest comprising approximately 

12 5,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti13 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

14 shall be known as the Blacktail Pend Oreille Wilder15 ness. 

16 (40) MAGEE WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

17 land within the Idaho Panhandle National Forest 

18 comprising approximately 35,000 acres as generally 

19 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

20 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

21 Magee Wilderness. 

22 (41) TEPEE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

23 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

24 Forest comprising approximately 5,000 acres as gen25 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 


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1 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

2 the Tepee Creek Wilderness. 

3 (42) TROUBLE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

5 Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres as gen6 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

7 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

8 the Trouble Creek Wilderness. 

9 (43) GRAHAM COAL WILDERNESS.—Certain 

10 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

11 Forest comprising approximately 10,000 acres as 

12 generally depicted on the map entitled 

13 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

14 shall be known as the Graham Coal Wilderness. 

15 (44) KOOTENAI PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

17 Forest comprising approximately 5,000 acres as gen18 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

19 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

20 the Kootenai Peak Wilderness. 

21 (45) KATKA WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

22 land within the Idaho Panhandle National Forest 

23 comprising approximately 10,000 acres as generally 

24 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Katka Wilderness. 

3 SEC. 106. GREATER HELLS CANYON ECOSYSTEM. 

4 (a) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 

5 and endangered Greater Hells Canyon ecosystem, the 

6 areas described in this section are hereby designated as 

7 wilderness. 

8 (b) HELLS CANYON WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—The 

9 following areas, consisting of a total of approximately 

10 394,000 acres, are incorporated into the Hells Canyon 

11 Wilderness: 

12 (1) RAPID RIVER ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

13 land within the Payette National Forest and the Nez 

14 Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising ap15 proximately 76,000 acres as generally depicted on 

16 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

17 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis18 tered as part of the Hells Canyon Wilderness. 

19 (2) SALMON FACE ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

20 land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For21 ests comprising approximately 9,000 acres as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

23 and dated llllll, which shall be added to 

24 and administered as part of the Hells Canyon Wil25 derness. 


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1 (3) KLOPTON CREEK/CORRAL CREEK ADDI2 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce3 Clearwater National Forests comprising approxi4 mately 21,000 acres as generally depicted on the 

5 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

6 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis7 tered as part of the Hells Canyon Wilderness. 

8 (4) BIG CANYON ADDITION.—Certain Federal 

9 land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For10 ests comprising approximately 14,000 acres as gen11 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

12 and dated llllll, which shall be added to 

13 and administered as part of the Hells Canyon Wil14 derness. 

15 (5) OTHER HELLS CANYON WILDERNESS ADDI16 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Wallowa17 Whitman National Forest comprising approximately 

18 264,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti19 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

20 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

21 Hells Canyon Wilderness. 

22 (c) EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Certain 

23 Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman National For24 est comprising approximately 100,000 acres as generally 

25 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be added to and administered 

2 as part of the Eagle Cap Wilderness. 

3 (d) NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION

4 SYSTEM COMPONENTS.—The following areas are des5 ignated as new components of the National Wilderness 

6 Preservation System: 

7 (1) LAKE FORK WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

8 land within the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 

9 comprising approximately 12,000 acres as generally 

10 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

11 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

12 Lake Fork Wilderness. 

13 (2) CASTLE RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed14 eral land within the Wallowa-Whitman National 

15 Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres as gen16 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

17 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

18 the Castle Ridge Wilderness. 

19 (3) HOMESTEAD WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed20 eral land within the Wallowa-Whitman National 

21 Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

23 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

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1 SEC. 107. ISLANDS IN THE SKY WILDERNESS. 

2 (a) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 

3 and increasingly isolated ecological treasure of island 

4 mountain ranges in the Northern Rockies Bioregion, the 

5 areas described in this section are hereby designated as 

6 wilderness. 

7 (b) WENAHA-TUCANNON WILDERNESS ADDI8 TIONS.—The following areas are incorporated into the 

9 Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness: 

10 (1) UPPER TUCANNON ADDITION.—Certain 

11 Federal land within the Umatilla National Forest 

12 comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally 

13 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

14 dated llllll, which shall be added to and 

15 administered as part of the Wenaha-Tucannon Wil16 derness. 

17 (2) W-T ADDITION.—Certain Federal land 

18 within the Umatilla National Forest comprising ap19 proximately 2,000 acres as generally depicted on the 

20 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

21 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis22 tered as part of the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness. 

23 (3) MEADOW CREEK ADDITION.—Certain Fed24 eral land within the Umatilla National Forest com25 prising approximately 2,000 acres as generally de26 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis2 tered as part of the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness. 

3 (c) NORTH FORK JOHN DAY WILDERNESS ADDI4 TIONS.—The following areas are incorporated into the 

5 Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness: 

6 (1) GREENHORN MOUNTAIN ADDITION.—Cer7 tain Federal land within the Malheur National For8 est and the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest com9 prising approximately 24,000 acres as generally de10 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

11 llllll, which shall be added to and adminis12 tered as part of the North Fork John Day Wilder13 ness. 

14 (2) JUMPOFF JOE ADDITION TO NORTH FORK

15 JOHN DAY WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal land 

16 within the Malheur National Forest and the 

17 Umatilla National Forest comprising approximately 

18 7,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti19 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

20 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

21 North Fork John Day Wilderness. 

22 (3) TWIN MOUNTAIN ADDITION TO NORTH

23 FORK JOHN DAY WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

24 land within the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 

25 comprising approximately 20,000 acres as generally 


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1 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

2 dated llllll, which shall be added to and 

3 administered as part of the North Fork John Day 

4 Wilderness. 

5 (d) CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Certain 

6 Federal land within the Bighorn National Forest and land 

7 administered by the Worland Field Office of the Bureau 

8 of Land Management comprising approximately 203,000 

9 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

10 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which shall be 

11 added to and administered as part of the Cloud Peak Wil12 derness. 

13 (e) MONUMENT ROCK WILDERNESS ADDITION.— 

14 Certain Federal land within the Malheur National Forest 

15 comprising approximately 5,000 acres as generally de16 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

17 llllll, which shall be added to and administered 

18 as part of the Monument Rock Wilderness. 

19 (f) MOUNT NAOMI WILDERNESS ADDITION.—Cer20 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

21 Forest comprising approximately 28,000 as generally de22 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

23 llllll, which shall be added to and administered 

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1 (g) NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION

2 SYSTEM COMPONENTS IN THE KETTLE MOUNTAINS.— 

3 The following areas within the Kettle Mountains are des4 ignated as new components of the National Wilderness 

5 Preservation System: 

6 (1) THIRTEEN MILE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

7 Federal land within the Colville National Forest 

8 comprising approximately 12,000 acres as generally 

9 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

10 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

11 Thirteen Mile Wilderness. 

12 (2) BALD SNOW WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed13 eral land within the Colville National Forest com14 prising approximately 20,000 acres as generally de15 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

16 llllll, which shall be known as the Bald 

17 Snow Wilderness. 

18 (3) COPPER/KETTLE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

19 Federal land within the Colville National Forest 

20 comprising approximately 81,000 acres as generally 

21 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

22 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

23 Copper/Kettle Wilderness. 

24 (4) HUCKLEBERRY SOUTH WILDERNESS.—Cer25 tain Federal land within the Colville National Forest 


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1 comprising approximately 10,000 acres as generally 

2 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

3 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

4 Huckleberry South Wilderness. 

5 (5) COUGAR MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

6 Federal land within the Colville National Forest 

7 comprising approximately 6,000 acres as generally 

8 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

9 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

10 Cougar Mountain Wilderness. 

11 (6) OWL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

12 Federal land within the Colville National Forest 

13 comprising approximately 15,000 acres as generally 

14 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

15 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

16 Owl Mountain Wilderness. 

17 (7) DEER KETTLE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed18 eral land within the Colville National Forest com19 prising approximately 6,000 acres as generally de20 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

21 llllll, which shall be known as the Deer 

22 Kettle Wilderness. 

23 (8) JACKKNIFE WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

24 land within the Colville National Forest comprising 

25 approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on 


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2 llllll, which shall be known as the Jack3 knife Wilderness. 

4 (9) PARADISE WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

5 land within the Colville National Forest comprising 

6 approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on 

7 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

8 llllll, which shall be known as the Para9 dise Wilderness. 

10 (10) BULLDOG MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer11 tain Federal land within the Colville National Forest 

12 comprising approximately 7,000 acres as generally 

13 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

14 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

15 Bulldog Mountain Wilderness. 

16 (h) NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION

17 SYSTEM COMPONENTS IN THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS.— 

18 The following areas within the Big Horn Mountains are 

19 designated as new components of the National Wilderness 

20 Preservation System: 

21 (1) LITTLE BIGHORN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

22 Federal land within the Bighorn National Forest 

23 comprising approximately 120,000 acres as generally 

24 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Little Bighorn Wilderness. 

3 (2) WALKER PRAIRIE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Bighorn National Forest 

5 comprising approximately 51,000 acres as generally 

6 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

7 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

8 Walker Prairie Wilderness. 

9 (3) DEVIL’S CANYON WILDERNESS.—Certain 

10 Federal land within the Bighorn National Forest 

11 comprising approximately 32,000 acres as generally 

12 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

13 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

14 Devil’s Canyon Wilderness. 

15 (4) HIDEOUT CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Bighorn National Forest 

17 comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally 

18 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

19 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

20 Hideout Creek Wilderness. 

21 (5) BEAR ROCKS WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed22 eral land comprising approximately 25,000 acres as 

23 generally depicted on the map entitled 

24 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

25 shall be known as the Bear Rocks Wilderness. 


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1 (6) HORSE CREEK MESA WILDERNESS.—Cer2 tain Federal land within the Bighorn National For3 est comprising approximately 42,000 acres as gen4 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

5 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

6 the Horse Creek Mesa Wilderness. 

7 (7) PETES HOLE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed8 eral land within the Bighorn National Forest com9 prising approximately 20,000 acres as generally de10 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

11 llllll, which shall be known as the Petes 

12 Hole Wilderness. 

13 (8) GROMMUND CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

14 Federal land within the Bighorn National Forest 

15 comprising approximately 6,000 acres as generally 

16 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

17 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

18 Grommund Creek Wilderness. 

19 (9) HAZELTON PEAKS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

20 Federal land within the Bighorn National Forest 

21 comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally 

22 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

23 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

24 Hazelton Peaks Wilderness. 


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1 (10) LEIGH CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

2 Federal land within the Bighorn National Forest 

3 comprising approximately 7,000 acres as generally 

4 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

5 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

6 Leigh Creek Wilderness. 

7 (11) MEDICINE LODGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 Federal land within the Bighorn National Forest 

9 and land administered by the Worland Field Office 

10 of the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap11 proximately 23,000 acres as generally depicted on 

12 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be known as the Medi14 cine Lodge Wilderness. 

15 (12) ALKALI CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land administered by the Worland Field Of17 fice of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 

18 approximately 17,000 acres as generally depicted on 

19 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

20 llllll, which shall be known as the Alkali 

21 Creek Wilderness. 

22 (13) TRAPPER CREEK CANYON WILDERNESS.— 

23 Certain Federal land administered by the Worland 

24 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management 

25 comprising approximately 17,000 acres as generally 


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1 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

2 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

3 Trapper Creek Canyon Wilderness. 

4 (14) NORTH FORK POWDER RIVER WILDER5 NESS.—Certain Federal land administered by the 

6 Buffalo Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage7 ment comprising approximately 15,000 acres as gen8 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

9 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

10 the North Fork Powder River Wilderness. 

11 (15) GARDNER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer12 tain Federal land administered by the Buffalo Field 

13 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com14 prising approximately 18,000 acres as generally de15 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

16 llllll, which shall be known as the Gardner 

17 Mountain Wilderness. 

18 (16) HONEYCOMBS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

19 Federal land administered by the Worland Field Of20 fice of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 

21 approximately 53,000 acres as generally depicted on 

22 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

23 llllll, which shall be known as the Honey24 combs Wilderness. 


