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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 233 

To designate certain National Forest System lands in the Mendocino and 

Six Rivers National Forests and certain Bureau of Land Management 

lands in Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, and Napa Counties in the State 

of California as wilderness, to designate the Elkhorn Ridge Potential 

Wilderness Area, to designate certain segments of the Black Butte River 

in Mendocino County, California as a wild or scenic river, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2005 

Mr. THOMPSON of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To designate certain National Forest System lands in the 

Mendocino and Six Rivers National Forests and certain 

Bureau of Land Management lands in Humboldt, Lake, 

Mendocino, and Napa Counties in the State of California 

as wilderness, to designate the Elkhorn Ridge Potential 

Wilderness Area, to designate certain segments of the 

Black Butte River in Mendocino County, California as 

a wild or scenic river, 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. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern California 

3 Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS, COASTAL 

5 CALIFORNIA. 

6 In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 

7 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State of California 

8 are designated as wilderness areas and as components of 

9 the National Wilderness Preservation System: 

10 (1) SNOW MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS ADDITION.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Certain land in the 

12 Mendocino National Forest, comprising ap13 proximately 23,312 acres, as generally depicted 

14 on the maps described in subparagraph (B), is 

15 incorporated in and shall considered to be a 

16 part of the ‘‘Snow Mountain Wilderness’’, as 

17 designated by section 101(a)(31) of the Cali18 fornia Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 

19 note; Public Law 98–425). 

20 (B) DESCRIPTION OF MAPS.—The maps 

21 referred to in subparagraph (A) are— 

22 (i) the map entitled ‘‘Skeleton Glade 

23 Unit, Snow Mountain Proposed Wilderness 

24 Addition, Mendocino National Forest’’ and 

25 dated September 17, 2004; and 
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1 (ii) the map entitled ‘‘Bear Creek/ 

2 Deafy Glade Unit, Snow Mountain Wilder3 ness Addition, Mendocino National Forest’’ 

4 and dated September 17, 2004. 

5 (2) SANHEDRIN WILDERNESS.—Certain land in 

6 the Mendocino National Forest, comprising approxi7 mately 10,571 acres, as generally depicted on the 

8 map entitled ‘‘Sanhedrin Proposed Wilderness, 

9 Mendocino National Forest’’ and dated September 

10 17, 2004, which shall be known as the ‘‘Sanhedrin 

11 Wilderness’’. 

12 (3) YUKI WILDERNESS.—Certain land in the 

13 Mendocino National Forest and certain land admin14 istered by the Bureau of Land Management in Lake 

15 and Mendocino Counties, California, together com16 prising approximately 54,087 acres, as generally de17 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Yuki Proposed Wilder18 ness’’ and dated October 28, 2004, which shall be 

19 known as the ‘‘Yuki Wilderness’’. 

20 (4) YOLLA BOLLY-MIDDLE EEL WILDERNESS

21 ADDITION.—Certain land in the Mendocino National 

22 Forest and certain land administered by the Bureau 

23 of Land Management in Mendocino County, Cali24 fornia, together comprising approximately 25,806 

25 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
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1 ‘‘Middle Fork Eel, Smokehouse and Big Butte 

2 Units, Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Proposed Wilderness 

3 Addition’’ and dated October 28, 2004, is incor4 porated in and shall considered to be a part of the 

5 Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness, as designated by 

6 section 3 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132). 

7 (5) MAD RIVER BUTTES WILDERNESS.—Certain 

8 land in the Six Rivers National Forest, comprising 

9 approximately 6,494 acres, as generally depicted on 

10 the map entitled ‘‘Mad River Buttes, Mad River 

11 Proposed Wilderness’’ and dated September 17, 

12 2004, which shall be known as the ‘‘Mad River 

13 Buttes Wilderness’’. 

14 (6) SISKIYOU WILDERNESS ADDITION.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Certain land in the Six 

16 Rivers National Forest, comprising approxi17 mately 48,754 acres, as generally depicted on 

18 the maps described in subparagraph (B), is in19 corporated in and shall be considered to be a 

20 part of the Siskiyou Wilderness, as designated 

21 by section 101(a)(30) of the California Wilder22 ness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public 

23 Law 98–425). 

24 (B) DESCRIPTION OF MAPS.—The maps 

25 referred to in subparagraph (A) are— 
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1 (i) the map entitled ‘‘Bear Basin 

