I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1105
To designate as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park and preserve 
study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors 
certain public lands in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wash-
ington, and Wyoming, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2003
Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. HONDA, Mr. LEACH, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. NEAL of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA 
T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. OLVER, Mr. GEORGE 
MILLER of California, Mr. EVANS, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. FORD, 
Mr. HOLT, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. 
LEE, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. DELAHUNT, 
Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. HARMAN, 
Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. WEINER, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. 
DEUTSCH, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. JOHNSON of 
Connecticut, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, 
Mr. SERRANO, Mr. HOEFFEL, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. BOEH-
LERT, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, 
Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. MEEKS of New York, 
Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. FROST, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 
INSLEE, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. 
STARK, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. FATTAH, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
SAXTON, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. 
KIRK, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. GREENWOOD, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
KUCINICH, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. AN-
DREWS, Mr. COSTELLO, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. KENNEDY of 
Rhode Island, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. OWENS, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. 
MOORE, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, 
Mr. BERMAN, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. 
SPRATT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 
FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. HASTINGS of Flor-
ida, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. SMITH of 
New Jersey, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, and Mr.
WALSH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Resources 
A BILL 
To designate as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national 
park and preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, 
and biological connecting corridors certain public lands 
in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, 
and Wyoming, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Purposes. 
Sec. 4. Definitions. 
TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS 
Sec. 101. Designation of certain National Forest System lands and other public 
lands as wilderness. 
Sec. 102. Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Divide ecosystem. 
Sec. 103. Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. 
Sec. 104. Greater Salmon/Selway ecosystem. 
Sec. 105. Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystem. 
Sec. 106. Islands in the Sky Wilderness. 
Sec. 107. Administration. 
Sec. 108. Blackfeet Wilderness. 
Sec. 109. Water. 
TITLE II—BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Designation of biological connecting corridors.
Sec. 203. Treatment of biological connecting corridors. 
Sec. 204. Applicability of title. 
Sec. 205. Cooperative agreements and land trades and acquisitions. 
Sec. 206. Exemption of certain roads and highways. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL PARKS, PRESERVES, AND RELATED 
STUDIES 
Sec. 301. Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National Preserve. 
Sec. 302. Flathead National Park and Preserve study. 
TITLE IV—WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS DESIGNATIONS 
Sec. 401. Designation of wild and scenic rivers in Idaho, Montana, and Wyo-
ming. 
TITLE V—NATIONAL WILDLAND RESTORATION AND RECOVERY 
SYSTEM 
Sec. 501. Findings. 
Sec. 502. National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System. 
Sec. 503. Management of Recovery System. 
Sec. 504. National Wildland Recovery Corps. 
TITLE VI—IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING 
Sec. 601. Implementation report. 
Sec. 602. Interagency team. 
Sec. 603. Roadless lands evaluation. 
Sec. 604. Native American uses. 
Sec. 605. Cultural resources. 
TITLE VII—RULES OF CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 701. Water rights. 
Sec. 702. Future designations. 
Sec. 703. Indian tribes.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Many areas of undeveloped National Forest 
System lands in the States of Idaho, Montana, Or-
egon, Washington, and Wyoming possess out-
standing natural characteristics which give them 
high values as wilderness, parks, and wild and scenic 
rivers and will, if properly preserved, be an enduring
resource of wilderness, wild land areas, and biodiver-
sity for the benefit of the American people. 
(2) The Northern Rockies Bioregion contains 
the most diverse array of wild lands remaining south 
of Canada, providing sanctuary for a host of species 
listed as threatened or endangered under section 
4(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533(c)). These national interest public lands 
are among the most popular wild lands in the Na-
tion, embracing greater ecosystems and national 
treasures such as the Greater Yellowstone, Greater 
Glacier/Northern Continental Divide, Greater Hells 
Canyon/Wallowa, 
Greater 
Salmon/Selway, 
and 
Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystems. The head-
waters for nearly two-thirds of the rivers of North
America originate in the Northern Rockies, sending 
waters to three oceans and providing critical supplies 
of clean water for wildlife and other users. 
(3) The wildlife treasures of the Northern 
Rockies are of international significance and contain 
remarkably intact large mammalian fauna and rare 
and unique plant life. 