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1 (17) BUFFALO CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

2 Federal land administered by the Worland Field Of3 fice of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 

4 approximately 27,000 acres as generally depicted on 

5 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

6 llllll, which shall be known as the Buffalo 

7 Creek Wilderness. 

8 (18) LYSITE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

9 Federal land administered by the Worland Lander 

10 Field Offices of the Bureau of Land Management 

11 comprising approximately 10,000 acres as generally 

12 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

13 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

14 Lysite Mountain Wilderness. 

15 (i) NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION

16 SYSTEM COMPONENTS IN THE PRYOR MOUNTAINS.—The 

17 following areas within the Pryor Mountains are designated 

18 as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 

19 System: 

20 (1) LOST WATER CANYON WILDERNESS.—Cer21 tain Federal land within the Custer Gallatin Na22 tional Forest, the Bighorn National Recreation 

23 Area, and land administered by the Billings Field 

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1 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

2 llllll, which shall be known as the Lost 

3 Water Canyon Wilderness. 

4 (2) BIG PRYOR MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer5 tain Federal land within the Custer Gallatin Na6 tional Forest comprising approximately 39,000 acres 

7 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

8 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

9 shall be known as the Big Pryor Mountain Wilder10 ness. 

11 (j) OTHER NEW NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA12 TION SYSTEM COMPONENTS.—The following areas are 

13 designated as new components of the National Wilderness 

14 Preservation System: 

15 (1) WILLOW SPRINGS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Umatilla National Forest 

17 comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally 

18 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

19 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

20 Willow Springs Wilderness. 

21 (2) ASOTIN CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed22 eral land within the Umatilla National Forest com23 prising approximately 16,000 acres as generally de24 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be known as the Asotin 

2 Creek Wilderness. 

3 (3) SPANGLER WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

4 land within the Umatilla National Forest comprising 

5 approximately 6,000 acres as generally depicted on 

6 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

7 llllll, which shall be known as the 

8 Spangler Wilderness. 

9 (4) WENATCHEE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Cer10 tain Federal land within the Umatilla National For11 est comprising approximately 19,000 acres as gen12 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

13 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

14 the Wenatchee Creek Wilderness. 

15 (5) WALLA WALLA WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed16 eral land within the Umatilla National Forest com17 prising approximately 35,000 acres as generally de18 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

19 llllll, which shall be known as the Walla 

20 Walla Wilderness. 

21 (6) GRAND RONDE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed22 eral land within the Umatilla National Forest and 

23 the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest comprising 

24 approximately 19,000 acres as generally depicted on 

25 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be known as the Grande 

2 Ronde Wilderness. 

3 (7) TEXAS BUTTE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed4 eral land within the Umatilla National Forest com5 prising approximately 8,000 acres as generally de6 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

7 llllll, which shall be known as the Texas 

8 Butte Wilderness. 

9 (8) SKOOKUM WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

10 land within the Umatilla National Forest comprising 

11 approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on 

12 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be known as the 

14 Skookum Wilderness. 

15 (9) POTAMUS WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

16 land within the Umatilla National Forest comprising 

17 approximately 6,000 acres as generally depicted on 

18 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

19 llllll, which shall be known as the 

20 Potamus Wilderness. 

21 (10) SOUTH FORK-TOWER WILDERNESS.—Cer22 tain Federal land within the Umatilla National For23 est comprising approximately 16,000 acres as gen24 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 


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1 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

2 the South Fork-Tower Wilderness. 

3 (11) EAST JOHN DAY WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Umatilla National Forest 

5 and the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest com6 prising approximately 6,000 acres as generally de7 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

8 llllll, which shall be known as the East 

9 John Day Wilderness. 

10 (12) HORSESHOE RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Cer11 tain Federal land within the Umatilla National For12 est comprising approximately 6,000 acres as gen13 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

14 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

15 the Horseshoe Ridge Wilderness. 

16 (13) HELLHOLE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed17 eral land within the Umatilla National Forest com18 prising approximately 67,000 acres as generally de19 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

20 llllll, which shall be known as the Hellhole 

21 Wilderness. 

22 (14) MOUNT EMILY WILDERNESS.—Certain 

23 Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman National 

24 Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres as gen25 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 


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1 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

2 the Mount Emily Wilderness. 

3 (15) UPPER GRANDE RONDE WILDERNESS.— 

4 Certain Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman 

5 National Forest comprising approximately 12,000 

6 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

7 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

8 shall be known as the Upper Grande Ronde Wilder9 ness. 

10 (16) JOSEPH CANYON WILDERNESS.—Certain 

11 Federal land within the Wallowa-Whitman National 

12 Forest comprising approximately 24,000 acres as 

13 generally depicted on the map entitled 

14 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

15 shall be known as the Joseph Canyon Wilderness. 

16 (17) TOPE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed17 eral land within the Wallowa-Whitman National 

18 Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres as gen19 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

20 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

21 the Tope Creek Wilderness. 

22 (18) BALDY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

23 Federal land within the Malheur National Forest 

24 comprising approximately 6,000 acres as generally 

25 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Baldy Mountain Wilderness. 

3 (19) DIXIE BUTTE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed4 eral land within the Malheur National Forest com5 prising approximately 8,000 acres as generally de6 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

7 llllll, which shall be known as the Dixie 

8 Butte Wilderness. 

9 (20) MURDERERS CREEK WILDERNESS.—Cer10 tain Federal land within the Malheur National For11 est comprising approximately 21,000 acres as gen12 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

13 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

14 the Murderers Creek Wilderness. 

15 (21) GLACIER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer16 tain Federal land within the Malheur National For17 est comprising approximately 16,000 acres as gen18 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

19 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

20 the Glacier Mountain Wilderness. 

21 (22) MALHEUR RIVER WILDERNESS.—Certain 

22 Federal land within the Malheur National Forest 

23 comprising approximately 6,000 acres as generally 

24 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Malheur River Wilderness. 

3 (23) MCCLELLAN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.— 

4 Certain Federal land within the Malheur National 

5 Forest comprising approximately 23,000 acres as 

6 generally depicted on the map entitled 

7 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

8 shall be known as the McClellan Mountain Wilder9 ness. 

10 (24) MYRTLE-SILVIES WILDERNESS.—Certain 

11 Federal land within the Malheur National Forest 

12 comprising approximately 11,000 acres as generally 

13 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

14 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

15 Myrtle-Silvies Wilderness. 

16 (25) NIPPLE BUTTE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

17 Federal land within the Malheur National Forest 

18 comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally 

19 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

20 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

21 Nipple Butte Wilderness. 

22 (26) WEST MALHEUR WILDERNESS.—Certain 

23 Federal land within the Malheur National Forest 

24 comprising approximately 5,000 acres as generally 

25 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 West Malheur Wilderness. 

3 (27) SHAKETABLE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed4 eral land within the Malheur National Forest com5 prising approximately 8,000 acres as generally de6 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

7 llllll, which shall be known as the 

8 Shaketable Wilderness. 

9 (28) UTLEY BUTTE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

10 Federal land within the Malheur National Forest 

11 comprising approximately 11,000 acres as generally 

12 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

13 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

14 Utley Butte Wilderness. 

15 (29) FLINT RANGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na17 tional Forest comprising approximately 73,000 acres 

18 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

19 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

20 shall be known as Flint Range Wilderness. 

21 (30) FRED BURR WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed22 eral land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 

23 Forest comprising approximate 6,000 acres as gen24 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 


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1 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

2 Fred Burr Wilderness. 

3 (31) ELKHORN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.— 

4 Certain Federal land within the Helena National 

5 Forest and land administered by the Butte Field Of6 fice of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 

7 approximately 88,000 acres as generally depicted on 

8 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

9 llllll, which shall be known as Elkhorn 

10 Mountains Wilderness. 

11 (32) CACHE PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed12 eral land within the Sawtooth National Forest com13 prising approximately 27,000 acres as generally de14 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

15 llllll, which shall be known as the Cache 

16 Peak Wilderness. 

17 (33) SUBLETT WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

18 land within the Sawtooth National Forest com19 prising approximately 7,000 acres as generally de20 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

21 llllll, which shall be known as the Sublett 

22 Wilderness. 

23 (34) BURNT BASIN/BLACK PINE WILDER24 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth 

25 National Forest comprising approximately 44,000 


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1 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

2 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

3 shall be known as the Burnt Basin/Black Pine Wil4 derness. 

5 (35) MOUNT HARRISON WILDERNESS.—Certain 

6 Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest 

7 comprising approximately 30,000 acres as generally 

8 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

9 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

10 Mount Harrison Wilderness. 

11 (36) FIFTH FORK ROCK CREEK WILDERNESS.— 

12 Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth National 

13 Forest comprising approximately 17,000 acres as 

14 generally depicted on the map entitled 

15 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

16 shall be known as the Fifth Fork Rock Creek Wil17 derness. 

18 (37) THIRD FORK ROCK CREEK WILDERNESS.— 

19 Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth National 

20 Forest comprising approximately 14,000 acres as 

21 generally depicted on the map entitled 

22 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

23 shall be known as the Third Fork Rock Creek Wil24 derness. 


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1 (38) COTTONWOOD WILDERNESS.—Certain 

2 Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest 

3 comprising approximately 11,000 acres as generally 

4 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

5 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

6 Cottonwood Wilderness. 

7 (39) MAHOGANY BUTTE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest 

9 comprising approximately 21,000 acres as generally 

10 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

11 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

12 Mahogany Butte Wilderness. 

13 (40) THOROBRED WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed14 eral land within the Sawtooth National Forest com15 prising approximately 6,000 acres as generally de16 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

17 llllll, which shall be known as the 

18 Thorobred Wilderness. 

19 (41) WORM CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

20 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

21 Forest comprising approximately 42,000 acres as 

22 generally depicted on the map entitled 

23 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

24 shall be known as the Worm Creek Wilderness. 


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1 (42) SWAN CREEK MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.— 

2 Certain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 

3 National Forest comprising approximately 7,000 

4 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

5 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

6 shall be known as the Swan Creek Wilderness. 

7 (43) GIBSON WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

8 land within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest 

9 comprising approximately 8,000 acres as generally 

10 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

11 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

12 Gibson Wilderness. 

13 (44) PARIS PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed14 eral land within the Caribou-Targhee National For15 est comprising approximately 9,000 acres as gen16 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

17 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

18 the Paris Peak Wilderness. 

19 (45) STATION CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

20 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

21 Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

23 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

24 the Station Creek Wilderness. 


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1 (46) MINK CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed2 eral land within the Caribou-Targhee National For3 est comprising approximately 16,000 acres as gen4 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

5 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

6 the Mink Creek Wilderness. 

7 (47) LIBERTY CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

9 Forest comprising approximately 15,000 acres as 

10 generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the Liberty Creek Wilderness. 

13 (48) WILLIAMS CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

14 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

15 Forest comprising approximately 10,000 acres as 

16 generally depicted on the map entitled 

17 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

18 shall be known as the Williams Creek Wilderness. 

19 (49) STAUFFER CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

20 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

21 Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

23 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

24 the Stauffer Creek Wilderness. 


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1 (50) SHERMAN PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

2 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

3 Forest comprising approximately 8,000 acres as gen4 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

5 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

6 the Sherman Peak Wilderness. 

7 (51) SODA POINT WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed8 eral land within the Caribou-Targhee National For9 est comprising approximately 23,000 acres as gen10 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

11 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

12 the Soda Point Wilderness. 

13 (52) CLARKSTON MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.— 

14 Certain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee 

15 National Forest comprising approximately 16,000 

16 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

17 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

18 shall be known as the Clarkston Mountain Wilder19 ness. 

20 (53) MALAD WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

21 land within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest 

22 comprising approximately 7,000 acres as generally 

23 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

24 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

25 Malad Wilderness. 


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1 (54) OXFORD MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer2 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na3 tional Forest comprising approximately 41,000 acres 

4 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

5 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

6 shall be known as the Oxford Mountain Wilderness. 