2 Butte Unit, Siskiyou Proposed Wilderness 

3 Additions, Six Rivers National Forest’’ and 

4 dated October 28, 2004; 

5 (ii) the map entitled ‘‘Blue Creek 

6 Unit, Siskiyou Proposed Wilderness Addi7 tion, Six Rivers National Forest’’ and 

8 dated October 28, 2004; 

9 (iii) the map entitled ‘‘Blue Ridge 

10 Unit, Siskiyou Proposed Wilderness Addi11 tion, Six Rivers National Forest’’ and 

12 dated September 17, 2004; 

13 (iv) the map entitled ‘‘Broken Rib 

14 Unit, Siskiyou Proposed Wilderness Addi15 tion, Six Rivers National Forest’’ and 

16 dated September 17, 2004; and 

17 (v) the map entitled ‘‘Wooly Bear 

18 Unit, Siskiyou Proposed Wilderness Addi19 tion, Six Rivers National Forest’’ and 

20 dated September 27, 2004. 

21 (7) MOUNT LASSIC WILDERNESS.—Certain land 

22 in the Six Rivers National Forest, comprising ap23 proximately 7,279 acres, as generally depicted on the 

24 map entitled ‘‘Mt. Lassic Proposed Wilderness’’ and 
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1 dated September 17, 2004, which shall be known as 

2 the ‘‘Mount Lassic Wilderness’’. 

3 (8) TRINITY ALPS WILDERNESS ADDITION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Certain land in the Six 

5 Rivers National Forest, comprising approxi6 mately 28,805 acres, as generally depicted on 

7 the maps described in subparagraph (B) and 

8 which is incorporated in and shall be considered 

9 to be a part of the Trinity Alps Wilderness as 

10 designated by section 101(a)(34) of the Cali11 fornia Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 

12 note; Public Law 98–425). 

13 (B) DESCRIPTION OF MAPS.—The maps 

14 referred to in subparagraph (A) are— 

15 (i) the map entitled ‘‘Orleans Moun16 tain Unit (Boise Creek), Trinity Alps Pro17 posed Wilderness Addition, Six Rivers Na18 tional Forest’’, and dated October 28, 

19 2004; 

20 (ii) the map entitled ‘‘East Fork Unit, 

21 Trinity Alps Proposed Wilderness Addi22 tion, Six Rivers National Forest’’ and 

23 dated September 17, 2004; 

24 (iii) the map entitled ‘‘Horse Linto 

25 Unit, Trinity Alps Proposed Wilderness 
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1 Addition, Six Rivers National Forest’’ and 

2 dated September 17, 2004; and 

3 (iv) the map entitled ‘‘Red Cap Unit, 

4 Trinity Alps Proposed Wilderness Addi5 tion, Six Rivers National Forest’’ and 

6 dated September 17, 2004. 

7 (9) UNDERWOOD WILDERNESS.—Certain land 

8 in the Six Rivers National Forest, comprising ap9 proximately 2,977 acres, as generally depicted on the 

10 map entitled ‘‘Underwood Proposed Wilderness, Six 

11 Rivers National Forest’’ and dated September 17, 

12 2004, which shall be known as the ‘‘Underwood Wil13 derness’’. 

14 (10) CACHE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

15 land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage16 ment in Lake County, California, comprising ap17 proximately 30,870 acres, as generally depicted on 

18 the map entitled ‘‘Cache Creek Wilderness Area’’ 

19 and dated September 27, 2004, which shall be 

20 known as the ‘‘Cache Creek Wilderness’’. 

21 (11) CEDAR ROUGHS WILDERNESS.—Certain 

22 land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage23 ment in Napa County, California, comprising ap24 proximately 6,350 acres, as generally depicted on the 

25 map entitled ‘‘Cedar Roughs Wilderness Area’’ and 
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1 dated September 27, 2004, which shall be known as 

2 the ‘‘Cedar Roughs Wilderness’’. 

3 (12) SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER WILDERNESS.— 

4 Certain land administered by the Bureau of Land 

5 Management in Mendocino County, California, com6 prising approximately 12,915 acres, as generally de7 picted on the map entitled ‘‘South Fork Eel River 

8 Wilderness Area and Elkhorn Ridge Potential Wil9 derness’’ and dated September 27, 2004, which shall 

10 be known as the ‘‘South Fork Eel River Wilder11 ness’’. 

