projected reduction of uncharacteristically 
severe wildfire effects for the forest type. 
(h) ROADS AND TRAILS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), no road shall be constructed in a covered 
area. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Nothing in paragraph (1) 
prevents the Secretary from— 
(A) constructing a temporary road in a 
Protection Area, Recreation Management Area, 
or Special Management Area as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary as a minimum re-
quirement for carrying out a vegetation man-
agement project in accordance with this Act; 
(B) responding to an emergency; or 
(C) authorizing the transportation of sci-
entific research equipment within the Scientific 
Research and Education Area. 
(3) 
DECOMMISSIONING
OF
TEMPORARY 
ROADS.—Not later than 3 years after the date on 
which an applicable vegetation management project 
is completed, the Secretary shall decommission any 
temporary road constructed under paragraph (2)(A) 
for the applicable vegetation management project. 
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(4) REROUTING.—Nothing in this Act prevents 
the Secretary from rerouting a trail within a covered 
area to protect public safety or natural resources 
from degradation, as determined to be appropriate 
by the Secretary. 
(i) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act affects the 
use or allocation of any absolute or conditional water right 
that is— 
(1) decreed under the laws of the State; and 
(2) in existence on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(j) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act estab-
lishes a protective perimeter or buffer zone around 
a covered area or wilderness area. 
(2) OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES.—The fact that a non- 
wilderness activity or use on land outside of a cov-
ered area or wilderness area can be seen or heard 
from an area within a covered area or wilderness 
area shall not preclude the conduct of the activity or 
use outside the boundary of the covered area or wil-
derness area. 
(k) SEASONAL CLOSURES.—As appropriate and in 
accordance with applicable law, the Secretary shall develop 
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and implement seasonal closures for off-highway vehicles 
and bicycles to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat in— 
(1) the McIntosh Mountain Special Manage-
ment Area designated by section 3(a)(4); 
(2) the Signal Peak Special Management Area 
designated by section 3(a)(7); 
(3) the Cabin Creek Wildlife Conservation Area 
designated by section 4(a)(1); 
(4) the Flat Top Wildlife Conservation Area 
designated by section 4(a)(2); 
(5) the Lake Gulch and Cebolla Creek Wildlife 
Conservation Area designated by section 4(a)(3); 
and 
(6) the Pinnacles Wildlife Conservation Area 
designated by section 4(a)(6). 
(l) RESTORATION ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As appropriate and in ac-
cordance with applicable law, the Secretary shall 
conduct wet meadow and riparian restoration 
projects to improve climate resiliency and wildlife 
habitat in— 
(A) the McIntosh Mountain Special Man-
agement Area designated by section 3(a)(4); 
(B) the Signal Peak Special Management 
Area designated by section 3(a)(7); 
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(C) the Flat Top Wildlife Conservation 
Area designated by section 4(a)(2); 
(D) the Lake Gulch and Cebolla Creek 
Wildlife Conservation Area designated by sec-
tion 4(a)(3); 
(E) the Pinnacles Wildlife Conservation 
Area designated by section 4(a)(6); and 
(F) the Sawtooth Wildlife Conservation 
Area designated by section 4(a)(8). 
(2) COLLABORATION.—In carrying out the 
projects described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall seek to collaborate with— 
(A) the Colorado Division of Parks and 
Wildlife; 
(B) the Upper Gunnison River Water Con-
servancy District; 
(C) the County; 
(D) in the case of a project located in the 
Sawtooth Wildlife Conservation Area designated 
by section 4(a)(8), Saguache County, Colorado; 
(E) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; and 
(F) other interested entities and individ-
uals. 
(m) TRIBAL RIGHTS AND USES.— 
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(1) TREATY RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act af-
fects the treaty rights of any Indian Tribe. 
(2) TRADITIONAL
TRIBAL
USES.—Subject to 
any terms and conditions that the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary and in accordance with appli-
cable law, the Secretary shall allow for the continued 
use of a covered area or wilderness area by members 
of Indian Tribes— 
(A) for traditional ceremonies; and 
(B) as a source of traditional plants and 
other materials. 
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