accomplish those purposes using the minimum tool nec-
essary to reasonably accomplish the task. 
(c) USE
OF AIRCRAFT.—Consistent with section 
4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)) and 
in accordance with appropriate policies such as those set 
forth in Appendix B of House Report 101–405 of the 
101st Congress, the State of Idaho may continue to use 
aircraft, including helicopters, to survey, capture, trans-
plant, monitor, and manage elk, deer, bighorn sheep, 
mountain goats, wolves, grizzly bears, and other wildlife 
and fish. 
(d) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.—Nothing in 
this title shall affect hunting, fishing, and trapping, under 
applicable State and Federal laws and regulations, in the 
wilderness areas designated by section 201. The Secretary 
concerned may designate, by regulation in consultation 
with the appropriate State agency (except in emergencies), 
areas in which, and establish periods during which, for 
reasons of public safety, administration, or compliance 
with applicable laws, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will 
be permitted in the wilderness areas. 
SEC. 208. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to diminish 
the rights of any Indian tribe. Nothing in this title shall 
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be construed to diminish tribal rights regarding access to 
Federal lands for tribal activities, including spiritual, cul-
tural, and traditional food-gathering activities. 
SEC. 209. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS. 
Nothing in this title restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the wilderness areas designated by section 201, in-
cluding military overflights that can be seen or 
heard within the wilderness areas; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes, over the wilderness areas. 
SEC. 210. WILDERNESS REVIEW. 
(a) NATIONAL FORESTS.—Section 5 of Public Law 
92–400 (16 U.S.C. 460aa–4), which required a review of 
the undeveloped and unimproved portion or portions of the 
Sawtooth National Recreation Area established by that 
Act as to suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as 
part of the National Wilderness Preservation System, is 
repealed. 
(b) PUBLIC LANDS.— 
(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the pur-
pose of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), the 
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public land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management in the following areas have been ade-
quately studied for wilderness designation: 
(A) The Jerry Peak Wilderness Study 
Area. 
(B) The Jerry Peak West Wilderness 
Study Area. 
(C) The Corral-Horse Basin Wilderness 
Study Area. 
(D) The Boulder Creek Wilderness Study 
Area. 
(2) RELEASE.—Any public land described in 
paragraph (1) that is not designated as wilderness 
by this title— 
(A) is no longer subject to section 603(c) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 
(B) shall be managed in accordance with 
land management plans adopted under section 
202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712). 
TITLE III—BOULDER-WHITE 
CLOUDS MANAGEMENT AREA 
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF MANAGEMENT AREA. 
(a) FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.—In the case of those 
Federal lands not designated as wilderness in title II, Con-
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gress has examined the management alternatives for such 
lands and finds that the designation of such lands as a 
special management area will provide outstanding oppor-
tunities for many forms of recreation, including mountain 
biking, snowmobiling, and the use of off-road motorized 
vehicles. The purpose of this title is to statutorily provide 
for the continued management of such lands for motorized 
and other recreational opportunities, livestock grazing, 
and conservation and resource protection in accordance 
with the existing management areas, plans, and applicable 
authorities of the Challis National Forest, the Sawtooth 
National Forest, the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 
and the Challis District of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment. In addition, it is the purpose of this title to provide 
that motorized use of such lands shall be allowed in ac-
cordance with the travel maps entitled ‘‘Boulder-White 
Clouds Management Area Travel Plan’’ and ‘‘Boulder- 
White Clouds Management Area Winter Travel Plan’’ and 
dated November 15, 2006. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Those Federal lands in 
the Challis National Forest, the Sawtooth National 
Forest, the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, and 
the Challis District of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment that are not designated as wilderness in title 
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II, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Boul-
der-White Clouds Management Area’’ and dated No-
vember 15, 2006, are hereby designated as the Boul-
der-White Clouds Management Area and shall be 
managed as provided by this title. 
(2) RELATION TO SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECRE-
ATION AREA.—The designation of land already in 
the Sawtooth National Recreation Area for inclusion 
in both the management area and the Sawtooth Na-
tional Recreation Area is declared to be supple-
mental to, not in derogation of, the Sawtooth Na-
tional Recreation Area. 
(3) MANAGEMENT
AREA
DEFINED.—In this 
title, the term ‘‘management area’’ means the Boul-
der-White Clouds Management Area designated by 
this subsection. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED.—In this 
title, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, in the 
case of National Forest System lands included 
in the management area; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, in the 
case of public lands included in the manage-
ment area. 
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(2) ADMINISTRATION.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this title, the Secretary concerned shall 
administer the management area in accordance with 
this title and the laws and regulations generally ap-
plicable to the National Forest System lands and the 
public lands included in administrative areas in ex-
istence as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
and in accordance with the management plans of the 
Sawtooth National Recreation Area, the Challis Na-
tional Forest, the Sawtooth National Forest, and the 
Challis District of the Bureau of Land Management 
in existence as of that date. 
(3) RELATION TO SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECRE-
ATION AREA.—If lands in the management area are 
also included in the Sawtooth National Recreation 
Area, the Secretary of Agriculture shall also admin-
ister that land in accordance with Public Law 92– 
400 (16 U.S.C. 460aa et seq.). 
