‘‘(D) The term ‘genetic diversity’ means the dif-
ferences in genetic composition within and among
populations of a given species.
‘‘(E) The term ‘species diversity’ means the
richness and variety of native species in a particular
location of the world.
‘‘(F) The term ‘group selection’ means a form
of selection management that emphasizes the peri-
odic removal of trees, including mature, undesirable,
and cull trees in small groups, where they occur that
way, with a result of (i) creating openings not to ex-
ceed in width in any direction the height of the tall-
est tree standing within 10 feet outside the edge of
the group cut, and (ii) maintaining different age
groups in a given stand. In no event will more than
30 percent of the basal area of a stand be felled
within 45 years. The foregoing limitation shall not
be deemed to establish a 150-year projected felling
age as the standard at which individual trees in a
stand are to be cut, nor shall native biodiversity be
limited to that which occurs within the context of a
150-year projected felling age.
‘‘(G) The term ‘stand’ means a biological com-
munity with enough identity by location, topography,
or dominant species to be managed as a unit, not to
exceed 100 acres.
‘‘(H) The term ‘clearcutting’ means the logging
of more than one-half of the commercial trees in a
patch larger than a group defined in subparagraph
(F) or in a stand of any size in a short period of
time.
‘‘(I) The term ‘even-age management’ means
the growing of commercial timber so that all trees
in a patch or stand are generally within 10 years of
the same age. Except for designated leave trees, or
clumps of trees, the patch or stand is logged com-
pletely in any acre within a period of 30 years, by
clearcutting, salvage logging, seed-tree cutting or
shelterwood cutting, or any system other than selec-
tion management.
‘‘(J) The term ‘salvage logging’ means the fell-
ing or further damaging, within any 30-year period,
of a greater basal area than 20 square feet per acre
of dead, damaged, or other trees, or any combination
of such trees.
‘‘(K) The term ‘seed-tree cut’ means an even-
age logging operation that leaves a small minority of
seed trees in a stand for any period of time.
‘‘(L) The term ‘selection management’ means
the application of logging and other actions needed
to maintain continuous high forest cover where such
cover naturally occurs, recurring natural regenera-
tion of all native species on the site, and the orderly
growth and development of trees through a range of
diameter or age classes to provide a sustained yield
of forest products. Cutting methods that develop and
maintain selection stands are individual-tree and
group selection. A goal of selection management is
to improve the quality of the site by continuously
harvesting trees less likely to contribute to the long-
range health of the stand.
‘‘(M) The term ‘shelterwood cut’ means an
even-aged logging operation that leaves a minority
(larger than in a seed-tree cut) of the stand as a
seed source or protection cover remaining standing
for any period of time.
‘‘(N) The term ‘timber purposes’ shall include
the use, sale, lease, or distribution of trees, or the
felling of trees or portions of trees except to create
land space for a structure or other use.
‘‘(4)(A)(i) The purpose of this paragraph is to foster
the widest possible enforcement of this section.
‘‘(ii) Congress finds that all people of the United
States are injured by actions on lands to which this section
applies.
‘‘(B) The provisions of this section shall be enforced
by the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General of
the United States against any person who violates this sec-
tion.
‘‘(C)(i) Any citizen harmed by a violation of this Act
may enforce any provision of this section by bringing an
action for declaratory judgment, temporary restraining
order, injunction, civil penalty, and other remedies against
any alleged violator including the United States, in any
district court of the United States.
‘‘(ii) The court, after determining a violation of this
section, shall impose a penalty of not less than $5,000 and
not more than $50,000 per violation, shall issue one or
more injunctions and other equitable relief and shall
award to the plaintiffs reasonable costs of litigation in-
cluding attorney’s fees, witness fees and other necessary
expenses.
‘‘(iii) The standard of proof in all actions brought
under this subparagraph shall be the preponderance of the
evidence and the trial shall be de novo.
