be construed to diminish tribal rights, including those of
the Burns Paiute Tribe, regarding access to Federal lands
for tribal activities, including spiritual, cultural, and tradi-
tional food gathering activities.
TITLE I—STEENS MOUNTAIN CO-
OPERATIVE 
MANAGEMENT
AND PROTECTION AREA
Subtitle A—Designation and
Purposes
SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERA-
TIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AREA.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall designate
the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area consisting of approximately 425,550 acres of
Federal land located in Harney County, Oregon, in the
vicinity of Steens Mountain, as generally depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘Steens Mountain Boundary Map’’ and
dated September 18, 2000.
(b) CONTENTS OF MAP.—In addition to the general
boundaries of the Cooperative Management and Protec-
tion Area, the map referred to in subsection (a) also de-
picts the general boundaries of the following:
(1) The no livestock grazing area described in
section 113(e).
(2) The mineral withdrawal area designated by
title IV.
(3) The wildlands juniper management area es-
tablished by title V.
SEC. 102. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF COOPERATIVE
MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AREA.
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area is to conserve, protect, and
manage the long-term ecological integrity of Steens Moun-
tain for future and present generations.
(b) OBJECTIVES.—To further the purpose specified
in subsection (a), and consistent with such purpose, the
Secretary shall manage the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area for the benefit of present and future
generations—
(1) to maintain and enhance cooperative and in-
novative management projects, programs and agree-
ments between tribal, public, and private interests in
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area;
(2) to promote grazing, recreation, historic, and
other uses that are sustainable;
(3) to conserve, protect and to ensure tradi-
tional access to cultural, gathering, religious, and ar-
chaeological sites by the Burns Paiute Tribe on Fed-
eral lands and to promote cooperation with private
landowners;
(4) to ensure the conservation, protection, and
improved management of the ecological, social, and
economic environment of the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area, including geological, bio-
logical, wildlife, riparian, and scenic resources; and
(5) to promote and foster cooperation, commu-
nication, and understanding and to reduce conflict
between Steens Mountain users and interests.
Subtitle B—Management of Federal
Lands
SEC. 111. MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES AND PURPOSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage all
Federal lands included in the Cooperative Management
and Protection Area pursuant to the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)
and other applicable provisions of law, including this Act,
in a manner that—
(1) ensures the conservation, protection, and
improved management of the ecological, social and
economic environment of the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area, including geological, bio-
logical, wildlife, riparian, and scenic resources,
North American Indian tribal and cultural and ar-
chaeological resource sites, and additional cultural
and historic sites; and
(2) recognizes and allows current and historic
recreational use.
(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Within four years after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
develop a comprehensive plan for the long-range protection
and management of the Federal lands included in the Co-
operative Management and Protection Area, including the
Wilderness Area. The plan shall—
(1) describe the appropriate uses and manage-
ment of the Cooperative Management and Protection
Area consistent with this Act;
(2) incorporate, as appropriate, decisions con-
tained in any current or future management or ac-
tivity plan for the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area and use information developed in
previous studies of the lands within or adjacent to
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area;
(3) provide for coordination with State, county,
and private local landowners and the Burns Paiute
Tribe; and
(4) determine measurable and achievable man-
agement objectives, consistent with the management
objectives in section 102, to ensure the ecological in-
tegrity of the area.
(c) MONITORING.—The Secretary shall implement a
monitoring program for Federal lands in the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area so that progress to-
wards ecological integrity objectives can be determined.
SEC. 112. ROADS AND TRAVEL ACCESS.
(a) TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—The management plan
shall include, as an integral part, a comprehensive trans-
portation plan for the Federal lands included in the Coop-
erative Management and Protection Area, which shall ad-
dress the maintenance, improvement, and closure of roads
and trails as well as travel access.