7 (55) ELKHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer8 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na9 tional Forest comprising approximately 42,000 acres 

10 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the Elkhorn Mountain Wilderness. 

13 (56) BONNEVILLE PEAK WILDERNESS.—Cer14 tain Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee Na15 tional Forest comprising approximately 32,000 acres 

16 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

17 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

18 shall be known as the Bonneville Peak Wilderness. 

19 (57) NORTH PEBBLE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

20 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

21 Forest comprising approximately 5,000 acres as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

23 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

24 the North Pebble Wilderness. 


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1 (58) TOPONCE WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

2 land within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest 

3 comprising approximately 18,000 acres as generally 

4 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

5 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

6 Toponce Wilderness. 

7 (59) SCOUT MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 

9 Forest comprising approximately 25,000 acres as 

10 generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the Scout Mountain Wilderness. 

13 (60) WEST MINK AREA.—Certain Federal land 

14 within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest com15 prising approximately 20,000 acres as generally de16 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

17 llllll, which shall be known as the West 

18 Mink Wilderness. 

19 (61) CUDDY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

20 Federal land within the Payette National Forest 

21 comprising approximately 41,000 acres as generally 

22 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

23 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

24 Cuddy Mountain Wilderness. 


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1 (62) COUNCIL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer2 tain Federal land within the Payette National For3 est comprising approximately 17,000 acres as gen4 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

5 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

6 the Council Mountain Wilderness. 

7 (63) MCCULLOUGH PEAKS WILDERNESS.—Cer8 tain Federal land administered by the Cody Field 

9 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com10 prising approximately 38,000 acres as generally de11 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

12 llllll, which shall be known as the 

13 McCullough Peaks Wilderness. 

14 (64) TATMAN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer15 tain Federal land administered by the Worland Field 

16 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com17 prising approximately 25,000 acres as generally de18 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

19 llllll, which shall be known as the Tatman 

20 Mountain Wilderness. 

21 (65) FIVEMILE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

22 Federal land administered by the Worland Field Of23 fice of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 

24 approximately 24,000 acres as generally depicted on 

25 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Fivemile Creek Mountain Wilderness. 

3 (66) BOBCAT DRAW BADLANDS WILDERNESS.— 

4 Certain Federal land administered by the Worland 

5 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management 

6 comprising approximately 30,000 acres as generally 

7 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

8 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

9 Bobcat Draw Wilderness. 

10 (67) CEDAR BIGHORN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

11 Federal land administered by the Worland Field Of12 fice of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 

13 approximately 39,000 acres as generally depicted on 

14 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

15 llllll, which shall be known as the Cedar 

16 Bighorn Wilderness. 

17 (68) COPPER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer18 tain Federal land administered by the Lander Field 

19 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com20 prising approximately 7,000 acres as generally de21 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

22 llllll, which shall be known as the Copper 

23 Mountain Wilderness. 

24 (69) FULLER PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

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1 fice of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 

2 approximately 10,000 acres as generally depicted on 

3 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

4 llllll, which shall be known as the Fuller 

5 Peak Wilderness. 

6 (70) LYSITE BADLANDS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

7 Federal land administered by the Lander Field Of8 fice of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 

9 approximately 14,000 acres as generally depicted on 

10 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

11 llllll, which shall be known as the Lysite 

12 Badlands Wilderness. 

13 (71) HOODOO MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer14 tain Federal land within the public lands adminis15 tered by the Missoula Field Office of the Bureau of 

16 Land Management comprising approximately 11,000 

17 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

18 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

19 shall be known as the Hoodoo Mountain Wilderness. 

20 (72) WALES CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

21 Federal lands within the public lands administered 

22 by the Missoula Field Office of the Bureau of Land 

23 Management comprising approximately 12,000 acres 

24 as generally depicted on the map entitled 


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1 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

2 shall be known as the Wales Creek Wilderness. 

3 SEC. 108. WILDERNESS IN BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING COR4 RIDORS. 

5 (a) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 

6 and increasingly isolated ecological treasure of island 

7 mountain ranges in biological connecting corridors, the 

8 areas described in this section, are hereby designated as 

9 wilderness. 

10 (b) SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS/CONTINENTAL DIVIDE

11 CORRIDOR.—The following areas in this corridor, des12 ignated in title II, are hereby designated as wilderness: 

13 (1) WELCOME CREEK WILDERNESS ADDI14 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Lolo Na15 tional Forest comprising approximately 1,000 acres, 

16 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

17 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, which 

18 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

19 Welcome Creek Wilderness. 

20 (2) ANACONDA-PINTLER WILDERNESS ADDI21 TION.—Certain Federal land within the Bitterroot 

22 and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest com23 prising approximately 194,000 acres, as generally 

24 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

25 dated llllll, which shall be added to and 


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1 administered as part of the Anaconda-Pintler Wil2 derness. 

3 (3) STONY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Bitterroot, Lolo and Beaver5 head-Deerlodge National Forest comprising approxi6 mately 120,000 acres, as generally depicted on the 

7 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

8 llllll, which shall be known as the Stony 

9 Mountain Wilderness. 

10 (4) QUIGG PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed11 eral land within the Lolo and Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

12 National Forests and land administered by the Mis13 soula Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage14 ment comprising approximately 77,000 acres, as 

15 generally depicted on the map entitled 

16 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

17 shall be known as the Quigg Peak Wilderness. 

18 (5) SILVER KING WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed19 eral land within the Lolo and Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

20 National Forest comprising approximately 50,000 

21 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

22 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

23 shall be known as the Silver King Wilderness. 

24 (6) EMERINE WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

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1 est comprising approximately 15,000 acres, as gen2 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

3 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

4 the Emerine Wilderness. 

5 (7) SLEEPING CHILD WILDERNESS.—Certain 

6 Federal land within the Bitterroot National Forest 

7 comprising approximately 21,000 acres, as generally 

8 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

9 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

10 Sleeping Child Wilderness. 

11 (c) JOCKO MOUNTAINS/CABINET MOUNTAINS COR12 RIDOR.—The following areas in this corridor, designated 

13 in title II, are hereby designated as wilderness: 

14 (1) MOUNT BUSHNELL WILDERNESS.—Certain 

15 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest com16 prising approximately 42,000 acres, as generally de17 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

18 llllll, which shall be known as the Mount 

19 Bushnell Wilderness. 

20 (2) CHERRY PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed21 eral land within the Lolo National Forest comprising 

22 approximately 38,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

23 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

24 lllll, which shall be known as the Cherry 

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1 (3) PATRICK’S KNOB/NORTH CUTOFF.—Certain 

2 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest com3 prising approximately 17,000 acres, as generally de4 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

5 llllll, which shall be known as the Pat6 rick’s Knob/North Cutoff Wilderness. 

7 (4) SOUTH SIEGEL/SOUTH CUTOFF WILDER8 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Lolo Na9 tional Forest comprising approximately 13,000 

10 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the South Siegel Wilderness. 

13 (5) NORTH SIEGEL WILDERNESS.—Certain 

14 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest com15 prising approximately 9,000 acres, as generally de16 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

17 llllll, which shall be known as the North 

18 Siegel Wilderness. 

19 (6) RESERVATION DIVIDE WILDERNESS.—Cer20 tain Federal land within the Lolo National Forest 

21 comprising approximately 19,000 acres, as generally 

22 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

23 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

24 Reservation Divide Wilderness. 


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1 (d) NINE MILE/GREAT BURN CORRIDOR.—The fol2 lowing areas in t his corridor, designated in title II, are 

3 hereby designated as wilderness: 

4 (1) BURDETTE WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

5 land within the Lolo National Forest comprising ap6 proximately 16,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

7 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

8 llllll, which shall be known as the 

9 Burdette Wilderness. 

10 (2) PETTY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

11 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest com12 prising approximately 16,000 acres, as generally de13 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

14 llllll, which shall be known as the Petty 

15 Mountain Wilderness. 

16 (3) GILLMAN CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

17 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest com18 prising approximately 8,000 acres, as generally de19 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

20 llllll, which shall be known as the Gillman 

21 Creek Wilderness. 

22 (e) ANACONDA-PINTLER-DIVIDE CORRIDOR.—The 

23 following areas in this corridor, designated in title II, are 

24 hereby designated as wilderness: 


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1 (1) FLEECER WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

2 land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National For3 est comprising approximately 36,000 acres, as gen4 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

5 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

6 the Fleecer Wilderness. 

7 (2) HIGHLANDS WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed8 eral land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 

9 Forest comprising approximately 21,000 acres, as 

10 generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the Highlands Wilderness. 

13 (3) BASIN CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed14 eral land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 

15 Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres, as 

16 generally depicted on the map entitled 

17 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

18 shall be known as the Basin Creek Wilderness. 

19 (4) GRANULATED MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.— 

20 Certain Federal land within the Beaverhead21 Deerlodge National Forest comprising approximately 

22 14,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti23 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

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1 (5) LOWER BOULDER WILDERNESS.—Certain 

2 Federal land administered by the Butte Field Office 

3 of the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap4 proximately 6,000 acres, as generally depicted on the 

5 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

6 llllll, which shall be known as the Lower 

7 Boulder Wilderness. 

8 (6) RUBY RANGE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed9 eral land administered by the Dillon Field Office of 

10 the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap11 proximately 27,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

12 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 lllllllllll, which shall be known as 

14 the Ruby Range Wilderness. 

15 (7) HUMBUG SPIRES WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land administered by the Butte Field Office 

17 of the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap18 proximately 12,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

19 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

20 lllllllll, which shall be known as the 

21 Humbug Spires Wilderness. 

22 (f) TEN LAKES/CABINET/YAAK CORRIDOR.—The fol23 lowing areas in this corridor, designated in title II, are 

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1 (1) GOLD HILL WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

2 land within the Kootenai National Forest comprising 

3 approximately 6,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

4 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

5 llllll, which shall be known as the Gold 

6 Hill Wilderness. 

7 (2) GOLD HILL WEST WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 Federal land within the Kootenai National Forest 

9 comprising approximately 16,000 acres, as generally 

10 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

11 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

12 Gold Hill West Wilderness. 

13 (3) ZULU CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed14 eral land within the Kootenai National Forest com15 prising approximately 6,000 acres, as generally de16 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

17 llllll, which shall be known as the Zulu 

18 Creek Wilderness. 

19 (4) GOOD CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed20 eral land within the Kootenai National Forest com21 prising approximately 8,000 acres, as generally de22 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

23 llllll, which shall be known as the Good 

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1 (g) CABINET/YAAK/GREAT BURN COMPLEX COR2 RIDOR.—The following areas in this corridor, designated 

3 in title II, are hereby designated as wilderness: 

4 (1) MAPLE PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed5 eral land within the Lolo, Idaho Panhandle, and 

6 Kootenai National Forests comprising approximately 

7 19,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti8 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

9 shall be known as the Maple Peak Wilderness. 

10 (2) STORM CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed11 eral land within the Idaho Panhandle and Kootenai 

12 National Forest comprising approximately 8,000 

13 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

14 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

15 shall be known as the Storm Creek Wilderness. 

16 (3) HAMMOND CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

17 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

18 Forest comprising approximately 17,000 acres, as 

19 generally depicted on the map entitled 

20 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

21 shall be known as the Hammond Creek Wilderness. 

22 (4) NORTH FORK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed23 eral land within the Idaho Panhandle National For24 est comprising approximately 31,000 acres, as gen25 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 


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1 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

2 the North Fork Wilderness. 

3 (5) BIG CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

4 land within the Idaho Panhandle National Forest 

5 comprising approximately 76,000 acres, as generally 

6 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

7 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

8 Big Creek Wilderness. 

9 (6) BOBTAIL PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

10 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

11 Forest comprising approximately 12,000 acres, as 

12 generally depicted on the map entitled 

13 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

14 shall be known as the Bobtail Peak Wilderness. 