(4) Wildlife habitat fragmentation due to road-
building, timber harvest, mining, oil and gas explo-
ration, lack of interagency cooperation, and other ac-
tivities has severe effects on the wildlife populations 
(including those listed as threatened or endangered 
under section 4(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c))) and their habitat, the 
water quality, the ancient forests, and the greater 
ecosystems of the Northern Rockies Bioregion. Con-
tinued fragmentation and development of the re-
maining roadless and essentially roadless ecosystems 
and biological connectors of the Northern Rockies 
would cause a loss to the Nation of an entire wild 
land region and of the only remaining areas south 
of Canada still pristine enough to support popu-
lations of caribou, gray wolves, grizzly bears, anad-
romous fish, and numerous other rare and endan-
gered plant and animal life all in one intact bio-
region.
(5) Since the 1936 roadless area inventory com-
pleted by Bob Marshall, millions of acres of roadless 
wild lands have been developed in the Northern 
Rockies. Extensive fragmentation of wild lands and 
wildlife habitat has resulted in the listing of several 
species as threatened or endangered and reduced the 
numbers and range of many others, including anad-
romous fish.
(6) A review of the current situation in the 
Northern Rockies has revealed the urgent need for 
an ecological reserve system for the Northern Rock-
ies Bioregion, which includes core ecosystem reserve 
areas and biological connecting corridors necessary 
to ensure wildlife movements and genetic inter-
change between the core reserve areas. 
(7) The economic value to the Nation of most 
of these undeveloped areas, left in their natural 
state, greatly exceeds any potential return to the 
Treasury of the United States from timber harvest 
and development. If current Federal land manage-
ment in the Northern Rockies continues to result in 
the development of roadless areas, the American 
public will be using its tax dollars to fund perma-
nent reductions in wilderness, water quality, fish and 
wildlife habitat, and species and biological diversity. 
(8) The congressional review of roadless areas 
within National Forest System lands in the States 
of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyo-
ming has identified areas which, on the basis of 
their land form, ecosystem, associated fish and wild-
life, economic value, and location will help to fulfill 
the role of the United States Forest Service to en-
sure a quality National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem. The review has identified other areas which 
may have outstanding values as national parks and 
preserves and wild and scenic rivers. The review has 
also identified areas which may not possess out-
standing wilderness attributes and should not now 
be designated as components of the National Wilder-
ness Preservation System, but which should be stud-
ied to determine their role in maintaining biological 
diversity in the Northern Rockies. 
(9) Many areas of National Forest System 
lands have been damaged and their productivity re-
duced by unwise development practices which have 
also impaired ecosystem function and biological di-
versity. The Island Park area adjacent to Yellow-
stone National Park contains large clear-cut areas 
right up to the park boundary. Efforts should be 
made to return these areas to their former ecological 
health and native diversity by designating them as 
National Wildland Restoration and Recovery areas. 
These efforts should seek to ensure that vital eco-
system components are restored, especially in areas 
where wildlife travel corridors and native fish and 
wildlife populations have been damaged or elimi-
nated. Restoration efforts should seek to ensure and 
maintain genetic interchange, biological diversity,
and restoration of native species diversity through-
out the Northern Rockies Bioregion.
(10) Federal agencies entrusted with managing 
the natural resources of the Northern Rockies Bio-
region operate under contradictory congressional 
mandates, and thus are in dissension over manage-
ment policies which involve common resources and 
greater ecosystems. Existing agency structures and 
regulatory mechanisms have proven unsatisfactory 
for responsible management of nationally important 
ecosystems on public lands. Existing laws and regu-
lations have not been sufficient to establish and 
maintain agency accountability for public resources. 
(11) This Act does not affect lands that are in 
private ownership.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
(a) DESIGNATIONS.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to designate certain National Forest System 
lands and Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Land Management in the States of Idaho, 
Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as 
components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System;
(2) to designate certain National Forest System 
lands in the States of Montana, Oregon, and Idaho 
as national park and preserve study areas; 
(3) to designate certain National Forest System 
lands and watercourses in the States of Montana, 
Idaho, and Wyoming as components of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System; 
(4) to establish a pilot system of National 
Wildland Restoration and Recovery Areas and a 
Wildlands Recovery Corps to help restore biological 
diversity and native species; and 
(5) to establish a system of biological con-
necting corridors between the core ecosystems in the 
Northern Rockies Bioregion. 