(b) PROHIBITION ON OFF-ROAD MOTORIZED TRAV-
EL.—
(1) PROHIBITION.—The use of motorized or
mechanized vehicles on Federal lands included in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area—
(A) is prohibited off road; and
(B) is limited to such roads and trails as
may be designated for their use as part of the
management plan.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not pro-
hibit the use of motorized or mechanized vehicles on
Federal lands included in the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area if the Secretary deter-
mines that such use—
(A) is needed for administrative purposes
or to respond to an emergency; or
(B) is appropriate for the construction or
maintenance of agricultural facilities, fish and
wildlife management, or ecological restoration
projects, except in areas designated as wilder-
ness or managed under the provisions of section
603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782).
(c) ROAD CLOSURES.—Any determination to perma-
nently close an existing road in the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area or to restrict the access of mo-
torized or mechanized vehicles on certain roads shall be
made in consultation with the advisory council and the
public.
(d) PROHIBITION ON NEW CONSTRUCTION.—
(1) PROHIBITION, EXCEPTION.—No new road
or trail for motorized or mechanized vehicles may be
constructed on Federal lands in the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area unless the Sec-
retary determines that the road or trail is necessary
for public safety or protection of the environment.
Any determination under this subsection shall be
made in consultation with the advisory council and
the public.
(2) TRAILS.—Nothing in this subsection is in-
tended to limit the authority of the Secretary to con-
struct or maintain trails for nonmotorized or non-
mechanized use.
(e) ACCESS TO NONFEDERALLY OWNED LANDS.—
(1) REASONABLE ACCESS.—The Secretary shall
provide reasonable access to nonfederally owned
lands or interests in land within the boundaries of
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area
and the Wilderness Area to provide the owner of the
land or interest the reasonable use thereof.
(2) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—
Nothing in this Act shall have the effect of termi-
nating any valid existing right-of-way on Federal
lands included in the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area.
SEC. 113. LAND USE AUTHORITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allow only
such uses of the Federal lands included in the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area as the Secretary finds
will further the purposes for which the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area is established.
(b) COMMERCIAL TIMBER.—
(1) PROHIBITION.—The Federal lands included
in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area
shall not be made available for commercial timber
harvest.
(2) LIMITED EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may
authorize the removal of trees from Federal lands in
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area
only if the Secretary determines that the removal is
clearly needed for purposes of ecological restoration
and maintenance or for public safety. Except in the
Wilderness Area and the wilderness study areas re-
ferred to in section 204(a), the Secretary may au-
thorize the sale of products resulting from the au-
thorized removal of trees under this paragraph.
(c) JUNIPER MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall
emphasize the restoration of the historic fire regime in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area and the re-
sulting native vegetation communities through active man-
agement of Western Juniper on a landscape level. Man-
agement measures shall include the use of natural and
prescribed burning.
(d) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall per-
mit hunting, fishing, and trapping on Federal lands
included in the Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations of the United States and the State of
Oregon.
(2) AREA AND TIME LIMITATIONS.—After con-
sultation with the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife, the Secretary may designate zones where,
and establish periods when, hunting, trapping or
fishing is prohibited on Federal lands included in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area for
reasons of public safety, administration, or public
use and enjoyment.
(e) GRAZING.—
(1) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING LAW.—Except
as otherwise provided in this section and title VI,
the laws, regulations, and executive orders otherwise
applicable to the Bureau of Land Management in
issuing and administering grazing leases and per-
mits on lands under its jurisdiction shall apply in re-
gard to the Federal lands included in the Coopera-
tive Management and Protection Area.
(2) CANCELLATION
OF
CERTAIN
PERMITS.—
The Secretary shall cancel that portion of the per-
mitted grazing on Federal lands in the Fish Creek/
Big Indian, East Ridge, and South Steens allot-
ments located within the area designated as the ‘‘no
livestock grazing area’’ on the map referred to in
section 101(a). Upon cancellation, future grazing
use in that designated area is prohibited. The Sec-
retary shall be responsible for installing and main-
taining any fencing required for resource protection
within the designated no livestock grazing area.
(3) FORAGE
REPLACEMENT.—Reallocation of
available forage shall be made as follows:
(A) O’Keefe pasture within the Miners
Field allotment to Stafford Ranches.
(B) Fields Seeding and Bone Creek Pas-
ture east of the county road within the Miners
Field allotment to Amy Ready.