15 (7) EAST CATHEDRAL PEAK WILDERNESS.— 

16 Certain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle 

17 National Forest comprising approximately 22,000 

18 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

19 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

20 shall be known as the East Cathedral Peak Wilder21 ness. 

22 (8) EAST FORK ELK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

23 Federal land within the Kootenai National Forest 

24 comprising approximately 7,000 acres, as generally 

25 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 East Fork Elk Wilderness. 

3 (9) WEST FORK ELK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Kootenai National Forest 

5 comprising approximately 5,000 acres, as generally 

6 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

7 dated lllll, which shall be known as the 

8 West Fork Elk Wilderness. 

9 (10) SPION KOP WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed10 eral land within the Idaho Panhandle National For11 est comprising approximately 22,000 acres, as gen12 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

13 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

14 the Spion Kop Wilderness. 

15 (11) ROLAND POINT WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National 

17 Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres, as 

18 generally depicted on the map entitled 

19 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

20 shall be known as the Roland Point Wilderness. 

21 (12) TROUT CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

22 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle and 

23 Kootenai National Forests comprising approximately 

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1 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

2 shall be known as the Trout Creek Wilderness. 

3 (13) WONDERFUL PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle and Lolo 

5 National Forest comprising approximately 6,000 

6 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

7 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

8 shall be known as the Wonderful Peak Wilderness. 

9 (14) STEVENS PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

10 Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle and Lolo 

11 National Forest comprising approximately 5,000 

12 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

13 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

14 shall be known as the Stevens Peak Wilderness. 

15 (15) EVANS GULCH WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest com17 prising approximately 8,000 acres, as generally de18 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

19 llllll, which shall be known as the Evans 

20 Gulch Wilderness. 

21 (16) GILT EDGE-SILVER CREEK WILDERNESS.— 

22 Certain Federal land within the Lolo National For23 est comprising approximately 10,000 acres, as gen24 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 


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1 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

2 the Gilt Edge-Silver Creek Wilderness. 

3 (17) WARD EAGLE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed4 eral land within the Lolo National Forest comprising 

5 approximately 9,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

6 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

7 llllll, which shall be known as the Ward 

8 Eagle Wilderness. 

9 (18) MARBLE POINT WILDERNESS.—Certain 

10 Federal land within the Lolo National Forest com11 prising approximately 13,000 acres, as generally de12 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be known as the Marble 

14 Point Wilderness. 

15 (h) ANACONDA-PINTLER/BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS

16 CORRIDOR.—The following areas in this corridor, des17 ignated in title II, are hereby designated as wilderness: 

18 (1) WEST PIONEERS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

19 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na20 tional Forest comprising approximately 230,000 

21 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

22 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

23 shall be known as the West Pioneers Wilderness. 

24 (2) CATTLE GULCH RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Cer25 tain Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 


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1 National Forest comprising approximately 19,000 

2 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

3 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

4 shall be known as the Cattle Gulch Ridge Wilder5 ness. 

6 (3) EAST PIONEERS/CALL MOUNTAIN WILDER7 NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Beaverhead8 Deerlodge National Forests and land administered 

9 by the Dillon Field Office of the Bureau of Land 

10 Management comprising approximately 160,000 

11 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

12 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

13 shall be known as the East Pioneers/Call Mountain 

14 Wilderness. 

15 (i) FRANK CHURCH/GREATER YELLOWSTONE COR16 RIDOR.—The following areas in this corridor, designated 

17 in title II, are hereby designated as wilderness: 

18 (1) TOLAN CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed19 eral land within the Bitterroot National Forest com20 prising approximately 7,000 acres, as generally de21 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

22 llllll, which shall be known as the Tolan 

23 Creek Wilderness. 

24 (2) ALLAN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

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1 Challis National Forest comprising approximately 

2 151,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map en3 titled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, 

4 which shall be known as the Allan Mountain Wilder5 ness. 

6 (3) ANDERSON MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer7 tain Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

8 and Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising ap9 proximately 49,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

10 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

11 llllll, which shall be known as the Ander12 son Mountain Wilderness. 

13 (4) WEST BIG HOLE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

14 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge and 

15 Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approxi16 mately 210,000 acres, as generally depicted on the 

17 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

18 llllll, which shall be known as the West 

19 Big Hole Wilderness. 

20 (5) GOAT MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

21 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge and 

22 Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approxi23 mately 45,000 acres, as generally depicted on the 

24 map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 


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1 llllll, which shall be known as the Goat 

2 Mountain Wilderness. 

3 (6) ITALIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, 

5 Salmon-Challis, and Caribou-Targhee National For6 est and land administered by the Salmon Field Of7 fice of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 

8 approximately 305,000 acres, as generally depicted 

9 on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

10 llllll, which shall be known as the Italian 

11 Peaks Wilderness. 

12 (7) GARFIELD MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer13 tain Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

14 and Caribou-Targhee National Forest comprising 

15 approximately 92,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

16 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

17 llllll, which shall be known as the Garfield 

18 Mountain Wilderness. 

19 (8) FOUR EYES CANYON WILDERNESS.—Certain 

20 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na21 tional Forest comprising approximately 8,000 acres, 

22 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

23 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

24 shall be known as the Four Eyes Canyon Wilder25 ness. 


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1 (9) TENDOY MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.—Cer2 tain Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

3 National Forests and land administered by the Dil4 lon Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management 

5 comprising approximately 83,000 acres, as generally 

6 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

7 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

8 Tendoy Mountains Wilderness. 

9 (10) HENNEBERRY RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Cer10 tain Federal land administered by the Dillon Field 

11 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com12 prising approximately 12,000 acres, as generally de13 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

14 lllllllllll, which shall be known as 

15 the Henneberry Ridge Wilderness. 

16 (11) BLACK TAIL MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.— 

17 Certain Federal land administered by the Dillon 

18 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management 

19 comprising approximately 15,000 acres, as generally 

20 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

21 dated lllllllll, which shall be known 

22 as the Black Tail Mountains Wilderness. 

23 (12) SAGINAW CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

24 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na25 tional Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres, 


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1 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

2 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

3 shall be known as the Saginaw Creek Wilderness. 

4 (13) TASH PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed5 eral land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 

6 Forest comprising approximately 53,000 acres, as 

7 generally depicted on the map entitled 

8 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

9 shall be known as the Tash Peak Wilderness. 

10 (14) BEAVER LAKES WILDERNESS.—Certain 

11 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na12 tional Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres, 

13 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

14 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

15 shall be known as the Beaver Lakes Wilderness. 

16 (15) AGENCY CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

17 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

18 Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres, as 

19 generally depicted on the map entitled 

20 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

21 shall be known as the Agency Creek Wilderness. 

22 (16) FREEZEOUT WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed23 eral land within the Caribou-Targhee and Beaver24 head-Deerlodge National Forests comprising ap25 proximately 37,000 acres, as generally depicted on 


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1 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

2 llllll, which shall be known as the 

3 Freezeout Wilderness. 

4 (17) TWO TOP WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

5 land within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest 

6 comprising approximately 7,000 acres, as generally 

7 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

8 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

9 Two Top Wilderness. 

10 (18) CENTENNIALS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

11 Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee and Bea12 verhead-Deerlodge National Forests and land admin13 istered by the Dillon Field Office of the Bureau of 

14 Land Management comprising approximately 88,000 

15 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

16 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

17 shall be known as the Centennials Wilderness. 

18 (19) LITTLE BEAR CREEK WILDERNESS.—Cer19 tain Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

20 National Forest comprising approximately 7,000 

21 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

22 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

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1 (j) LEMHI MOUNTAINS CORRIDOR.—The following 

2 areas in this corridor, designated in title II, are hereby 

3 designated as wilderness: 

4 (1) NORTH LEMHI MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.— 

5 Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis Na6 tional Forest and land administered by the Challis 

7 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management 

8 comprising approximately 309,000 acres, as gen9 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

10 and dated llllll, which shall be known as 

11 the North Lemhi Mountains Wilderness. 

12 (2) SOUTH LEMHI WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed13 eral land within the Salmon-Challis, and Caribou14 Targhee National Forests and land administered by 

15 the Upper Snake Field Office of the Bureau of Land 

16 Management comprising approximately 173,000 

17 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

18 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

19 shall be known as the South Lemhi Wilderness. 

20 (3) WARM CANYON WILDERNESS.—Certain 

21 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

22 Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres, as 

23 generally depicted on the map entitled 

24 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

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1 (4) GOLDBUG RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 

2 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

3 Forest comprising approximately 13,000 acres, as 

4 generally depicted on the map entitled 

5 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

6 shall be known as the Goldbug Ridge Wilderness. 

7 (5) SAL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 

9 Forest comprising approximately 14,000 acres, as 

10 generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

12 shall be known as the Sal Mountain Wilderness. 

13 (k) LOST RIVER RANGE CORRIDOR.—The following 

14 areas in this corridor, designated in title II, are hereby 

15 designated as wilderness: 

16 (1) BORAH PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed17 eral land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest 

18 and land administered by the Challis Field Office of 

19 the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap20 proximately 155,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

21 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

22 llllll, which shall be known as the Borah 

23 Peak Wilderness. 

24 (2) KING MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

25 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 


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1 Forest comprising approximately 87,000 acres, as 

2 generally depicted on the map entitled 

3 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

4 shall be known as the King Mountain Wilderness. 

5 (3) GROUSE PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed6 eral land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest 

7 comprising approximately 9,000 acres, as generally 

8 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

9 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

10 Grouse Peak Wilderness. 

11 (4) RED HILL WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

12 land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest com13 prising approximately 15,000 acres, as generally de14 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

15 llllll, which shall be known as the Red 

16 Hill Wilderness. 

17 (5) JUMPOFF MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer18 tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis Na19 tional Forest comprising approximately 14,000 

20 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

21 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

22 shall be known as the Jumpoff Mountain Wilder23 ness. 

24 (6) WOOD CANYON WILDERNESS.—Certain 

25 Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 


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1 Forest comprising approximately 8,000 acres, as 

2 generally depicted on the map entitled 

3 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

4 shall be known as the Wood Canyon Wilderness. 

5 (7) PAHSIMEROI WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed6 eral land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest 

7 comprising approximately 73,000 acres, as generally 

8 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

9 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

10 Pahsimeroi Wilderness. 

11 (8) BURNT CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed12 eral land administered by the Upper Snake and 

13 Challis Field Offices of the Bureau of Land Manage14 ment comprising approximately 22,000 acres, as 

15 generally depicted on the map entitled 

16 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

17 shall be known as the Burnt Creek Wilderness. 

18 (9) HAWLEY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

19 Federal land administered by the Upper Snake Field 

20 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com21 prising approximately 17,000 acres, as generally de22 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

23 llllll, which shall be known as the Hawley 

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1 (l) BOULDER/WHITE CLOUDS/LOST RIVER RANGE

2 CORRIDOR.—The following areas in this corridor, des3 ignated in title II, are hereby designated as wilderness: 

4 (1) JERRY PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed5 eral land administered by the Challis Field Office of 

6 the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap7 proximately 28,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

8 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

9 llllll, which shall be known as the Jerry 

10 Peak Wilderness. 

11 (2) JERRY PEAK WEST WILDERNESS.—Certain 

12 Federal land administered by the Challis Field Of13 fice of Bureau of Land Management comprising ap14 proximately 12,000 acres, as generally depicted on 

15 the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

16 llllll, which shall be known as the Jerry 

17 Peak West Wilderness. 

18 (3) CORRAL-HORSE BASIN WILDERNESS.—Cer19 tain Federal land administered by the Challis Field 

20 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com21 prising approximately 47,000 acres, as generally de22 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

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1 (4) APPENDICITIS HILL WILDERNESS.—Certain 

2 Federal land administered by the Upper Snake Field 

3 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com4 prising approximately 22,000 acres, as generally de5 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

6 llllll, which shall be known as the Appen7 dicitis Hill Wilderness. 