12 (13) KING RANGE WILDERNESS.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Certain land adminis14 tered by the Bureau of Land Management in 

15 Humboldt and Mendocino Counties, California, 

16 comprising approximately 42,585 acres, as gen17 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘King 

18 Range Wilderness’’, and dated November 12, 

19 2004, which shall be known as the ‘‘King 

20 Range Wilderness’’. 

21 (B) APPLICABLE LAW.—With respect to 

22 the wilderness designated by subparagraph (A), 

23 in the case of a conflict between a provision of 

24 section 3 and a provision of Public Law 91–476 
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1 (16 U.S.C. 460y et seq.), the more restrictive 

2 provision shall control. 

3 (14) ROCKS AND ISLANDS, KING RANGE NA4 TIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—All Federally-owned 

6 rocks, islets, and islands (whether named or 

7 unnamed and surveyed or unsurveyed) that are 

8 located— 

9 (i) not more than 3 geographic miles 

10 off the coast of the King Range National 

11 Conservation Area; and 

12 (ii) above mean high tide. 

13 (B) APPLICABLE LAW.—With respect to 

14 the wilderness designated by subparagraph (A), 

15 in the case of a conflict between a provision of 

16 section 3 and a provision of Proclamation No. 

17 7264 (65 Fed. Reg. 2821), the more restrictive 

18 provision shall control. 

19 SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 

20 (a) MANAGEMENT.— 

21 (1) MANAGEMENT GENERALLY.—Subject to 

22 valid existing rights, each area designated as wilder23 ness by section 2 shall be administered by the Sec24 retary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Inte-
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1 rior, as the case may be, in accordance with the Wil2 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 

3 (A) any reference in the Wilderness Act to 

4 the effective date of such Act shall be consid5 ered to be a reference to the date of enactment 

6 of this Act; and 

7 (B) any reference in the Wilderness Act to 

8 the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered 

9 to be a reference to the Secretary that has ju10 risdiction over the wilderness area. 

11 (2) SECRETARY DEFINED.—In this section, the 

12 term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 

13 (A) with respect to a wilderness area under 

14 the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, 

15 the Secretary of Agriculture; and 

16 (B) with respect to a wilderness area 

17 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 

18 Interior, the Secretary of the Interior. 

19 (b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary con22 cerned shall file a map and a legal description of 

23 each wilderness area designated by this Act with— 

24 (A) the Committee on Resources of the 

25 House of Representatives; and 
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1 (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

2 Resources of the Senate. 

3 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—A map and legal descrip4 tion filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same 

5 force and effect as if included in this Act, except 

6 that the Secretary concerned may correct errors in 

7 the map and legal description. 

8 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 

9 legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 

10 filed and made available for public inspection in the 

11 appropriate office of the Secretary concerned. 

12 (c) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER13 ESTS.—Any land within the boundary of a wilderness area 

14 designated by this Act that is acquired by the Federal 

15 Government shall— 

16 (1) become part of the wilderness area in which 

17 the land is located; and 

18 (2) be managed in accordance with this Act, the 

19 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and any 

20 other applicable law. 

21 (d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist22 ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 

23 land designated as wilderness by this Act is withdrawn 

24 from all forms of— 
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1 (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 

2 public land laws; 

3 (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 

4 laws; and 

5 (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min6 eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 

7 (e) FIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT AC8 TIVITIES.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 

10 may take such measures in the wilderness areas des11 ignated by this Act as are necessary for the control 

12 and prevention of fire, insects, and diseases, in ac13 cordance with— 

14 (A) section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act 

15 (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)); and 

16 (B) House Report No. 98–40 of the 98th 

17 Congress. 

18 (2) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the 

19 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary con20 cerned shall review existing policies applicable to the 

21 wilderness areas designated by this Act to ensure 

22 that authorized approval procedures for any fire 

23 management measures allow a timely and efficient 

24 response to fire emergencies in the wilderness areas. 

25 (f) ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 

2 shall provide any owner of private property within 

3 the boundary of a wilderness area designated by this 

4 Act adequate access to such property to ensure the 

5 reasonable use and enjoyment of the property by the 

6 owner. 

7 (2) KING RANGE WILDERNESS.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara9 graph (B), within the wilderness designated by 

10 section 2(13), the access route depicted on the 

11 map for private landowners shall also be avail12 able for invitees of the private landowners. 

13 (B) LIMITATION.—Nothing in subpara14 graph (A) requires the Secretary concerned to 

15 provide any access to the landowners or invitees 

16 beyond the access that would be available if the 

17 wilderness had not been designated. 