‘‘(D) The penalty authorized by subparagraph (C)(ii)
shall be paid by the violator or violators designated by the
court. If that violator is the United States of America or
a Federal agency or officer, the penalty shall be paid to
the Judgment Fund, as provided by Congress under sec-
tion 1304 of title 31, United States Code.
‘‘(E) The penalty should be paid from the Judgment
Fund within 40 days after judgment to the person or per-
sons designated to receive it, to be applied in protecting
or restoring native biodiversity in or adjoining Federal
land. Any award of costs of litigation and any award of
attorney fees shall be paid within 40 days after judgment.
‘‘(F) The United States, including its agents and em-
ployees waives its sovereign immunity in all respects in
all actions under this section. No notice is required to en-
force this section.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘2694. Conservation of native biodiversity.’’.
TITLE 
II—PROTECTION 
FOR
NORTHWEST ANCIENT FOR-
ESTS, ROADLESS AREAS, AND
SPECIAL AREAS
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS AND FINDINGS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this title:
(1) EXTRACTIVE LOGGING.—The term ‘‘extrac-
tive logging’’ means the removal of any logs from a
Federal forest for any purpose other than the re-
moval of small quantities of logs for firewood by
local individual citizens for their own personal, non-
commercial use.
(2) NORTHWEST ANCIENT FORESTS.—The term
‘‘Northwest Ancient Forests’’ refers to—
(A) lands identified as Late-Successional
Reserves, Riparian Reserves, and Key Water-
sheds under the heading ‘‘Alternative 1’’ of the
report ‘‘Final Supplemental Environmental Im-
pact Statement on Management of Habitat for
Late-Successional and Old-Growth Forest Re-
lated Species Within the Range of the Northern
Spotted Owl, Vol. I.’’, dated February 1994;
and
(B) lands identified by the term ‘‘Medium
and Large Conifer Multi-Storied, Canopied For-
ests’’ as defined in ‘‘Final Supplemental Envi-
ronmental Impact Statement on Management of
Habitat for Late-Successional and Old-Growth
Forest Related Species Within the Range of the
Northern Spotted Owl, Vol. I.’’, dated February
1994.
(3) IMPROVED
ROADS.—The term ‘‘improved
roads’’ means any roads maintained for travel by
standard passenger type vehicles.
(4) ROADLESS
AREAS.—The term ‘‘roadless
areas’’ means those contiguous parcels of Federal
land that are devoid of improved roads, except as
permitted by subparagraph (B), and—
(A) are greater than or equal to 5,000
acres west of the 100th meridian;
(B) are greater than or equal to 1,500
acres east of the 100th meridian, but possibly
containing up to 1⁄2 mile of improved roads per
1,000 acres; or
(C) are less than 5,000 acres, but are con-
tiguous to existing Wilderness, Primitive Areas,
Administration-endorsed Wilderness, or roadless
areas in other Federal ownership, regardless of
their size.
(5) 
SPECIAL
AREAS.—The 
term 
‘‘Special
Areas’’ means certain areas of Federal land de-
scribed in section 202 that are to be managed ac-
cording to the instructions of section 203(c).
(6) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means the head of the Federal
agency having jurisdiction over Federal lands in-
cluded within a Northwest Ancient Forest, roadless
area, or Special Area.
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) Unfragmented forests on Federal lands are
unique and valuable assets to the general public
which are damaged by extractive logging.
(2) Less than 10 percent of the original
unlogged forests of the United States remain. The
vast majority of the remnants of America’s original
forests are located on Federal lands.
(3) Large, unfragmented forest watersheds pro-
vide high-quality water supplies for drinking, agri-
culture, industry, and fisheries across the United
States.
(4) The most recent scientific studies indicate
that several thousand species of plants and animals
are dependent on large, unfragmented forest areas.
(5) Many neotropical migratory songbird spe-
cies are currently experiencing documented broad-
scale 
population 
declines 
and 
require 
large,
unfragmented forests to ensure their survival.