8 (5) WHITE-KNOB MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.— 

9 Certain Federal land administered by the Upper 

10 Snake Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage11 ment comprising approximately 10,000 acres, as 

12 generally depicted on the map entitled 

13 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

14 shall be known as the White-Knob Mountains Wil15 derness. 

16 (m) GREATER GLACIER/GREATER YELLOWSTONE

17 CORRIDOR.—The following areas in this corridor, des18 ignated in title II, are hereby designated as wilderness: 

19 (1) TENDERFOOT WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed20 eral land within the Lewis and Clark National For21 est comprising approximately 105,000 acres, as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

23 and dated lllll, which shall be known as the 

24 Tenderfoot Wilderness. 


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1 (2) MIDDLE FORK JUDITH WILDERNESS.—Cer2 tain Federal land within the Lewis and Clark Na3 tional Forest comprising approximately 84,000 

4 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

5 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, which 

6 shall be known as the Middle Fork Judith Wilder7 ness. 

8 (3) PILGRIM CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

9 Federal land within the Lewis and Clark National 

10 Forest comprising approximately 47,000 acres, as 

11 generally depicted on the map entitled 

12 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, which 

13 shall be known as the Pilgrim Creek Wilderness. 

14 (4) PAINE GULCH WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed15 eral land within the Lewis and Clark National For16 est comprising approximately 8,000 acres, as gen17 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

18 and dated lllll, which shall be known as the 

19 Paine Gulch Wilderness. 

20 (5) SAWMILL GULCH WILDERNESS.—Certain 

21 Federal land within the Lewis and Clark National 

22 Forest comprising approximately 12,000 acres, as 

23 generally depicted on the map entitled 

24 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, which 

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1 (6) SPRING CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed2 eral land within the Lewis and Clark National For3 est comprising approximately 18,000 acres, as gen4 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

5 and dated lllll, which shall be known as the 

6 Spring Creek Wilderness. 

7 (7) TW MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 Federal land within the Lewis and Clark National 

9 Forest comprising approximately 8,000 acres, as 

10 generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, which 

12 shall be known as the TW Mountain Wilderness. 

13 (8) BIG BALDY WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

14 land within the Lewis and Clark National Forest 

15 comprising approximately 43,000 acres, as generally 

16 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

17 dated lllll, which shall be known as the Big 

18 Baldy Wilderness. 

19 (9) STANFORD WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

20 land within the Lewis and Clark National Forest 

21 comprising approximately 10,000 acres, as generally 

22 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

23 dated lllll, which shall be known as the 

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1 (10) TOLLGATE-SHEEP WILDERNESS.—Certain 

2 Federal land within the Lewis and Clark National 

3 Forest comprising approximately 25,000 acres, as 

4 generally depicted on the map entitled 

5 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, which 

6 shall be known as the Tollgate-Sheep Wilderness. 

7 (11) MOUNT HIGH WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed8 eral land within the Lewis and Clark National For9 est comprising approximately 33,000 acres, as gen10 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

11 and dated lllll, which shall be known as the 

12 Mount High Wilderness. 

13 (12) BLUFF MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

14 Federal land within the Lewis and Clark National 

15 Forest comprising approximately 37,000 acres, as 

16 generally depicted on the map entitled 

17 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, which 

18 shall be known as the Bluff Mountain Wilderness. 

19 (13) NORTH FORK SMITH WILDERNESS.—Cer20 tain Federal land within the Lewis and Clark Na21 tional Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres, 

22 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

23 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, which 

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1 (14) BIG SNOWIES WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed2 eral land within the Lewis and Clark National For3 est and land administered by the Lewistown Field 

4 Office of the Bureau of Land Management com5 prising approximately 105,000 acres, as generally 

6 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

7 dated lllll, which shall be known as the Big 

8 Snowies Wilderness. 

9 (15) HIGHWOODS WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed10 eral land within the Lewis and Clark National For11 est comprising approximately 25,000 acres, as gen12 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

13 and dated lllll, which shall be known as the 

14 Highwoods Wilderness. 

15 (16) HIGHWOOD BALDY WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Lewis and Clark National 

17 Forest comprising approximately 16,000 acres, as 

18 generally depicted on the map entitled 

19 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, which 

20 shall be known as the Highwood Baldy Wilderness. 

21 (17) CALF CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed22 eral land within the Lewis and Clark National For23 est comprising approximately 10,000 acres, as gen24 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 


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1 and dated lllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Calf Creek Wilderness. 

3 (18) EAGLE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Lewis and Clark National 

5 Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres, as 

6 generally depicted on the map entitled 

7 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, which 

8 shall be known as the Eagle Creek Wilderness. 

9 (19) CASTLE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.—Cer10 tain Federal land within the Lewis and Clark Na11 tional Forest comprising approximately 28,000 

12 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

13 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, which 

14 shall be known as the Castle Mountains Wilderness. 

15 (20) BOX CANYON WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed16 eral land within the Lewis and Clark National For17 est comprising approximately 15,000 acres, as gen18 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 

19 and dated lllll, which shall be known as the 

20 Box Canyon Wilderness. 

21 (21) CRAZY MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

22 Federal land within the Lewis and Clark National 

23 Forest and the Custer Gallatin National Forest com24 prising approximately 159,000 acres, as generally 

25 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Crazy Mountains Wilderness. 

3 (22) GATES OF THE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS

4 ADDITION.—Certain Federal land within the Helena 

5 National Forest comprising approximately 20,000 

6 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

7 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

8 shall be added to and administered as part of the 

9 Gates of the Mountain Wilderness. 

10 (23) LAZYMAN GULCH WILDERNESS.—Certain 

11 Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

12 comprising approximately 11,000 acres, as generally 

13 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

14 dated lllll, which shall be known as the 

15 Lazyman Gulch Wilderness. 

16 (24) BIG BIRCH POND WILDERNESS.—Certain 

17 Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

18 comprising approximately 19,000 acres, as generally 

19 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

20 dated lllll, which shall be known as the Big 

21 Birch Pond Wilderness. 

22 (25) CAMAS CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

23 Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

24 comprising approximately 27,000 acres, as generally 

25 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Camas Creek Wilderness. 

3 (26) JERICHO MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer4 tain Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

5 comprising approximately 12,000 acres, as generally 

6 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

7 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

8 Jericho Mountain Wilderness. 

9 (27) IRISH GULCH WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed10 eral land within the Helena National Forest com11 prising approximately 7,000 acres, as generally de12 picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 

13 llllll, which shall be known as the Irish 

14 Gulch Wilderness. 

15 (28) GRASSY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 

16 Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

17 comprising approximately 7,000 acres, as generally 

18 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

19 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

20 Grassy Mountain Wilderness. 

21 (29) MIDDLEMAN/HEDGES WILDERNESS.—Cer22 tain Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

23 comprising approximately 34,000 acres, as generally 

24 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 


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1 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Middleman/Hedges Wilderness. 

3 (30) HELLGATE GULCH WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

5 comprising approximately 17,000 acres, as generally 

6 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

7 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

8 Hellgate Gulch Wilderness. 

9 (31) CAYUSE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer10 tain Federal land within the Helena National Forest 

11 comprising approximately 22,000 acres, as generally 

12 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

13 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

14 Cayuse Mountain Wilderness. 

15 (32) ELECTRIC PEAK/LITTLE BLACKFOOT

16 MEADOWS WILDERNESS, BEAVERHEAD-DEERLODGE

17 AND HELENA NATIONAL FORESTS.—Certain Federal 

18 land within the Helena and Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

19 National Forest comprising approximately 53,000 

20 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

21 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

22 shall be known as the Electric Peak/Little Blackfoot 

23 Meadows Wilderness. 

24 (33) WHITETAIL-HAYSTACK WILDERNESS.— 

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1 Deerlodge National Forest comprising approximately 

2 73,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti3 tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

4 shall be known as the Whitetail-Haystack Wilder5 ness. 

6 (34) O’NEIL CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

7 Federal land within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Na8 tional Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres, 

9 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

10 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 

11 shall be known as the O’Neil Creek Wilderness. 

12 (35) BANGTAIL WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 

13 land within the Custer Gallatin National Forest 

14 comprising approximately 51,000 acres, as generally 

15 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

16 dated llllll, which shall be known as the 

17 Bangtail Wilderness. 

18 (n) MT. LEIDY HIGHLANDS/WIND RIVER RANGE

19 CORRIDOR.—The following area in this corridor, des20 ignated in title II, is hereby designated as wilderness: 

21 (1) FISH LAKE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer22 tain Federal land within the Shoshone National For23 est comprising approximately 7,000 acres, as gen24 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 


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1 and dated lllll, which shall be known as the 

2 Fish Lake Mountain Wilderness. 

3 SEC. 109. ADMINISTRATION. 

4 (a) MANAGEMENT GENERALLY.—Subject to valid ex5 isting rights, land designated as wilderness by this title 

6 shall be administered in accordance with the Wilderness 

7 Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) by the Secretary concerned, 

8 except that— 

9 (1) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the 

10 effective date of the Wilderness Act or any similar 

11 reference shall be deemed to be a reference to the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act; 

13 (2) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the 

14 Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a 

15 reference to Secretary concerned; and 

16 (3) the Secretaries shall, to the greatest extent 

17 possible, coordinate the management of those wilder18 ness areas containing land administered by more 

19 than one Federal land management agency. 

20 (b) MAPS AND DESCRIPTION.—As soon as prac21 ticable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

22 Secretary concerned shall file a map and legal description 

23 of the land designated as wilderness by this title with— 

24 (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re25 sources of the Senate; and 


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1 (2) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 (c) FORCE AND EFFECT.—Each map and legal de4 scription shall have the same force and effect as if in5 cluded in this Act, except that the Secretary concerned 

6 may correct clerical and typographical errors in the maps 

7 and legal descriptions. 

8 (d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de9 scription filed under subsection (a) shall be on file and 

10 available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief 

11 of the Forest Service, the Office of the Director of the 

12 Bureau of Land Management, or the Office of the Direc13 tor of the National Park Service, as appropriate. 

14 SEC. 110. WATER. 

15 (a) RESERVATION.—With respect to the lands des16 ignated as wilderness by this title, the Congress hereby 

17 reserves a quantity of water sufficient to fulfill the pur18 poses for which the lands are designated as wilderness. 

19 The priority date of such reserved rights shall be the date 

20 of enactment of this Act. 

21 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Agri22 culture, the Secretary of the Interior, and all other officers 

23 of the United States shall take all steps necessary to pro24 tect the rights reserved by subsection (a), including the 

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1 present or future appropriate stream adjudication, in a 

2 court of the State of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, 

3 or Washington, in which the United States has been or 

4 is properly joined in accordance with section 208 of the 

5 Act of July 10, 1952 (43 U.S.C. 666; commonly referred 

6 to as the McCarran Amendment). 

7 TITLE II—BIOLOGICAL 

8 CONNECTING CORRIDORS 

9 SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 

10 The Congress makes the following findings: 

11 (1) The most recent scientific information on 

12 ecological reserve design and function, including re13 cent scientific information on species dispersal in re14 sponse to a changing climate, points out the critical 

15 need for biological connecting corridors between the 

16 larger core ecosystem areas. 

17 (2) While none of the remaining major wild 

18 land ecosystems of the Northern Rockies Bioregion 

19 appears to be of sufficient size to perpetuate the full 

20 complement of self-sustaining viable populations of 

21 native wildlife, biological diversity, and full range of 

22 ecological processes on its own, it appears that an 

23 effective reserve system can be achieved if biological 

24 connecting corridors between the ecosystems are 

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1 (3) The wild land areas addressed by this title 

2 are located between the major core ecosystems of the 

3 region and are essential for wildlife and plant migra4 tion and genetic interchange. 

5 (4) These areas are some of the most beautiful 

6 and wild mountain ranges in the United States, in7 cluding the Bitterroot, Sapphire, Lost River, Lemhi, 

8 and Bridger mountain ranges. 

