Name of Wilderness Area
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age
Location
Shaketable ..............................................................
7,000
Malheur National For-
est
Utley Butte .............................................................
11,000
Malheur National For-
est
Monument Rock .....................................................
5,458
Malheur National For-
est
Total Malheur NF ...........................
224,618
Flint Range ............................................................
60,297
Deerlodge National
Forest
Fred Burr ...............................................................
6,643
Deerlodge National
Forest
Elkhorn Mountains .................................................
71,637
Helena National Forest
Cache Crest ............................................................
38,000
Cache National Forest
Mount Naomi/Worm Creek ....................................
70,000
Caribou National For-
est
Cuddy Mountain .....................................................
43,181
Payette National Forest
Island Wilderness Total ..................
1,289,712
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing
rights, each wilderness area designated under this section
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in
accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act gov-
erning areas designated by that Act as wilderness, except
that any reference in such provisions to the effective date
of the Wilderness Act or any similar reference shall be
deemed to be a reference to the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(c) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—As soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of
each wilderness area designated under this section with
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Each such map and legal description shall have the same
force and effect as if included in this Act, except that cor-
rection of clerical and typographical errors in such map
and legal description may be made. Each such map and
legal description shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service,
United States Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 4. BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS.
(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the most recent scientific information on ec-
ological reserve design and function points out the
critical need for biological connecting corridors be-
tween the larger core ecosystem areas;
(2) while none of the remaining major wild land
ecosystems of the Northern Rockies Bioregion ap-
pear to be of sufficient size to perpetuate the full
complement of self-sustaining viable populations of
native wildlife, biological diversity, and full range of
ecological processes on their own, it appears that an
effective reserve system can be achieved if biological
connecting corridors are identified and protected;
and
(3) therefore a system of biological connecting
corridors are designated and protected by this sec-
tion.
(b) GENERAL DESCRIPTION.—These wild land areas
are located between the major core ecosystems of the re-
gion and are essential for wildlife and plant migration and
genetic interchange. They are some of the most beautiful
and wild mountain ranges in the Nation, including the
Bitterroot, Sapphire, Lost River, Lemhi, and Bridger
mountain ranges.
(c) DESIGNATION.—(1)(A) To protect the life flow of
the Northern Rockies Bioregion, the areas identified in the
table in subparagraph (B) as biological connecting cor-
ridors, which comprise approximately 4,560,983 acres as
generally depicted on the maps with titles corresponding
to each such area and dated July 1, 1993, are hereby des-
ignated as Biological Connecting Corridors. In addition,
the areas described as wilderness on such maps are hereby
designated as wilderness and shall be known by the name
given in such table. Each such biological connecting cor-
ridor shall be known by the name given to it in such table.
Each such map shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service,
United States Department of Agriculture.
(B) The table referred to in subparagraph (A) is as
follows:
BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS
Two Part Designation ...................................
(a) portion designated as components of the
National Wilderness Preservation System
..................................................................
(b) portion designated as special corridor
management area
BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS—Continued
.
Sapphire Mountains/Continental Divide Corridor-Lolo/Bitterroot/Deerlodge/Beaverhead
National Forests:
Name of Area
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age
Location
Welcome Creek Addition ........................................
1,102
Lolo National Forest
Anaconda Pintlar Additions ...................................
114,948
Bitterroot/Deerlodge/
Beaverhead National
Forests
Sapphire .................................................................
116,530
Bitterroot/Deerlodge
National Forests
Stony Mountain ......................................................
102,452
Lolo/Deerlodge/Beaver-
head National For-
ests
Quigg Peak .............................................................
75,711
Lolo/Deerlodge Na-
tional Forests
Silver King ..............................................................
28,884
Lolo/Deerlodge Na-
tional Forests
Emerine ..................................................................
16,664
Deerlodge National
Forest
Sleeping Child .........................................................
21,423
Bitterroot National
Forest
Beaver Lake ...........................................................
7,836
Beaverhead National
Forest
Total ................................................
(a) 485,550
............................................................................
(b) 119,914
.
Jocko Mountains/Cabinet Mountains Corridor-Lolo National Forest:
Mount Bushnell ......................................................
41,589
Lolo National Forest
Cherry Peak ............................................................
38,568
Lolo National Forest
Patricks Knob .........................................................
17,282
Lolo National Forest
South Siegel-South Cutoff ......................................
13,599
Lolo National Forest
North Siegel ...........................................................
8,563
Lolo National Forest
North Cutoff ...........................................................
8,563
Lolo National Forest
Reservation Divide ..................................................
24,616
Lolo National Forest
Total ................................................
(a) 152,780
............................................................................
(b) 242,885
.
Nine Mile/Great Burn Corridor—Lolo National Forest:
Burdette ..................................................................
16,380
Lolo National Forest
Petty Mountain/Deep Creek ...................................
22,588
Lolo National Forest
Total ................................................