(b) PURPOSE OF DESIGNATIONS.—The designations 
made by this Act are made in order to—
(1) promote, perpetuate, and preserve the wil-
derness character of the land;
(2) protect water quality, watersheds, and wild-
life habitat, including that of species listed as threat-
ened or endangered under section 4(c) of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)); 
(3) protect the ecological integrity and con-
tiguity of major wild land ecosystems and their
interconnecting corridors identified by the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, and other sources; 
(4) protect and maintain biological and native 
species diversity; 
(5) promote and ensure interagency cooperation 
in the implementation of integrated, holistic eco-
system management and protection of the eco-
systems and corridors covered by this Act based 
upon principles from conservation biology; 
(6) preserve scenic, historic, and cultural re-
sources; 
(7) promote scientific research, primitive recre-
ation, solitude, physical and mental challenge, and 
inspiration for the benefit of all of the American 
people; 
(8) avoid the misinvestment of scarce capital in 
lands of marginal timber value; and 
(9) promote ecologically and economically sus-
tainable management in the Northern Rockies Bio-
region. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act:
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The term ‘‘development’’ 
means activities that eliminate the roadless and wil-
derness characteristics of the land and includes ski
resort facilities and such activities as roadbuilding, 
timber harvest, mining, and oil and gas drilling. 
(2) ENTRY.—The term ‘‘entry’’ means to enter 
a roadless area for purposes of development and as-
sociated activities, such as roadbuilding, timber har-
vest, mining, or other such activities which eliminate 
the roadless character of the land. 
(3) GREATER ECOSYSTEM.—The term ‘‘greater 
ecosystem’’, when used in conjunction with the spe-
cific ecosystems protected under this Act, means the 
ecological land units of sufficient scale to support 
and maintain populations of large vertebrate species 
and the other native plant and animal species of the 
area. These units are comprised of lands which are 
similar in regards to topography, climate, and plant 
and animal species. The ecosystems in the Northern 
Rockies are also defined in terms of the habitat of 
wildlife indicator species listed as threatened or en-
dangered under section 4(c) of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)), including griz-
zly bear, gray wolf, bald eagle, and caribou, and 
have been depicted on maps published by Federal 
agencies. 
(4) NORTHERN
ROCKIES
BIOREGION.—The 
term ‘‘Northern Rockies Bioregion’’ means the por-
tion of the Northern Rocky Mountains in the States 
of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, and Wash-
ington, so referred to on maps referred to in this 
Act. 
(5) RECOVERY.—The term ‘‘recovery’’ means 
the restoration of lands damaged by land manage-
ment activities to a condition as close as possible to 
the condition of the lands as existed prior to entry 
and development of the lands. 
(6) RECOVERY SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Recovery 
System’’ means the National Wildland Restoration 
and Recovery System established in title V. 
TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF 
WILDERNESS AREAS 
SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL FOREST 
SYSTEM LANDS AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS 
AS WILDERNESS. 
In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the National Forest System 
lands and other public lands described in this title in the 
States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyo-
ming are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, 
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System.
SEC. 102. GREATER GLACIER/NORTHERN CONTINENTAL DI-
VIDE ECOSYSTEM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The core of the Greater Glacier/Northern 
Continental Divide ecosystem region is Glacier Na-
tional Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness, which 
was the first wilderness area in the United States. 
(2) This ecosystem includes unique lands, such 
as the Rocky Mountain Front, where grizzlies still 
roam the prairies and America’s largest herd of big-
horn sheep scales the craggy peaks. 
(3) The Swan and Mission mountain ranges 
contain some of Montana’s largest old growth forests
and pristine bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout 
spawning runs. 
(4) The Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf is making 
a comeback in this ecosystem, and the ecosystem is 
home to the largest grizzly population in the lower 
48 States. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 
Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Divide ecosystem, 
the areas specified in the table in subsection (c), which 
together comprise approximately 1,102,535 acres as gen-
erally depicted on the maps with titles corresponding to 
each area and dated January 2003, are hereby designated 
as wilderness. Each wilderness area shall either be incor-
porated into the wilderness area indicated or shall be 
known by the name given it in the table. Each map shall 
be on file and available for public inspection in the Office 
of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture. 
