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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5610 

To designate as wilderness additional National Forest System lands, Bureau 

of Land Management Lands, and National Parks Service lands in the 

States of West Virginia, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and California, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 13, 2008 

Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. COSTA, and Mr. 

UDALL of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To designate as wilderness additional National Forest System 

lands, Bureau of Land Management Lands, and National 

Parks Service lands in the States of West Virginia, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and California, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 ‘‘Protecting America’s Wild Places Act of 2008’’. 


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

2 this Act as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

TITLE I—CERTAIN LANDS DESIGNATED AS WILDERNESS WITHIN 

MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST VIRGINIA 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Designation of wilderness, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. 

TITLE II—TUMACACORI HIGHLANDS WILDERNESS 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Sec. 202. Expansion of Pajarita Wilderness, Coronado National Forest, Arizona. 

Sec. 203. Designation of Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness, Coronado National 

Forest, Arizona. 

Sec. 204. Administration of wilderness areas. 

TITLE III—SABINOSO WILDERNESS 

Sec. 301. Short title. 

Sec. 302. Definitions. 

Sec. 303. Designation of the Sabinoso Wilderness. 

TITLE IV—COPPER SALMON WILDERNESS 

Sec. 401. Short title. 

Sec. 402. Designation of the Copper Salmon Wilderness. 

Sec. 403. Wild and scenic river designations, Elk River, Oregon. 

Sec. 404. Protection of tribal rights. 

TITLE V—CALIFORNIA DESERT AND MOUNTAIN HERITAGE 

Sec. 501. Short title. 

Subtitle A—Designation and Expansion of Wilderness Areas 

Sec. 511. Definition of Secretary. 

Sec. 512. Designation of wilderness, Cleveland and San Bernardino National 

Forests, Joshua Tree National Park, and Bureau of Land 

Management land in Riverside County, California. 

Sec. 513. Joshua Tree National Park potential wilderness. 

Sec. 514. Administration of wilderness. 

Subtitle B—Wild and Scenic River Designations 

Sec. 521. Wild and scenic river designations, Riverside County, California. 

Subtitle C—Additions and Technical Corrections to Santa Rosa and San 

Jacinto Mountains National Monument 

Sec. 531. Boundary adjustment, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. 

Sec. 532. Technical amendments to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 

National Monument Act of 2000. 


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TITLE VI—SEQUOIA-KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK 

WILDERNESS 

Sec. 601. Short title. 

Sec. 602. Definitions. 

Sec. 603. Designation of wilderness areas. 

Sec. 604. Administration of wilderness areas. 

Sec. 605. Authorization of appropriations. 

1 TITLE I—CERTAIN LANDS DES2 IGNATED AS WILDERNESS 

3 WITHIN MONONGAHELA NA4 TIONAL FOREST, WEST VIR5 GINIA 

6 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Wild Monongahela 

8 Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia’s Special 

9 Places’’. 

10 SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS, MONONGAHELA 

11 NATIONAL FOREST, WEST VIRGINIA. 

12 (a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 

13 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following 

14 Federal lands within the Monongahela National Forest in 

15 the State of West Virginia are designated as wilderness 

16 and as either a new component of the National Wilderness 

17 Preservation System or as an addition to an existing com18 ponent of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 

19 (1) Certain Federal land comprising approxi20 mately 5,144 acres, as generally depicted on the 

21 map entitled ‘‘Big Draft Proposed Wilderness’’ and 


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1 dated March 11, 2008, which shall be known as the 

2 ‘‘Big Draft Wilderness’’. 

3 (2) Certain Federal land comprising approxi4 mately 7,895 acres, as generally depicted on the 

5 map entitled ‘‘Cheat Mountain Proposed Wilder6 ness’’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be 

7 known as the ‘‘Cheat Mountain Wilderness’’. 

8 (3) Certain Federal land comprising approxi9 mately 11,951 acres, as generally depicted on the 

10 map entitled ‘‘Cranberry Expansion Proposed Wil11 derness’’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be 

12 added to and administered as part of the Cranberry 

13 Wilderness designated by section 1(1) of Public Law 

14 97–466 (96 Stat. 2538). 

15 (4) Certain Federal land comprising approxi16 mately 7,156 acres, as generally depicted on the 

17 map entitled ‘‘Dolly Sods Expansion Proposed Wil18 derness’’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be 

19 added to and administered as part of the Dolly Sods 

20 Wilderness designated by section 3(a)(13) of Public 

21 Law 93–622 (88 Stat. 2098). 

22 (5) Certain Federal land comprising approxi23 mately 698 acres, as generally depicted on the map 

24 entitled ‘‘Otter Creek Expansion Proposed Wilder25 ness’’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be 


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1 added to and administered as part of the Otter 

2 Creek Wilderness designated by section 3(a)(14) of 

3 Public Law 93–622 (88 Stat. 2098). 

4 (6) Certain Federal land comprising approxi5 mately 6,792 acres, as generally depicted on the 

6 map entitled ‘‘Roaring Plains West Proposed Wil7 derness’’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be 

8 known as the ‘‘Roaring Plains West Wilderness’’. 