9 SEC. 202. DESIGNATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING COR10 RIDORS. 

11 (a) DESIGNATION.—To protect the life flow of the 

12 Northern Rockies Bioregion, the areas described in this 

13 section are hereby designated as biological connecting cor14 ridors. The designated biological connecting corridors are 

15 of two types, areas designated as components of the Na16 tional Wilderness Preservation System in title I and areas 

17 subject to special corridor management requirements 

18 under section 203 in this title. Each biological connecting 

19 corridor shall be known by the name given it in the sub20 section establishing it. Each map shall be on file and avail21 able for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the 

22 Forest Service and the Office of the Director of the Bu23 reau of Land Management. 

24 (b) SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS/CONTINENTAL DIVIDE

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1 mately 120,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map 

2 entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, admin3 istered by the Bitterroot, Beaverhead-Deerlodge, or Lolo 

4 National Forest and land administered by the Missoula 

5 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are des6 ignated as Sapphire Mountains/Continental Divide Cor7 ridor and shall be subject to the special corridor manage8 ment requirements under section 203. 

9 (c) JOCKO MOUNTAINS/CABINET MOUNTAINS COR10 RIDOR.—Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 

11 129,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

12 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, administered by 

13 the Lolo National Forest are designated as Jocko Moun14 tains/Cabinet Mountains Corridor and shall be subject to 

15 the special corridor management requirements under sec16 tion 203. 

17 (d) NINE MILE/GREAT BURN CORRIDORS.—Certain 

18 Federal lands comprising approximately 73,000 acres, as 

19 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

20 dated llllll, administered by the Lolo National 

21 Forest are designated as Nine Mile/Great Burn Corridor 

22 and shall be subject to the special corridor management 

23 requirements under section 203. 

24 (e) ANACONDA-PINTLER-DIVIDE CORRIDORS.—Cer25 tain Federal lands comprising approximately 260,000 


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1 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

2 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, within the 

3 Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and land adminis4 tered by the Dillon or Butte Field Offices of the Bureau 

5 of Land Management are designated as Anaconda-Pintler6 Divide Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor 

7 management requirements under section 203. 

8 (f) TEN LAKES/CABINET/YAAK CORRIDORS.—Cer9 tain Federal lands comprising approximately 310,000 

10 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, within the 

12 Kootenai National Forest are designated as Ten Lakes/ 

13 Cabinet/Yaak Corridor and shall be subject to the special 

14 corridor management requirements under section 203. 

15 (g) CABINET/YAAK/GREAT BURN COMPLEX COR16 RIDOR.—Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 

17 205,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

18 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, within the Idaho 

19 Panhandle, Lolo or Kootenai National Forest are des20 ignated as Cabinet/Yaak/Great Burn Complex Corridor 

21 and shall be subject to the special corridor management 

22 requirements under section 203. 

23 (h) CABINET/YAAK/SELKIRK CORRIDORS.—Certain 

24 Federal lands comprising approximately 96,000 acres, as 

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1 dated llllll, administered by the Idaho Pan2 handle, Kootenai, or Colville National Forest are des3 ignated as the Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk Biological Connecting 

4 Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor man5 agement requirements under section 203. 

6 (i) CABINET/YAAK/CANADA CORRIDORS.—Certain 

7 Federal lands comprising approximately 41,000, as gen8 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

9 dated llllll, within the Idaho Panhandle or 

10 Kootenai National Forest are designated as the Cabinet/ 

11 Yaak/Canada Biological Connecting Corridor and shall be 

12 subject to the special corridor management requirements 

13 under section 203. 

14 (j) ANACONDA-PINTLAR/BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS

15 CORRIDORS.—Certain Federal lands comprising approxi16 mately 147,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map 

17 entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, within 

18 the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and land ad19 ministered by the Dillon Field Office of the Bureau of 

20 Land Management are designated as Anaconda-Pintler/ 

21 Bitterroot Mountains Corridor and shall be subject to the 

22 special corridor management requirements under section 

23 203. 

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1 642,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

2 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, within the Bea3 verhead-Deerlodge, Bitterroot, Caribou-Targhee, or Salm4 on-Challis National Forest and land administered by the 

5 Dillon or Salmon Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man6 agement are designated as the Frank Church/Greater Yel7 lowstone Corridor and shall be subject to the special cor8 ridor management requirements under section 203. 

9 (l) FRENCH CREEK/HELLS CANYON CORRIDORS.— 

10 Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 3,000 

11 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

12 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, within the 

13 Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests or Payette Na14 tional Forest and land administered by the Cottonwood 

15 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are des16 ignated as the French Creek/Hells Canyon Corridor and 

17 shall be subject to the special corridor management re18 quirements under section 203. 

19 (m) LEMHI MOUNTAINS CORRIDORS.—Certain Fed20 eral lands comprising approximately 88,000 acres, as gen21 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

22 dated llllll, within the Caribou-Targhee or 

23 Salmon-Challis National Forest and land administered by 

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1 tains Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor 

2 management requirements under section 203. 

3 (n) LOST RIVER RANGE CORRIDORS.—Certain Fed4 eral lands comprising approximately 64,000 acres, as gen5 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

6 dated llllll, within the Salmon-Challis National 

7 Forest and land administered by the Upper Snake or 

8 Challis Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management 

9 are designated as the Lost River Range Corridor and shall 

10 be subject to the special corridor management require11 ments under section 203. 

12 (o) FRANK CHURCH COMPLEX/LEMHI RANGE COR13 RIDORS.—Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 

14 3,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

15 ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, within the 

16 Salmon-Challis National Forest and land administered by 

17 the Challis Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage18 ment are designated as the Frank Church Complex/Lemhi 

19 Range Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor 

20 management requirements under section 203. 

21 (p) BOULDER/WHITE CLOUDS/LOST RIVER RANGE

22 CORRIDORS.—Certain Federal lands comprising approxi23 mately 88,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map en24 titled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, within the 

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1 the Upper Snake or Challis Field Office of the Bureau 

2 of Land Management are designated as the Boulder/White 

3 Clouds/Lost River Range Corridor and shall be subject to 

4 the special corridor management requirements under sec5 tion 203. 

6 (q) BITTERROOT/LEMHI CORRIDORS.—Certain Fed7 eral lands comprising approximately 20,000 acres, as gen8 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 

9 dated llllll, within the Salmon-Challis National 

10 Forest and land administered by the Challis Field Office 

11 of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as the 

12 Frank Church Complex/Lemhi Range Corridor and shall 

13 be subject to the special corridor management require14 ments under section 203. 

15 (r) GREATER GLACIER/GREATER YELLOWSTONE

16 CORRIDORS.—Certain Federal lands comprising approxi17 mately 542,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map 

18 entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, within 

19 the Custer Gallatin, Helena or Lewis and Clark National 

20 Forest and land administered by the Lewistown Field Of21 fice of the Bureau of Land Management are designated 

22 as the Greater Glacier/Greater Yellowstone Corridor and 

23 shall be subject to the special corridor management re24 quirements under section 203. 


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1 (s) MT. LEIDY HIGHLANDS/WIND RIVER RANGE

2 CORRIDORS.—Certain Federal lands comprising approxi3 mately 69,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map en4 titled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, within the 

5 Bridger-Teton or Shoshone National Forest and land ad6 ministered by the Lewistown Field Office of the Bureau 

7 of Land Management are designated as the Mt. Leidy 

8 Highlands/Wind River Range Corridor and shall be sub9 ject to the special corridor management requirements 

10 under section 203. 

11 SEC. 203. TREATMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING COR12 RIDORS. 

13 Those portions of the biological connecting corridors 

14 designated by section 202 are hereby designated as special 

15 corridor management areas and shall be managed accord16 ing to the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (16 

17 U.S.C. 528 et seq.) and other applicable laws, and in the 

18 following manner: 

19 (1) The practice of even-aged silvicultural man20 agement and timber harvesting is prohibited within 

21 the special corridor management areas. 

22 (2) Subject to valid existing rights, mining, oil, 

23 and gas exploration and development and new road 

24 construction or reconstruction is prohibited within 

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1 (3) The Federal land management agency re2 sponsible for the administration of a special corridor 

3 management area or portion thereof shall take im4 mediate steps to ensure that road densities within 

5 the biological connecting corridor approach, as near6 ly as possible, zero miles of road per square mile of 

7 land area. Such road density shall not exceed 0.25 

8 miles per square mile, using the method known as 

9 the ‘‘moving window’’ method. 

10 SEC. 204. APPLICABILITY OF TITLE. 

11 (a) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.—This 

12 title shall apply only to National Forest System lands and 

13 lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Man14 agement and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 

15 (b) PRIVATE LAND AND LANDOWNERS.—Private 

16 lands are not affected by this title. No private landowner 

17 whose lands are adjacent to the designated connecting cor18 ridors shall be compelled, under any circumstances, to 

19 comply with this title. However, private landowners may 

20 enter into cooperative agreements with the Federal Gov21 ernment on a willing participant or willing seller basis to 

22 include their land in a biological connecting corridor. 


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1 SEC. 205. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND LAND TRADES 

2 AND ACQUISITIONS. 

3 (a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of 

4 the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall seek 

5 to enter into cooperative agreements with private, State, 

6 and corporate landowners and sovereign Indian tribes 

7 whose lands are adjacent to the designated connecting cor8 ridors, when such agreements would benefit the ecological 

9 integrity and function of the designated corridor. 

10 (b) LAND TRADES AND ACQUISITIONS.—The Sec11 retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 

12 may undertake land trades or acquisitions in order to ac13 complish the purposes of this title when the Secretary con14 cerned considers such action to be appropriate. 

15 (c) REPORT.—As part of the report required by sec16 tion 501, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 

17 of the Interior shall describe the progress of cooperative 

18 agreements, acquisitions, and proposed land exchanges 

19 sought pursuant to this section. 

20 SEC. 206. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 

21 (a) EXEMPTION.—The roads and highways referred 

22 to in subsection (b) are expressly exempted from the provi23 sions of this title. In the event that any county, State, 

24 Federal, or private road has been mistakenly omitted from 

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1 (b) DESCRIPTION.—The roads and highways referred 

2 to in subsection (a) are the following: 

3 (1) United States Highways 2, 10, 12, 20, 89, 

4 91, 93, 95, and 287. 

5 (2) Interstate Highways 15 and 90. 

6 (3) Idaho State Highways 3, 28, 29, and 87. 

7 (4) Montana State Highways 2, 37, 38, 41, 43, 

8 56, 58, 83, 87, 135, 200, 278, 287, 293, 294, 298, 

9 and 324. 

10 (5) Montana Secondary Roads 92, 278, 279, 

11 294, 298, 324, 411, and 508. 

12 (6) The Thompson Pass Road, Montana-Idaho. 

13 (7) The Moyie Springs to East Port Road, 

14 Idaho. 

15 (8) The Red Rock Pass Road, Montana. 

16 (9) Boundary County, Idaho, Routes 3, 18, 34, 

17 and 47. 

18 (10) Lolo National Forest Route 102. 

19 (11) Gallatin National Forest Route 259. 

20 (12) Kelly Canyon and Middle Fork Canyon 

21 Roads, Gallatin National Forest. 

22 (13) Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Roads 

23 4, 164, 280, 287, and 291. 

24 (14) The Beaverhead-Deerlodge to Basin Road, 

25 Montana. 


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1 (15) The Marysville to Avon Road, Montana. 

