Protecting America's Wilderness Act

To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. 1. Short title; definition (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 (b) Secretary defined As used in this Act, the term Secretary 2. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System in the State of Colorado (a) Additions Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 ( Public Law 103–77 16 U.S.C. 1132 (23) Certain lands managed by the Colorado River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 19,839 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Bull Gulch & Castle Peak Proposed Wilderness (24) Certain lands managed by the Colorado River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 15,987 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Bull Gulch & Castle Peak Proposed Wilderness Areas (25) Certain lands managed by the Colorado River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 316 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Maroon Bells Addition Proposed Wilderness Public Law 88–577 (26) Certain lands managed by the Gunnison Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 38,217 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Redcloud & Handies Peak Proposed Wilderness (27) Certain lands managed by the Gunnison Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, which comprise approximately 26,734 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Redcloud & Handies Peak Proposed Wilderness (28) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 16,481 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Table Mountain & McIntyre Hills Proposed Wilderness (29) Certain lands managed by the Glenwood Springs Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 10,282 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Grand Hogback Proposed Wilderness (30) Certain lands managed by the Glenwood Springs Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the White River National Forest, which comprise approximately 16,101 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Flat Tops Proposed Wilderness Addition Public Law 94–146 (31) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 25,624 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Demaree Canyon Proposed Wilderness (32) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 28,279 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Little Books Cliff Proposed Wilderness (33) Certain lands managed by the Glenwood Springs Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 7,376 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Pisgah East & West Proposed Wilderness (34) Certain lands managed by the Glenwood Springs Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 6,828 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Pisgah East & West Proposed Wilderness . (b) Further additions The following lands in the State of Colorado administered by the Bureau of Land Management or the United States Forest Service are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Certain lands managed by the Colorado River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the White River National Forest, which comprise approximately 19,240 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Assignation Ridge Proposed Wilderness (2) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests, which comprise approximately 23,116 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Badger Creek Proposed Wilderness (3) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests, which comprise approximately 35,251 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Beaver Creek Proposed Wilderness (4) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or the Bureau of Reclamation or located in the Pike and San Isabel National Forest, which comprise approximately 32,884 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Grape Creek Proposed Wilderness (5) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 13,351 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled North & South Bangs Canyon Proposed Wilderness (6) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 5,144 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled North & South Bangs Canyon Proposed Wilderness (7) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 26,624 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Unaweep & Palisade Proposed Wilderness (8) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Grand Mesa, Uncompaghre, and Gunnison National Forest, which comprise approximately 19,776 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Unaweep & Palisade Proposed Wilderness (9) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management and San Juan Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management and in the Manti-LaSal National Forest, which comprise approximately 37,637 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Sewemup Mesa Proposed Wilderness (10) Certain lands managed by the Kremmling Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 31 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Platte River Addition Proposed Wilderness Public Law 98–550 (11) Certain lands managed by the Uncompahgre Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 17,587 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Roubideau Proposed Wilderness (12) Certain lands managed by the Uncompahgre Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Grand Mesa, Uncompaghre, and Gunnison National Forest, which comprise approximately 12,102 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Norwood Canyon Proposed Wilderness (13) Certain lands managed by the San Juan Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 24,475 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Cross Canyon Proposed Wilderness (14) Certain lands managed by the San Juan Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 21,220 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled McKenna Peak Proposed Wilderness (15) Certain lands managed by the San Juan Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 14,270 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Weber-Menefee Mountain Proposed Wilderness (16) Certain lands managed by the Uncompahgre and San Juan Field Offices of the Bureau of Land Management or the Bureau of Reclamation, which comprise approximately 33,351 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Dolores River Canyon Proposed Wilderness (17) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests, which comprise approximately 17,922 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Browns Canyon Proposed Wilderness (18) Certain lands managed by the San Luis Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 10,527 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled San Luis Hills Proposed