9 (7) Certain Federal land comprising approxi10 mately 6,030 acres, as generally depicted on the 

11 map entitled ‘‘Spice Run Proposed Wilderness’’ and 

12 dated March 11, 2008, which shall be known as the 

13 ‘‘Spice Run Wilderness’’. 

14 (b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

15 (1) FILING AND AVAILABILITY.—As soon as 

16 practicable after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 

18 Chief of the Forest Service, shall file with the Com19 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat21 ural Resources of the Senate a map and legal de22 scription of each wilderness area designated or ex23 panded by subsection (a). The maps and legal de24 scriptions shall be on file and available for public in25 spection in the office of the Chief of the Forest ServVerDate Aug 31 2005 05:52 Mar 14, 2008 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5610.IH H5610

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1 ice and the office of the Supervisor of the 

2 Monongahela National Forest. 

3 (2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The maps and legal 

4 descriptions referred to in this subsection shall have 

5 the same force and effect as if included in this title, 

6 except that the Secretary may correct clerical and 

7 typographical errors in the maps and descriptions. 

8 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 

9 rights, the Federal lands designated as wilderness by sub10 section (a) shall be administered by the Secretary in ac11 cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 

12 seq.). 

13 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE OF WILDERNESS ACT.—With 

14 respect to the Federal lands designated as wilderness by 

15 subsection (a), any reference in the Wilderness Act (16 

16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) to the effective date of the Wilderness 

17 Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of the 

18 enactment of this Act. 

19 (e) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—As provided in section 

20 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 

21 nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction or responsi22 bility of the State of West Virginia with respect to wildlife 

23 and fish. 


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1 TITLE II—TUMACACORI 

2 HIGHLANDS WILDERNESS 

3 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Tumacacori Highlands 

5 Wilderness Act of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 202. EXPANSION OF PAJARITA WILDERNESS, CORO7 NADO NATIONAL FOREST, ARIZONA. 

8 (a) EXPANSION.—Section 101(a)(17) of the Arizona 

9 Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–406; 98 Stat. 

10 1487; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by inserting after 

11 ‘‘1984,’’ the following: ‘‘and which comprise approximately 

12 13,300 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 

13 ‘Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness and Pajarita Wilder14 ness Addition’, dated August 1, 2007,’’. 

15 (b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—As soon as 

16 practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

17 the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a copy of the 

18 map referred to in the amendment made by subsection (a) 

19 and a legal description of the National Forest System land 

20 included in the Pajarita Wilderness by the amendment 

21 with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

22 the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House 

23 of Representatives. The map and legal description shall 

24 have the same force and effect as if included in the Ari25 zona Wilderness Act of 1984, except that the Secretary 


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1 may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map 

2 and legal description. The map and legal description shall 

3 be on file and available for public inspection in the appro4 priate offices of the Forest Service. 

5 SEC. 203. DESIGNATION OF TUMACACORI HIGHLANDS WIL6 DERNESS, CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST, 

7 ARIZONA. 

8 (a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 

9 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain lands 

10 in the Coronado National Forest, Arizona, which comprise 

11 approximately 70,000 acres, as generally depicted on a 

12 map entitled ‘‘Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness and 

13 Pajarita Wilderness Addition’’ and dated August 1, 2007, 

14 are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as a 

15 component of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys16 tem, which shall be known as the ‘‘Tumacacori Highlands 

17 Wilderness’’. 

18 (b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—As soon as 

19 practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

20 the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a copy of the 

21 map referred to in subsection (a) and a legal description 

22 of the Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness with the Com23 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

24 and the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep25 resentatives. The map and legal description shall have the 


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1 same force and effect as if included in this title, except 

2 that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical 

3 errors in the map and legal description. The map and legal 

4 description shall be on file and available for public inspec5 tion in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service. 

6 SEC. 204. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 

7 (a) COVERED WILDERNESS AREAS.—In this section, 

8 the term ‘‘covered wilderness area’’ means— 

9 (1) the National Forest System land included in 

10 the Pajarita Wilderness by the amendment made by 

11 section 202(a); and 

12 (2) the Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness des13 ignated by section 203(a). 

14 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture 

15 shall manage the covered wilderness area in accordance 

16 with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this 

17 section, except that, with respect to a covered wilderness 

18 area, any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective 

19 date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a ref20 erence to the date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 (c) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—Nothing in this sec22 tion shall affect any valid existing right. 

23 (d) BUFFER ZONES.—As provided in section 101(d) 

24 of the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98– 

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1 ignation of a covered wilderness area lead to the creation 

2 of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the cov3 ered wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activi4 ties or uses can be seen or heard from areas within a cov5 ered wilderness area shall not, of itself, preclude such ac6 tivities or uses up to the boundary of the covered wilder7 ness area. 

8 (e) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock and maintenance 

9 of existing facilities related to grazing in a covered wilder10 ness area, where established before the date of the enact11 ment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue in accord12 ance with— 

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

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

15 (2) the guidelines set forth in House Report 

16 96–617 to accompany H.R. 5487 of the 96th Con17 gress. 

18 (f) HUNTING, FISH AND WILDLIFE.— 

19 (1) HUNTING.—Nothing in this section or the 

20 Wilderness Act shall affect hunting, under applicable 

21 State and Federal laws and regulations, within a 

22 covered wilderness area. 

