IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5025 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 25, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To protect for future generations the recreational opportuni-
ties, forests, timber, clean water, wilderness and scenic 
values, and diverse habitat of Mount Hood National For-
est, Oregon, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Mount Hood Stewardship Legacy Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Implementation. 
Sec. 3. No reduction in Mount Hood National Forest funding. 
TITLE I—WILDERNESS AREA DESIGNATIONS 
Sec. 101. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 102. Designation of wilderness areas, Mount Hood National Forest. 
Sec. 103. Administration of wilderness areas. 
Sec. 104. Maintenance and replacement of foot bridges in wilderness areas. 
TITLE II—WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS 
Sec. 201. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 202. Wild and scenic river designations, Mount Hood National Forest. 
Sec. 203. Relation to Middle Fork Irrigation District. 
TITLE III—RECREATION 
Sec. 301. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 302. Retention of Mount Hood National Forest land use fees from special 
use authorizations. 
Sec. 303. Use of funds in special account to support recreation. 
Sec. 304. Annual reporting requirement. 
Sec. 305. Mount Hood National Forest Recreational Working Group. 
Sec. 306. Consideration of conversion of forest roads to recreational uses. 
Sec. 307. Improved trail access for persons with disabilities. 
TITLE IV—TRANSPORTATION 
Sec. 401. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 402. Mount Hood region defined. 
Sec. 403. Transportation plan. 
Sec. 404. Study regarding gondola connection and intermodal transportation 
center. 
TITLE V—FOREST AND WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP 
Sec. 501. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 502. Forest stewardship assessment. 
Sec. 503. Sustainable biomass utilization study. 
Sec. 504. Watershed management memoranda of understanding. 
TITLE VI—CRYSTAL SPRINGS WATERSHED SPECIAL RESOURCES 
MANAGEMENT UNIT 
Sec. 601. Findings and purpose. 
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Sec. 602. Establishment of Crystal Springs Watershed Special Resources Man-
agement Unit. 
Sec. 603. Administration of Management Unit. 
Sec. 604. Acquisition of lands. 
Sec. 605. Effective date. 
TITLE VII—LOCAL AND TRIBAL RELATIONSHIPS 
Sec. 701. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 702. First foods gathering areas. 
Sec. 703. Forest Service coordination with State and local governments. 
Sec. 704. Savings provisions regarding relations with Indian tribes. 
Sec. 705. Improved natural disaster preparedness. 
TITLE VIII—LAND CONVEYANCES 
Subtitle A—Cooper Spur-Government Camp Land Exchange 
Sec. 801. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 802. Cooper Spur-Government Camp Land Exchange. 
Sec. 803. Treatment of Inn at Cooper Spur and the Cooper Spur Ski Area. 
Sec. 804. General provisions. 
Subtitle B—Other Land Exchanges 
Sec. 811. Land exchange, Port of Cascade Locks-Pacific Crest National Scenic 
Trail. 
Sec. 812. Hunchback Mountain land exchange, Clackamas County. 
SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION. 
References in this Act to the Secretary of Agriculture 
or the Secretary mean the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Forest Service. 
SEC. 3. NO REDUCTION IN MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOR-
EST FUNDING. 
Nothing in this Act is intended to authorize a reduc-
tion in the amount of funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the Mount Hood National Forest below 
the average annual funding level provided for the national 
forest during fiscal years 1997 through 2006. 
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TITLE I—WILDERNESS AREA 
DESIGNATIONS 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to designate approxi-
mately 77,216 acres of National Forest System land in 
the Mount Hood National Forest as wilderness. The most 
recent designation of wilderness in the Mount Hood Na-
tional Forest occurred in 1984, and the designation of an 
additional 77,216 acres by this title represents a 41 per-
cent increase in the amount of wilderness designated in 
the national forest. 
SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS, MOUNT 
HOOD NATIONAL FOREST. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
this title and the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 
the following areas in the Mount Hood National Forest 
are designated as wilderness and, therefore, as compo-
nents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
(1) BIG BOTTOM WILDERNESS.—National For-
est System land comprising approximately 1,330 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Big 
Bottom Wilderness’’ and dated June 2006, which 
shall be known as the ‘‘Big Bottom Wilderness’’. 
(2) BULL OF THE WOODS WILDERNESS ADDI-
TION.—National Forest System land comprising ap-
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proximately 4,717 acres, as generally depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Bull of the Woods Wilderness’’ and 
dated June 2006, is incorporated in and shall be 
considered to be a part of the Bull of the Woods 
Wilderness, as designated by section 3(4) of the Or-
egon Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
Public Law 98–328). 
(3) COOPER
SPUR
WILDERNESS.—National 
Forest System land comprising approximately 2,038 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Cooper Spur Wilderness’’ and dated June 2006, 
which shall be known as the ‘‘Cooper Spur Wilder-
ness’’. 
(4) GORGE RIDGELINE WILDERNESS.—National 
Forest 
System 
land 
comprising 
approximately 
22,577 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Gorge Ridgeline Wilderness’’ and dated June 
2006, which shall be known as the ‘‘Gorge Ridgeline 
Wilderness’’. 