(C) Miners Field Pasture, Schouver Seed-
ing and Bone Creek Pasture west of the county
road within the Miners Field allotment to Roar-
ing Springs Ranch.
(D) 800 animal unit months within the
Crows Nest allotment to Lowther (Clemens)
Ranch.
(4) FENCING AND WATER SYSTEMS.—The Sec-
retary shall also construct fencing and develop water
systems as necessary to allow reasonable and effi-
cient livestock use of the forage resources referred to
in paragraph (3).
(f) PROHIBITION
ON CONSTRUCTION
OF FACILI-
TIES.—No new facilities may be constructed on Federal
lands included in the Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area unless the Secretary determines that the
structure—
(1) will be minimal in nature;
(2) is consistent with the purposes of this Act;
and
(3) is necessary—
(A) for enhancing botanical, fish, wildlife,
or watershed conditions;
(B) for public information, health, or safe-
ty;
(C) for the management of livestock; or
(D) for the management of recreation, but
not for the promotion of recreation.
(g) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights,
the Federal lands and interests in lands included in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Areas are hereby
withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or dis-
posal under the public land laws, except in the case of
land exchanges if the Secretary determines that the ex-
change furthers the purpose and objectives specified in
section 102 and so certifies to Congress.
SEC. 114. LAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.
(a) ACQUISITION.—
(1) ACQUISITION AUTHORIZED.—In addition to
the land acquisitions authorized by title VI, the Sec-
retary may acquire other non-Federal lands and in-
terests in lands located within the boundaries of the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area or the
Wilderness Area.
(2) ACQUISITION METHODS.—Lands may be ac-
quired under this subsection only by voluntary ex-
change, donation, or purchase from willing sellers.
(b) TREATMENT OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2)
and (3), lands or interests in lands acquired under
subsection (a) or title VI that are located within the
boundaries of the Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area shall—
(A) become part of the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area; and
(B) be managed pursuant to the laws ap-
plicable to the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area.
(2) LANDS
WITHIN
WILDERNESS
AREA.—If
lands or interests in lands acquired under subsection
(a) or title VI are within the boundaries of the Wil-
derness Area, the acquired lands or interests in
lands shall—
(1) become part of the Wilderness Area; and
(2) be managed pursuant to title II and the
other laws applicable to the Wilderness Area.
(3) 
LANDS
WITHIN
WILDERNESS
STUDY
AREA.—If the lands or interests in lands acquired
under subsection (a) or title VI are within the
boundaries of a wilderness study area, the acquired
lands or interests in lands shall—
(1) become part of that wilderness study area;
and
(2) be managed pursuant to the laws applicable
to that wilderness study area.
(c) APPRAISAL.—In appraising non-Federal land, de-
velopment rights, or conservation easements for possible
acquisition under this section or section 122, the Secretary
shall disregard any adverse impacts on values resulting
from the designation of the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area or the Wilderness Area.
SEC. 115. SPECIAL USE PERMITS.
The Secretary may renew a special recreational use
permit applicable to lands included in the Wilderness Area
to the extent that the Secretary determines that the per-
mit is consistent with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131
et seq.). If renewal is not consistent with the Wilderness
Act, the Secretary shall seek other opportunities for the
permit holder through modification of the permit to realize
historic permit use to the extent that the use is consistent
with the Wilderness Act and this Act, as determined by
the Secretary.
Subtitle C—Cooperative
Management
SEC. 121. COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS.
(a) COOPERATIVE EFFORTS.—To further the pur-
poses and objectives for which the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area is designated, the Secretary
may work with non-Federal landowners and other parties
who voluntarily agree to participate in the cooperative
management of Federal and non-Federal lands in the Co-
operative Management and Protection Area.
(b) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may
enter into a cooperative management agreement with any
party to provide for the cooperative conservation and man-
agement of the Federal and non-Federal lands subject to
the agreement.
(c) OTHER PARTICIPANTS.—With the consent of the
landowners involved, the Secretary may permit permittees,
special-use permit holders, other Federal and State agen-
cies, and interested members of the public to participate
in a cooperative management agreement as appropriate to
achieve the resource or land use management objectives
of the agreement.