(a) 38,968
............................................................................
(b) 115,138
.
Anaconda-Pintlar-Divide Corridor-Deerlodge/Beaverhead National Forest:
Fleecer ....................................................................
37,053
Deerlodge/Beaverhead
National Forests
Highlands ...............................................................
19,020
Deerlodge National
Forest
Basin Creek ............................................................
9,658
Deerlodge National
Forest
Granulated Mountain .............................................
14,960
Beaverhead National
Forest
Total ................................................
(a) 80,691
............................................................................
(b) 105,215
Name of Area
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age
Location
.
Ten Lakes/Cabinet/Yaak Corridor-Kootenai National Forest:
Gold Hill West ........................................................
5,800
Kootenai National For-
est
Total ................................................
(a) 11,600
............................................................................
(b) 161,280
.
Cabinet/Yaak/Great Burn Complex Corridor—Panhandle/Lolo/Clearwater National For-
ests:
Maple Peak .............................................................
16,294
Lolo/Idaho Panhandle
National Forests
Storm Creek ...........................................................
8,550
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Hammond Creek .....................................................
18,520
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
North Fork .............................................................
32,100
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Big Creek ................................................................
73,510
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Lost Creek ..............................................................
11,000
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
East Cathedral Peak ..............................................
22,338
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Spion Kop ...............................................................
23,714
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Roland Point ...........................................................
6,300
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Trout Creek ............................................................
39,920
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Wonderful Peak ......................................................
6,670
Idaho Panhandle/Lolo
National Forests
Stevens Peak ..........................................................
4,970
Idaho Panhandle/Lolo
National Forests
Evans Gulch ...........................................................
8,219
Lolo National Forest
Clear Creek .............................................................
5,533
Lolo National Forest
Gilt Edge-Silver Creek ...........................................
9,495
Lolo/Idaho Panhandle
National Forests
Ward Eagle .............................................................
8,999
Lolo National Forest
Marble Point ...........................................................
10,732
Lolo National Forest
Total ................................................
(a) 306,854
............................................................................
(b) 204,918
.
Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk Corridor
Total ................................................
(a)
See Total Cabinet/
Yaak/Selkirk
............................................................................
(b) 97,280
.
Cabinet/Yaak/Canada Corridor
Total ................................................
(a) 0
............................................................................
(b) 42,880
.
Anaconda-Pintlar/Bitterroot Mountains Corridor—Beaverhead National Forest:
West Pioneers .........................................................
245,684
Beaverhead National
Forest
East Pioneers .........................................................
143,803
Beaverhead National
Forest
Total ................................................
(a) 389,487
............................................................................
(b) 38,400
.
Frank Church Complex/Greater Yellowstone Corridor-Bitterroot/Salmon/Beaverhead/
Targhee National Forests:
Tolan Creek ............................................................
7,088
Bitterroot National
Forest
Allan Mountain .......................................................
152,851
Bitterroot/Salmon Na-
tional Forests
Anderson Mountain ................................................
47,651
Salmon/Beaverhead Na-
tional Forests
West Big Hole ........................................................
210,114
Beaverhead/Salmon Na-
tional Forests
Goat Mountain .......................................................
44,942
Salmon/Beaverhead Na-
tional Forests
Italian Peaks ..........................................................
287,758
Beaverhead/Salmon/
Targhee National
Forests
Garfield Mountain ..................................................
42,701
Beaverhead/Targhee
National Forests
Four Eyes Canyon ..................................................
8,237
Beaverhead National
Forest
Bear Creek .............................................................
8,252
Beaverhead National
Forest
Tendoy Mountains ..................................................
57,490
Beaverhead National
Forest
Saginaw Creek ........................................................
8,493
Beaverhead National
Forest
Tash Peak ..............................................................
59,839
Beaverhead National
Forest
Signal Peak ............................................................
7,040
Targhee National For-
est
Mount Jefferson .....................................................
60,000
Targhee National For-
est/BLM
Eighteen Mile .........................................................
24,344
Salmon Dist. BLM
Total ................................................
(a)
1,026,800
............................................................................
(b) 584,960
.
French Creek/Hells Canyon Study Area Corridor:
Total ................................................
(a) 0
............................................................................
(b) 33,920
.
Lemhi Mountains Corridor - Salmon - Challis -
Targhee National Forest:
North Lemhi Mountains .........................................
303,127
Salmon/Challis National
Forests
Diamond Peak ........................................................
183,880
Salmon/Challis/Targhee
National Forests
Black Canyon .........................................................
4,989
Idaho Falls Dist. BLM
Goldbug ..................................................................
5,344
Salmon Dist. BLM
Total ................................................
(a) 487,007
............................................................................
(b) 20,480
.
Lost River Range Corridor - Challis National Forest:
Borah Peak .....................................
129,581
Challis National Forest
King Mountain .......................................................
82,695
Challis National Forest