Wilderness (19) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 23,559 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Table Mountain & McIntyre Hills Proposed Wilderness (c) West elk addition Certain lands in the State of Colorado administered by the Gunnison Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, the United States National Park Service, and the Bureau of Reclamation, which comprise approximately 6,695 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled West Elk Addition Proposed Wilderness Public Law 88–577 (d) Blue mesa reservoir If the Bureau of Reclamation determines that lands within the West Elk Wilderness Addition are necessary for future expansion of the Blue Mesa Reservoir, the Secretary shall by publication of a revised boundary description in the Federal Register revise the boundary of the West Elk Wilderness Addition. (e) Maps and descriptions As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary shall file a map and a boundary description of each area designated as wilderness by this section with the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. Each map and boundary description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map or boundary description. The maps and boundary descriptions shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, and in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, as appropriate. (f) State and private lands Lands within the exterior boundaries of any wilderness area designated under this section that are owned by a private entity or by the State of Colorado, including lands administered by the Colorado State Land Board, shall be included within such wilderness area if such lands are acquired by the United States. Such lands may be acquired by the United States only as provided in the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 3. Administrative provisions (a) In general Subject to valid existing rights, lands designated as wilderness by this Act shall be managed by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 (b) Grazing Grazing of livestock in wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4) Public Law 96–560 (c) State jurisdiction As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7) (d) Buffer zones (1) In general Nothing in this Act creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around any area designated as wilderness by section 2. (2) Activities outside wilderness The fact that an activity or use on land outside the areas designated as wilderness by section 2 can be seen or heard within the wilderness shall not preclude the activity or use outside the boundary of the wilderness. (e) Military helicopter overflights and operations (1) In general Nothing in this Act restricts or precludes— (A) low-level overflights of military helicopters over the areas designated as wilderness by section 2, including military overflights that can be seen or heard within any wilderness area; (B) military flight testing and evaluation; (C) the designation or creation of new units of special use airspace, or the establishment of military flight training routes over any wilderness area; or (D) helicopter operations at designated landing zones within the following five regions: (i) Flat Tops Wilderness; (ii) Bull Gulch Wilderness; (iii) Castle Peak Wilderness; (iv) Pisgah East Wilderness; and (v) Pisgah West Wilderness. (2) Aerial navigation training exercises The Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, may conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over, and associated operations within, the wilderness areas designated by this Act— (A) in a manner and degree consistent with the memorandum of understanding dated August 4, 1987, entered into among the Colorado Army National Guard, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Forest Service; or (B) in a manner consistent with any subsequent memorandum of understanding entered into among the Colorado Army National Guard, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Forest Service. (f) Running events The Secretary may continue to authorize competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness Area and Handies Peak Wilderness Area in a manner compatible with the preservation of such areas as wilderness. (g) Land trades If the Secretary trades privately owned land within the perimeter of the Redcloud Peak Wilderness Area or the Handies Peak Wilderness Area in exchange for Federal land, then such Federal land shall be located in Hinsdale County, Colorado. (h) Recreational climbing Nothing in this Act prohibits recreational rock climbing activities in the wilderness areas, such as the placement, use, and maintenance of fixed anchors, including any fixed anchor established before the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) in accordance with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 (2) subject to any terms and conditions determined to be necessary by the Secretary. (i) Potential wilderness designations (1) In general The following lands are designated as potential wilderness areas: (A) Certain lands managed by the Glenwood Springs Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 7,376 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Pisgah East & West Proposed Wilderness (B) Certain lands managed by the Glenwood Springs Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 6,828 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled Pisgah East & West Proposed Wilderness (2) Designation as wilderness Lands designated as a potential wilderness area by subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) shall be designated as wilderness on the date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a notice that all nonconforming uses of those lands authorized by subsection (e) in the potential wilderness area that would be in violation of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 (3) Management Except for activities provided for under subsection (e), lands designated as a potential wilderness area by paragraph (1) shall be managed by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act as wilderness pending the designation of such lands as wilderness under this subsection. 