(B) Human impacts. 
(C) Water and air quality. 
(D) Activities that bear on forest hus-
bandry and restoration. 
(3) STATUS REPORTS.—The geographic infor-
mation system shall include status reports on the 
progress of ecosystem protection, corridor consolida-
tion, and forest recovery efforts and reports on the 
status of threatened and endangered species which 
are primary indicators of ecosystem health. 
(c) WILDLIFE MOVEMENTS.—The interagency team 
shall assess the potential for facilitating wildlife move-
ments across or under major highways and rail lines with-
in the biological corridors established in title II. This as-
sessment shall identify major crossing points and identify 
possible management actions to enhance the suitability of 
such crossing points as movement corridors, including 
underpasses, overpasses, and other methods for reducing 
the danger to native wildlife while facilitating movements 
within the Northern Rockies Bioregion. 
SEC. 603. ROADLESS LANDS EVALUATION. 
(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Roadless lands great-
er than 1,000 acres in size, that are located within the 
National Forest System in the State of Idaho, Montana, 
Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming and that are not des-
ignated as components of the National Wilderness Preser-
vation System (under this or any other Act) shall be iden-
tified and evaluated by the panel of independent scientists 
appointed under section 601. In identifying and evaluating 
these lands, the panel shall make use of existing satellite 
information and Geographic Information System data de-
veloped by the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
in addition to other information sources. The panel shall 
study the role of such lands in maintaining biological di-
versity in the Northern Rockies and as part of the overall 
forest reserve system. The panel shall make recommenda-
tions regarding the management of the lands, and shall 
include the recommendations in the report required by sec-
tion 601. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Until the Congress enacts a law 
stating otherwise, no new road construction or reconstruc-
tion, or timber harvest (except firewood gathering) shall 
be allowed in the lands described in subsection (a). Addi-
tionally, no oil or gas leasing, mining, or other develop-
ment which impairs the natural and roadless qualities of 
these lands shall be allowed on the lands. 
SEC. 604. NATIVE AMERICAN USES. 
(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section and 
section 605, the term ‘‘protected areas’’ means the Wilder-
ness areas, National Park and Preserve Study areas, 
Wildland Recovery areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and bio-
logical corridors designated by this Act. 
(b) NONEXCLUSIVE ACCESS.—In recognition of the 
past use of portions of the protected areas by Native 
Americans for traditional cultural and religious purposes, 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall ensure nonexclusive access to these protected 
areas by native people for such traditional cultural and 
religious purposes. Such access shall be consistent with the 
purpose and intent of Public Law 95–341 (42 U.S.C. 
1996; commonly known as the American Indian Religious 
Freedom Act). The Secretaries, in accordance with such 
Act, upon request of an Indian tribe, may from time-to- 
time temporarily close to the general public use of one or 
more specific portions of these protected areas in order 
to protect the privacy of religious activities and cultural 
uses in such portions by an Indian people. As part of the 
preparation of general management plans for the pro-
tected areas, the Secretaries shall request that the chief 
executive officers of appropriate Indian tribes make rec-
ommendations with respect to assuring access to impor-
tant sites, enhancing the privacy of traditional cultural 
and religious activities, and protecting cultural and reli-
gious sites.