23 (2) JURISDICTION.—As provided in section 

24 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 

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1 ness Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdic2 tion or responsibilities of the State of Arizona with 

3 respect to fish and wildlife in the State. 

4 (3) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.—In furtherance 

5 of the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act, 

6 management activities to maintain or restore fish 

7 and wildlife populations and habitats to support 

8 such populations may be carried out within a cov9 ered wilderness area, where consistent with relevant 

10 wilderness management plans, in accordance with 

11 appropriate policies and guidelines. 

12 (g) PROTECTION OF TRIBAL RIGHTS.—Nothing in 

13 this section shall be construed to diminish the existing 

14 rights of any Indian tribe. Nothing in this section shall 

15 be construed to diminish tribal rights regarding access to 

16 Federal lands for tribal activities, including spiritual, cul17 tural, and traditional food gathering activities. 

18 (h) MILITARY ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this section 

19 shall preclude low level overflights of military aircraft, the 

20 designation of new units of special airspace, or the use 

21 or establishment of military flight training routes over a 

22 covered wilderness area. 

23 (i) BORDER ENFORCEMENT AND DRUG INTERDIC24 TION.—Because of the proximity of the covered wilderness 

25 areas to the United States-Mexico international border, 


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1 drug interdiction and border enforcement operations are 

2 common management actions throughout the area encom3 passing the covered wilderness areas. This title recognizes 

4 the need to continue such management actions so long as 

5 such management actions are conducted in accordance 

6 with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and ex7 isting inter-agency agreements. 

8 (j) MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING COMMUNICATIONS

9 FACILITIES.—The provisions of the Wilderness Act shall 

10 not be construed to prevent— 

11 (1) the maintenance of communications facili12 ties, in existence on the date of the enactment of 

13 this Act and located in a covered wilderness area; or 

14 (2) limited motorized access to such facilities 

15 when nonmotorized access means are not reasonably 

16 available or when time is of the essence, subject to 

17 such conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture con18 siders to be desirable. 

19 TITLE III—SABINOSO 

20 WILDERNESS 

21 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness 

23 Act of 2008’’. 

24 SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

25 In this title: 


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1 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti2 tled ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness’’ and dated May 10, 

3 2007. 

4 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

5 of New Mexico. 

6 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of the Interior. 

8 SEC. 303. DESIGNATION OF THE SABINOSO WILDERNESS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the purposes of 

10 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), there is here11 by designated as wilderness, and, therefore, as a compo12 nent of the National Wilderness Preservation System, cer13 tain land under the jurisdiction of the Taos Field Office 

14 Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico, which com15 prises approximately 19,880 acres, as generally depicted 

16 on the map, and which shall be known as the ‘‘Sabinoso 

17 Wilderness’’. 

18 (b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The map and 

19 a legal description of the wilderness area designated by 

20 this title shall— 

21 (1) be filed by the Secretary with the Com22 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen23 ate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

24 House of Representatives as soon as practicable 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act; 


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1 (2) have the same force and effect as if in2 cluded in this title, except that the Secretary may 

3 correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal 

4 description and map; and 

5 (3) be on file and available for public inspection 

6 in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 

7 Management. 

8 (c) MANAGEMENT OF WILDERNESS.—Subject to 

9 valid existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by 

10 this title shall be administered in accordance with the Wil11 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this title, except 

12 that with respect to the wilderness areas designated by 

13 this title, any reference to the effective date of the Wilder14 ness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date 

15 of enactment of this Act and any reference in the Wilder16 ness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be consid17 ered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. 

18 (d) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Any land 

19 or interest in land located inside the boundaries of the wil20 derness area designated by this title that is acquired by 

21 the United States after the date of enactment of this Act 

22 shall become part of the wilderness area designated by this 

23 title and shall be managed in accordance with this title 

24 and other applicable law. 


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1 (e) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the wilderness 

2 area designated by this title, where established before the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, shall be administered in 

4 accordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the 

5 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) and the guidelines 

6 set forth in Appendix A of the Report of the Committee 

7 on Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 

8 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). 

9 (f) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—As provided in section 

10 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 

11 nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the 

12 jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to 

13 fish and wildlife in the State, including the regulation of 

14 hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness area des15 ignated by this title. 

16 (g) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

17 the wilderness area designated by this title is withdrawn 

18 from— 

19 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis20 posal under the public land laws; 

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

22 laws; and 

23 (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 

24 materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 


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1 TITLE IV—COPPER SALMON 

2 WILDERNESS 

3 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Copper Salmon Wil5 derness Act of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 402. DESIGNATION OF THE COPPER SALMON WILDER7 NESS. 

8 (a) DESIGNATION.—Section 3 of the Oregon Wilder9 ness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98– 

10 328) is amended— 

11 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

12 striking ‘‘eight hundred fifty-nine thousand six hun13 dred acres’’ and inserting ‘‘873,300 acres’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (29), by striking the period at 

15 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(30) certain land in the Siskiyou National 

18 Forest, comprising approximately 13,700 acres, as 

19 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Proposed 

20 Copper Salmon Wilderness Area’ and dated Decem21 ber 7, 2007, to be known as the ‘Copper Salmon 

22 Wilderness’.’’. 

23 (b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

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

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1 Agriculture (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec2 retary’’) shall file a map and a legal description of 

3 the Copper Salmon Wilderness with— 

4 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

5 Resources of the Senate; and 

6 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 

7 of the House of Representatives. 