(c) TABLE OF AREAS.—The table referred to in sub-
section (b) is as follows:
GREATER GLACIER/NORTHERN CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ECOSYSTEM 
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
The following areas are incorporated into the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area:
Choteau 
Mountain/Teton 
High 
Peaks/Deep Creek ........................
106,272 Lewis & Clark National Forest/Bu-
reau of Land Management 
Renshaw ...........................................
46,814 Lewis & Clark National Forest/Bu-
reau of Land Management 
Swan Front ......................................
169,430 Flathead Lolo National Forest 
Swan Crest ......................................
89,351 Flathead National Forest 
Limestone Caves/Lost Jack .............
36,155 Flathead National Forest 
Monture Creek .................................
98,859 Lolo National Forest 
Total ........................................
546,881 
The following areas are incorporated into the Great Bear Wilderness Area:
Middle Fork .....................................
40,413 Flathead National Forest 
South Fork ......................................
20,687 Flathead National Forest 
Total ........................................
61,100 
The following areas are incorporated into the Scapegoat Wilderness Area:
Stonewall Mountain .........................
55,071 Helena National Forest 
Silver King/Falls Creek ...................
42,280 Lewis & Clark/Helena National 
Forest 
Benchmark/Elk Creek .....................
27,828 Lewis & Clark National Forest 
Total ........................................
125,179 
The following areas are incorporated into the Mission Mountains Wilderness Area:
Mission additions .............................
2,451 Flathead National Forest 
Marshall Peak ..................................
8,770 Lolo National Forest 
Total ........................................
11,221 
The following areas are incorporated into the Rattlesnake Wilderness Area:
Rattlesnake additions ......................
3,704 Lolo National Forest
The following areas are components of the National Wilderness Preservation System 
and each area shall have the name given it in this table:
Badger-Two Medicine ......................
128,622 Lewis & Clark National Forest 
Sawtooth Ridge ................................
14,521 Lewis & Clark National Forest
GREATER GLACIER/NORTHERN CONTINENTAL DIVIDE 
ECOSYSTEM—Continued
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
Mt Hefty/Tuchuck/Thompson-Seton 
38,421 Flathead/Kootenai National For-
ests 
Le Beau ...........................................
6,472 Flathead/Kootenai National For-
ests 
Ten Lakes ........................................
48,351 Kootenai National Forest 
Lincoln Gulch ..................................
9,060 Helena National Forest 
Anaconda Hill ..................................
19,606 Helena National Forest 
Specimen Creek ...............................
13,494 Helena National Forest 
Crater Mountain ..............................
9,612 Helena National Forest 
Ogden Mountain ..............................
12,199 Helena National Forest 
Nevada Mountain ............................
54,092 Helena National Forest
ECOSYSTEM TOTAL ............
1,102,535 
SEC. 103. GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The core of the greater Yellowstone region 
is Yellowstone National Park, the Nation’s first na-
tional park. 
(2) This world-famous region of geyser basins, 
towering mountains, abundant wildlife, and vast for-
ests contains the headwaters for many of the Na-
tion’s most famous blue-ribbon trout streams.
(3) Small glaciers and permanent snowfields 
cloak the rugged Teton and Beartooth mountains, 
which contain several peaks greater than 12,000 
feet. 
(4) Diverse habitat in the region ranges from 
cactus desert lowlands to arctic tundra.
(5) Wildlife in the region includes the threat-
ened grizzly bear, the Nation’s last wild bison herd, 
trumpeter swans, and nearly 35,000 elk. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 
ecosystem of the greater Yellowstone region, the areas 
specified in the table in subsection (c), which comprise ap-
proximately 4,233,135 acres as generally depicted on the 
maps with titles corresponding to each area and dated 
January 2003, are hereby designated as wilderness. Each 
wilderness area shall either be incorporated into the wil-
derness area indicated or shall be known by the name 
given it in the table. Each map shall be on file and avail-
able for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. 
(c) TABLE OF AREAS.—The table referred to in sub-
section (b) is as follows:
GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM 
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
The following areas are incorporated into the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area:
Absaroka-Beartooth additions .........
264,549 Gallatin/Custer/Shoshone National 
Forests
The following areas are incorporated into the North Absaroka Wilderness Area:
North Absaroka additions ...............
161,194 Shoshone National Forest
The following areas are incorporated into the Washakie Wilderness Area:
Washakie additions ..........................