(d) TRIBAL CULTURAL SITE PROTECTION.—The
Secretary may enter into agreements with the Burns Pai-
ute Tribe to protect cultural sites in the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area of importance to the tribe.
SEC. 122. COOPERATIVE EFFORTS TO CONTROL DEVELOP-
MENT AND ENCOURAGE CONSERVATION.
(a) POLICY.—Development on public and private
lands within the boundaries of the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area which is different from the cur-
rent character and uses of the lands is inconsistent with
the purposes of this Act.
(b) USE OF NONDEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION
EASEMENTS.—The Secretary may enter into a non-
development easement or conservation easement with will-
ing landowners to further the purposes of this Act.
(c) CONSERVATION
INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS.—The
Secretary may provide technical assistance, cost-share
payments, incentive payments, and education to a private
landowner in the Cooperative Management and Protection
Area who enters into a contract with the Secretary to pro-
tect or enhance ecological resources on the private land
covered by the contract if those protections or enhance-
ments benefit public lands.
(d) RELATION TO PROPERTY RIGHTS AND STATE
AND LOCAL LAW.—Nothing in this Act is intended to af-
fect rights or interests in real property or supersede State
law.
Subtitle D—Advisory Council
SEC. 131. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COUNCIL.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish
the Steens Mountain Advisory Council to advise the Sec-
retary in managing the Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area and in promoting the cooperative manage-
ment under subtitle C.
(b) MEMBERS.—The advisory council shall consist of
12 voting members, to be appointed by the Secretary, as
follows:
(1) A private landowner in the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area, appointed from
nominees submitted by the county court for Harney
County, Oregon.
(2) Two persons who are grazing permittees on
Federal lands in the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area, appointed from nominees submitted
by the county court for Harney County, Oregon.
(3) A person interested in fish and recreational
fishing in the Cooperative Management and Protec-
tion Area, appointed from nominees submitted by
the Governor of Oregon.
(4) A member of the Burns Paiute Tribe, ap-
pointed from nominees submitted by the Burns Pai-
ute Tribe.
(5) Two persons who are recognized environ-
mental representatives, one of whom shall represent
the State as a whole, and one of whom is from the
local area, appointed from nominees submitted by
the Governor of Oregon.
(6) A person who participates in what is com-
monly called dispersed recreation, such as hiking,
camping, nature viewing, nature photography, bird
watching, horse back riding, or trail walking, ap-
pointed from nominees submitted by the Oregon
State Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
(7) A person who is a recreational permit hold-
er or is a representative of a commercial recreation
operation in the Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area, appointed from nominees submitted
jointly by the Oregon State Director of the Bureau
of Land Management and the county court for Har-
ney County, Oregon.
(8) A person who participates in what is com-
monly called mechanized or consumptive recreation,
such as hunting, fishing, off-road driving, hang glid-
ing, or parasailing, appointed from nominees sub-
mitted by the Oregon State Director of the Bureau
of Land Management.
(9) A person with expertise and interest in wild
horse management on Steens Mountain, appointed
from nominees submitted by the Oregon State Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management.
(10) A person who has no financial interest in
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area to
represent statewide interests, appointed from nomi-
nees submitted by the Governor of Oregon.
(c) CONSULTATION.—In reviewing nominees sub-
mitted under subsection (b) for possible appointment to
the advisory council, the Secretary shall consult with the
respective community of interest that the nominees are to
represent to ensure that the nominees have the support
of their community of interest.
(d) TERMS.—
(1) STAGGERED TERMS.—Members of the advi-
sory council shall be appointed for terms of three
years, except that, of the members first appointed,
four members shall be appointed for a term of one
year and four members shall be appointed for a term
of 2 years.
(2) REAPPOINTMENT.—A member may be re-
appointed to serve on the advisory council.
(3) VACANCY.—A vacancy on the advisory
council shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment.
(d) CHAIRPERSON AND PROCEDURES.—The advisory
council shall elect a chairperson and establish such rules
and procedures as it deems necessary or desirable.
(e) SERVICE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.—Members
of the advisory council shall serve without pay, but the
Secretary shall reimburse members for reasonable ex-
penses incurred in carrying out official duties as a member
of the council.