(6) Destruction of large-scale natural forests
has resulted in a tremendous loss of jobs in the fish-
ing, hunting, tourism, recreation, and guiding indus-
tries, and has adversely affected sustainable nontim-
ber forest products industries such as the collection
of mushrooms and herbs.
(7) Extractive logging programs on Federal
lands are carried out at enormous financial costs to
the United States Treasury and American taxpayers.
(8) The Northwest Ancient Forests continue to
be threatened by logging and deforestation and are
rapidly disappearing.
(9) Northwest Ancient Forests help regulate at-
mospheric balance, maintain biodiversity, and pro-
vide valuable scientific opportunity for monitoring
the health of the planet.
(10) Prohibiting extractive logging in the
Northwest Ancient Forests would create the best
conditions for ensuring stable, well distributed, and
viable populations of the northern spotted owl, mar-
bled murrelet, American marten, and other verte-
brates, invertebrates, vascular plants, and nonvascu-
lar plants associated with those forests.
(11) Prohibiting extractive logging in the
Northwest Ancient Forests would create the best
conditions for ensuring stable, well distributed, and
viable populations of anadromous salmonids, resi-
dent salmonids, and bull trout.
(12) Roadless areas are de facto wilderness that
provide wildlife habitat and recreation.
(13) Roadless areas contain many of the largest
unfragmented forests on Federal lands. Large
unfragmented forests are among the last refuges for
native animal and plant biodiversity, and are vital to
maintaining viable populations of threatened, endan-
gered, sensitive, and rare species.
(14) Roads cause soil erosion, disrupt wildlife
migration, and allow nonnative species of plants and
animals to invade native forests.
(15) The mortality and reproduction patterns of
forest dwelling animal populations are adversely af-
fected by traffic-related fatalities that accompany
roads.
(16) The exceptional recreational, biological,
scientific, or economic assets of certain special for-
ested areas on Federal lands are valuable to the
American public and are damaged by extractive log-
ging in these areas.
(17) In order to gauge the effectiveness and ap-
propriateness of current and future resource man-
agement activities, and to continue to broaden and
develop our understanding of silvicultural practices,
many special forested areas need to remain in a nat-
ural, unmanaged state to serve as scientifically es-
tablished baseline control forests.
(18) Certain special forested areas provide habi-
tat for the survival and recovery of endangered and
threatened plant and wildlife species such as grizzly
bears, spotted owls, Pacific salmon, and Pacific yew
that are harmed by extractive logging.
(19) Many special forested areas on Federal
lands are considered sacred sites by native peoples.
(20) As a legacy for the enjoyment, knowledge,
and well-being of future generations, provisions must
be made for the protection and perpetuation of
America’s Northwest Ancient Forests, roadless
areas, and Special Areas.
SEC. 202. DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL AREAS.
For purposes of this title, there are hereby designated
the following Special Areas, which shall be subject to the
management restrictions specified in section 203(c):
(1) ALABAMA: SIPSEY
WILDERNESS.—Certain
lands in the Bankhead National Forest in Alabama,
which comprise approximately 20,000 acres, located
directly west of Highway 33 and directly north of
County Road 60, including all of the Sipsey River
Watershed north of Cranal Road.
(2) ALASKA.—
(A) TURNIGAN ARM.—Certain lands in the
Chugach National Forest, Kenai Peninsula,
Alaska, extending from sea level to ridgetop
surrounding the inlet of Turnigan Arm.
(B) HONKER
DIVIDE.—Certain lands in
the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, which
comprise approximately 75,000 acres, located
on north central Prince of Wales Island, com-
prising the Thorne River and Hatchery Creek
watersheds, stretching approximately 40 miles
northwest from the vicinity of the town of
Thorne Bay to the vicinity of the town of
Coffman Cove, generally known as the ‘‘Honker
Divide’’.
(3) ARIZONA: NORTH RIM OF THE GRAND CAN-
YON.—Certain lands in the Kaibab National Forest,
Arizona, included in the Grand Canyon Game Pre-
serve, which comprise approximately 500,000 acres,
abutting the northern side of the Grand Canyon in
the area generally known as the ‘‘North Rim of the
Grand Canyon’’.
