Greenway 
National 
Heritage 
Area 
Feasibility 
Study’’ dated April 2012; 
(2) to recognize the heritage of natural resource 
conservation in the Pacific Northwest and in the 
Mountains to Sound Greenway; 
(3) to preserve, support, conserve, and interpret 
the legacy of natural resource conservation and com-
munity stewardship, passed from generation-to-gen-
eration within the Heritage Area; 
(4) to promote heritage, cultural, and rec-
reational tourism and to develop educational and 
cultural programs for visitors and the general public; 
(5) to recognize and interpret important events 
and geographic locations representing key develop-
ments in the creation of America, particularly the 
settlement of the American West and the stories of 
diverse ethnic groups, including Indians and others; 
(6) to enhance a cooperative management 
framework to assist Federal, State, local, and tribal 
governments, the private sector, and citizens resid-
ing in the Heritage Area in conserving, supporting, 
managing, enhancing, natural, and recreational sites 
in the Heritage Area; 
(7) to recognize and interpret the relationship 
between land and people, representing broad Amer-
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ican ideals demonstrated through the integrity of ex-
isting resources within the Heritage Area; and 
(8) to support working relationships between 
public land managers and the community by cre-
ating relevant linkages between the National Park 
Service, the Forest Service, other relevant Federal 
agencies, Indian tribes, State and local governments 
and agencies, and community stakeholders within 
and surrounding the Heritage Area in order to pro-
tect, enhance, and interpret cultural and natural re-
sources within the Heritage area. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 
Area’’ means the Mountains to Sound Greenway Na-
tional Heritage Area established in this Act. 
(2) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘local coordinating entity’’ means the entity selected 
by the Secretary under this Act. 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Heritage Area required under section 4. 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map ti-
tled ‘‘Mountains to Sound Greenway National Herit-
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age Area Proposed Boundary’’ numbered 584/ 
125,484, and dated August 2014. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Washington. 
(7) TRIBAL.—The term ‘‘tribal’’ means the fed-
erally recognized Indian tribes with usual and accus-
tomed places in the Heritage Area, including the 
Snoqualmie, Yakama, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, and 
Colville Indian tribes. 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF THE MOUNTAINS TO SOUND 
GREENWAY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
State the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Herit-
age Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall consist 
of land located in King and Kittitas Counties in the State, 
as generally depicted on the map. 
(c) MAP.—The map shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 
Park Service, the United States Forest Service, and the 
local coordinating entity. 
(d) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The Secretary 
shall designate a willing local unit of government or a non- 
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profit organization to serve as the coordinating entity for 
the Heritage Area within 120 days of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the local coordinating 
entity shall submit to the Secretary for approval a pro-
posed management plan for the Heritage Area. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan shall— 
(1) incorporate an integrated and cooperative 
approach for the protection, enhancement, and inter-
pretation of the natural, cultural, historic, scenic, 
and recreational resources of the Heritage Area; 
(2) take into consideration Federal, State, and 
local plans; 
(3) include— 
(A) an inventory of the natural, historical, 
cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational 
resources of the Heritage Area which relate to 
the national importance and themes of the Her-
itage Area that should be conserved and en-
hanced; 
(B) a description of strategies and rec-
ommendations for conservation, funding, man-
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agement, and development of the Heritage 
Area; 
(C) a description of the actions that gov-
ernments, private organizations, and individuals 
have agreed to take to protect the natural, cul-
tural, historical, scenic, and recreational re-
sources of the Heritage Area; 
(D) a program of implementation for the 
management plan by the local coordinating en-
tity, including— 
(i) performance goals; and 
(ii) commitments for implementation 
made by partners; 
(E) the identification of sources of funding 
for carrying out the management plan; 
(F) analysis and recommendations for 
means by which Federal, State, and local pro-
grams may best be coordinated to carry out this 
section; 
(G) an interpretive plan for the Heritage 
Area; 
(H) recommended policies and strategies 
for resource management, including the devel-
opment of intergovernmental and interagency 
cooperative agreements to protect the natural, 
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