corporate landowners, and sovereign Indian
tribes to ensure that portions of the corridors
located within their ownership shall be managed
in a similar fashion to that prescribed by this
Act for lands within the jurisdiction of the
United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land
Management, and United States Fish and Wild-
life Service. The Secretaries of Interior and Ag-
riculture shall, when deemed appropriate, seek
to accomplish land trades or acquisitions in
order to accomplish the purposes of this section.
The Secretaries shall submit a report on the
progress of cooperative agreements, acquisi-
tions, and proposed land exchanges to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate no later
than 3 years from the date of enactment of this
Act.
(vi) The following roads and highways are
hereby expressly exempted from the provisions
of this section: U.S. Highway 93; U.S. Highway
2; U.S. Highway 95; U.S. Highway 10; U.S.
Highway 12; U.S. Highway 20; U.S. Highway
89; U.S. Highway 91; Interstate Highway 15;
Interstate Highway 90; Idaho State Highway
28; Idaho State Highway 29; Idaho State High-
way 87; Idaho State Highway 3; Montana State
Highway 200; Montana State Highway 37;
Montana State Highway 38; Montana State
Highway 135; Montana State Highway 83;
Montana State Highway 43; Montana State
Highway 56; Montana State Highway 324;
Montana State Highway 278; Montana State
Highway 87; Montana State Highway 2; Mon-
tana State Highway 298; Montana State High-
way 293; Montana State Highway 294; Mon-
tana State Highway 58; Montana Secondary
Road 508; Montana Secondary Road 278; Mon-
tana Secondary Road 279; Montana Secondary
Road 324; Montana Secondary Road 411; Mon-
tana Secondary Road 92; the Thompson Pass
Road (Montana-Idaho); the Moyie Springs to
East Port Road (Idaho); the Red Rock Pass
Road (Montana); Boundary County (ID) Route
18; Boundary County (ID) Route 47; Boundary
County (ID) Route 3; Boundary County (ID)
Route 34; Lolo National Forest Route 102;
Gallatin National Forest Route 259; Kelly Can-
yon Road (Gallatin NF); Middle Fork Canyon
Road (Gallatin NF); Lewis and Clark County
Road 280 (MT); Lewis and Clark County Road
164 (MT); Lewis and Clark County Road 4
(MT); Lewis and Clark County Road 291
(MT); Lewis and Clark County Road 287
(MT); the Pahsimeroi Road (Butte County,
ID).
SEC. 5. ROADLESS LANDS EVALUATION.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Uninventoried roadless lands
within the national forests in the States of Idaho, Mon-
tana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming which are not
designated as components of the National Wilderness
Preservation System under this Act shall be evaluated by
the scientific review panel created in section 12 of this
Act. The panel shall study the role of these areas in main-
taining biological diversity in the Northern Rockies and
as part of the overall reserve system and shall make rec-
ommendations for their management which shall be in-
cluded in their report.
(b) PROHIBITION.—Until Congress determines other-
wise, no new road construction or reconstruction, or tim-
ber harvest (except firewood gathering) shall be allowed.
Additionally, no oil and gas leasing, mining, or other de-
velopment which impairs the natural and roadless qualities
of these areas shall be allowed.
SEC. 6. NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE STUDIES.
(a) GREATER
HELLS
CANYON/WALLOWA
ECO-
SYSTEM.
(1) FINDING.—The deepest river-carved canyon
in the world at over 8,000 feet deep, the Hells Can-
yon of the Snake River forms the centerpiece of this
rugged region. The ancestral home of the Nez Perce
Indians and their famous leader Chief Joseph, the
region abounds in cultural and archaeological sites.
Breathtaking scenery includes the 10,000 foot peaks
of the Wallowa and Seven Devils Mountains, old
growth forests of ponderosa pine and larch, and the
desert-like canyon walls themselves. The Imnaha
River Chinook salmon are among the largest salmon
in the Nation. Wildlife includes one of the largest
free-roaming elk herds in the Nation.
(2) HELLS CANYON/CHIEF JOSEPH NATIONAL
PARK
AND
PRESERVE
STUDY.—(A) The Congress
hereby directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Director of the National Park Service,
to study the feasibility of creating a Hells Canyon/
Chief Joseph National Park and Preserve.
(B) The study area shall consist of that area
generally known as the Hells Canyon National
Recreation Area and Eagle Cap Wilderness, and sur-
rounding lands on the Wallowa-Whitman, Nez