8 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal de9 scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 

10 same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex11 cept that the Secretary may correct typographical 

12 errors in the map and legal description. 

13 (3) BOUNDARY.—If the boundary of the Copper 

14 Salmon Wilderness shares a border with a road, the 

15 Secretary may only establish an offset that is not 

16 more than 150 feet from the centerline of the road. 

17 (4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 

18 legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 

19 on file and available for public inspection in the ap20 propriate offices of the Forest Service. 

21 SEC. 403. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS, ELK 

22 RIVER, OREGON. 

23 Section 3(a)(76) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 

24 (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(76)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

2 by striking ‘‘19-mile segment’’ and inserting ‘‘28.2- 

3 mile segment’’; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

5 and inserting a period; and 

6 (3) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(B)(i) The approximately 0.6-mile seg9 ment of the North Fork Elk from its source in 

10 sec. 21, T. 33 S., R. 12 W., Willamette Merid11 ian, downstream to 0.01 miles below Forest 

12 Service Road 3353, as a scenic river. 

13 ‘‘(ii) The approximately 5.5-mile segment 

14 of the North Fork Elk from 0.01 miles below 

15 Forest Service Road 3353 to its confluence with 

16 the South Fork Elk, as a wild river. 

17 ‘‘(C)(i) The approximately 0.9-mile seg18 ment of the South Fork Elk from its source in 

19 the southeast quarter of sec. 32, T. 33 S., R. 

20 12 W., Willamette Meridian, downstream to 

21 0.01 miles below Forest Service Road 3353, as 

22 a scenic river. 

23 ‘‘(ii) The approximately 4.2-mile segment 

24 of the South Fork Elk from 0.01 miles below 


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1 Forest Service Road 3353 to its confluence with 

2 the North Fork Elk, as a wild river.’’. 

3 SEC. 404. PROTECTION OF TRIBAL RIGHTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title shall be con5 strued as diminishing any right of any Indian tribe. 

6 (b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec7 retary shall seek to enter into a memorandum of under8 standing with the Coquille Indian Tribe regarding access 

9 to the Copper Salmon Wilderness to conduct historical and 

10 cultural activities. 

11 TITLE V—CALIFORNIA DESERT 

12 AND MOUNTAIN HERITAGE 

13 SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘California Desert and 

15 Mountain Heritage Act of 2008’’. 

16 Subtitle A—Designation and 

17 Expansion of Wilderness Areas 

18 SEC. 511. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 

19 In this subtitle, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means— 

20 (1) with respect to land under the jurisdiction 

21 of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Ag22 riculture; and 

23 (2) with respect to land under the jurisdiction 

24 of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the 

25 Interior. 


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1 SEC. 512. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS, CLEVELAND AND 

2 SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FORESTS, JOSH3 UA TREE NATIONAL PARK, AND BUREAU OF 

4 LAND MANAGEMENT LAND IN RIVERSIDE 

5 COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 

6 (a) AGUA TIBIA WILDERNESS ADDITION.—In ac7 cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 

8 seq.), certain land in the Cleveland National Forest and 

9 certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage10 ment in Riverside County, California, together comprising 

11 approximately 2,031 acres, as generally depicted on the 

12 map entitled ‘‘Agua Tibia Proposed Wilderness’’, and 

13 dated February 23, 2007, is designated as wilderness and 

14 is incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, 

15 the Agua Tibia Wilderness designated by section 2(a) of 

16 Public Law 93–632 (88 Stat. 2154; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note). 

17 (b) CAHUILLA MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—In accord18 ance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 

19 certain land in the San Bernardino National Forest, Cali20 fornia, comprising approximately 6,421 acres, as generally 

21 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Cahuilla Mountain Pro22 posed Wilderness’’, and dated February 23, 2007, is des23 ignated as wilderness and, therefore, as a component of 

24 the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall 

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1 (c) SOUTH FORK SAN JACINTO WILDERNESS.—In 

2 accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 

3 seq.), certain land in the San Bernardino National Forest, 

4 California, comprising approximately 20,695 acres, as 

5 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘South Fork San 

6 Jacinto Proposed Wilderness’’, and dated September 20, 

7 2007, is designated as wilderness and, therefore, as a com8 ponent of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 

9 which shall be known as the ‘‘South Fork San Jacinto Wil10 derness’’. 