2 (16) The Pahsimeroi Road, Butte County, 

3 Idaho. 

4 TITLE III—WILD AND SCENIC 

5 RIVERS DESIGNATIONS 

6 SEC. 301. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS IN 

7 IDAHO, MONTANA, AND WYOMING. 

8 Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 

9 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new paragraphs: 

11 ‘‘(213) SOUTH FORK PAYETTE, IDAHO.—The seg12 ment within the Boise and Sawtooth National Forests 

13 from the Sawtooth Wilderness Boundary downstream ap14 proximately 54 miles to confluence with the Middle Fork 

15 and then downstream on the main stem to the confluence 

16 with the North Fork, as generally depicted on the bound17 ary map entitled ‘South Fork Payette Wild River’ and 

18 dated January 2003, which shall be administered by the 

19 Secretary of Agriculture. 

20 ‘‘(214) MIDDLE FORK PAYETTE, IDAHO.—The seg21 ment within the Boise National Forest from Railroad Pass 

22 downstream approximately 33 miles to the national forest 

23 boundary, which shall be administered by the Secretary 

24 of Agriculture. 


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1 ‘‘(215) DEADWOOD, IDAHO.—The segment within 

2 the Boise National Forest comprising from Threemile 

3 Creek downstream approximately 22 miles to the South 

4 Fork of the Payette, which shall be administered by the 

5 Secretary of Agriculture. 

6 ‘‘(216) UPPER PRIEST, IDAHO.—The segment within 

7 the Panhandle National Forest from the Canadian border 

8 downstream approximately 19 miles to Upper Priest Lake, 

9 which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri10 culture. 

11 ‘‘(217) COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO.—The segment 

12 within the Panhandle National Forest from the head13 waters downstream approximately 58 miles to the national 

14 forest boundary, which shall be administered by the Sec15 retary of Agriculture. 

16 ‘‘(218) LITTLE NORTH FORK CLEARWATER, 

17 IDAHO.—The segment within the Idaho Panhandle Na18 tional Forest and the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For19 ests from the headwaters downstream approximately 37 

20 miles to the National Forest boundary, which shall be ad21 ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

22 ‘‘(219) KELLY CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment within 

23 the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests from its head24 waters downstream approximately 31 miles to the North 


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1 Fork of the Clearwater River, which shall be administered 

2 by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

3 ‘‘(220) CAYUSE CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment with4 in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests from its 

5 headwaters downstream approximately 39 miles to the 

6 confluence of Kelly Creek, which shall be administered by 

7 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

8 ‘‘(221) BARGAMIN CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 

9 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, com10 prising approximately 21 miles, which shall be adminis11 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

12 ‘‘(222) LAKE CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment within 

13 the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests from the wil14 derness boundary downstream approximately 10 miles to 

15 Crooked Creek, which shall be administered by the Sec16 retary of Agriculture. 

17 ‘‘(223) MEADOW CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 

18 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests from 

19 its headwaters downstream approximately 34 miles to its 

20 confluence with the Selway River, which shall be adminis21 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

22 ‘‘(224) RUNNING CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 

23 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests com24 prising approximately 20 miles, which shall be adminis25 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 


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1 ‘‘(225) SALMON, IDAHO.— 

2 ‘‘(A) VINEGAR CREEK.—The segment within 

3 the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests and 

4 Payette National Forest from Vinegar Creek down5 stream approximately 25 miles to the Little Salmon 

6 River, which shall be administered by the Secretary 

7 of Agriculture. 

8 ‘‘(B) SALMON.—The segment on public lands 

9 managed by the Bureau of Land Management from 

10 Hammer Creek downstream approximately 45 miles 

11 to the confluence with the Snake River, which shall 

12 be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 

13 ‘‘(C) SALMON.—The segment on public lands 

14 within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area from 

15 its headwaters downstream approximately 60 miles 

16 to the recreation area boundary, which shall be ad17 ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

18 ‘‘(226) EAST FORK SALMON, IDAHO.—The segment 

19 within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area from the 

20 headwaters downstream approximately 42 miles to the 

21 recreation area boundary, which shall be administered by 

22 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

23 ‘‘(227) NORTH FORK CLEARWATER, IDAHO.—The 

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1 Reservoir, which shall be administered by the Secretary 

2 of Agriculture. 

3 ‘‘(228) NORTH FORK COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO.— 

4 The segment within the Panhandle National Forest from 

5 its headwaters south of Honey Mountain downstream to 

6 its confluence with the Coeur d’Alene River which shall 

7 be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

8 ‘‘(229) PACK, IDAHO.—The segment within the Pan9 handle National Forest from Harrison Lake downstream 

10 approximately 14 miles to the national forest boundary, 

11 which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri12 culture. 

13 ‘‘(230) HENRY’S FORK, IDAHO.—The segment with14 in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest from Big Springs 

15 downstream to the national forest boundary, except for Is16 land Park Reservoir, which shall be administered by the 

17 Secretary of Agriculture. 

18 ‘‘(231) FALLS RIVER, IDAHO.—The segment within 

19 the Caribou-Targhee National Forest from Yellowstone 

20 National Park downstream approximately 13 miles to the 

21 National Forest Boundary, which shall be administered by 

22 the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river. 

23 ‘‘(232) LOCHSA RIVER WATERSHED, IDAHO.—The 

24 segment within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For25 ests of the Lochsa River from the confluence of Colt Killed 


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1 Creek and Crooked Fork downstream approximately 2 

2 miles to the beginning of the Lochsa Recreational River, 

3 which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri4 culture. 

5 ‘‘(233) COLT KILLED CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 

6 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests from 

7 its headwaters at Big Sand Lake downstream approxi8 mately 23 miles to its confluence with Crooked Fork, 

9 which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri10 culture. 

11 ‘‘(234) MOOSE CREEK COMPLEX, IDAHO.—The main 

12 segment, including the North Fork segment, the East 

13 Fork segment, the West Moose segment, and the Rhoda 

14 Creek segment comprising approximately 86 miles within 

15 the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, which shall 

16 be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

17 ‘‘(235) BEAR CREEK COMPLEX, IDAHO.—The Bear 

18 Creek segment, the Club Creek segment, the Paradise 

19 Creek segment, the Brushy Fork Creek segment, and the 

20 Wahoo Creek segment comprising approximately 70 miles 

21 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, which 

22 shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

23 ‘‘(236) THREE LINKS CREEK COMPLEX, IDAHO.— 

24 The Three Links Creek segment and the West Fork Three 

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1 within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, which 

2 shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

3 ‘‘(237) GEDNEY CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment with4 in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests from its 

5 headwaters downstream approximately 14.5 to the con6 fluence the Selway River, which shall be administered by 

7 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

8 ‘‘(238) SOUTH FORK CLEARWATER, IDAHO.—The 

9 segment within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For10 ests from the confluence of the Red and American Rivers 

11 downstream to the Forest boundary, comprising approxi12 mately 40 miles, which shall be administered by the Sec13 retary of Agriculture. 

14 ‘‘(239) JOHNS CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment within 

15 the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests from the head16 waters downstream to its confluence with the South Fork 

17 Clearwater, which shall be administered by the Secretary 

18 of Agriculture. 

19 ‘‘(240) SLATE CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment within 

20 the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests from the head21 waters downstream the source approximately 15 miles to 

22 the forest boundary, which shall be administered by the 

23 Secretary of Agriculture. 

24 ‘‘(241) SOUTH FORK TWO MEDICINE RIVER, MON25 TANA.—The segment within the Lewis and Clark National 


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1 Forest from its headwaters downstream approximately 10 

2 miles to the Sawmill Flat Trailhead, which shall be admin3 istered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

4 ‘‘(242) BADGER CREEK, INCLUDING THE SOUTH

5 AND NORTH FORKS, MONTANA.—The segment within the 

6 Lewis and Clark National Forest from its headwaters 

7 downstream approximately 24 miles to the national forest 

8 boundary, which shall be administered by the Secretary 

9 of Agriculture. 

10 ‘‘(243) DEARBORN, MONTANA.—The segment within 

11 the Lewis and Clark National Forest downstream approxi12 mately 19 miles to the national forest boundary, which 

13 shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

14 ‘‘(244) NORTH FORK BIRCH CREEK, MONTANA.— 

15 The segment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest 

16 from its headwaters downstream approximately 7 miles to 

17 the national forest boundary, which shall be administered 

18 by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

19 ‘‘(245) SOUTH FORK SUN, MONTANA.—The segment 

20 within the Lewis and Clark National Forest from its head21 waters at Sun Lake downstream approximately 26 miles 

22 to its confluence with the North Fork, which shall be ad23 ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

24 ‘‘(246) NORTH FORK SUN, MONTANA.—The segment 

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1 fluence of Open Creek and Fool Creek downstream ap2 proximately 27 miles, which shall be administered by the 

3 Secretary of Agriculture. 

4 ‘‘(247) TENDERFOOT CREEK, MONTANA.—The seg5 ment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest from 

6 the top of Tenderfoot Creek Falls downstream approxi7 mately 5 miles to the Smith River, which shall be adminis8 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

9 ‘‘(248) GREEN FORK STRAIGHT CREEK, MON10 TANA.—The segment within the Lewis and Clark National 

11 Forest from its headwaters downstream approximately 5 

12 miles to Straight Creek, which shall be administered by 

13 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

14 ‘‘(249) YAAK RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment with15 in the Kootenai National Forest from the Yaak Falls 

16 downstream 46 miles to the mouth of the Yaak River at 

17 the junction of the Kootenai River, which shall be adminis18 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

19 ‘‘(250) KOOTENAI RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment 

20 within the Kootenai National Forest from the junction of 

21 the Fisher River downstream approximately 46 miles to 

22 the State line, which shall be administered by the Sec23 retary of Agriculture. 

24 ‘‘(251) BULL RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment with25 in the Kootenai National Forest from the junction of the 


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1 North and South Forks downstream 21 miles to the Cabi2 net Gorge Reservoir, which shall be administered by the 

3 Secretary of Agriculture. 

4 ‘‘(252) VERMILLION RIVER, MONTANA.—The seg5 ment within the Kootenai National Forest from the junc6 tion of Willow Creek, downstream 12 miles to the Noxon 

7 Reservoir, which shall be administered by the Secretary 

8 of Agriculture. 

9 ‘‘(253) WEST FORK MADISON, MONTANA.—The seg10 ment within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest 

11 from approximately the midpoint of Section 28, R. 2 W., 

12 T. 12 S., downstream approximately 21 miles to the West 

13 Fork Rest Area, which shall be administered by the Sec14 retary of Agriculture. 

15 ‘‘(254) ELK RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment within 

16 the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in the south17 east corner of Section 16, R. 2 W., T. 11 S., downstream 

18 approximately 17 miles to the confluence with the West 

19 Fork of the Madison River, which shall be administered 

20 by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

21 ‘‘(255) BROWNS CREEK, MONTANA.—The segment 

22 within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest from 

23 the west central part of Section 1, R. 14 W., T. 8 S., 

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1 which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri2 culture. 

3 ‘‘(256) CANYON CREEK, MONTANA.—The segment 

4 within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest from 

5 Canyon Lake downstream approximately 4 miles to the 

6 end of USFS road 7401, which shall be administered by 

7 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

8 ‘‘(257) DEADMAN CREEK, MONTANA.—The segment 

9 within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest from its 

10 headwaters source downstream approximately 10 miles to 

11 the forest boundary, which shall be administered by the 

12 Secretary of Agriculture. 

13 ‘‘(258) SMITH RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment 

14 within the Lewis and Clark National Forest from Tender15 foot Creek downstream approximately 12 miles to Deep 

16 Creek, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag17 riculture. 

18 ‘‘(259) MIDDLE FORK JUDITH RIVER, MONTANA.— 

19 The segment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest 

20 from Arch Coulee Junction downstream approximately 5 

21 miles to the national forest boundary, which shall be ad22 ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

23 ‘‘(260) ROCK CREEK WATERSHED, MONTANA.—The 

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1 West Fork of Rock Creek, the East Fork of Rock Creek, 

2 the Ross Fork of Rock Creek, the Middle Fork of Rock 

3 Creek, the Carpp Creek segment, the Copper Creek seg4 ment, the Ranch Creek segment, the Welcome Creek seg5 ment, the Alder Creek segment, the Hogback Creek seg6 ment, the Wyman Gulch segment, the Stony Creek seg7 ment, the West Fork segment, and the Ross Fork seg8 ment, comprising approximately 134 miles, which shall be 

9 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

10 ‘‘(261) SALT RIVER, WYOMING.—The segment with11 in the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the headwaters 

12 downstream approximately 12 miles to forest road 10072, 

13 which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri14 culture. 