(4) ARKANSAS.—
(A) 
COW
CREEK
DRAINAGE.—Certain
lands in the Ouachita National Forest, Mena
Ranger District, Polk, Arkansas, and Le Flore
Leatherwood Wilderness Area in Searcy and
Marion Counties, Arkansas.
(E) UPPER
BUFFALO
RIVER
WATER-
SHED.—Certain lands in the Ozark National
Forest, Buffalo Ranger District, totaling ap-
proximately 220,000 acres known as the
‘‘Upper Buffalo River Watershed’’. This area is
located approximately 35 miles from the town
of Harrison, in Newton, Searcy, and Stone
Counties, Arkansas. The Upper Buffalo River
Watershed is comprised of those Forest Service
lands, not already designated as Wilderness
Areas, upstream of the confluence of the Buf-
falo River and Richland Creek and located in
the following watersheds: Buffalo River, the
various streams comprising the Headwaters of
the Buffalo River, Richland Creek, Little Buf-
falo Headwaters, Edgmon Creek, Big Creek
and Cane Creek.
(5) CALIFORNIA.—
(A) GIANT SEQUOIA PRESERVE.—Certain
lands in the Sequoia and Sierra National For-
ests in California comprised of 3 discontinuous
parcels, totaling approximately 442,425 acres,
located in Fresno, Tulare, and Kern Counties.
All 3 parcels are located in the Southern Sierra
Nevada mountain range; the proposed Kings
River Unit (145,600 acres) and nearby Red-
wood Mountain Unit (11,730 acres) are located
approximately 25 miles east of the city of Fres-
no. The proposed South Unit (285,095 acres) is
approximately 15 miles east of the city of
Porterville.
(B) DARDANELLES
ROADLESS
AREA.—
Certain lands in the Tahoe National Forest,
California, within the Meiss Management Area,
comprising 12,332 acres known as the ‘‘Darda-
nelles Roadless Area’’.
(C) 
NORTH
FORK
AMERICAN
RIVER
ROADLESS AREA.—Certain lands in the Tahoe
National Forest in California, which comprise
approximately 50,000 acres, located 50 miles
northeast of Sacramento, generally known as
the ‘‘North Fork American River Roadless
Area’’.
(6) COLORADO: COCHETOPA
HILLS.—Certain
lands in the Gunnison Basin area administered by
the Grande Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison Na-
tional Forest and the Rio Grande National Forest
comprising approximately 500,000 acres known as
the ‘‘Cochetopa Hills’’. This area spans the con-
tinental divide south and east of Gunnison in Gunni-
son and Saguache Counties, Colorado and includes
the northern San Juans, the La Garitas, and the
Cochetopa Hills.
(7) GEORGIA.—
(A) ARMUCHEE CLUSTER.—Certain lands
in 
the 
Chattahoochee 
National 
Forest,
Armuchee Ranger District totaling approxi-
mately 19,700 acres, known as the ‘‘Armuchee
Cluster’’. The cluster is comprised of three par-
cels known as Rocky Face, Johns Mountain and
Hidden Creek. The cluster is located approxi-
mately 10 miles southwest of Dalton and 14
miles north of Rome, Whitfield, Walker,
Chattooga, Floyd, and Gordon Counties, Geor-
gia.
(B) BLUE
RIDGE
CORRIDOR
CLUSTER,
GEORGIA AREAS.—Certain lands in the Chat-
tahoochee National Forest, Chestatee Ranger
District, totaling approximately 15,000 acres
known as the ‘‘Blue Ridge Corridor Cluster,
Georgia Areas’’. The cluster is comprised of the
following 5 parcels: Horse Gap, Hogback Moun-
tain, Blackwell Creek, Little Cedar Mountain,
and Black Mountain. The cluster is located ap-
proximately 15 to 20 miles north of the town of
Dahlonega, Union and Lumpkin Counties,
Georgia.