11 (d) SANTA ROSA WILDERNESS ADDITION.—In ac12 cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 

13 seq.), certain land in the San Bernardino National Forest, 

14 California, and certain land administered by the Bureau 

15 of Land Management in Riverside County, California, 

16 comprising approximately 2,149 acres, as generally de17 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Santa Rosa-San Jacinto Na18 tional Monument Expansion and Santa Rosa Wilderness 

19 Addition’’, and dated March 12, 2008, is designated as 

20 wilderness and is incorporated in, and shall be deemed to 

21 be a part of, the Santa Rosa Wilderness designated by 

22 section 101(a)(28) of Public Law 98–425 (98 Stat. 1623; 

23 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) and expanded by paragraph (59) 

24 of section 102 of Public Law 103–433 (108 Stat. 4472; 

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1 (e) BEAUTY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—In accord2 ance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 

3 certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage4 ment in Riverside County, California, comprising approxi5 mately 15,621 acres, as generally depicted on the map en6 titled ‘‘Beauty Mountain Proposed Wilderness’’, and dated 

7 April 3, 2007, is designated as wilderness and, therefore, 

8 as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 

9 System, which shall be known as the ‘‘Beauty Mountain 

10 Wilderness’’. 

11 (f) JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS

12 ADDITION.—In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 

13 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain land in Joshua Tree National 

14 Park, comprising approximately 36,700 acres, as generally 

15 depicted on the map numbered 156/80,055, and entitled 

16 ‘‘Joshua Tree National Park Proposed Wilderness Addi17 tions’’, and dated March 2008, is designated as wilderness 

18 and is incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be a part 

19 of, the Joshua Tree Wilderness designated by section 1(g) 

20 of Public Law 94–567 (90 Stat. 2692; 16 U.S.C. 1132 

21 note). 

22 (g) OROCOPIA MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS ADDI23 TION.—In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 

24 1131 et seq.), certain land administered by the Bureau 

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1 comprising approximately 4,835 acres, as generally de2 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Orocopia Mountains Proposed 

3 Wilderness Addition’’, and dated February 21, 2008, is 

4 designated as wilderness and is incorporated in, and shall 

5 be deemed to be a part of, the Orocopia Mountains Wilder6 ness as designated by paragraph (44) of section 102 of 

7 Public Law 103–433 (108 Stat. 4472; 16 U.S.C. 1132 

8 note), except that the wilderness boundaries established 

9 by this subsection in Township 7 South are intended to 

10 exclude— 

11 (1) a corridor 250 feet north of the centerline 

12 of the Bradshaw Road; 

13 (2) a corridor 250 feet from both sides of the 

14 centerline of the vehicle route in the unnamed wash 

15 that flows between the Eagle Mountain Railroad on 

16 the south and the existing Orocopia Mountains Wil17 derness boundary; and 

18 (3) a corridor 250 feet from both sides of the 

19 centerline of the vehicle route in the unnamed wash 

20 that flows between the Chocolate Mountain Aerial 

21 Gunnery Range on the south and the existing 

22 Orocopia Mountains Wilderness boundary. 

23 (h) PALEN/MCCOY WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—In 

24 accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 

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1 Management in Riverside County, California, comprising 

2 approximately 23,465 acres, as generally depicted on the 

3 map entitled ‘‘Palen/McCoy Proposed Wilderness Addi4 tions’’, and dated September 25, 2007, is designated as 

5 wilderness and is incorporated in, and shall be deemed to 

6 be a part of, the Palen/McCoy Wilderness as designated 

7 by paragraph (47) of section 102 of Public Law 103–433 

8 (108 Stat. 4472; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note). 

9 (i) PINTO MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.—In accordance 

10 with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain 

11 land administered by the Bureau of Land Management 

12 in Riverside County, California, comprising approximately 

13 24,404 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

14 ‘‘Pinto Mountains Proposed Wilderness’’, and dated Feb15 ruary 21, 2008, is designated as wilderness and, therefore, 

16 as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 

17 System, which shall be known as the ‘‘Pinto Mountains 

18 Wilderness’’. 

19 (j) CHUCKWALLA MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS ADDI20 TIONS.—In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 

21 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain land administered by the Bu22 reau of Land Management in Riverside County, Cali23 fornia, comprising approximately 13,255 acres, as gen24 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Chuckwalla Moun25 tains Proposed Wilderness Addition’’, and dated February 


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1 21, 2008, is designated as wilderness and is incorporated 

2 in, and shall be deemed to be a part of the Chuckwalla 

3 Mountains Wilderness as designated by paragraph (12) of 

4 section 102 of Public Law 103–433 (108 Stat. 4472; 16 

5 U.S.C. 1132 note). 

6 (k) MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.— 

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

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 shall file a map and legal description of each wilder10 ness area and wilderness addition designated by this 

11 section with the Committee on Natural Resources of 

12 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

13 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 

14 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—A map and legal descrip15 tion filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same 

16 force and effect as if included in this title, except 

17 that the Secretary may correct errors in the map 

18 and legal description. 

19 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 

20 legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 

21 filed and made available for public inspection in the 

22 appropriate office of the Secretary. 

23 (l) UTILITY FACILITIES AND CORRIDORS.—The wil24 derness areas and wilderness additions designated by this 

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1 utility facilities, such as power, gas, and telecommuni2 cations lines, and associated structures and access roads, 

3 and existing designated utility corridors. Nothing in this 

4 section or the Wilderness Act shall be construed to pro5 hibit construction, operation, and maintenance, using 

6 standard industry practices, of existing utility facilities lo7 cated outside of the wilderness areas and wilderness addi8 tions designated by this section. 