18 (g) SNOW SENSORS AND STREAM GAUGES.—If the 

19 Secretary concerned determines that hydrologic, meteoro20 logic, or climatological instrumentation is appropriate to 

21 further the scientific, educational, and conservation pur22 poses of the wilderness areas designated by this Act, noth23 ing in this Act prevents the installation and maintenance 

24 of the instrumentation within the wilderness areas. 
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1 (h) MILITARY ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this Act pre2 cludes low-level overflights of military aircraft, the des3 ignation of new units of special airspace, or the use or 

4 establishment of military flight training routes over wil5 derness areas designated by this Act. 

6 (i) LIVESTOCK.—Grazing of livestock and the mainte7 nance of existing facilities related to grazing in wilderness 

8 areas designated by this Act, where established before the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to con10 tinue in accordance with— 

11 (1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 

12 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 

13 (2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of 

14 the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 

15 Affairs of the House of Representatives accom16 panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 

17 101–405). 

18 (j) FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the pur20 poses of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 

21 seq.), the Secretary concerned may carry out man22 agement activities to maintain or restore fish and 

23 wildlife populations and fish and wildlife habitats in 

24 wilderness areas designated by this Act if such ac25 tivities are— 
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1 (A) consistent with applicable wilderness 

2 management plans; and 

3 (B) carried out in accordance with applica4 ble guidelines and policies. 

5 (2) STATE JURISDICTION.—Nothing in this Act 

6 affects the jurisdiction of the State of California 

7 with respect to fish and wildlife on the public land 

8 located in the State. 

9 (k) USE BY MEMBERS OF INDIAN TRIBES.— 

10 (1) ACCESS.—In recognition of the past use of 

11 wilderness areas designated by this Act by members 

12 of Indian tribes for traditional cultural and religious 

13 purposes, the Secretary concerned shall ensure that 

14 Indian tribes have access to the wilderness areas for 

15 traditional cultural and religious purposes. 

16 (2) TEMPORARY CLOSURES.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this 

18 subsection, the Secretary concerned, on request 

19 of an Indian tribe, may temporarily close to the 

20 general public 1 or more specific portions of a 

21 wilderness area to protect the privacy of the 

22 members of the Indian tribe in the conduct of 

23 the traditional cultural and religious activities 

24 in the wilderness area. 
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1 (B) REQUIREMENT.—Any closure under 

2 subparagraph (A) shall be made in such a man3 ner as to affect the smallest practicable area for 

4 the minimum period of time necessary for the 

5 activity to be carried out. 

6 (3) APPLICABLE LAW.—Access to the wilder7 ness areas under this subsection shall be in accord8 ance with— 

9 (A) Public Law 95–341 (commonly known 

10 as the ‘‘American Indian Religious Freedom 

11 Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.); and 

12 (B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 

13 seq.). 

14 (l) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act creates 

16 protective perimeters or buffer zones around any wil17 derness area designated by this Act. 

18 (2) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact 

19 that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or 

20 heard from areas within a wilderness area des21 ignated by this Act shall not preclude the conduct of 

22 those activities or uses outside the boundary of the 

23 wilderness area. 
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1 SEC. 4. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 

2 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes 

3 of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage4 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), any portion of a wil5 derness study area described in subsection (b) that is not 

6 designated as wilderness by this Act or any previous Act 

7 has been adequately studied for wilderness. 

8 (b) DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREAS.—The study 

9 areas referred to in subsection (a) are— 

10 (1) the King Range Wilderness Study Area; 

11 (2) the Chemise Mountain Instant Study Area; 

12 (3) the Red Mountain Wilderness Study Area; 

13 (4) the Cedar Roughs Wilderness Study Area; 

14 and 

15 (5) those portions of the Rocky Creek/Cache 

16 Creek Wilderness Study Area in Lake County, Cali17 fornia which are not in R. 5 W., T. 12 N., sec. 22, 

18 Mount Diablo Meridian. 

19 (c) RELEASE.—Any portion of a wilderness study 

20 area described in subsection (b) that is not designated as 

21 wilderness by this Act or any other Act enacted before the 

22 date of enactment of this Act shall not be subject to sec23 tion 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 

24 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)). 
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1 SEC. 5. ELKHORN RIDGE POTENTIAL WILDERNESS AREA. 