15 ‘‘(262) SWIFT CREEK, WYOMING.—The segment 

16 within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source 

17 downstream approximately 8 miles to Periodic Spring, 

18 which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri19 culture. 

20 ‘‘(263) HOBACK RIVER, WYOMING.—The segment 

21 within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source 

22 downstream approximately 10 miles to the end of forest 

23 road 30710, which shall be administered by the Secretary 

24 of Agriculture. 


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1 ‘‘(264) THOROFARE, WYOMING.—The segment of the 

2 main stem within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from 

3 the headwaters downstream approximately 25 miles to the 

4 confluence with the Yellowstone River, and the headwaters 

5 of Open Creek downstream 10 miles to the confluence with 

6 the main stem, which shall be administered by the Sec7 retary of Agriculture. 

8 ‘‘(265) ATLANTIC CREEK, WYOMING.—The segment 

9 within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the Part10 ing of the Waters downstream approximately 10 miles to 

11 the confluence with the Yellowstone River, which shall be 

12 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

13 ‘‘(266) YELLOWSTONE, WYOMING.—The segment 

14 within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the head15 water downstream approximately 28 miles to the boundary 

16 of Yellowstone National Park, which shall be administered 

17 by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

18 ‘‘(267) YELLOWSTONE RIVER, WYOMING AND MON19 TANA.—The segment within the Custer Gallatin National 

20 Forest and Yellowstone National Park from the southern 

21 boundary of Yellowstone National Park downstream ap22 proximately 102 miles to the mouth of Yankee Jim can23 yon, which shall be administered by the Secretaries of the 

24 Interior and Agriculture.’’. 


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1 TITLE IV—WILDLAND 

2 RESTORATION AND RECOVERY 

3 SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this title: 

5 (1) RECOVERY.—The term ‘‘recovery’’ means 

6 the restoration of lands damaged by land manage7 ment activities to a natural untrammeled condition 

8 and the restoration of the undeveloped roadless 

9 character of such land. 

10 (2) RECOVERY SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Recovery 

11 System’’ means the National Wildland Restoration 

12 and Recovery System. 

13 SEC. 402. RESTORATION AND RECOVERY. 

14 (a) RECOVERY AREAS.—The following areas, con15 sisting of a total of approximately 1,023,000 acres, as de16 picted on the maps dated lll and entitled ‘‘ll’’, are 

17 designated as wildland recovery areas: 

18 (1) Skyland area, consisting of approximately 

19 10,000 acres administered by the Flathead National 

20 Forest. 

21 (2) Hungry Horse area (except Hungry Horse 

22 Dam and Reservoir), consisting of approximately 

23 205,000 acres administered by the Flathead Na24 tional Forest. 


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1 (3) Lolo Creek area, consisting of approxi2 mately 59,000 acres administered by the Lolo or 

3 Clearwater National Forest. 

4 (4) Yellowstone West area, consisting of ap5 proximately 164,000 acres administered by the Car6 ibou-Targhee National Forest. 

7 (5) Mt. Leidy area, consisting of approximately 

8 70,000 acres administered by the Bridger-Teton Na9 tional Forest. 

10 (6) Cabinet/Yaak area, consisting of approxi11 mately 100,000 acres administered by the Kootenai 

12 National Forest. 

13 (7) Lightning Creek area, consisting of approxi14 mately 31,000 acres administered by the Panhandle 

15 National Forest. 

16 (8) Coeur d’Alene River area, consisting of ap17 proximately 372,000 acres administered by the Pan18 handle National Forest. 

19 (9) Magruder Corridor area, consisting of ap20 proximately 12,000 acres administered by the Nez 

21 Perce or Bitterroot National Forest. 

22 (b) EXEMPTION.—The roads and highways and fa23 cilities referred to below are expressly exempted from the 

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1 cessing existing authorized uses and any facilities such as 

2 a developed campground, ranger station, or other facilities 

3 deemed essential by the Forest Service. 

4 (c) MAGRUDER CORRIDOR AREA.—Notwithstanding 

5 subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture 

6 will recommend recovery and restoration on the part of 

7 the Magruder Corridor between Magruder Crossing and 

8 Dry Saddle under plans developed under section 403 of 

9 this title. 

10 (d) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, 

11 the Secretary of Agriculture may recommend recovery and 

12 restoration of any National Forest System road or Forest 

13 Service development or facility in any recovery area and 

14 the entire Magruder Corridor under plans developed under 

15 section 403 of this title. 

16 SEC. 403. MANAGEMENT. 

17 (a) RESTORATION.—All lands within the Recovery 

18 Areas described in section 402(a) shall be managed so as 

19 to restore their native vegetative cover and reduce or elimi20 nate invasive non-native species, facilitate native species 

21 diversity to the extent possible with climate change, sta22 bilize slopes and soils to prevent or reduce further erosion, 

23 recontour slopes to their original contours, remove barriers 

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1 lands in their entirety to a natural roadless and wild con2 dition. 

3 (b) WATER QUALITY RESTORATION.—In the man4 agement of the Recovery Areas, special consideration shall 

5 be given to restoration of water quality in the Recovery 

6 Area. 

7 (c) RECOVERY PLANS.—Not later than three years 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 shall develop a wildland recovery plan for each Recovery 

10 Area. Each recovery plan shall detail necessary work and 

11 funding requirements needed to implement the manage12 ment direction established under this section. 

13 (d) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall use measur14 able criteria to judge the success of recovery efforts taken 

15 pursuant to this section. 

16 TITLE V—IMPLEMENTATION 

17 AND MONITORING 

18 SEC. 501. IMPLEMENTATION REPORT. 

19 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Within three years after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

21 Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly 

22 submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re23 sources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Re24 sources of the House of Representatives a report that de25 tails the implementation of this Act. The report shall also 


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1 detail any additional work and funding requirements nec2 essary to achieve the purposes of this Act. 

3 (b) PREPARATION.—The report shall be produced by 

4 a panel of independent scientists appointed by the Na5 tional Academy of Sciences, in consultation with the Soci6 ety for Conservation Biology. 

7 SEC. 502. INTERAGENCY TEAM. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture 

9 and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly establish an 

10 interagency team, containing equal numbers of partici11 pants from the public and private sectors, to monitor, 

12 evaluate, and make recommendations to ensure long-term 

13 results required by this Act. 

14 (b) GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM.— 

15 (1) DEVELOPMENT.—The interagency team 

16 shall develop a geographic information system for 

17 monitoring the Northern Rockies Bioregion. The ge18 ographic information system shall be based on sat19 ellite-gathered data and shall include comprehensive 

20 maps and databases to assist in the detection of 

21 changes in the Northern Rockies Bioregion. 

22 (2) TYPES OF INFORMATION.—The maps and 

23 databases included in the geographic information 

24 system shall be updated periodically to record the 

25 following: 


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1 (A) Vegetation cover (with species occur2 rence and densities). 

3 (B) Human impacts. 

4 (C) Water and air quality. 

5 (D) Activities that bear on forest hus6 bandry and restoration. 

7 (3) STATUS REPORTS.—The geographic infor8 mation system shall include status reports on the 

9 progress of ecosystem protection, corridor consolida10 tion, and forest recovery efforts and reports on the 

11 status of threatened and endangered species which 

12 are primary indicators of ecosystem health. 

13 (c) WILDLIFE MOVEMENTS.—The interagency team 

14 shall assess the potential for facilitating wildlife move15 ments across or under major highways and rail lines with16 in the biological corridors established in title II. This as17 sessment shall identify major crossing points and identify 

18 possible management actions to enhance the suitability of 

19 such crossing points as movement corridors, including 

20 underpasses, overpasses, and other methods for reducing 

21 the danger to native wildlife while facilitating movements 

22 within the Northern Rockies Bioregion. 

23 SEC. 503. ROADLESS LANDS EVALUATION. 

24 (a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Roadless lands great25 er than 1,000 acres in size, that are located within the 


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1 National Forest System in the Wild Rockies Bioregion in 

2 Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming, and 

3 that are not designated as components of the National 

4 Wilderness Preservation System (under this Act or any 

5 other law) shall be identified and evaluated by the panel 

6 of independent scientists appointed under section 501. In 

7 identifying and evaluating these lands, the panel shall 

8 make use of existing satellite information and Geographic 

9 Information System data developed by the Forest Service, 

10 the Bureau of Land Management, and the United States 

11 Fish and Wildlife Service, in addition to other information 

12 sources. The panel shall study the role of such lands in 

13 maintaining biological diversity in the Northern Rockies 

14 and as part of the overall forest reserve system. The panel 

15 shall make recommendations regarding the management 

16 of the lands, and shall include the recommendations in the 

17 report required by section 501. 

18 (b) PROHIBITION.—After completion of the evalua19 tion required by subsection (a), until Congress enacts a 

20 law stating otherwise, no new road construction or recon21 struction, or timber harvest (except firewood gathering) 

22 shall be allowed in the lands described in subsection (a). 

23 In addition, subject to valid existing rights, no oil or gas 

24 leasing, mining, or other development which impairs the 


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1 natural and roadless qualities of these lands shall be al2 lowed on the lands. 

3 TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL PROVI4 SIONS REGARDING INDIAN 

5 TRIBES 

6 SEC. 601. INDIAN TRIBES. 

7 Nothing in this Act may be construed to affect or 

8 modify any treaty or other right of an Indian tribe. 

9 SEC. 602. FEDERAL TRUST RESPONSIBILITY. 

10 Nothing in this Act is intended to amend, alter, or 

11 give priority over the Federal trust responsibility to Indian 

12 tribes. 

13 SEC. 603. EXEMPTION FROM FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 

14 ACT. 

15 If a Federal department or agency receives any infor16 mation related to sacred sites or cultural activities identi17 fied by an Indian tribe as confidential, such information 

18 shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 

19 5, United States Code, popularly known as the Freedom 

20 of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 

21 SEC. 604. APPLICATION OF INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION 

22 AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT. 

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1 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.; Public Law 93–638) 

2 when appropriate in the implementation of this Act. 

3 SEC. 605. NATIVE AMERICAN USES. 

4 (a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section and 

5 section 505, the term ‘‘protected areas’’ means land des6 ignated by this Act as wilderness, wildland recovery areas, 

7 wild and scenic rivers, and biological corridors. 

8 (b) NONEXCLUSIVE ACCESS.—In recognition of the 

9 past use of portions of the protected areas by Native 

10 Americans for traditional cultural and religious purposes, 

11 the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte12 rior shall ensure nonexclusive access to these protected 

13 areas by native people for such traditional cultural and 

14 religious purposes. Such access shall be consistent with the 

15 purpose and intent of Public Law 95–341 (42 U.S.C. 

16 1996; commonly known as the American Indian Religious 

17 Freedom Act), and, in the case of land designated as wil18 derness by this Act, the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1121 

19 et seq.). The Secretaries, in accordance with such laws, 

20 upon request of an Indian tribe, may from time-to-time 

21 temporarily close to the general public use of one or more 

22 specific portions of these protected areas in order to pro23 tect the privacy of religious activities and cultural uses in 

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1 the Secretaries shall request that the chief executive offi2 cers of appropriate Indian tribes make recommendations 

3 with respect to assuring access to important sites, enhanc4 ing the privacy of traditional cultural and religious activi5 ties, and protecting cultural and religious sites. 

6 TITLE VII—RULES OF 

7 CONSTRUCTION 

8 SEC. 701. WATER RIGHTS. 

9 Nothing in this Act may be construed as a relinquish10 ment or reduction of any water rights reserved, appro11 priated, or otherwise secured by the United States in the 

12 State of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, or Wash13 ington on or before the date of enactment of this Act. 

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