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall
provide the advisory council with necessary administrative
support and shall designate an appropriate officer of the
Bureau of Land Management to serve as the Secretary’s
liaison to the council.
(g) STATE LIAISON.—The Secretary shall appoint
one person, nominated by the Governor of Oregon, to serve
as the State government liaison to the advisory council.
(h) APPLICABLE
LAW.—The advisory committee
shall be subject to the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the Fed-
eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
SEC. 132. ADVISORY ROLE IN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
(a) MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.—The advi-
sory committee shall utilize sound science, existing plans
for the management of Federal lands included in the Co-
operative Management and Protection Area, and other
tools to formulate recommendations for the Secretary
regarding—
(1) new and unique approaches to the manage-
ment of lands within the boundaries of the Coopera-
tive Management and Protection Area; and
(2) cooperative programs and incentives for
seamless landscape management that meets human
needs and maintains and improves the ecological and
economic integrity of the Cooperative Management
and Protection Area.
(b) PREPARATION
OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The
Secretary shall consult with the advisory committee as
part of the preparation and implementation of the man-
agement plan.
(c) SUBMISSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—No rec-
ommendations may be presented to the Secretary by the
advisory council without the agreement of at least nine
members of the advisory council.
SEC. 133. SCIENCE COMMITTEE.
The Secretary shall appoint, as needed or at the re-
quest of the advisory council, a team of respected, knowl-
edgeable, and diverse scientists to provide advice on ques-
tions relating to the management of the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area to the Secretary and the ad-
visory council. The Secretary shall seek the advice of the
advisory council in making these appointments.
TITLE II—STEENS MOUNTAIN
WILDERNESS AREA
SEC. 201. DESIGNATION OF STEENS MOUNTAIN WILDER-
NESS AREA.
The Federal lands in the Cooperative Management
and Protection Area depicted as wilderness on the map
entitled ‘‘Steens Mountain Wilderness Area’’ and dated
September 18, 2000, are hereby designated as wilderness
and therefore as a component of the National Wilderness
Preservation System. The wilderness area shall be known
as the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area.
SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREA.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—The Secretary shall administer
the Wilderness Area in accordance with this title and the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). Any reference
in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that Act (or
any similar reference) shall be deemed to be a reference
to the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) WILDERNESS BOUNDARIES ALONG ROADS.—
Where a wilderness boundary exists along a road, the wil-
derness boundary shall be set back from the centerline of
the road, consistent with the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment’s guidelines as established in its Wilderness Manage-
ment Policy.
(c) ACCESS TO NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—The Sec-
retary shall provide reasonable access to private lands
within the boundaries of the Wilderness Area, as provided
in section 112(d).
(d) GRAZING.—
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—Except as provided in
section 113(e)(2), grazing of livestock shall be ad-
ministered in accordance with the provision of sec-
tion 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1133(d)(4)), in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, and in accordance with the guidelines set
forth in Appendices A and B of House Report 101–
405 of the 101st Congress.
(2) RETIREMENT OF CERTAIN PERMITS.—The
Secretary shall permanently retire all grazing per-
mits applicable to certain lands in the Wilderness
Area, as depicted on the map referred to in section
101(a), and livestock shall be excluded from these
lands.
SEC. 203. WATER RIGHTS.
Nothing in this Act shall constitute an express or im-
plied claim or denial on the part of the Federal Govern-
ment as to exemption from State water laws.
SEC. 204. TREATMENT OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.
(a) STATUS UNAFFECTED.—Except as provided in
section 502, any wilderness study area, or portion of a
wilderness study area, within the boundaries of the Coop-
erative Management and Protection Area, but not in-
cluded in the Wilderness Area, shall remain a wilderness
study area notwithstanding the enactment of this Act.
(b) MANAGEMENT.—The wilderness study areas re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall continue to be managed
under section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)) in a manner
so as not to impair the suitability of the areas for preser-
vation as wilderness.
(c) EXPANSION
OF BASQUE HILLS WILDERNESS
STUDY AREA.—The boundaries of the Basque Hills Wil-
derness Study Area are hereby expanded to include the
Federal lands within sections 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, and 27
of township 36 south, range 31 east, Willamette Meridian.