310,435 Shoshone National Forest/Bureau 
of Land Management
The following areas are incorporated into the Fitzpatrick Wilderness Area:
Fitzpatrick additions .......................
3,994 Shoshone National Forest
GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM—Continued
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
The following areas are incorporated into the Teton Wilderness Area:
Teton Corridor Trailheads/Togwotee 
Pass.
31,869 Bridger-Teton
The following areas are incorporated into the Gros Ventre Wilderness Area:
Shoal Creek addition .......................
24,418 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Gros Ventre additions ......................
82,492 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Total ........................................
106,910 
The following areas are incorporated into the Bridger Wilderness Area:
Bridger additions .............................
157,332 Bridger-Teton National Forest
The following areas are incorporated into the Popo Agie Wilderness Area:
Popo Agie additions .........................
47,754 Shoshone National Forest
The following areas are incorporated into the Winegar Hole Wilderness Area:
Winegar Hole addition ....................
4,851 Targhee National Forest
The following areas are incorporated into the Jedadiah Smith Wilderness Area:
Philips Ridge ...................................
10,579 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Jedadiah Smith additions ................
4,851 Bridger-Teton/Targhee 
National 
Forests 
Total ........................................
15,430 
The following areas are incorporated into the Lee Metcalf Wilderness Area:
Cowboys Heaven ..............................
39,402 Gallatin/Beaverhead National For-
ests 
Lee Metcalf additions ......................
143,557 Gallatin/Beaverhead National For-
ests 
Total ........................................
182,959 
Each of the following areas are a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System and shall have the name given it in this table:
Gallatin Range .................................
235,559 Gallatin National Forest 
Chico Peak .......................................
12,336 Gallatin National Forest 
Madison ...........................................
15,372 Gallatin National Forest 
Lionhead ..........................................
47,785 Gallatin/Targhee National Forests 
Line Creek Plateau/Deep Lake .......
130,561 Custer/Shoshone National Forests 
Monument Ridge .............................
17,720 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Munger Mountain ............................
12,827 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Little Sheep Mountain .....................
14,884 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Palisades ..........................................
223,578 Bridger-Teton/Targhee 
National 
Forests 
Mt. Leidy Highlands .......................
173,572 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Salt River Range .............................
238,996 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Grayback Ridge ...............................
282,976 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Commissary Ridge ...........................
177,691 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
South Wyoming Range ....................
85,774 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Gannett Hills/Spring Creek .............
135,436 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Little Cottonwood ............................
5,448 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
North Mountain ...............................
9,951 Bridger-Teton National Forest 
Grayback Ridge East ......................
17,822 Bridger-Teton National Forest
GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM—Continued
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
Lake Mountain ................................
16,750 Bridger-Teton National Forest/Bu-
reau of Land Management 
Garns Mountain ...............................
104,077 Targhee National Forest 
Snake River .....................................
9,645 Targhee National Forest 
Warm River South ...........................
15,839 Targhee National Forest 
Warm River North ..........................
9,740 Targhee National Forest 
Bald Mountain .................................
16,393 Targhee National Forest 
Bear Creek .......................................
117,272 Targhee/Caribou National Forests 
Stump Creek ....................................
100,390 Caribou National Forest 
Caribou ............................................
83,540 Caribou National Forest 
Poker Peak ......................................
19,795 Caribou National Forest 
Pole Creek .......................................
8,384 Caribou National Forest 
Schmid Peak ....................................
10,253 Caribou National Forest 
Sage Creek .......................................
17,455 Caribou National Forest 
Red Mountain ..................................
12,581 Caribou National Forest 
Huckleberry Basin ...........................
27,129 Caribou National Forest 
Meade Peak .....................................
44,947 Caribou National Forest 
Hell Hole .........................................
5,132 Caribou National Forest 
Gravelly Mountains ..........................
267,058 Beaverhead National Forest 
Snowcrest .........................................
95,348 Beaverhead National Forest 
Tobacco Root Mountains .................
100,558 Beaverhead/Deerlodge 
National 
Forests 
Total ........................................
2,945,858 
ECOSYSTEM TOTAL ............