4. Water (a) Effect on water rights Nothing in this Act— (1) affects the use or allocation, in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, of any water, water right, or interest in water; (2) affects any vested absolute or decreed conditional water right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, including any water right held by the United States; (3) affects any interstate water compact in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; (4) authorizes or imposes any new reserved Federal water rights; and (5) shall be considered to be a relinquishment or reduction of any water rights reserved or appropriated by the United States in the State of Colorado on or before the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Midstream areas (1) Purpose The purpose of this subsection is to protect for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations— (A) the unique and nationally important values of areas designated as wilderness by section 2(b) (including the geological, cultural, archaeological, paleontological, natural, scientific, recreational, environmental, biological, wilderness, wildlife, riparian, historical, educational, and scenic resources of the public land); and (B) the water resources of area streams, based on seasonally available flows, that are necessary to support aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial species and communities. (2) Wilderness water rights (A) In general The Secretary shall ensure that any water rights within the wilderness designated by section 2(b) required to fulfill the purposes of such wilderness are secured in accordance with subparagraphs (B) through (G). (B) State law (i) Procedural requirements Any water rights for which the Secretary pursues adjudication shall be appropriated, adjudicated, changed, and administered in accordance with the procedural requirements and priority system of State law. (ii) Establishment of water rights (I) In general Except as provided in subclause (II), the purposes and other substantive characteristics of the water rights pursued under this paragraph shall be established in accordance with State law. (II) Exception Notwithstanding subclause (I) and in accordance with this Act, the Secretary may appropriate and seek adjudication of water rights to maintain surface water levels and stream flows on and across the wilderness designated by section 2(b) to fulfill the purposes of such wilderness. (C) Deadline The Secretary shall promptly, but not earlier than January 1, 2021, appropriate the water rights required to fulfill the purposes of the wilderness designated by section 2(b). (D) Required determination The Secretary shall not pursue adjudication for any instream flow water rights unless the Secretary makes a determination pursuant to subparagraph (E)(ii) or (F). (E) Cooperative enforcement (i) In general The Secretary shall not pursue adjudication of any Federal instream flow water rights established under this paragraph if— (I) the Secretary determines, upon adjudication of the water rights by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, that the Board holds water rights sufficient in priority, amount, and timing to fulfill the purposes of this subsection; and (II) the Secretary has entered into a perpetual agreement with the Colorado Water Conservation Board to ensure full exercise, protection, and enforcement of the State water rights within the wilderness to reliably fulfill the purposes of this subsection. (ii) Adjudication If the Secretary determines that the provisions of clause (i) have not been met, the Secretary shall adjudicate and exercise any Federal water rights required to fulfill the purposes of the wilderness in accordance with this paragraph. (F) Insufficient water rights If the Colorado Water Conservation Board modifies the instream flow water rights obtained under subparagraph (E) to such a degree that the Secretary determines that water rights held by the State are insufficient to fulfill the purposes of this Act, the Secretary shall adjudicate and exercise Federal water rights required to fulfill the purposes of this Act in accordance with subparagraph (B). (G) Failure to comply The Secretary shall promptly act to exercise and enforce the water rights described in subparagraph (E) if the Secretary determines that— (i) the State is not exercising its water rights consistent with subparagraph (E)(i)(I); or (ii) the agreement described in subparagraph (E)(i)(II) is not fulfilled or complied with sufficiently to fulfill the purposes of this Act. (3) Water resource facility Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, neither the President nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license or permit for development of any new irrigation and pumping facility, reservoir, water conservation work, aqueduct, canal, ditch, pipeline, well, hydropower project, transmission, other ancillary facility, or other water, diversion, storage, or carriage structure in the wilderness designated by section 2(b). (c) Access and operation (1) Definition As used in this subsection, the term water resource facility (2) Access to water resource facilities Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the Secretary shall allow reasonable access to water resource facilities in existence on the date of enactment of this Act within the areas described in sections 2(b) and 2(c), including motorized access where necessary and customarily employed on routes existing as of the date of enactment of this Act. (3) Access routes Existing access routes within such areas customarily employed as of the date of enactment of this Act may be used, maintained, repaired, and replaced to the extent necessary to maintain their present function, design, and serviceable operation, so long as such activities have no increased adverse impacts on the resources and values of the areas described in sections 2(b) and 2(c) than existed as of the date of enactment of this Act. (4) Use of water resource facilities Subject to the provisions of this subsection and subsection (a)(4), the Secretary shall allow water resource facilities existing on the date of enactment of this Act within areas described in sections 2(b) and 2(c) to be used, operated, maintained, repaired, and replaced to the extent necessary for the continued exercise, in accordance with Colorado State law, of vested water rights adjudicated for use in connection with such facilities by a court of competent jurisdiction prior to the date of enactment of this Act. The impact of an existing facility on the water resources and values of the area shall not be increased as a result of changes in the adjudicated type of use of such facility as of the date of enactment of this Act. (5) Repair and maintenance Water resource facilities, and access routes serving such facilities, existing within the areas described in sections 2(b) and 2(c) on the date of enactment of this Act shall be maintained and repaired when and to the extent necessary to prevent increased adverse impacts on the resources and values of the areas described in sections 2(b) and 2(c). 5. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that military aviation training on Federal public lands in Colorado, including the training conducted at the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, is critical to the national security of the United States and the readiness of the Armed Forces. February 4, 2020 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Protecting America's Wilderness Act This bill designates wilderness areas, potential wilderness areas, recreation areas, scenic areas, trails, and wild and scenic rivers in Colorado, California, and Washington, among other things. TITLE I--COLORADO WILDERNESS Colorado Wilderness Act of 2020 (Sec. 102) The bill designates specified federal lands in Colorado as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. If the Bureau of Reclamation determines that lands within the West Elk Wilderness Addition are necessary for the future expansion of the Blue Mesa Reservoir, the boundary must be revised. Lands within the exterior boundaries of any designated wilderness area that are owned by a private entity or by Colorado are included in the wilderness area if such lands are acquired by the United States. These lands may be acquired only as provided in the Wilderness Act. (Sec. 103) The grazing of livestock in the wilderness areas designated by this title shall be administered according to certain provisions of the Wilderness Act and the guidelines set forth in a certain House report. The Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, may conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over the potential wilderness areas designated by this bill. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) may continue authorizing competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness and Handies Peak Wilderness Areas. Federal land that is traded for privately owned land within the perimeter of the Redcloud Peak Wilderness or the Handies Peak Wilderness Areas shall be located in Hinsdale County, Colorado. The bill designates specified lands managed by the BLM as the Pisgah East Wilderness, the Pisgah West Wilderness, or the Flat Tops Wilderness upon publication by the BLM of a notice in the Federal Register that all nonconforming uses of such lands authorized by this bill have ceased. (Sec. 104) The bill provides for the securing, adjudication, and use of U.S. water rights for certain of the wilderness areas designated by this title. (Sec. 106) The Department of Defense shall study the impacts that the expansion of wilderness designations in the Western United States would have on the readiness of the Armed Forces with respect to aviation training. TITLE II--NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILDERNESS, RECREATION, AND WORKING FORESTS Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act Subtitle A--Restoration and Economic Development (Sec. 211) The bill establishes the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area, which shall comprise approximately 729,089 acres of federal land administered by the Forest Service and approximately 1,280 acres of federal land administered by the BLM. In the restoration area, the agencies shall prioritize restoration activities, may use prescribed burning and managed wildland fire, and shall decommission identified unneeded National Forest System roads and identified unauthorized roads. The agencies may conduct vegetation management projects in areas of the restoration area only where necessary to, among other things, maintain or restore the characteristics of ecosystem composition and structure. The projects may be (1) in areas in which fish and wildlife habitat is significantly compromised as a result of past management practices (including plantations), and (2) within designated riparian reserves only where necessary to maintain the integrity of fuel breaks and to enhance fire resilience. The agencies must use the best available science in planning and implementing the projects. The bill permits the grazing of livestock in the restoration area, where already established, to continue. The agencies may issue annual targeted grazing permits for livestock grazing, where not already established, to control noxious weeds, to aid in the control of wildfire within the wildland-urban interface, or to provide other ecological benefits. The agencies must use the best available science when determining whether to issue such permits. The bill withdraws the restoration area from entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. The agencies shall use stewardship contracts to implement this section; and use revenue derived from such stewardship contracts for restoration and other activities within the restoration area, including staff and administrative costs to support consultation activities for restoration projects. Collaboratively developed restoration projects within the restoration area may be carried out in accordance with the provisions for hazardous fuel reduction projects under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003. The Forest Service shall in collaboration with the BLM and interested persons, use a multiparty monitoring, evaluation, and accountability process to assess the positive or negative ecological, social, and economic effects of restoration projects within the restoration area; and incorporate the monitoring results into the management of the restoration area. The agencies may use forest residues from restoration projects, including shaded fuel breaks, in the restoration area for research and development of biobased products that result in net carbon sequestration. (Sec. 212) The Department of the Interior is authorized to undertake initiatives to restore degraded redwood forest ecosystems in Redwood National and State Parks in partnership with California, local agencies, and nongovernmental organizations. (Sec. 213) The bill establishes the California Public Lands Remediation Partnership to coordinate the activities of federal, state, tribal, and local authorities and the private sector in the remediation of high priority lands in California affected by illegal marijuana cultivation or other illegal activities; and use the resources and expertise of each agency, authority, or entity in implementing the activities. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall convene the partnership on a regular basis to carry out this section. USDA and Interior may provide technical and financial assistance to the partnership or any members of the partnership to carry out this title. (Sec. 214) The Forest Service may establish a visitor center in Weaverville, California, to serve visitors and to assist in fulfilling the purposes of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area. The visitor center must be designed to interpret the resources of the recreation area and other nearby federal lands. (Sec. 215) USDA and Interior may establish a visitor center in Del Norte County, California, to serve visitors and to assist in fulfilling the purposes of Redwood National and State Parks, the Smith River National Recreation Area, and other nearby federal lands. (Sec. 216) In revising the land and resource management plan for the Shasta-Trinity, Six Rivers, Klamath, and Mendocino National Forests, the Forest Service shall consider the purposes of the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area, and include or update the fire management plans for the wilderness areas and wilderness additions established by this title. (Sec. 217) Interior shall study the feasibility and suitability of establishing overnight accommodations near the northern and southern boundaries of the Redwood National and State Parks. If the study determines that establishing the accommodations is suitable and feasible, Interior may enter into agreements with qualified private and nonprofit organizations for the development, operation, and maintenance of such accommodations. Subtitle B--Recreation (Sec. 221) The bill establishes the Horse Mountain Special Management Area, which comprises 7,399 acres of federal land administered by the Forest Service in Humboldt County in California, to enhance the recreational and scenic values of the special management area while conserving the plants, wildlife, and other natural resource values of such area. The Forest Service must develop a comprehensive plan for the long-term management of the special management area. The management plan shall ensure that recreational use within the special management area does not cause significant adverse impacts on the plants and wildlife of such area. The Forest Service shall continue to authorize, maintain, and enhance the recreational use of the special management area. The use of motorized vehicles in the special management area shall be permitted only on roads and trails designated for their use, except for the winter use of snowmobiles during periods of adequate snow coverage. The Forest Service may construct new trails for motorized or nonmotorized recreation within the special management area. In establishing such trails, the Forest Service shall prioritize the establishment of loops that provide high-quality, diverse recreational experiences. The bill withdraws the special management area from appropriation or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under laws related to mineral and geothermal leasing. (Sec. 222) USDA, in cooperation with Interior, shall study the feasibility of establishing a nonmotorized Bigfoot National Recreation Trail that shall extend from the Ides Cove Trailhead in the Mendocino National Forest to Crescent City, California. Upon a determination that the Bigfoot National Recreation Trail is feasible and meets the requirements for a National Recreation Trail, USDA shall then designate the recreation trail in accordance with the National Trails System Act, this title, and other applicable law. The bill bars any portion of the trail from being located on nonfederal land without the landowner's written consent. USDA must not acquire for the trail any land or interest in land outside of the exterior boundary of any federally managed area without the owner's consent. (Sec. 223) The Forest Service shall designate an Elk Camp Ridge Recreation Trail, which may include a system of trails, on its land in Del Norte County that is authorized for use by off-highway vehicles, mountain bicycles, or both. In order to minimize the impacts of the use of the trail on environmental and cultural resources, the Forest Service shall annually assess the effects of the use of off-highway vehicles and mountain bicycles on the trail, land located in proximity to the trail, plants, wildlife, and wildlife habitat. (Sec. 224) The Forest Service may construct a recreational trail for nonmotorized uses around Trinity Lake if it determines construction of the trail is feasible and in the public interest. The trail may be constructed through the acceptance of volunteer services and contributions from nonfederal sources to reduce or eliminate the need for federal expenditures to construct the trail. (Sec. 225) The Forest Service shall conduct a study to improve motorized and nonmotorized recreation trail opportunities (including mountain bicycling) on land not designated as wilderness within portions of the Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity, and Mendocino National Forests located in Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino Counties. (Sec. 226) The Forest Service may construct recreational trails for mountain bicycling and other nonmotorized uses on the routes generally depicted in the report titled Trail Study for Smith River National Recreation Area Six Rivers National Forest and dated 2016, if the Forest Service determines construction is feasible and in the public interest. The trail may be constructed through the acceptance of volunteer services and contributions from nonfederal sources to reduce or eliminate the need for federal expenditures to construct the route. (Sec. 227) Interior or USDA may enter into agreements with qualified private and nonprofit organizations to undertake the following activities on federal lands in Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, and Del Norte Counties: trail and campground maintenance; public education, visitor contracts, and outreach; and visitor center staffing. Subtitle C--Conservation (Sec. 231) The bill designates certain federal lands in California as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill redesignates the North Fork Wilderness as the North Fork Eel River Wilderness. The bill adjusts the boundary of the Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness by deleting approximately 30 acres of federal land. (Sec. 232) The Forest Service and BLM may take measures in such a designated wilderness or wilderness addition as are necessary to control fire, insects, and diseases. To ensure a timely and efficient response to fire emergencies in the wilderness additions designated by this subtitle, USDA shall establish agency approval procedures for responding to fire emergencies, and enter into agreements with state or local firefighting agencies. The grazing of livestock in the wilderness areas and wilderness additions designated by this title, if already established, shall be administered in accordance with the Wilderness Act and specified guidelines. The wilderness areas and wilderness additions are withdrawn from entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral materials and geothermal leasing laws. The agencies must ensure that Indian tribes have access to the wilderness areas and wilderness additions for traditional cultural and religious purposes. One or more specific portions of an area or addition may be temporarily closed to the public to protect the privacy of the members of a tribe when conducting traditional cultural and religious activities there. Any land within the boundary of a wilderness area or wilderness addition that is acquired by the United States shall become part of the area. The