(C) CHATTOOGA
WATERSHED
CLUSTER,
GEORGIA AREAS.—Certain lands in the Chat-
tahoochee National Forest, Tallulah Ranger
District, comprising 63,500 acres known as the
‘‘Chattooga Watershed Cluster, Georgia Areas’’.
This cluster is comprised of 7 areas, located in
Rabun County, Georgia, known as the follow-
ing: Rabun Bald, Three Forks, Ellicott Rock
Extension, Rock Gorge, Big Shoals, Thrift’s
Ferry, and Five Falls. The towns of Clayton,
Georgia, and Dillard, South Carolina are situ-
ated nearby.
(D) COHUTTA CLUSTER.—Certain lands in
the Chattahoochee National Forest, Cohutta
Ranger District, totaling approximately 28,000
acres, known as the ‘‘Cohutta Cluster’’. The
cluster is comprised of four parcels known as
Cohutta Extensions, Grassy Mountain, Emery
Creek, and Mountaintown. The cluster is lo-
cated near the towns of Chatsworth and Ellijay,
Murray, Fannin, and Gilmer Counties, Georgia.
(E) DUNCAN
RIDGE
CLUSTER.—Certain
lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest,
Brasstown and Toccoa Ranger Districts, com-
prising 17,000 acres known as the ‘‘Duncan
Ridge Cluster’’. The cluster is comprised of the
following four parcels: Licklog Mountain, Dun-
can Ridge, Board Camp, and Cooper Creek
Scenic Area Extension. The cluster is located
approximately 10 to 15 miles south of the town
of Blairsville in Union and Fannin Counties,
Georgia.
(F) ED JENKINS NATIONAL RECREATION
AREA
CLUSTER.—Certain lands in the Chat-
tahoochee 
National 
Forest, 
Toccoa 
and
Chestatee Ranger Districts, totaling approxi-
mately 19,300 acres, known as the ‘‘Ed Jenkins
National Recreation Area Cluster’’. The cluster
is comprised of the Springer Mountain, Mill
Creek, and Toonowee parcels. The cluster is lo-
cated 30 miles north of the town of Dahlonega,
Fannin, Dawson, and Lumpkin Counties, Geor-
gia.
(G) GAINESVILLE RIDGES CLUSTER.—Cer-
tain lands in the Chattahoochee National For-
est, Chattooga Ranger District, totaling ap-
proximately 14,200 acres, known as the
‘‘Gainesville Ridges Cluster’’. The cluster is
comprised of the following three parcels: Pan-
ther Creek, Tugaloo Uplands, and Middle Fork
of the Broad River. The cluster is located ap-
proximately 10 miles from the town of Toccoa,
Habershan and Stephens Counties, Georgia.
(H) NORTHERN
BLUE
RIDGE
CLUSTER,
GEORGIA AREAS.—Certain lands in the Chat-
tahoochee National Forest, Brasstown and
Tallulah Ranger Districts, comprising 46,000
acres known as the ‘‘Northern Blue Ridge Clus-
ter, Georgia Areas’’. The cluster is comprised of
the following eight areas: Andrews Cove, Anna
Ruby Falls Scenic Area Extension, High
Shoals, Tray Mountain Extension, Kelly Ridge-
Moccasin Creek, Buzzard Knob, Southern
Nantahala Extension, and Patterson Gap. The
cluster is located approximately 5 to 15 miles
north of Helen, 5 to 15 miles southeast of
Hiawassee, north of Clayton, and west of Dil-
lard, White, Towns, and Rabun Counties, Geor-
gia.
(I) RICH
MOUNTAIN
CLUSTER.—Certain
lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest,
Toccoa Ranger District, totaling approximately
9,500 acres, known as the ‘‘Rich Mountain
Cluster’’. The cluster is comprised of the par-
cels known as Rich Mountain Extension and
Rocky Mountain. The cluster is located 10 to
15 miles northeast of the town of Ellijay,
Gilmer, and Fannin Counties, Georgia.