4,233,135 
SEC. 104. GREATER SALMON/SELWAY ECOSYSTEM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Greater Salmon/Selway region is one of 
the most rugged and wild areas in America, and one 
of the largest intact forest ecosystems in the tem-
perate zones of the Earth. 
(2) The core of the region is comprised of the 
Frank Church-River of No Return and Selway-Bit-
terroot Wilderness areas. 
(3) Swimming the Salmon and Clearwater river 
systems, several species of salmon and sea-going 
trout still make the 900 mile spawning journey from
the Pacific Ocean to small tributaries in the high 
mountain country. 
(4) Biological and landscape diversity in the re-
gion is great, ranging from rocky, dry canyon coun-
try to wet forests of ancient cedars many feet in di-
ameter in the Mallard-Larkins and other areas. 
(5) A wide array of forest dwelling species re-
side in the region, and the gray wolf is making a 
comeback. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 
ecosystem of the Greater Salmon/Selway region, the areas 
specified in the table in subsection (c), which comprise ap-
proximately 6,278,611 acres as generally depicted on the 
maps with titles corresponding to each area and dated
January 2003, are hereby designated as wilderness. Each 
wilderness area shall either be incorporated into the wil-
derness area indicated or shall be known by the name 
given it in the table. Each map shall be on file and avail-
able for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. 
(c) TABLE OF AREAS.—The table referred to in sub-
section (b) is as follows:
GREATER SALMON/SELWAY ECOSYSTEM 
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
The following areas are incorporated into the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilder-
ness Area:
Bluejoint ..........................................
62,149 Bitterroot/Salmon National Forests 
Camas Creek ....................................
100,843 Challis/Salmon National Forests 
Blue Bunch ......................................
11,653 Challis/Boise National Forests 
Loon Creek ......................................
103,898 Challis/Sawtooth National Forests 
Pinnacle Peak ..................................
10,574 Payette National Forest 
Meadow Creek .................................
46,897 Payette National Forest/Boise Na-
tional Forest 
Placer Creek ....................................
7,801 Payette National Forest 
Smith Creek .....................................
2,261 Payette National Forest 
Cottontail Point-Pilot Peak .............
105,988 Payette National Forest 
Bernard ...........................................
20,039 Boise National Forest 
Burnt Log ........................................
21,370 Boise National Forest 
Whiskey ...........................................
5,227 Boise National Forest 
Nameless Creek ...............................
2,232 Boise National Forest 
Tennessee ........................................
616 Boise National Forest 
Poker Meadows ................................
969 Boise National Forest 
Black Lake ......................................
5,815 Boise National Forest 
Panther Creek .................................
29,729 Salmon National Forest 
McEleny ...........................................
3,041 Salmon National Forest 
Little Horse .....................................
6,425 Salmon National Forest 
Oreana .............................................
7,178 Salmon National Forest 
Duck Peak .......................................
45,001 Salmon National Forest 
Long Tom ........................................
18,885 Salmon National Forest 
Challis Creek ...................................
41,726 Challis National Forest 
Seafoam ...........................................
27,048 Challis National Forest 
Rackliff-Gedney ...............................
86,862 Clearwater/Nez 
Perce 
National 
Forests 
Jersey-Jack ......................................
64,261 Nez Perce National Forest 
Mallard ............................................
22,585 Nez Perce National Forest 
Marshall Mountain ..........................
4,068 Coeur d’Alene Dist. Bureau of 
Land Management 
Total ........................................
865,141 
The following areas are incorporated into the Gospel Hump Wilderness Area:
Gospel Hump Additions ..................
64,160 Nez Perce National Forest 
Carey Creek .....................................
10,019 Payette National Forest/Bureau of 
Land Management 
Total ........................................
74,179 
The following areas are incorporated into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area:
Bitterroot additions .........................
121,898 Bitterroot National Forest 
Lochsa Face ....................................
68,540 Clearwater National Forest 
Elk Summit/Sneakfoot/North Fork 
Spruce ..........................................
54,607 Clearwater National Forest 
West Meadow Creek ........................
109,323 Nez Perce National Forest 
East Meadow Creek .........................
96,527 Nez Perce National Forest 
Lolo Creek .......................................
19,950 Lolo/Clearwater/Bitterroot National 
Forests 
Total ........................................
