(5) 
WILDERNESS.—The 
term 
‘‘Wilderness’’ 
means the Pine Forest Range Wilderness designated 
by section 103(a). 
SEC. 103. ADDITION TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA-
TION SYSTEM. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the approxi-
mately 26,000 acres of Federal land managed by the Bu-
reau of Land Management, as generally depicted on the 
Map, is designated as wilderness and as a component of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known 
as the ‘‘Pine Forest Range Wilderness’’. 
(b) BOUNDARY.— 
(1) ROAD ACCESS.—The boundary of any por-
tion of the Wilderness that is bordered by a road shall 
be 100 feet from the edge of the road. 
(2) ROAD ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary shall— 
(A) reroute the road running through Long 
Meadow to the west to remove the road from the 
riparian area; 
(B) reroute the road currently running 
through Rodeo Flat/Corral Meadow to the east to 
remove the road from the riparian area; 
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(C) except for administrative use, close the 
road along Lower Alder Creek south of Bureau 
of Land Management road #2083; 
(D) manage the access road, through Little 
Onion Basin, on the east side of the wet meadow 
to retain travel only on the road existing on the 
date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(E) permanently leave open the Cove Creek 
road to Little Onion Basin, but close connecting 
spur roads. 
(3) LITTLE ONION BASIN.—Remove Little Onion 
Basin from the boundaries of the Wilderness and from 
wilderness designation. 
(4) RESERVOIR ACCESS.—The access road to the 
Little Onion Reservoir dam will remain open and the 
boundary of the Wilderness shall be 160 feet down-
stream from the dam at Little Onion Reservoir to 
allow public access and dam maintenance. 
(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
prepare a map and legal description of the Wilder-
ness. 
(2) EFFECT.—The map and legal description 
prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same 
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force and effect as if included in this title, except that 
the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical 
errors in the map or legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip-
tion prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Wilderness is withdrawn from— 
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-
posal under the public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposition under all laws relating to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
SEC. 104. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Wilderness shall be administered by the Secretary in 
accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 
except that— 
(1) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the ef-
fective date of that Act shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to the date of enactment of this Act; and 
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(2) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a 
reference to the Secretary. 
(b) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in the Wil-
derness, if established before the date of enactment of this 
Act, is compatible with the Wilderness designation and 
shall continue, subject to such reasonable regulations, poli-
cies, and practices as the Secretary considers to be necessary 
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 Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives accompanying 
H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 101– 
405). 
(c) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for 
the designation of the Wilderness to create a protec-
tive perimeter or buffer zone around the Wilderness. 
(2) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact that 
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen, heard, or 
detected from areas within the Wilderness shall not 
preclude, limit, control, regulate or determine the con-
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duct or management of the activities or uses outside 
the boundary of the Wilderness. 
(d) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act re-
stricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the Wilderness, including military overflights that 
can be seen, heard, or detected within the Wilderness; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes, over the Wilderness. 
(e) WILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT.— 
In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), the Secretary may take such meas-
ures in the Wilderness as are necessary for the control of 
fire, insects, and diseases (including, as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate, the coordination of the activities 
with a State or local agency). 
(f) WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS.—Nothing 
in this Act shall be construed to preclude a Federal, State, 
or local agency from conducting wildfire management or 
prevention operations (including operations using aircraft 
or mechanized equipment) or to interfere with the authority 
of the Secretary to authorize mechanical thinning of trees 
or underbrush to prevent or control the spread of wildfires 
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or the use of mechanized equipment for wildfire pre-sup-
pression and suppression. 
(g) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection is 
to protect the wilderness recreation value of the land 
designated as wilderness by this title by means other 
than a federally reserved water right. 
(2) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
title— 
(A) constitutes an express or implied res-
ervation by the United States of any water or 
water rights with respect to the Wilderness; 
(B) affects any water rights in the State 
(including any water rights held by the United 
States) in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act; 
(C) establishes a precedent with regard to 
any future wilderness designations; 
(D) affects the interpretation of, or any des-
ignation made under, any other Act; or 
(E) limits, alters, modifies, or amends any 
interstate compact or equitable apportionment 
decree that apportions water among and between 
the State and other States. 
