Name of Wilderness Area
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age
Location
Monument Rock .....................................................
5,330
Malheur National For-
est
Total Malheur National Forest .......
232,631
Flint Range ............................................................
66,496
Deerlodge National
Forest
Fred Burr ...............................................................
6,113
Deerlodge National
Forest
Elkhorn Mountains .................................................
82,278
Helena National Forest
Cache Crest ............................................................
38,000
Cache National Forest
Cache Peak .............................................................
27,032
Sawtooth National For-
est
Mount Naomi/Worm Creek ....................................
70,000
Caribou National For-
est
Cuddy Mountain .....................................................
46,660
Payette National Forest
Island Wilderness Total ..................
1,391,002
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing
rights, each wilderness area designated under this section
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in
accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131–1136) that govern areas designated by that
Act as wilderness, except that for purposes of this sub-
section any reference in such provisions to the effective
date of the Wilderness Act or any similar reference shall
be deemed to be a reference to the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(c) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—As soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of
each wilderness area designated under this section with
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of
Representatives. Each such map and legal description
shall have the same force and effect as if included in this
Act, except that correction of clerical and typographical
errors in such map and legal description may be made.
Each such map and legal description shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief
of the Forest Service, United States Department of
Agriculture.
SEC. 4. BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds
that—
(1) the most recent scientific information on ec-
ological reserve design and function points out the
critical need for biological connecting corridors
between the larger core ecosystem areas;
(2) while none of the remaining major wild land
ecosystems of the Northern Rockies Bioregion ap-
pears to be of sufficient size to perpetuate the full
complement of self-sustaining viable populations of
native wildlife, biological diversity, and full range of
ecological processes on its own, it appears that an
effective reserve system can be achieved if biological
connecting corridors between the ecosystems are
identified and protected;
(3) the wild land areas described in this section
are located between the major core ecosystems of the
region and are essential for wildlife and plant migra-
tion and genetic interchange; and
(4) these areas are some of the most beautiful
and wild mountain ranges in the Nation, including
the Bitterroot, Sapphire, Lost River, Lemhi, and
Bridger mountain ranges.
(b) DESIGNATION.—
(1) DESIGNATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BIO-
LOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—To protect the life flow
of the Northern Rockies Bioregion, the areas
identified in the table in subparagraph (B) as
biological connecting corridors, which comprise
approximately 4,560,983 acres as generally de-
picted on the maps with titles corresponding to
each such area and dated January 1, 1995, are
hereby designated as biological connecting cor-
ridors. In addition, the areas described on such
maps are designated as described in paragraph
(2) and shall be known by the names indicated
in such table. Each such biological connecting
corridor shall be known by the name given to
it in such table. Each such map shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the Office
of the Chief of the Forest Service, United
States Department of Agriculture.
(B) TABLE.—The table referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) is as follows:
BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS
Two Part Designation ...................................
(a) portion designated as components of the
National Wilderness Preservation System
..................................................................
(b) portion designated as special corridor
management area
.
Sapphire Mountains/Continental Divide Corridor-Lolo-Bitterroot-Deerlodge-Beaverhead
National Forests:
Name of Area
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age
Location
Welcome Creek Addition ........................................
1,096
Lolo National Forest
Anaconda Pintlar Additions ...................................
96,718
Bitterroot/Deerlodge/
Beaverhead National
Forests
Sapphire .................................................................
118,478
Bitterroot/Deerlodge
National Forests
Stony Mountain ......................................................
100,669
Lolo/Deerlodge/Beaver-
head National For-
ests
Quigg Peak .............................................................
84,984
Lolo/Deerlodge Na-
tional Forests
Silver King ..............................................................
49,875
Lolo/Deerlodge Na-
tional Forests
Emerine ..................................................................
16,187
Deerlodge National
Forest
Sleeping Child .........................................................
21,755
Bitterroot National
Forest
Beaver Lake ...........................................................
16,201
Beaverhead National
Forest
Total ................................................
(a) 505,963
............................................................................
(b) 119,914
.
Jocko Mountains/Cabinet Mountains Corridor-Lolo National Forest:
Mount Bushnell ......................................................
38,637
Lolo National Forest
Cherry Peak ............................................................
37,803
Lolo National Forest
Patrick’s Knob/North Cutoff ..................................
17,441
Lolo National Forest
South Siegel/South Cutoff ......................................
13,913
Lolo National Forest
North Siegel ...........................................................
8,691
Lolo National Forest
Reservation Divide ..................................................
24,607
Lolo National Forest
Total ................................................
(a) 141,092
............................................................................
(b) 242,885
.
Nine Mile/Great Burn Corridor-Lolo National Forest:
Burdette ..................................................................
16,226
Lolo National Forest
Petty Mountain/Deep Creek ...................................
22,413
Lolo National Forest
Total ................................................
(a) 38,639
............................................................................
(b) 115,138
Name of Wilderness Area
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age
Location
.
Anaconda-Pintlar-Divide Corridor-Deerlodge/Beaverhead National Forest:
Fleecer ....................................................................
35,576
Deerlodge/Beaverhead
National Forests
Highlands ...............................................................
20,149
Deerlodge National
Forest
Basin Creek ............................................................
9,326
Deerlodge National
Forest
Granulated Mountain .............................................
14,224
Beaverhead National
Forest
Total ................................................
(a) 79,275
............................................................................
(b) 105,215
.
Ten Lakes/Cabinet/Yaak Corridor-Kootenai National Forest:
Gold Hill .................................................................
15,556
Gold Hill West ........................................................
15,683
Kootenai National For-
est
Total ................................................
(a) 31,239
............................................................................
(b) 161,280
.
Cabinet/Yaak/Great Burn Complex Corridor-Panhandle/Lolo/Clearwater National For-
ests:
Maple Peak .............................................................
16,224
Lolo/Idaho Panhandle/
Kootenai National
Forests
Storm Creek ...........................................................
8,415
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Hammond Creek .....................................................
14,539
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
North Fork .............................................................
30,475
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Big Creek ................................................................
78,627
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Lost Creek ..............................................................
11,577
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
East Cathedral Peak ..............................................
23,093
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Spion Kop ...............................................................
21,768
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Roland Point ...........................................................
6,005
Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests
Trout Creek ............................................................
41,390
Idaho Panhandle/
Kootenai National
Forests
Wonderful Peak ......................................................
6,930
Idaho Panhandle/Lolo
National Forests
Stevens Peak ..........................................................
5,909
Idaho Panhandle/Lolo
National Forests
Evans Gulch ...........................................................
8,059
Lolo National Forest
Gilt Edge-Silver Creek ...........................................
8,570
Lolo National Forests
Ward Eagle .............................................................
8,874
Lolo National Forest
Marble Point ...........................................................
10,744
Lolo National Forest
Total ................................................
(a) 301,199
............................................................................
(b) 204,918
.