ministered by the Department of the Interior’s Bu-
reau of Land Management. 
(8) Statutory protection is needed for Stornetta 
Public Lands to ensure that it remains a part of our 
historic, cultural and natural heritage and a source 
of inspiration for the people of the United States. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE STORNETTA PUBLIC LANDS 
OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to protect, conserve, and 
enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present and fu-
ture generations the unique and nationally important his-
torical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic, 
and recreational values of certain lands in and around the 
Stornetta Public Lands, in Mendocino County, California, 
while allowing certain recreational and research activities 
to continue, there is established, subject to valid existing 
rights, the Stornetta Public Lands Outstanding Natural 
Area. 
(b) MAP.—The Outstanding Natural Area shall con-
sist of the lands generally depicted as the Stornetta Out-
standing Natural Area on the map titled ‘‘Stornetta Out-
standing Natural Area’’ and dated December 3, 2009. The 
map shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in the Office of the Director, Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, United States Department of the Interior, and the 
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State office of the Bureau of Land Management in the 
State of California. 
(c) BASIS OF MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall 
manage the Outstanding Natural Area as part of the Na-
tional Landscape Conservation System to protect the re-
sources of the area, and shall allow only those uses that 
further the purposes for the establishment of the Out-
standing Natural Area, the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and other 
applicable laws. 
(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
and in accordance with the existing withdrawal as set 
forth in Public Land Order 7501 (Oct. 12, 2001, Vol. 66, 
No. 198, Federal Register 52149), the Federal lands and 
interests in lands included within the Outstanding Natural 
Area are hereby withdrawn from— 
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
under the public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the public 
land mining laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing and geo-
thermal leasing laws and the mineral materials laws. 
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SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT OF THE STORNETTA PUBLIC LANDS 
OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage the 
Outstanding Natural Area in a manner that conserves, 
protects, and enhances the unique and nationally impor-
tant historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, 
scenic, and recreational values of that area, consistent 
with the requirements section of 3(c). 
(b) USES.—Subject to valid existing rights, the Sec-
retary shall only allow such uses of the Outstanding Nat-
ural Area as the Secretary finds are likely to further the 
purposes for which the Outstanding Natural Area is estab-
lished as set forth in section 3(a). 
(c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 3 years 
after funds are made available for this purpose, the Sec-
retary shall complete a comprehensive management plan 
consistent with the requirements of section 202 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1712) to provide long-term management guidance 
for the public lands within the Outstanding Natural Area 
and fulfill the purposes for which it is established, as set 
forth in section 3(a). The management plan shall be devel-
oped in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, and 
local government agencies, with full public participation, 
and shall include— 
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(1) provisions designed to ensure the protection 
of the resources and values described in section 3(a); 
(2) a proposal for minimal administrative and 
public facilities to be developed or improved at a 
level compatible with achieving the resources objec-
tives for the Outstanding Natural Area as described 
in subsection (a) and with other proposed manage-
ment activities to accommodate visitors and re-
searchers to the Outstanding Natural Area; and 
(3) cultural resources management strategies 
for the Outstanding Natural Area, prepared in con-
sultation with appropriate departments of the State 
of California, with emphasis on the preservation of 
the resources of the Outstanding Natural Area and 
the interpretive, education, and long-term scientific 
uses of the resources, giving priority to the enforce-
ment of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act 
of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.) and the National 
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) 
within the Outstanding Natural Area. 
(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In order to better 
implement the management plan and to continue the suc-
cessful partnerships with local communities, the California 
Coastal National Monument and Manchester State Park, 
administered by the California Department of Parks and 
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Recreation, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 
agreements with the appropriate Federal, State, and local 
agencies pursuant to section 307(b) of the Federal Land 
Management Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1737(b)). 
(e) RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—In order to continue the 
successful partnership with research organizations and 
agencies and to assist in the development and implementa-
tion of the management plan, the Secretary may authorize 
within the Outstanding Natural Area appropriate research 
activities for the purposes identified in section 3(a) and 
pursuant to section 307(a) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(a)). 
(f) ACQUISITION.—State and privately held lands or 
interests in lands adjacent to the Outstanding Natural 
Area and identified as appropriate for acquisition in the 
management plan may be acquired by the Secretary as 
part of the Outstanding Natural Area only by— 
(1) donation; 
(2) exchange with a willing party; or 
(3) purchase from a willing seller. 
(g) ADDITIONS
TO
THE OUTSTANDING NATURAL 
AREA.—Any lands or interest in lands adjacent to the 
Outstanding Natural Area acquired by the United States 
after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be added 
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