(4) CONTINUED REFERENCE TO EXISTING AD-
MINISTRATIVE UNITS.—Notwithstanding the estab-
lishment of the management area, the administrative 
units in effect as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act and known as the Sawtooth National Recre-
ation Area, the Challis National Forest, the Saw-
tooth National Forest, and the Challis District of 
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the Bureau of Land Management, including areas 
within the administrative units established as the 
management area, shall continue to be known as the 
Sawtooth National Recreation Area, the Challis Na-
tional Forest, the Sawtooth National Forest, and the 
Challis District of the Bureau of Land Management, 
respectively, and shall be so designated on any signs 
and maps prepared by the Secretary concerned. 
(d) DEVELOPMENT.—No new roads may be con-
structed within the management area, except as necessary 
for access to campgrounds and other recreation areas as 
determined by the Secretary concerned. Roads may be 
maintained and relocated as necessary. The Secretary con-
cerned shall permit the mining and removal of gravel, 
sand, and rock along existing roads in the management 
area as necessary for road maintenance in accordance with 
the applicable management plan. 
(e) TIMBER HARVESTING.—Timber harvesting may 
be allowed on lands in the management area only in ac-
cordance with the management plan applicable to the 
lands and for necessary control of fire, insects, and dis-
eases and for public safety. 
(f) TRAILS.— 
(1) CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND
IM-
PROVEMENTS.—There is authorized to be appro-
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priated to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior $650,000 for trail construction 
and maintenance and for other improvements related 
to outfitting, guiding, hiking, and horseback use 
within the management area. Amounts appropriated 
pursuant to this authorization of appropriations 
shall remain available until expended. 
(2) SET-ASIDE FOR TRAIL CONSTRUCTION.—Of 
the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authoriza-
tion of appropriations in paragraph (1), $150,000 
shall be available for the construction of— 
(A) a trail between the Phyllis Lake Road 
(USFS Road #053) and Phyllis Lake, which 
shall be primitive and non-paved, but wheel-
chair accessible, and open only to non-motorized 
travel; and 
(B) the primitive and non-paved, but 
wheelchair accessible, trail along Murdock 
Creek in the Hemingway-Boulders wilderness 
area required by section 202(e)(2). 
SEC. 302. LAND ACQUISITION IN MANAGEMENT AREA. 
(a) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary concerned 
may acquire, by donation or purchase from willing sellers, 
lands and interests in lands— 
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(1) located inside the boundaries of the man-
agement area; or 
(2) located adjacent to the management area to 
provide easements for additional public access to the 
management area. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF CONDEMNATION.—No 
lands or interests in lands may be acquired by condemna-
tion for inclusion in the management area or to provide 
access to the management area, except as provided for by 
Public Law 92–400 (16 U.S.C. 460aa et seq.) and regula-
tions, in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, for the use of private land in the Sawtooth National 
Recreation Area (sections 36 292.14–292.16 of title 36, 
Code of Federal Regulations). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated not more than $5,000,000 
to carry out this section. Amounts appropriated pursuant 
to this authorization of appropriations shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 303. MOTORIZED AND BICYCLE TRAVEL. 
(a) MOTORIZED
AND BICYCLE TRAVEL AUTHOR-
IZED.— 
(1) BLM LAND.—In the case of public land in-
cluded in the management area, notwithstanding the 
status of any other road or trail, motorized and bicy-
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cle travel shall continue to be allowed on the Spar 
Canyon, Herd Lake, and Road Creek routes. 
(2) FOREST
SERVICE
LAND.—In the case of 
National Forest System land included in the man-
agement area, except wilderness areas, motorized, 
snowmobile, and bicycle travel shall continue to be 
allowed in accordance with Forest Service travel 
plans and maps in existence as of September 1, 
2003, which managed recreation use for the specific 
areas, roads, and trails on that land, as referenced 
on the travel maps entitled ‘‘Boulder-White Clouds 
Management Area Travel Plan’’ and ‘‘Boulder-White 
Clouds Management Area Winter Travel Plan’’ and 
dated November 15, 2006. 
(3) ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.— 
Any road within the management area that is in ex-
istence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
provides access to a developed recreational facility of 
the Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management 
shall remain open to motorized and bicycle travel. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OR USE OF OTHER TRAILS AND 
ROUTES.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), other trails 
and routes may be used for motorized and bicycle travel 
whenever the Secretary concerned considers such use to 
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be necessary for administrative purposes or to respond to 
an emergency. 
(c) ROUTE AND TRAIL CLOSURES.—The following 
roads or trails shall be closed to motorized and mechanized 
trail use, except when there is adequate snowcover to per-
mit snowmobile use: 
(1) Forest Service Trail 109 between the Phyl-
lis Lake turnoff to 4th of July Lake and the south 
side of Washington Lake. 
(2) Forest Service Trail 671 up Warm Springs 
Creek from Trail 104 to the wilderness boundary. 
(d) GROUNDS FOR TRAIL SEGMENT CLOSURES.—Re-
source damage that can be mitigated and issues of user 
conflict shall not be used as grounds for the closure of 
a trail or route in the management area, although the Sec-
retary concerned may close any trail or route, or prohibit 
the use of trail or route for motorized and mechanize trav-
el, if the Secretary determines that such closure or prohi-
bition is the only reasonable means available for resource 
protection or public safety. 
(e) MITIGATION OF TRAIL CLOSURES.—If the Sec-
retary determines under subsection (d) that closing an 
available trail or route in the management area is nec-
essary for resource protection or public safety, the Sec-
retary shall take any of the following mitigation actions, 
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