(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
(e) FIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT AC-
TIVITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 
may take such measures in the wilderness areas des-
ignated by this Act as are necessary for the control 
and prevention of fire, insects, and diseases, in ac-
cordance with— 
(A) section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)); and 
(B) House Report No. 98–40 of the 98th 
Congress. 
(2) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary con-
cerned shall review existing policies applicable to the 
wilderness areas designated by this Act to ensure 
that authorized approval procedures for any fire 
management measures allow a timely and efficient 
response to fire emergencies in the wilderness areas. 
(f) ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 
shall provide any owner of private property within 
the boundary of a wilderness area designated by this 
Act adequate access to such property to ensure the 
reasonable use and enjoyment of the property by the 
owner. 
(2) KING RANGE WILDERNESS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), within the wilderness designated by 
section 2(13), the access route depicted on the 
map for private landowners shall also be avail-
able for invitees of the private landowners. 
(B) LIMITATION.—Nothing in subpara-
graph (A) requires the Secretary concerned to 
provide any access to the landowners or invitees 
beyond the access that would be available if the 
wilderness had not been designated. 
(g) SNOW SENSORS AND STREAM GAUGES.—If the 
Secretary concerned determines that hydrologic, meteoro-
logic, or climatological instrumentation is appropriate to 
further the scientific, educational, and conservation pur-
poses of the wilderness areas designated by this Act, noth-
ing in this Act prevents the installation and maintenance 
of the instrumentation within the wilderness areas.
(h) MILITARY ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this Act pre-
cludes low-level overflights of military aircraft, the des-
ignation of new units of special airspace, or the use or 
establishment of military flight training routes over wil-
derness areas designated by this Act. 
(i) LIVESTOCK.—Grazing of livestock and the mainte-
nance of existing facilities related to grazing in wilderness 
areas designated by this Act, where established before the 
date of enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to con-
tinue in accordance with— 
(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 
(2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of 
the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 
Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-
panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 
101–405). 
(j) FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the pur-
poses of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.), the Secretary concerned may carry out man-
agement activities to maintain or restore fish and 
wildlife populations and fish and wildlife habitats in 
wilderness areas designated by this Act if such ac-
tivities are—
(A) consistent with applicable wilderness 
management plans; and 
(B) carried out in accordance with applica-
ble guidelines and policies. 
(2) STATE JURISDICTION.—Nothing in this Act 
affects the jurisdiction of the State of California 
with respect to fish and wildlife on the public land 
located in the State. 
(k) USE BY MEMBERS OF INDIAN TRIBES.— 
(1) ACCESS.—In recognition of the past use of 
wilderness areas designated by this Act by members 
of Indian tribes for traditional cultural and religious 
purposes, the Secretary concerned shall ensure that 
Indian tribes have access to the wilderness areas for 
traditional cultural and religious purposes. 
(2) TEMPORARY CLOSURES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out this 
subsection, the Secretary concerned, on request 
of an Indian tribe, may temporarily close to the 
general public 1 or more specific portions of a 
wilderness area to protect the privacy of the 
members of the Indian tribe in the conduct of 
the traditional cultural and religious activities 
in the wilderness area.
(B) REQUIREMENT.—Any closure under 
subparagraph (A) shall be made in such a man-
ner as to affect the smallest practicable area for 
the minimum period of time necessary for the 
activity to be carried out. 
(3) APPLICABLE LAW.—Access to the wilder-
ness areas under this subsection shall be in accord-
ance with— 
(A) Public Law 95–341 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘American Indian Religious Freedom 
Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.); and 
(B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.). 
(l) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act creates 
protective perimeters or buffer zones around any wil-
derness area designated by this Act. 
(2) NONWILDERNESS
ACTIVITIES.—The fact 
that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or 
heard from areas within a wilderness area des-
ignated by this Act shall not preclude the conduct of 
those activities or uses outside the boundary of the 
wilderness area.
SEC. 4. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes 
of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), any portion of a wil-
derness study area described in subsection (b) that is not 
designated as wilderness by this Act or any previous Act 
has been adequately studied for wilderness. 