9 SEC. 513. JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK POTENTIAL WIL10 DERNESS. 

11 (a) DESIGNATION OF POTENTIAL WILDERNESS.— 

12 Certain land in the Joshua Tree National Park, com13 prising approximately 43,300 acres, as generally depicted 

14 on the map numbered 156/80,055, and entitled ‘‘Joshua 

15 Tree National Park Proposed Wilderness Additions’’, and 

16 dated March 2008, is designated potential wilderness and 

17 shall be managed by the Secretary of the Interior insofar 

18 as practicable as wilderness until such time as the land 

19 is designated as wilderness pursuant to subsection (b). 

20 (b) DESIGNATION AS WILDERNESS.—The land des21 ignated potential wilderness by subsection (a) shall be des22 ignated as wilderness and incorporated in, and be deemed 

23 to be a part of, the Joshua Tree Wilderness designated 

24 by section 1(g) of Public Law 94–567 (90 Stat. 2692; 16 

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1 retary of the Interior in the Federal Register of a notice 

2 that— 

3 (1) all uses of the land within the potential wil4 derness prohibited by the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 

5 1131 et seq.) have ceased; or 

6 (2) sufficient inholdings within the boundaries 

7 of the potential wilderness have been acquired to es8 tablish a manageable wilderness unit. 

9 (c) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.— 

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

11 the date on which the notice required by subsection 

12 (b) is published in the Federal Register, the Sec13 retary shall file a map and legal description of the 

14 land designated as wilderness and potential wilder15 ness by this section with the Committee on Natural 

16 Resources of the House of Representatives and the 

17 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 

18 Senate. 

19 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal de20 scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 

21 same force and effect as if included in this title, ex22 cept that the Secretary may correct errors in the 

23 map and legal description. 

24 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 

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1 filed and made available for public inspection in the 

2 appropriate office of the Secretary. 

3 SEC. 514. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS. 

4 (a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

5 the land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addi6 tion by this subtitle shall be administered by the Secretary 

7 in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 

8 et seq.), except that— 

9 (1) any reference in that Act to the effective 

10 date of that Act shall be deemed to be a reference 

11 to— 

12 (A) the date of the enactment of this Act; 

13 or 

14 (B) in the case of the wilderness addition 

15 designated by subsection (b) of section 513, the 

16 date on which the notice required by such sub17 section is published in the Federal Register; 

18 and 

19 (2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 

20 of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to 

21 the Secretary that has jurisdiction over the land. 

22 (b) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND IN23 TERESTS.—Any land within the boundaries of a wilderness 

24 area or wilderness addition designated by this subtitle that 

25 is acquired by the United States shall— 


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

2 the land is located; and 

3 (2) be managed in accordance with this subtitle, 

4 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and 

5 any other applicable law. 

6 (c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist7 ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the land des8 ignated as wilderness by this subtitle is withdrawn from 

9 all forms of— 

10 (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 

11 public land laws; 

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

13 laws; and 

14 (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min15 eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 

16 (d) FIRE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED ACTIVI17 TIES.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may take 

19 such measures in a wilderness area or wilderness ad20 dition designated by this title as are necessary for 

21 the control and prevention of fire, insects, and dis22 eases, including the use of prescribed burning, pri23 ority treatments, or fuels reduction, in accordance 

24 with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 

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1 98th Congress. The designation of wilderness areas 

2 and wilderness additions by this title is not intended 

3 to alter the priorities afforded the land so designated 

4 in allocating funds for fire and related fuels manage5 ment. 

6 (2) REVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL

7 FIRE MANAGEMENT PLANS.—As soon as practicable 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec9 retary shall amend the local fire management plans 

10 that apply to the Santa Rosa Mountain Wilderness 

11 and Agua Tibia Wilderness, and prepare local fire 

12 management plans for the Beauty Mountain Wilder13 ness, Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness, and South 

14 Fork San Jacinto Wilderness Area, to authorize the 

15 appropriate local manager to take such actions in 

16 the wilderness areas under their jurisdiction as are 

17 necessary for fire prevention and watershed protec18 tion consistent with the Wilderness Act, including 

19 best management practices for fire presuppression 

20 and fire suppression measures and techniques. 

21 (3) INCORPORATION INTO LAND MANAGEMENT

22 PLANNING.—Any special provisions contained in the 

23 local fire management plans for the wilderness areas 

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1 graph shall be incorporated into the applicable Land 

2 Management Plans. 

3 (4) STATE OR LOCAL AGENCIES.—Consistent 

4 with the Wilderness Act and other applicable Fed5 eral law, the Secretary may delegate by written 

6 agreement primary firefighting authority and fire-re7 lated public safety activities to an appropriate State 

8 or local agency. 

9 (e) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in a wilderness 

10 area or wilderness addition designated by this subtitle 

11 shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of 

12 section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 

13 1133(d)(4)) and the guidelines set forth in House Report 

14 96–617 to accompany H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress. 

15 (f) NATIVE AMERICAN USES AND INTERESTS.— 

16 (1) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—Nothing in the 

17 designation of the Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness by 

18 this subtitle affects the unique cultural artifacts and 

19 sacred sites of the Indian tribes that are contained 

20 within that wilderness area, as identified by Indian 

21 tribes and the Forest Service. 