2 (a) DESIGNATION AS POTENTIAL WILDERNESS

3 AREA.—In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 

4 Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain public land in the 

5 State administered by the Bureau of Land Management, 

6 compromising approximately 9,655 acres, as generally de7 picted on the map entitled ‘‘South Fork Eel River Wilder8 ness Area and Elkhorn Ridge Potential Wilderness’’ and 

9 dated September 27, 2004, is designated as a potential 

10 wilderness area. 

11 (b) MANAGEMENT OF POTENTIAL WILDERNESS

12 AREA.—Except as provided in subsection (c) and subject 

13 to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior shall 

14 manage the potential wilderness area as wilderness until 

15 the potential wilderness area is designated as wilderness. 

16 (c) ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of ecological 

18 restoration (including the elimination of non-native 

19 species, removal of illegal, unused, or decommis20 sioned roads, repair of skid tracks, and any other 

21 activities necessary to restore the natural ecosystems 

22 in the potential wilderness area), the Secretary of 

23 the Interior may used motorized equipment and 

24 mechanized transport in the potential wilderness 

25 area until the potential wilderness area is designated 

26 as wilderness. 
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1 (2) LIMITATION.—To the maximum extent 

2 practicable, the Secretary of the Interior shall use 

3 the minimum tool or administrative practice nec4 essary to accomplish ecological restoration with the 

5 least amount of adverse impact on wilderness char6 acter and resources. 

7 (d) DESIGNATION AS WILDERNESS.—The potential 

8 wilderness area shall be designated as wilderness and as 

9 a component of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys10 tem on the earlier of— 

11 (1) the date on which the Secretary of the Inte12 rior publishes in the Federal Register notice that the 

13 conditions in the potential wilderness area that are 

14 incompatible with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 

15 1131 et seq.) have been removed; or 

16 (2) the date that is 5 years after the date of en17 actment of this Act. 

18 (e) MANAGEMENT OF WILDERNESS AREA.—Upon 

19 designation of the potential wilderness area as wilderness 

20 under subsection (d), the wilderness area shall be— 

21 (1) known as the ‘‘Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness’’; 

22 and 

23 (2) administered by the Secretary of the Inte24 rior in accordance with section 3 and the Wilderness 

25 Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 
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1 (A) any reference in section 3 to the date 

2 of enactment of this Act and any reference in 

3 the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the 

4 Wilderness Act shall be considered to be a ref5 erence to the date on which the wilderness area 

6 is designated under subsection (d); and 

7 (B) any reference in the Wilderness Act to 

8 the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered 

9 to be a reference to the Secretary of the Inte10 rior. 

11 SEC. 6. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATION, BLACK 

12 BUTTE RIVER, CALIFORNIA. 

13 (a) DESIGNATION OF BLACK BUTTE RIVER SEG14 MENTS.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 

15 (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(ll) BLACK BUTTE RIVER, CALIFORNIA.—The 

18 following segments of the Black Butte River in the State 

19 of California, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri20 culture: 

21 ‘‘(A) The 16 miles of Black Butte River, from 

22 the Mendocino County Line to its confluence with 

23 Jumpoff Creek, as a wild river. 
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1 ‘‘(B) The 3.5 miles of Black Butte River from 

2 its confluence with Jumpoff Creek to its confluence 

3 with Middle Eel River, as a scenic river. 

4 ‘‘(C) The 1.5 miles of Cold Creek from the 

5 Mendocino County Line to its confluence with Black 

6 Butte River, as a wild river.’’. 

7 (b) FIRE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND CULTURAL AND

8 HISTORIC RESOURCES REPORT.—Not later than 18 

9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec10 retary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress— 

11 (1) a fire management plan for the Black Butte 

12 River segments designated by the amendment made 

13 by subsection (a); and 

14 (2) a report on the cultural and historic re15 sources within those segments. 

16 (c) TRANSMITTAL TO COUNTY.—The Secretary of 

17 Agriculture shall transmit to the Board of Supervisors of 

18 Mendocino County, California, a copy of the plan and re19 port submitted under subsection (b). 

20 SEC. 7. KING RANGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 

21 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

22 Section 9 of Public Law 91–476 (16 U.S.C. 460y– 

23 8) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(d) In addition to the land described in subsections 

25 (a) and (c), the land identified as the King Range Na-
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1 tional Conservation Area Additions on the map entitled 

2 ‘King Range Wilderness’ and dated November 12, 2004, 

3 is included in the Area.’’. 

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