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(3) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 
follow the procedural and substantive requirements of 
State law in order to obtain and hold any water 
rights not in existence on the date of enactment of this 
Act with respect to the Wilderness. 
(4) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION OF WATER RESOURCE FA-
CILITY.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means ir-
rigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, 
water conservation works, aqueducts, ca-
nals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower 
projects, transmission and other ancillary 
facilities, and other water diversion, stor-
age, and carriage structures. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ does not 
include wildlife guzzlers. 
(B) RESTRICTION
ON
NEW
WATER
RE-
SOURCE FACILITIES.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this title, on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, neither the President nor any 
other officer, employee, or agent of the United 
States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a li-
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cense or permit for the development of any new 
water resource facility within the Wilderness, 
any portion of which is located in the County. 
SEC. 105. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Blue Lakes and Alder Creek 
wilderness study areas not designated as wilderness by sec-
tion 103(a) have been adequately studied for wilderness 
character and wilderness designation pursuant to section 
603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782) and are no longer subject to any 
requirement pertaining to the management of wilderness or 
wilderness study areas, including the approximately 990 
acres in the following locations: 
(1) Lower Adler Creek Basin. 
(2) Little Onion Basin. 
(3) Lands east of Knott Creek reservoir. 
(4) Portions of Corral Meadow and the Blue 
Lakes trailhead. 
(b) RELEASE.—Any public land described in sub-
section (a) that is not designated as wilderness by this 
Act— 
(1) is no longer subject to— 
(A) section 603(c) of the Federal Land Pol-
icy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1782(c)); and 
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(B) Secretarial Order 3310 issued on De-
cember 22, 2010; 
(2) shall be managed in accordance with— 
(A) land management plans adopted under 
section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712); and 
(B) cooperative conservation agreements in 
existence on the date of enactment of this Act; 
and 
(3) shall be subject to the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
SEC. 106. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with section 4(d)(7) 
of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in 
this title affects or diminishes the jurisdiction of the State 
with respect to fish and wildlife management, including the 
regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the Wilder-
ness. 
(b) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In furtherance of the 
purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.), the Secretary may conduct any management 
activities in the Wilderness that are necessary to maintain 
or restore fish and wildlife populations and the habitats to 
support those populations, if the activities are carried out— 
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(1) consistent with relevant wilderness manage-
ment plans; and 
(2) in accordance with— 
(A) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.); and 
(B) appropriate policies, such as those set 
forth in Appendix B of the report of the Com-
mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the 
House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 
2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 101– 
405), including the occasional and temporary 
use of motorized vehicles if the use, as determined 
by the Secretary, would promote healthy, viable, 
and more naturally distributed wildlife popu-
lations that would enhance wilderness recreation 
with the minimal impact necessary to reason-
ably accomplish those tasks, including but not 
limited to, the hunting or culling of wildlife and 
access for persons with disabilities. 
(c) EXISTING ACTIVITIES.—Consistent with section 
4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and 
in accordance with appropriate policies such as those set 
forth in Appendix B of the report of the Committee on Inte-
rior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives ac-
companying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 
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101–405), the State may continue to use aircraft, including 
helicopters, to survey, capture, transplant, monitor, and 
provide water for wildlife in the Wilderness. 
(d) EMERGENCY CLOSURES.—Nothing in this title 
prohibits a Federal land management agency from estab-
lishing or implementing emergency closures or restrictions 
of the smallest practicable area to provide for public safety, 
resource conservation, national security, or other purposes 
as authorized by law. Such an emergency closure shall ter-
minate after a reasonable period of time, but no longer than 
one year, unless converted to a permanent closure consistent 
with Federal statute. 
(e) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The State, including a des-
ignee of the State, may conduct wildlife management 
activities in the Wilderness— 
(A) in accordance with the terms and con-
ditions specified in the cooperative agreement be-
tween the Secretary and the State entitled 
‘‘Memorandum of Understanding between the 
Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada 
Department of Wildlife Supplement No. 9’’ and 
signed November and December 2003, including 
any amendments to the cooperative agreement 
agreed to by the Secretary and the State; and 
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