(b) DESCRIPTION
OF STUDY AREAS.—The study 
areas referred to in subsection (a) are— 
(1) the King Range Wilderness Study Area; 
(2) the Chemise Mountain Instant Study Area; 
(3) the Red Mountain Wilderness Study Area; 
(4) the Cedar Roughs Wilderness Study Area; 
and 
(5) those portions of the Rocky Creek/Cache 
Creek Wilderness Study Area in Lake County, Cali-
fornia which are not in R. 5 W., T. 12 N., sec. 22, 
Mount Diablo Meridian. 
(c) RELEASE.—Any portion of a wilderness study 
area described in subsection (b) that is not designated as 
wilderness by this Act or any other Act enacted before the 
date of enactment of this Act shall not be subject to sec-
tion 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)).
SEC. 5. ELKHORN RIDGE POTENTIAL WILDERNESS AREA. 
(a) DESIGNATION
AS
POTENTIAL
WILDERNESS 
AREA.—In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain public land in the 
State administered by the Bureau of Land Management, 
compromising approximately 9,655 acres, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘South Fork Eel River Wilder-
ness Area and Elkhorn Ridge Potential Wilderness’’ and 
dated September 27, 2004, is designated as a potential 
wilderness area. 
(b) MANAGEMENT
OF
POTENTIAL
WILDERNESS 
AREA.—Except as provided in subsection (c) and subject 
to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
manage the potential wilderness area as wilderness until 
the potential wilderness area is designated as wilderness. 
(c) ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of ecological 
restoration (including the elimination of non-native 
species, removal of illegal, unused, or decommis-
sioned roads, repair of skid tracks, and any other 
activities necessary to restore the natural ecosystems 
in the potential wilderness area), the Secretary of 
the Interior may used motorized equipment and 
mechanized transport in the potential wilderness 
area until the potential wilderness area is designated 
as wilderness.
(2) LIMITATION.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary of the Interior shall use 
the minimum tool or administrative practice nec-
essary to accomplish ecological restoration with the 
least amount of adverse impact on wilderness char-
acter and resources. 
(d) DESIGNATION AS WILDERNESS.—The potential 
wilderness area shall be designated as wilderness and as 
a component of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem on the earlier of— 
(1) the date on which the Secretary of the Inte-
rior publishes in the Federal Register notice that the 
conditions in the potential wilderness area that are 
incompatible with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.) have been removed; or 
(2) the date that is 5 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(e) MANAGEMENT
OF WILDERNESS AREA.—Upon 
designation of the potential wilderness area as wilderness 
under subsection (d), the wilderness area shall be— 
(1) known as the ‘‘Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness’’; 
and 
(2) administered by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior in accordance with section 3 and the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that—
(A) any reference in section 3 to the date 
of enactment of this Act and any reference in 
the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the 
Wilderness Act shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to the date on which the wilderness area 
is designated under subsection (d); and 
(B) any reference in the Wilderness Act to 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered 
to be a reference to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior. 
SEC. 6. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATION, BLACK 
BUTTE RIVER, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF BLACK BUTTE RIVER SEG-
MENTS.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(ll) BLACK BUTTE RIVER, CALIFORNIA.—The 
following segments of the Black Butte River in the State 
of California, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture: 
‘‘(A) The 16 miles of Black Butte River, from 
the Mendocino County Line to its confluence with 
Jumpoff Creek, as a wild river.
‘‘(B) The 3.5 miles of Black Butte River from 
its confluence with Jumpoff Creek to its confluence 
with Middle Eel River, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(C) The 1.5 miles of Cold Creek from the 
Mendocino County Line to its confluence with Black 
Butte River, as a wild river.’’. 
(b) FIRE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND CULTURAL AND 
HISTORIC
RESOURCES
REPORT.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress— 
(1) a fire management plan for the Black Butte 
River segments designated by the amendment made 
by subsection (a); and 
(2) a report on the cultural and historic re-
sources within those segments. 
(c) TRANSMITTAL TO COUNTY.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall transmit to the Board of Supervisors of 
Mendocino County, California, a copy of the plan and re-
port submitted under subsection (b). 
SEC. 7. KING RANGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
Section 9 of Public Law 91–476 (16 U.S.C. 460y– 
8) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) In addition to the land described in subsections 
(a) and (c), the land identified as the King Range Na-
tional Conservation Area Additions on the map entitled 
‘King Range Wilderness’ and dated November 12, 2004, 
is included in the Area.’’. 
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