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and routes may be used for motorized and bicycle travel 
whenever the Secretary concerned considers such use to 
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-
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essary for resource protection or public safety, the Sec-
retary shall take any of the following mitigation actions, 
intended to provide commensurate motorized recreation 
opportunities in the same general area of the management 
area: 
(1) Repair resource damage and secure condi-
tions so that closed trails may be reopened to motor-
ized use. 
(2) Replace, relocate, or reroute the trail or the 
trail segment to provide a similar link between travel 
points. 
(3) A combination of the actions specified in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) and other actions to achieve 
the overall mitigation objective. 
(f) RELATION
TO OTHER LAWS.—In considering 
mitigation actions under subsection (e), the Secretary con-
cerned shall ensure that such action is consistent with the 
overall objectives of the management area. If the lands 
are also included in the Sawtooth National Recreation 
Area, the Secretary concerned shall also administer the 
action in accordance with Public Law 92–400 (16 U.S.C. 
460aa et seq.), the map referred to in subsection (a)(2), 
and executive orders and other relevant laws and regula-
tions existing on or before the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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(g) BLM TRAVEL PLAN.—Not later than three years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall develop and implement a travel plan 
for public land included in the management area, but not 
otherwise covered by this section. The travel plan shall be 
developed in accordance with the laws and regulations gen-
erally applicable to the public land included in the man-
agement area and in accordance with the existing manage-
ment plan for the Challis District of the Bureau of Land 
Management. Motorized and bicycle travel authorized in 
the travel plan shall be managed in accordance with the 
plan and laws and regulations generally applicable to the 
public land, and not as otherwise provided for in this sec-
tion. The Secretary of the Interior shall include a map 
as part of the travel plan. 
SEC. 304. SUPPORT AND USE OF IDAHO OFF ROAD MOTOR 
VEHICLE PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANT TO PROGRAM.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture not more 
than $1,000,000, which shall be used by the Secretary to 
make a grant to the State of Idaho in the full amount 
so appropriated for deposit with the Off Road Motor Vehi-
cle Program of the Idaho Department of State Parks and 
Recreation, which is used to support the acquisition, pur-
chase, improvement, repair, maintenance, furnishing, and 
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equipping of off-road motor vehicle facilities and sites, to 
groom snowmobile trails, and for enforcement activities 
and the rehabilitation of land damaged by off-road vehicle 
users. As a condition of the grant, the State must main-
tain the grant funds as a separate account of the Off Road 
Motor Vehicle Program and may not use the funds except 
as provided by this section. 
(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—When the Secretary 
concerned determines that additional funds are required 
to carry out the activities described in subsection (a) in 
the management area, the Secretary may apply for funds 
from the Off Road Motor Vehicle Program. Funds re-
ceived under this subsection shall be used only in the man-
agement area or in connection with the Boise motorized 
recreation park authorized by section 107. 
(c) CONSULTATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Be-
fore funds are provided under subsection (b), the Off Road 
Motor Vehicle Program shall consider any recommenda-
tions regarding the use of the funds made by the advisory 
committee established as part of the program as well as 
public comments. 
(d) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Any action under-
taken using funds obtained under subsection (b) shall con-
form to the applicable travel plan of the Challis National 
Forest, the Sawtooth National Forest, the Sawtooth Na-
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tional Recreation Area, or the Challis District of the Bu-
reau of Land Management. 
SEC. 305. AIRPORTS AND LANDING STRIPS. 
No airstrips exist in the wilderness areas designated 
by title II. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to re-
strict or preclude the use of public or private airports or 
landing strips located within the management area or ad-
jacent to a wilderness area designated by title II. 
SEC. 306. MANAGEMENT OF RAILROAD RIDGE AREA, SAW-
TOOTH NATIONAL FOREST. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Railroad Ridge area of the Sawtooth 
National Forest is host to several extremely rare and 
sensitive plant species. 
(2) The area supports some of the most unique 
and well-developed alpine plant communities in 
Idaho, and is more botanically diverse than most al-
pine communities in North America. 
(3) The area is currently closed to cross-coun-
try motorized travel 
(b) ENHANCED AWARENESS AND CONSERVATION.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
of Agriculture $50,000 for the development of educational 
materials and signage to raise the awareness of users of 
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