(J) WILDERNESS HEARTLANDS CLUSTER,
GEORGIA AREAS.—Certain lands in the Chat-
tahoochee 
National 
Forest, 
Chestatee,
Brasstown, and Chattooga Ranger Districts,
comprising approximately 16,500 acres, known
as the ‘‘Wilderness Heartlands Cluster, Georgia
Areas’’. The cluster is comprised of four parcels
known as the following: Blood Mountain Exten-
sions, Raven Cliffs Extensions, Mark Trail Ex-
tensions, and Brasstown Extensions. The clus-
ter is located near the towns of Dahlonega,
Cleveland, Helen and Blairsville, Lumpkin,
Union, White, and Towns Counties, Georgia.
(8) IDAHO.—
(A) COVE/MALLARD.—Certain lands in the
Nez Perce National Forest in Idaho, which
comprise approximately 94,000 acres, located
approximately 30 miles southwest of the town
of Elk City, west of the town of Dixie, in the
area generally known as ‘‘Cove/Mallard’’.
(B) MEADOW
CREEK.—Certain lands in
the Nez Perce National Forest in Idaho, which
comprise approximately 180,000 acres, located
approximately 8 miles east of the town of Elk
City in the area generally known as ‘‘Meadow
Creek’’.
(C) FRENCH
CREEK/PATRICK
BUTTE.—
Certain lands in the Payette National Forest in
Idaho, which comprise approximately 141,000
acres, located approximately 20 miles north of
the town of McCall in the area generally known
as ‘‘French Creek/Patrick Butte’’.
(9) ILLINOIS.—
(A) CRIPPS BEND.—Certain lands in the
Shawnee National Forest in Illinois, which com-
prise approximately 39 acres in Jackson County
in the Big Muddy River watershed, in the area
generally known as ‘‘Cripps Bend’’.
(B) OPPORTUNITY AREA 6.—Certain lands
in the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois
which comprise approximately 50,000 acres lo-
cated in northern Pope County, surrounding
Bell Smith Springs Natural Area, in the area
generally known as ‘‘Opportunity Area 6’’.
(C) QUARREL
CREEK.—Certain lands in
the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois, which
comprise approximately 490 acres located in
northern Pope County, in the Quarrel Creek
watershed, in the area generally known as
‘‘Quarrel Creek’’.
(10) MINNESOTA: TROUT
LAKE
AND
SUOMI
HILLS.—Certain lands in the Chippewa National
Forest comprising 12,000 acres known as the
‘‘Trout Lake/Suomi Hills’’ area in Itasca County,
Minnesota.
(11) MONTANA: MOUNT
BUSHNELL.—Certain
lands in the Lolo National Forest in Montana, which
comprise approximately 41,000 acres located ap-
proximately 5 miles southwest of the town of
Thompson Falls in the area generally known as
‘‘Mount Bushnell’’.
(12) NEW MEXICO.—
(A) ANGOSTURA.—Certain lands in the
eastern half of the Carson National Forest, Ca-
mino Real Ranger District, totaling approxi-
mately 10,000 acres located in Township 21,
Ranges 12 and 13, known as ‘‘Angostura’’. The
area’s approximate boundaries are as follows:
the northeast boundary is formed by Highway
518, the southeast boundary consists of the An-
gostura Creek watershed boundary, the south-
ern boundary is Trail 19 and the Pecos Wilder-
ness, and on the west, the boundary is formed
by the Agua Piedra Creek watershed.
(B) LA
MANGA.—Certain lands in the
western half of the Carson National Forest, El
Rito Ranger District, Vallecitos Sustained Yield
Unit, comprising approximately 5,400 acres,
known as ‘‘La Manga’’. The parcel is in Town-
ship 27, Range 6 and bounded on the north by
the Tierra Amarilla Land Grant, on the south
by Canada Escondida, on the west by the Sus-
tained Yield Unit boundary and the Tierra
Amarilla Land Grant, and on the east by the
Rio Vallecitos.