These lands shall be managed under section 603(c) of the
Federal Lands Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1782(c)) to protect and enhance the wilderness val-
ues of these lands.
TITLE III—WILD AND SCENIC
RIVERS AND TROUT RESERVE
SEC. 301. DESIGNATION OF STREAMS FOR WILD AND SCE-
NIC RIVER STATUS IN STEENS MOUNTAIN
AREA.
(a) EXPANSION OF DONNER UND BLITZEN WILD
RIVER.—Section 3(a)(74) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(74)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the’’ at the beginning of each
subparagraph and inserting ‘‘The’’;
(2) by striking the semicolon at the end of sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) and inserting a
period;
(3) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (E) and inserting a period; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs:
‘‘(G) The 5.1 mile segment of Mud Creek from
its confluence with an unnamed spring in the
SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of section 32, township 33 south, range
33 east, to its confluence with the Donner und
Blitzen River.
‘‘(H) The 8.1 mile segment of Ankle Creek
from its headwaters to its confluence with the
Donner und Blitzen River.
‘‘(I) The 1.6 mile segment of the South Fork
of Ankle Creek from its confluence with an unnamed
tributary in the SE1⁄4SE1⁄4 of section 17, township
34 south, range 33 east, to its confluence with Ankle
Creek.’’.
(b) DESIGNATION
OF
WILDHORSE
AND
KIGER
CREEKS, OREGON.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘( ) WILDHORSE AND KIGER CREEKS, OREGON.—
The following segments in the Steens Mountain Coopera-
tive Management and Protection Area in the State of Or-
egon, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior
as wild rivers:
‘‘(A) The 2.6-mile segment of Little Wildhorse
Creek from its headwaters to its confluence with
Wildhorse Creek.
‘‘(B) The 7.0-mile segment of Wildhorse Creek
from its headwaters, and including .36 stream miles
into section 34, township 34 south, range 33 east.
‘‘(C) The approximately 4.25-mile segment of
Kiger Creek from its headwaters to the point at
which it leaves the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area
within the Steens Mountain Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area.’’.
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Where management require-
ments for a stream segment described in the amendments
made by this section differ between the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.) and the Wilderness
Area, the more restrictive requirements shall apply.
SEC. 302. DONNER UND BlITZEN RIVER REDBAND TROUT
RESERVE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Those portions of the Donner und Blitzen
River in the Wilderness Area are an exceptional en-
vironmental resource that provides habitat for
unique populations of native fish, migratory water-
fowl, and other wildlife resources, including a unique
population of redband trout.
(2) Redband trout represent a unique natural
history reflecting the Pleistocene connection between
the lake basins of eastern Oregon and the Snake
and Columbia Rivers.
(b) DESIGNATION OF RESERVE.—The Secretary shall
designate the Donner und Blitzen Redband Trout Reserve
consisting of the Donner und Blitzen River in the Wilder-
ness Area above its confluence with Fish Creek and the
Federal riparian lands immediately adjacent to the river.
(c) RESERVE
PURPOSES.—The purposes of the
Redband Trout Reserve are—
(1) to conserve, protect, and enhance the
Donner und Blitzen River population of redband
trout and the unique ecosystem of plants, fish, and
wildlife of a river system; and
(2) to provide opportunities for scientific re-
search, environmental education, and fish and wild-
life oriented recreation and access to the extent com-
patible with paragraph (1).
(d) EXCLUSION OF PRIVATE LANDS.—The Redband
Trout Reserve does not include any private lands adjacent
to the Donner und Blitzen River or its tributaries.
(e) ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister all lands, waters, and interests therein in the
Redband Trout Reserve consistent with the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.).
(2) 
CONSULTATION.—In 
administering 
the
Redband Trout Reserve, the Secretary shall consult
with the advisory council and cooperate with the Or-
egon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
(3) RELATION TO RECREATION.—To the extent
consistent with applicable law, the Secretary shall
manage recreational activities in the Redband Trout
Reserve in a manner that conserves the unique pop-