agencies may authorize the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological collection devices in the wilderness areas and wilderness additions if the facilities and access to them are essential to flood warning, flood control, or water reservoir operation activities. The Forest Service may continue to authorize the competitive equestrian event permitted since 2012 in the Chinquapin Wilderness in a manner that is compatible with the preservation of such area as wilderness. (Sec. 233) The bill designates certain federal lands in California as potential wilderness areas. The Forest Service or National Park Service, for purposes of ecological restoration, may use motorized equipment and mechanized transport in a potential wilderness area until it is designated as wilderness. The minimum tool or administrative practice necessary shall be used to accomplish ecological restoration with the least amount of adverse impact. A potential wilderness shall be designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System on the earlier of when a notice has been published by the managing agency that the conditions in the area that are incompatible with the Wilderness Act have been removed, or it is 10 years after enactment of this bill for areas located on lands managed by the Forest Service. (Sec. 234) The bill designates specified river segments from the source tributaries in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. (Sec. 235) The bill establishes the Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area, comprising approximately 14,177 acres of federal land administered by the Forest Service in Mendocino County, California. The use of motorized vehicles shall be permitted in the conservation management area only on existing roads, trails, and areas designated for use by such vehicles. The bill prohibits the construction of any new or temporary roads within such area. The bill prohibits timber harvesting within the conservation management area unless the Forest Service authorizes it as necessary to further the purposes of such area. Livestock grazing, where already established, shall be permitted to continue in the conservation management area. The Forest Service may take any measures within the conservation management area that are necessary to control fire, insects, and diseases. The Forest Service may acquire by purchase from willing sellers, donation, or exchange, any land or interest in land within or adjacent to the boundaries of the conservation management area for incorporation into the area. All federal lands located within the conservation management area are withdrawn from entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. Subtitle D--Miscellaneous (Sec. 242) USDA and Interior shall incorporate the designations and studies required by this title into updated management plans for units covered by this title. TITLE III--CENTRAL COAST HERITAGE PROTECTION Central Coast Heritage Protection Act (Sec. 303) The bill designates specified lands in California administered by the BLM or the Forest Service as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. (Sec. 304) The bill designates specified lands, comprising approximately 2,359 acres, as the Machesna Mountain Potential Wilderness. The Forest Service may reconstruct, realign, or reroute the Pine Mountain Trail. In carrying out such an activity, the Forest Service shall use the minimum tool or administrative practice necessary to accomplish the reconstruction, realignment, or rerouting with the least amount of adverse impact on wilderness character and resources. The Forest Service may permit the use of motorized and mechanized vehicles on the existing Pine Mountain Trail until the potential wilderness area is designated as wilderness. The federal lands in the potential wilderness area are withdrawn from entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. The Forest Service shall modify the boundary of the potential wilderness area to exclude any area within 150 feet of the centerline of the new location of any trail that has been reconstructed, realigned, or rerouted. The potential wilderness area, as modified, shall be designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System on the earlier of when the Forest Service publishes a notice in the Federal Register that the reconstruction, realignment, or rerouting of the trail has been completed; or 20 years after enactment of this bill. Upon designation, the potential wilderness area shall become part of the Machesna Mountain Wilderness Area. (Sec. 305) The BLM or Forest Service may take any measures in a wilderness area as are necessary to control fire, insects, and diseases. Livestock grazing, if already established in the wilderness areas, shall be permitted to continue. The agencies may conduct management activities that are necessary to maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and habitats in the wilderness areas. The wilderness areas are withdrawn from entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. Land within the boundary of a wilderness area which is acquired by the United States shall become part of the area in which the land is located. The agencies may authorize the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological collection devices in the wilderness areas if the facilities and access to them are essential to flood warning, flood control, or water reservoir operation activities. (Sec. 306) The bill designates specified river segments in California as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. (Sec. 307) The bill designates specified land in the Los Padres National Forest comprising approximately 41,082 acres, as the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness Area. The Forest Service may construct a new trail for use by hikers, equestrians, and mechanized vehicles that connects the Aliso Park Campground to the Bull Ridge Trail; and reconstruct or realign the Bull Ridge Trail and the Rocky Ridge Trail. In carrying out any such activity, the Forest Service must use the minimum tool or administrative practice necessary to accomplish the construction, reconstruction, or alignment with the least amount of adverse impact on wilderness character and resources. The Forest Service may permit the use of mechanized vehicles on the existing Bull Ridge Trail and Rocky Ridge Trail until the potential wilderness area is designated as wilderness. The federal lands in the potential wilderness area are withdrawn from entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. The Forest Service shall modify the boundary of the potential wilderness area to exclude any area within 50 feet of the centerline of the new location of any trail that has been constructed, reconstructed, or realigned. The potential wilderness area, as modified, shall be designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System on the earlier of when the department concerned publishes a notice in the Federal Register that trail construction, reconstruction, or alignment has been completed; or 20 years after the enactment of this bill. Upon designation, the potential wilderness shall become part of the San Rafael Wilderness. (Sec. 308) The bill establishes the Condor Ridge and Black Mountain Scenic Areas. The federal land in the scenic areas is withdrawn from entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. The following are prohibited on federal land within the scenic areas: permanent roads; permanent structures; timber harvesting, except when necessary to control fire, insects, and diseases; transmission lines; except as necessary to meet the minimum requirements for the administration of the scenic areas and to protect public health and safety, the use of motorized vehicles or the establishment of temporary roads; and commercial enterprises, except as necessary for realizing the purposes of scenic areas. (Sec. 309) The bill establishes the Condor National Scenic Trail which shall extend approximately 400 miles from Lake Piru in the southern portion of the Los Padres National Forest to the Bottchers Gap Campground in the northern portion of the forest. The bill allows the use of motorized vehicles on roads or trails included in the scenic trail on which such vehicles are already permitted. The Forest Service must not acquire any land or interest in land outside the exterior boundary of any federally managed area for the scenic trail without the landowner's consent. The Forest Service may realign segments of the scenic trail as necessary to fulfill the scenic trail's purposes. The Forest Service shall conduct a study that addresses the feasibility of, and alternatives for, connecting the northern and southern portions of the Los Padres National Forest by establishing a trail across the applicable portions of the northern and southern Santa Lucia Mountains of the southern California Coastal Range; and considers realignment of the trail or construction of new trail segments to avoid existing trail segments that currently allow motorized vehicles. Upon completion of the study, if the Forest Service determines that additional or alternative trail segments are feasible for inclusion in the scenic trail, it shall include those segments. (Sec. 310) The Forest Service shall study the feasibility of opening a new trail, for vehicles measuring 50 inches or less, that connects Forest Service Highway 95 to the existing off-highway vehicle trail system in the Ballinger Canyon off-highway vehicle area. (Sec. 311) The Forest Service shall conduct a study for improving nonmotorized recreation trail opportunities (including mountain bicycling) on land not designated as wilderness within the Santa Barbara, Ojai, and Mt. Pinos ranger districts. (Sec. 312) The BLM or Forest Service shall ensure that Indian tribes have access to the wilderness areas, scenic areas, and potential wilderness areas designated by this title for traditional cultural and religious purposes. The agencies, on request by a tribe, may temporarily close one or more portions of such an area to protect the privacy of the tribe's members when conducting traditional cultural and religious activities. TITLE IV--SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS AND RIVERS PROTECTION San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act Subtitle A--San Gabriel National Recreation Area (Sec. 413) The bill establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area in California as a unit of the National Park System. Public lands included in the recreation area shall be administered by the National Park Service (NPS). (Sec. 414) The NPS shall manage the public lands included in the recreation area to protect and enhance their natural resources and values. The NPS shall cooperate with the Department of Defense (DOD) in developing opportunities for the management of the federal land under DOD's jurisdiction included in the recreation area. The NPS is encouraged to work with owners of nonfederal land who have agreed to cooperate in advancing the purposes of this subtitle. Certain requirements concerning the nonoperation of solid waste disposal sites within any NPS units shall not apply to the Puente Hills landfill, materials recovery facility, or intermodal facility. The NPS and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council (established by this bill) shall establish a comprehensive management plan for the recreation area that supports its purposes. The NPS shall incorporate the visitor services plan required by this bill into such plan. In developing the management plan, the NPS shall consider recommendations of the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership (established by this bill). The NPS shall include recommendations of the partnership in the management plan if they are feasible and consistent with the recreation area's purposes, this subtitle, and applicable laws. (Sec. 415) The NPS may acquire by exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller nonfederal land within the boundaries of the recreation area if the land contains important biological, cultural, historic, or recreational values. Any land or interest in land acquired by the United States within the boundaries of the recreation area shall be included in the recreation area. (Sec. 417) The advisory council shall advise the NPS on the development and implementation of the management plan and the visitor services plan. (Sec. 418) The partnership shall make recommendations to the NPS regarding the development and implementation of the management plan; review and comment on the visitor services plan and facilitate its implementation; assist units of local government, regional planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations in advancing the purpose of the recreation area, including by carrying out programs and projects that recognize, protect, and enhance resource values within the recreation area; make recommendations to the NPS regarding the appointment of members to the advisory council; and carry out any other actions necessary to achieve the purposes of this subtitle. The NPS shall convene the partnership on a regular basis. The NPS may provide to the partnership or any partnership member such technical and financial assistance determined appropriate to carry out this subtitle. To facilitate the administration of the recreation area, the NPS is authorized to construct administrative or visitor use facilities on land owned by a nonprofit organization, local agency, or other public entity. A facility may only be developed with the consent of the owner of the nonfederal land. The NPS must give priority to actions that conserve the significant