470,845
GREATER SALMON/SELWAY ECOSYSTEM—Continued
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
The following areas are incorporated into the Sawtooth Wilderness Area:
Sawtooth 
completion 
(Hansen 
Lakes/Huckleberry/Pettit/Smoky 
Mountains/Ten Mile/Black War-
rior/South Boise/Yuba) ................
540,253 Boise/Sawtooth/Challis 
National 
Forests
Each of the following areas are a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System and shall have the name given it in this table:
French Creek/Patrick Butte ............
177,863 Payette National Forest 
Crystal Mountain .............................
13,053 Payette National Forest 
Secesh ..............................................
260,997 Payette National Forest 
Needles ............................................
172,350 Payette/Boise National Forests 
Caton Lake ......................................
95,571 Payette/Boise National Forests 
Poison Creek ....................................
5,232 Payette/Boise National Forests 
Mount Heinen ..................................
16,594 Boise National Forest 
Grape Mountain ...............................
13,086 Boise National Forest 
Peace Rock ......................................
195,930 Boise National Forest 
Deadwood ........................................
55,967 Boise National Forest 
Whitehawk Mountain ......................
8,968 Boise National Forest 
Stony Meadows ................................
13,367 Boise National Forest 
Bear Wallow ....................................
7,907 Boise National Forest 
Grimes Pass .....................................
11,602 Boise National Forest 
Bald Mountain .................................
6,213 Boise National Forest 
Hawley Mountain ............................
9,637 Boise National Forest 
Red Mountain ..................................
111,329 Boise National Forest 
Breadwinner ....................................
39,726 Boise National Forest 
Elk Creek .........................................
14,346 Boise National Forest 
Steel Mountain ................................
23,542 Boise National Forest 
Rainbow ...........................................
31,476 Boise National Forest 
Grand Mountain ..............................
14,463 Boise National Forest 
Sheep Creek .....................................
86,044 Boise National Forest 
Snowbank ........................................
38,079 Boise National Forest 
House Mountain ..............................
25,608 Boise National Forest 
Danskin/South Fork Boise ..............
27,818 Boise National Forest 
Cow Creek ........................................
14,917 Boise National Forest 
Wilson Peak .....................................
7,955 Boise National Forest 
Lost Man Creek ...............................
12,684 Boise National Forest 
Whiskey Jack ...................................
6,566 Boise National Forest 
Cathedral Rocks ..............................
8,203 Boise National Forest 
Lime Creek ......................................
114,180 Boise/Sawtooth National Forests 
O’Hara Falls Creek .........................
24,442 Nez Perce National Forest 
Lick Point ........................................
7,536 Nez Perce National Forest 
Goddard Creek .................................
13,277 Nez Perce National Forest 
Middle Fork Face ............................
11,159 Nez Perce National Forest 
Clear Creek ......................................
11,398 Nez Perce National Forest 
Silver Creek-Pilot Knob ...................
21,532 Nez Perce National Forest 
Dixie Summit-Nut Hill ....................
11,491 Nez Perce National Forest 
North Fork Slate Creek ..................
12,792 Nez Perce National Forest 
Little Slate Creek ............................
20,561 Nez Perce National Forest 
John Day .........................................
14,908 Nez Perce National Forest 
Perreau Creek ..................................
7,309 Salmon National Forest 
Napias ..............................................
8,070 Salmon National Forest 
Napolean Ridge ...............................
51,953 Salmon National Forest
GREATER SALMON/SELWAY ECOSYSTEM—Continued
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
Jesse Creek ......................................
12,759 Salmon National Forest 
Haystack Mountain .........................
10,379 Salmon National Forest 
Phelan ..............................................
11,600 Salmon National Forest 
Sheepeater .......................................
33,443 Salmon National Forest 
South Fork Deep Creek ..................
11,471 Salmon National Forest 
Deep Creek ......................................
6,087 Salmon National Forest 
Jureano ............................................
25,316 Salmon National Forest 
South Panther .................................
5,344 Salmon National Forest 
Musgrove .........................................
7,541 Salmon National Forest 
Taylor Mountain ..............................
60,305 Salmon/Challis National Forests 
Squaw Creek ....................................
96,088 Challis National Forest 
White Knob ......................................
63,037 Challis National Forest 
Porphyry Peak .................................
47,363 Challis National Forest 
Greylock ...........................................
10,907 Challis National Forest 
Copper Basin ...................................