22 (2) ACCESS AND USE.—To the extent prac23 ticable, the Secretary shall ensure access to the 

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1 menting this section, the Secretary, upon the request 

2 of an Indian tribe, may temporarily close to the gen3 eral public use of one or more specific portions of 

4 the wilderness area in order to protect the privacy 

5 of traditional cultural activities in such areas by 

6 members of the Indian tribe. Any such closure shall 

7 be made to affect the smallest practicable area for 

8 the minimum period necessary for such purposes. 

9 Such access shall be consistent with the purpose and 

10 intent of Public Law 95–341 (42 U.S.C. 1996), 

11 commonly referred to as the American Indian Reli12 gious Freedom Act, and the Wilderness Act (11 

13 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 

14 (3) INDIAN TRIBE DEFINED.—In this sub15 section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any Indian 

16 tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or com17 munity of Indians which is recognized as eligible by 

18 the Secretary of the Interior for the special pro19 grams and services provided by the United States to 

20 Indians because of their status as Indians. 


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1 Subtitle B—Wild and Scenic River 

2 Designations 

3 SEC. 521. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS, RIVER4 SIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 

5 Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 

6 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new paragraphs: 

8 ‘‘(l) NORTH FORK SAN JACINTO RIVER, CALI9 FORNIA.—The following segments of the North Fork San 

10 Jacinto River in the State of California, to be adminis11 tered by the Secretary of Agriculture: 

12 ‘‘(A) The 2.12-mile segment from the source of 

13 the North Fork San Jacinto River at Deer Springs 

14 in Mt. San Jacinto State Park to the State Park 

15 boundary, as a wild river. 

16 ‘‘(B) The 1.66-mile segment from the Mt. San 

17 Jacinto State Park boundary to the Lawler Park 

18 boundary in section 26, township 4 south, range 2 

19 east, San Bernardino meridian, as a scenic river. 

20 ‘‘(C) The 0.68-mile segment from the Lawler 

21 Park boundary to its confluence with Fuller Mill 

22 Creek, as a recreational river. 

23 ‘‘(D) The 2.15-mile segment from its confluence 

24 with Fuller Mill Creek to .25 miles upstream of the 

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1 ‘‘(E) The 0.6-mile segment from .25 miles up2 stream of the 5S09 Road crossing to its confluence 

3 with Stone Creek, as a scenic river. 

4 ‘‘(F) The 2.91-mile segment from the Stone 

5 Creek confluence to the northern boundary of sec6 tion 17, township 5 south, range 2 east, San 

7 Bernardino meridian, as a wild river. 

8 ‘‘(l) FULLER MILL CREEK, CALIFORNIA.—The fol9 lowing segments of Fuller Mill Creek in the State of Cali10 fornia, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture: 

11 ‘‘(A) The 1.2-mile segment from the source of 

12 Fuller Mill Creek in the San Jacinto Wilderness to 

13 the Pinewood property boundary in section 13, town14 ship 4 south, range 2 east, San Bernardino merid15 ian, as a scenic river. 

16 ‘‘(B) The 0.9-mile segment in the Pine Wood 

17 property, as a recreational river. 

18 ‘‘(C) The 1.4-mile segment from the Pinewood 

19 property boundary in section 23, township 4 south, 

20 range 2 east, San Bernardino meridian, to its con21 fluence with the North Fork San Jacinto River, as 

22 a scenic river. 

23 ‘‘(l) PALM CANYON CREEK, CALIFORNIA.—The 

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1 ship 7 south, range 5 east, San Bernardino meridian, to 

2 the San Bernardino National Forest boundary in section 

3 1, township 6 south, range 4 east, San Bernardino merid4 ian, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture 

5 as a wild river, and the Secretary shall enter into a cooper6 ative management agreement with the Agua Caliente 

7 Band of Cahuilla Indians to protect and enhance river val8 ues. 

9 ‘‘(l) BAUTISTA CREEK, CALIFORNIA.—The 9.8-mile 

10 segment of Bautista Creek in the State of California from 

11 the San Bernardino National Forest boundary in section 

12 36, township 6 south, range 2 east, San Bernardino me13 ridian, to the San Bernardino National Forest boundary 

14 in section 2, township 6 south, range 1 east, San 

15 Bernardino meridian, to be administered by the Secretary 

16 of Agriculture as a recreational river.’’. 

17 Subtitle C—Additions and Tech18 nical Corrections to Santa Rosa 

19 and San Jacinto Mountains Na20 tional Monument 

21 SEC. 531. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, SANTA ROSA AND SAN 

22 JACINTO MOUNTAINS NATIONAL MONUMENT. 

23 Section 2 of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Moun24 tains National Monument Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 


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1 351; 114 U.S.C. 1362; 16 U.S.C. 431 note) is amended 

2 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(e) EXPANSION OF BOUNDARIES.—In addition to 

4 the land described in subsection (c), the boundaries of the 

5 National Monument shall include the following lands iden6 tified as additions to the National Monument on the map 

7 entitled ‘Santa Rosa-San Jacinto National Monument Ex8 pansion and Santa Rosa Wilderness Addition’, and dated 

9 March 12, 2007: 

10 ‘‘(1) The ‘Santa Rosa Peak Area Monument 

11 Expansion’. 

12 ‘‘(2) The ‘Snow Creek Area Monument Expan13 sion’. 

