I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2075 
To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls 
Wilderness Study Area in the State of Oregon to facilitate fire prevention 
and response activities in order to protect adjacent private property, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2017 
Mr. WALDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon- 
Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area in the State of 
Oregon to facilitate fire prevention and response activi-
ties in order to protect adjacent private property, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crooked River Ranch 
Fire Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Crooked River Ranch is an unincor-
porated community with a population of 5,000 resi-
dents. 
(2) The current lands located adjacent to 
Crooked River Ranch are managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management and are classified as a Wilder-
ness Study Area. 
(3) There is currently only one entrance/exit to 
the Crooked River Ranch. 
(4) Jefferson County and Crooked River Ranch 
have determined that the Wilderness Study Area 
lands are in the highest risk category for exposure 
to devastating wildfire due to overstocked juniper 
stands under the federally mandated and locally pro-
mulgated Jefferson County Community Wildfire 
Protection Plan (CWPP). 
(5) The current Wilderness Study Area classi-
fication prevents mechanical fire prevention activities 
within the overstocked juniper stands. 
(6) Advancing this proposed legislation will 
greatly enhance the life and safety of people and 
property by reducing the extreme fire threat to these 
lands. 
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SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DESCHUTES CANYON- 
STEELHEAD 
FALLS 
WILDERNESS 
STUDY 
AREA, OREGON. 
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall adjust the eastern boundary 
of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness 
Study Area in the State of Oregon to exclude approxi-
mately 832 acres, as depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study 
Area’’ and dated April 6, 2017, in order to facilitate fire 
prevention and response activities on the excluded public 
lands and adjacent private property. 
(b) EFFECT OF EXCLUSION.—Effective on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the public lands to be ex-
cluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wil-
derness Study Area pursuant to subsection (a) are no 
longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Pol-
icy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)). 
Æ 
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