resources of the recreation area; and provide educational, interpretive, and recreational opportunities consistent with the purposes of the recreation area. The partnership shall establish a Water Technical Advisory Committee to advise the NPS regarding water-related issues related to the recreation area, and a Public Safety Advisory Committee to advise the NPS regarding public safety issues related to the recreation area. (Sec. 419) The visitor services plan shall, among other things assess current and anticipated future visitation to the recreation area, including recreation destinations; and consider the demand for various types of recreation, including hiking, picnicking, and horseback riding. The NPS may construct visitor use facilities in the recreation area. The NPS may accept and use donated funds, property, in-kind contributions, and services to carry out this subtitle, but may not use such authority to accept nonfederal land that has been acquired after enactment of this bill through the use of eminent domain. Subtitle B--San Gabriel Mountains (Sec. 422) The bill modifies the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument to include approximately 109,167 acres of additional National Forest System land. The Forest Service shall update the existing San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Plan to provide management direction and protection for the lands added to the monument. (Sec. 423) The bill designates certain parcels of National Forest System land in California as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. (Sec. 424) The Forest Service may take measures in a wilderness area or addition necessary to control fire, insects, or diseases. To ensure a timely and efficient response to a fire emergency in a wilderness area or addition, the Forest Service shall establish agency approval procedures for responding to fire emergencies, and enter into agreements with state or local firefighting agencies. The bill specifies requirements regarding the grazing of livestock that has already been established. The Forest Service may conduct any management activities that are necessary to maintain or restore fish or wildlife populations or habitats in the wilderness areas and wilderness additions if the activities are consistent with relevant wilderness management plans and conducted in accordance with appropriate policies, such as those established in a specified House report. Such a management activity may include the occasional and temporary use of motorized vehicles, if their use would promote healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife populations that would enhance wilderness values while causing the minimum impact necessary to accomplish those tasks. California may use aircraft, including helicopters, in a wilderness area or addition to survey, capture, transplant, monitor, or provide water for a wildlife population, including bighorn sheep. The wilderness areas and additions are withdrawn from entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral materials and geothermal leasing laws. Any land located within the boundary of a wilderness area or addition that is acquired by the United States shall become part of the area or addition. The Forest Service may authorize the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological collection devices in a wilderness area or addition if the facilities and access to them is essential to a flood warning, flood control, or water reservoir operation activity. The Forest Service may authorize the Angeles Crest 100 competitive running event to continue as it was operated and permitted in 2015 within the additions to the Sheep Mountain Wilderness and the Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness Area, provided that the event is authorized and conducted in a manner compatible with the preservation of the areas as wilderness. (Sec. 425) The bill designates specified segments of rivers in California as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The bill declares that any new reservation of water or new use of water pursuant to existing water rights held by the United States to advance the purposes of National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act shall be for nonconsumptive instream use only within those segments. (Sec. 426) The Forest Service must comply with the applicable procedural and substantive requirements of the law of California in order to obtain and hold any water rights not in existence with respect to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, the wilderness areas and wilderness additions, and the designated wild and scenic rivers. TITLE V--RIM OF THE VALLEY CORRIDOR PRESERVATION Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act (Sec. 502) This bill adjusts the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California to include the Rim of the Valley Unit. The Rim of the Valley Unit, and any lands or interests acquired by the United States and located within its boundaries, shall be administered as part of the recreation area. The National Park Service may acquire only through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller any nonfederal land within the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Unit. TITLE VI--WILD OLYMPICS WILDERNESS AND WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Sec. 602) The bill designates specified federal lands in the Olympic National Forest in Washington, comprising approximately 126,554 acres, as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Approximately 5,346 acres of specified land is designated as potential wilderness. Once nonconforming uses in the potential wilderness have terminated, it shall be designated as wilderness and become part of the adjacent wilderness area. The Forest Service may take measures that are necessary to control fire, insects, and diseases in the wilderness areas. (Sec. 603) The bill designates specified river segments in Washington as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The Forest Service shall incorporate such designations into updated management plans for units of the National Forest System. (Sec. 604) The federal land within the boundaries of the segments is withdrawn from entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws related to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. TITLE VII--STUDY ON FLOOD RISK MITIGATION (Sec. 701) The Government Accountability Office shall study the contributions of wilderness designations under this bill to protections that mitigate the risk of flooding in residential areas. TITLE VIII--MISCELLANEOUS (Sec. 801) Interior and USDA are encouraged to ensure service member and veteran access to public lands designated by this bill for purposes of outdoor recreation and to participate in outdoor-related volunteer and wellness programs.