(5) MOUNT HOOD WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.— 
National Forest System land comprising approxi-
mately 4,672 acres, as generally depicted on the 
maps entitled ‘‘Mount Hood Wilderness (Elk Cove/ 
Mazama Addition)’’ and ‘‘Mount Hood Wilderness 
(Sandy Addition)’’ and dated June 2006, is incor-
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porated in and shall be considered to be a part of 
the Mount Hood Wilderness, as designated by sec-
tion 3 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132). 
(6) ROARING
RIVER
WILDERNESS.—National 
Forest 
System 
land 
comprising 
approximately 
37,749 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Roaring River Wilderness’’ and dated June 
2006, which shall be known as the ‘‘Roaring River 
Wilderness’’. 
(7) SALMON-HUCKLEBERRY WILDERNESS ADDI-
TIONS.—National Forest System land comprising 
approximately 4,133 acres, as generally depicted on 
the maps entitled ‘‘Salmon Huckleberry Wilderness 
(Alder Creek Addition)’’ and ‘‘Salmon Huckleberry 
Wilderness (Eagle Creek Addition)’’ and dated June 
2006, is incorporated in and shall be considered to 
be a part of the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, as 
designated by section 3(2) of the Oregon Wilderness 
Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98– 
328). 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) SUBMISSION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As 
soon as practicable after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall pre-
pare and submit to Congress a legal description of 
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each wilderness area designated or expanded by sub-
section (a). It is the intent of Congress that the final 
boundary description of the wilderness area be writ-
ten so that any road or trail depicted on the map 
referred to in subsection (a) corresponding to that 
wilderness area as being inside of the designated 
area shall in fact be inside of the wilderness area 
and any road or trail depicted on the map as being 
outside of the designated area shall in fact be out-
side of the wilderness area. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps referred to in 
subsection (a) and the legal descriptions prepared 
under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this Act, except that the Sec-
retary may correct technical errors in the maps and 
legal descriptions. The Secretary shall notify Con-
gress of any change made in a map or legal descrip-
tion under the authority of this paragraph and the 
reason for the change. 
(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The maps referred 
to in subsection (a) and the legal descriptions pre-
pared under paragraph (1) shall be filed and made 
available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the Forest Service. 
(c) CHARACTER OF DESIGNATED LAND.— 
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(1) EXCLUSION OF PRIVATE LAND.—It is the 
intent of Congress that the wilderness areas des-
ignated or expanded by this section do not incor-
porate any private land in-holding. If any private 
land is inadvertently included within the boundaries 
of a wilderness area designated or expanded by this 
section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure 
that the landowner continues to have adequate ac-
cess to the private land. 
(2) EXCLUSION OF FERC PROJECT LANDS.— 
Lands inside the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission boundaries established as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act for a licensed hydroelectic 
project are excluded from wilderness areas des-
ignated or expanded by this section. Operations, 
maintenance, and construction activities associated 
with such a project are not affected in any way by 
the designation or expansion of wilderness areas by 
this section. 
(3) NO PRECEDENT VALUE.—Nothing in this 
subsection is intended to establish a precedent with 
regard to the designation of Federal land as wilder-
ness by any provision of law enacted after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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(4) COLUMBIA GORGE AIRSHED.—The designa-
tion of wilderness by this section in the Columbia 
Gorge, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Gorge 
Ridgeline Wilderness’’ and dated June 2006, shall 
not result in the designation of a Class I airshed in 
the Columbia Gorge through Federal regulatory ac-
tion. 
SEC. 103. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the National Forest System land designated as wilderness 
by section 102 shall be administered by the Secretary of 
Agriculture in accordance with this title and the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any ref-
erence in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of such 
Act shall be considered to be a reference to the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND IN-
TERESTS.—Any non-Federal land that is located within 
the boundaries of the National Forest System land des-
ignated as wilderness by section 102 and is acquired by 
the United States after the date of the enactment of this 
Act shall— 
(1) become part of the wilderness area in which 
the land is located; and 
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(2) be managed in accordance with this title 
and the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 
(c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the National Forest System land designated as wilderness 
by section 102 is withdrawn from all forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
(d) FIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT AC-
TIVITIES.—In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and House Report 
No. 98–40 of the 98th Congress, the Secretary of Agri-
culture may take such measures on the National Forest 
System land designated as wilderness by section 102 as 
are necessary for the control of fire, insects, and diseases. 
(e) SNOW SENSORS AND STREAM GAUGES.—Nothing 
in this title prevents the installation and maintenance of 
hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological instrumentation 
on the National Forest System land designated as wilder-
ness by section 102 if the Secretary of Agriculture deter-
mines that hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological in-
strumentation is appropriate to further the scientific, edu-
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cational, and conservation purposes of the wilderness 
areas. 
(f) MILITARY ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this Act pre-
cludes low-level overflights of military aircraft, the des-
ignation of new units of special airspace, or the use or 
establishment of military flight training routes over the 
National Forest System land designated as wilderness by 
section 102. 
(g) LIVESTOCK.—Grazing of livestock and the main-
tenance of existing facilities related to grazing on the Na-
tional Forest System land designated as wilderness by sec-
tion 102, where established before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue in accord-
ance 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 
House Report 101–405 of the 101st Congress. 
(h) FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the pur-
poses of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture may carry out 
management activities to maintain or restore fish 
and wildlife populations and fish and wildlife habi-
tats on the National Forest System land designated 
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