14 ‘‘(3) The ‘Tahquitz Peak Area Monument Ex15 pansion’. 

16 ‘‘(4) The ‘Southeast Area Monument Expan17 sion’, which is designated as wilderness in section 

18 512(d), and is thus incorporated into, and shall be 

19 deemed part of, the San Rosa Wilderness.’’. 

20 SEC. 532. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE SANTA ROSA 

21 AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS NATIONAL 

22 MONUMENT ACT OF 2000. 

23 Section 7(d) of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 

24 Mountains National Monument Act of 2000 (Public Law 

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1 amended by striking ‘‘eight’’ and inserting ‘‘a majority of 

2 the appointed’’. 

3 TITLE VI—SEQUOIA-KINGS CAN4 YON NATIONAL PARK WIL5 DERNESS 

6 SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Sequoia-Kings Canyon 

8 National Park Wilderness Act of 2008’’. 

9 SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this title: 

11 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of the Interior. 

13 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

14 of California. 

15 SEC. 603. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 

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

17 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are des18 ignated as wilderness areas and as components of the Na19 tional Wilderness Preservation System: 

20 (1) JOHN KREBS WILDERNESS.— 

21 (A) DESIGNATION.—Certain land in Se22 quoia-Kings Canyon National Park, comprising 

23 approximately 69,500 acres of land, and 130 

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1 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘John 

2 Krebs Wilderness’’ and dated March 10, 2008. 

3 (B) LIMITATIONS.—The designation of the 

4 wilderness under subparagraph (A) does not 

5 preclude operation and maintenance of the ex6 isting Hockett Meadow Cabin and Quinn Patrol 

7 Cabin in the same manner and degree in which 

8 the cabins were operated and maintained on the 

9 day before the date of enactment of this Act. 

10 (C) EFFECT.—Nothing in this paragraph 

11 affects— 

12 (i) the cabins in, and adjacent to, 

13 Mineral King Valley; or 

14 (ii) the private inholdings known as 

15 ‘‘Silver City’’ and ‘‘Kaweah Han’’. 

16 (D) POTENTIAL WILDERNESS ADDI17 TIONS.—The designation of the potential wil18 derness additions under subparagraph (A) shall 

19 not prohibit the operation, maintenance, and re20 pair of the small check dams and water im21 poundments on Lower Franklin Lake, Crystal 

22 Lake, Upper Monarch Lake, and Eagle Lake. 

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1 John Krebs Wilderness established by this title 

2 upon termination of the non-conforming uses. 

3 (2) SEQUOIA-KINGS CANYON WILDERNESS AD4 DITION.—Certain land in the North Fork/Redwood 

5 Canyon, California, comprising approximately 

6 43,450 acres, and certain land in Chimney Rock, 

7 California, comprising approximately 1,736 acres, as 

8 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Sequoia9 Kings Canyon Wilderness Addition’’ and dated 

10 March 10, 2008, is incorporated in, and shall be 

11 considered to be a part of, the Sequoia-Kings Can12 yon Wilderness. 

13 SEC. 604. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

15 each area designated as wilderness by this title shall be 

16 administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wil17 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any ref18 erence in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the 

19 Wilderness Act shall be considered to be a reference to 

20 the date of enactment of this Act. 

21 (b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

22 (1) SUBMISSION OF MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIP23 TION.—As soon as practicable, but not later than 3 

24 years, after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

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1 each area designated as wilderness by this title 

2 with— 

3 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

4 Resources of the Senate; and 

5 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 

6 of the House of Representatives. 

7 (2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal 

8 description filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 

9 same force and effect as if included in this title, ex10 cept that the Secretary may correct any clerical or 

11 typographical error in the map or legal description. 

12 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal 

13 description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file 

14 and available for public inspection in the Office of 

15 the Secretary. 

16 (c) HYDROLOGIC, METEOROLOGIC, AND CLIMATO17 LOGICAL DEVICES, FACILITIES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIP18 MENT .—The Secretary shall continue to manage mainte19 nance and access to hydrologic, meteorologic, and climato20 logical devices, facilities and associated equipment con21 sistent with House Report 98–40. 

22 (d) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title creates 

24 a protective perimeter or buffer zone around an area 

25 designated as wilderness by this title. 


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1 (2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILDERNESS.—Noth2 ing in this title precludes authorized activities con3 ducted outside of the areas designated as wilderness 

4 by this title by cabin owners in the Mineral King 

5 Valley area or the property owners or lessees in the 

6 Silver City private inholding (as identified on the 

7 map entitled ‘‘John Krebs Wilderness’’ and dated 

8 March 10, 2008). 

9 (e) HORSEBACK RIDING.—Nothing in this title pre10 cludes horseback riding in, or the entry of recreational or 

11 commercial saddle or pack stock into, an area designated 

12 as wilderness by this title. 

13 SEC. 605. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

15 as are necessary to carry out this title. 

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