(C) ELK MOUNTAIN.—Certain lands in the
Santa Fe National Forest, comprising approxi-
mately 7,220 acres, known as ‘‘Elk Mountain’’
and located in Townships 17 and 18 and
Ranges 12 and 13. The area is bounded on the
north by the Pecos Wilderness, the Cow Creek
Watershed forms the eastern boundary and
Cow Creek forms the western. The southern
boundary is formed by Rito de la Osha.
(D) JEMEZ HIGHLANDS.—Certain lands in
the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe Na-
tional Forest totaling 54,400 acres known as
the ‘‘Jemez Highlands’’, located primarily in
Sandoval County, New Mexico.
(13) NORTH CAROLINA.—
(A) 
CENTRAL
NANTAHALA
CLUSTER,
NORTH CAROLINA AREAS.—Certain lands in the
Nantahala National Forest, Tusquitee, Cheoah,
and Wayah Ranger Districts, totaling approxi-
mately 107,000 acres known as the ‘‘Central
Nantahala Cluster, North Carolina Areas’’. The
cluster is comprised of the following 9 parcels:
Tusquitee Bald, Shooting Creek Bald, Cheoah
Bald, Pierce Bald, Wesser Bald, Tellico Bald,
Split White Oak, Siler Bald, and Southern
Nantahala Extensions. The cluster is located
near the towns of Murphy, Franklin, Bryson
City, Andrews, and Beechertown, Cherokee,
Macon, Clay, and Swain Counties, North Caro-
lina.
(B) CHATTOOGA
WATERSHED
CLUSTER,
NORTH CAROLINA AREAS.—Certain lands in the
Nantahala National Forest, Highlands Ranger
District, totaling approximately 8,000 acres
known as the ‘‘Chattooga Watershed Cluster’’.
The cluster is comprised of the Overflow (Blue
Valley) and Terrapin Mountain parcels. The
cluster is located 5 miles from the town of
Highlands, Macon and Jackson Counties, North
Carolina.
(C) TENNESSEE BORDER CLUSTER, NORTH
CAROLINA
AREAS.—Certain 
lands 
in 
the
Nantahala National Forest, Tusquitee and
Cheoah Ranger Districts, totaling approxi-
mately 28,000 acres, known as the ‘‘Tennessee
Border Cluster, North Carolina Areas’’. The
cluster is comprised of the 4 following parcels:
Unicoi Mountains, Deaden Tree, Snowbird,
Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Extension. The cluster
is located near the towns of Murphy and
Robbinsville, Cherokee and Graham Counties,
North Carolina.
(D) BALD MOUNTAINS.—Certain lands in
the Pisgah National Forest, French Broad
Ranger District, totaling approximately 13,000
acres known as the ‘‘Bald Mountains’’, located
12 miles northeast of Hot Springs, Madison
County, North Carolina.
(E) BIG IVY TRACT.—Certain lands in the
Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina,
which comprise approximately 14,000 acres, lo-
cated approximately 15 miles west of Mount
Mitchell in the area generally known as the
‘‘Big Ivy Tract’’.
(F) BLACK MOUNTAINS CLUSTER, NORTH
CAROLINA AREAS.—Certain lands in the Pisgah
National Forest, Toecane and Grandfather
Ranger Districts, totaling approximately 62,000
acres, known as the ‘‘Black Mountains Cluster,
North Carolina Areas’’. The cluster is com-
prised of the following five parcels: Craggy
Mountains, Black Mountains, Jarrett Creek,
Mackey Mountain, and Woods Mountain. The
cluster is located near the towns of Burnsville,
Montreat and Marion, Buncombe, Yancey and
McDowell Counties, North Carolina.
(G) LINVILLE CLUSTER.—Certain lands in
the Pisgah National Forest, Grandfather Rang-
er District, totaling approximately 42,000 acres
known as the ‘‘Linville Cluster’’. The cluster is
comprised of the following seven parcels: Dob-