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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wild Monongahela Act: 
A National Legacy for West Virginia’s Special Places’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS, MONONGAHELA NA-
TIONAL FOREST, WEST VIRGINIA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following 
Federal lands within the Monongahela National Forest in 
the State of West Virginia are designated as wilderness 
and as either a new component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System or as an addition to an existing com-
ponent of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
(1) Certain Federal land comprising approxi-
mately 5,144 acres, as generally depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Big Draft Proposed Wilderness’’ and 
dated March 11, 2008, which shall be known as the 
‘‘Big Draft Wilderness’’. 
(2) Certain Federal land comprising approxi-
mately 11,951 acres, as generally depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Cranberry Expansion Proposed Wil-
derness’’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be 
added to and administered as part of the Cranberry 
Wilderness designated by section 1(1) of Public Law 
97–466 (96 Stat. 2538). 
(3) Certain Federal land comprising approxi-
mately 7,156 acres, as generally depicted on the 
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map entitled ‘‘Dolly Sods Expansion Proposed Wil-
derness’’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be 
added to and administered as part of the Dolly Sods 
Wilderness designated by section 3(a)(13) of Public 
Law 93–622 (88 Stat. 2098). 
(4) Certain Federal land comprising approxi-
mately 698 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Otter Creek Expansion Proposed Wilder-
ness’’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be 
added to and administered as part of the Otter 
Creek Wilderness designated by section 3(a)(14) of 
Public Law 93–622 (88 Stat. 2098). 
(5) Certain Federal land comprising approxi-
mately 6,792 acres, as generally depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Roaring Plains Proposed Wilderness’’ 
and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be known as 
the ‘‘Roaring Plains West Wilderness’’. 
(6) Certain Federal land comprising approxi-
mately 6,030 acres, as generally depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Spice Run Proposed Wilderness’’ and 
dated March 11, 2008, which shall be known as the 
‘‘Spice Run Wilderness’’. 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) FILING
AND
AVAILABILITY.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of the enactment of this 
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Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service, shall file with the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate a map and legal de-
scription of each wilderness area designated or ex-
panded by subsection (a). The maps and legal de-
scriptions shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Serv-
ice and the office of the Supervisor of the 
Monongahela National Forest. 
(2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The maps and legal 
descriptions referred to in this subsection shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this Act, 
except that the Secretary may correct errors in the 
maps and descriptions. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Federal lands designated as wilderness by sub-
section (a) shall be administered by the Secretary in ac-
cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.). The Secretary may continue to authorize the com-
petitive running event permitted from 2003 through 2007 
in the vicinity of the boundaries of the Dolly Sods Wilder-
ness addition designated by paragraph (3) of subsection 
(a) and the Roaring Plains West Wilderness Area des-
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ignated by paragraph (5) of such subsection, in a manner 
compatible with the preservation of such areas as wilder-
ness. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE OF WILDERNESS ACT.—With 
respect to the Federal lands designated as wilderness by 
subsection (a), any reference in the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) to the effective date of the Wilderness 
Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(e) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—As provided in section 
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 
nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction or responsi-
bility of the State of West Virginia with respect to wildlife 
and fish. 
SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, LAUREL FORK SOUTH 
WILDERNESS, 
MONONGAHELA 
NATIONAL 
FOREST. 
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 
Laurel Fork South Wilderness designated by section 1(3) 
of Public Law 97–466 (96 Stat. 2538) is modified to ex-
clude two parcels of land, as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Monongahela National Forest Laurel Fork 
South Wilderness Boundary Modification’’ and dated 
March 11, 2008, and more particularly described accord-
ing to the site-specific maps and legal descriptions on file 
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in the office of the Forest Supervisor, Monongahela Na-
tional Forest. The general map shall be on file and avail-
able for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the 
Forest Service. 
(b) MANAGEMENT.—Federally owned land delineated 
on the maps referred to in subsection (a) as the Laurel 
Fork South Wilderness, as modified by such subsection, 
shall continue to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture in accordance with Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.). Any reference in the Wilderness Act to the 
effective date of that Act shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the effective date of Public Law 97–466 and this Act. 
SEC. 4. MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY 
CONFIRMATION. 
The boundary of the Monongahela National Forest 
is confirmed to include the tracts of land as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Monongahela National Forest 
Boundary Confirmation’’ and dated March 13, 2008, and 
all Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest 
Service, encompassed within such boundary shall be man-
aged under the laws and regulations pertaining to the Na-
tional Forest System. 
SEC. 5. ENHANCED TRAIL OPPORTUNITIES. 
(a) PLAN.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, in consultation with interested parties, shall 
develop a plan to provide for enhanced nonmotorized 
recreation trail opportunities on lands not des-
ignated as wilderness within the Monongahela Na-
tional Forest. 
(2) NONMOTORIZED
RECREATION
TRAIL
DE-
FINED.—For the purposes of this subsection, the 
term ‘‘nonmotorized recreation trail’’ means a trail 
designed for hiking, bicycling, and equestrian use. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation 
of the plan required under subsection (a), including the 
identification of priority trails for development. 
(c) CONSIDERATION
OF CONVERSION
OF FOREST 
ROADS TO RECREATIONAL USES.—In considering possible 
closure and decommissioning of a Forest Service road 
within the Monongahela National Forest after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
in accordance with applicable law, may consider converting 
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