10,936 Challis National Forest 
Cold Springs ....................................
8,802 Challis National Forest 
Pioneer Mountains ...........................
281,439 Sawtooth/Challis National Forests 
Railroad Ridge .................................
51,247 Sawtooth/Challis National Forests 
Boulder/White Clouds ......................
457,371 Sawtooth/Challis National Forests/
Bureau of Land Management 
Buttercup Mountain ........................
76,553 Sawtooth National Forest 
Elk Ridge .........................................
10,566 Sawtooth National Forest 
Little Wood River ............................
6,481 Shoshone Dist. Bureau of Land 
Management 
Friedman Creek ...............................
10,969 Shoshone Dist. Bureau of Land 
Management 
Total ........................................
3,173,505 
Great Burn Wildlands Complex: 
Great Burn (Hoodoo) ......................
252,348 Clearwater/Lolo National Forests 
Meadow Creek/Upper North Fork/
Rawhide .......................................
57,789 Idaho 
Panhandle/Lolo/Clearwater 
National Forests 
Sheep Mountain/State Line .............
68,011 Idaho 
Panhandle/Lolo 
National 
Forests 
Mallard-Larkins ...............................
275,365 Clearwater/Idaho Panhandle Na-
tional Forests 
Bighorn-Weitas ................................
243,560 Clearwater National Forest 
North Lochsa Slope .........................
104,975 Clearwater National Forest 
Siwash ..............................................
8,653 Clearwater National Forest 
Pot Mountain ...................................
48,583 Clearwater National Forest 
Moose Mountain ..............................
20,441 Clearwater National Forest 
Eldorado Creek ................................
6,982 Clearwater National Forest 
Weir-Post Office ..............................
22,588 Clearwater National Forest 
Rawhide ...........................................
5,424 Clearwater National Forest 
Mosquito Fly ....................................
20,667 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Midget Peak ....................................
6,576 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Stark Mountain ...............................
12,526 Lolo National Forest 
Total ........................................
1,154,488 
ECOSYSTEM TOTAL ............
6,278,611
SEC. 105. GREATER CABINET/YAAK/SELKIRK ECOSYSTEM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The wettest part of the Northern Rockies, 
the Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystem is a 
wild land region that contains the last major stands 
of low elevation ancient forests in the general region, 
including the Long Canyon area which contains the 
oldest living cedars in the Nation. 
(2) The only caribou herd in the lower 48 
States roams these mountains, as do the grizzly and 
the gray wolf. 
(3) Towering mountains in the ecosystem in-
clude the Cabinet, Selkirk, and Purcell ranges.
(b) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique, 
heavily fragmented, and endangered Greater Cabinet/
Yaak/Selkirk ecosystem, the areas specified in the table 
in subsection (c), which comprise approximately 1,190,644
acres as generally depicted on the maps with titles cor-
responding to each area and dated January 2003, are 
hereby designated as wilderness. Each wilderness area 
shall either be incorporated into the wilderness area indi-
cated or shall be known by the name given it in the table. 
Each map shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, De-
partment of Agriculture.
(c) TABLE OF AREAS.—The table referred to in sub-
section (b) is as follows:
GREATER CABINET/YAAK/SELKIRK ECOSYSTEM 
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
The following areas are incorporated into the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area:
Cabinet Additions ............................
100,393 Kootenai National Forest
The following areas are incorporated into the Salmo-Priest Wilderness Area:
Salmo-Priest Additions ....................
56,841 Colville/Kaniksu National Forests
Each of the following areas are a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System and shall have the name given it in this table:
Saddle Mountain ..............................
33,488 Kootenai National Forest 
Galena Creek ...................................
19,845 Kootenai National Forest 
Berray Mountain .............................
8,177 Kootenai National Forest 
Lone Cliff-Smeads ...........................
8,731 Kootenai National Forest 
McNeeley .........................................
6,151 Kootenai National Forest 
Northwest Peaks .............................
20,959 Kootenai National Forest 
Roderick ...........................................
31,133 Kootenai National Forest 
Grizzly Peak ....................................
7,472 Kootenai National Forest 
West Fork Yaak ..............................
10,793 Kootenai National Forest 
Mt. Henry ........................................
17,906 Kootenai National Forest 
Alexander Creek ..............................
8,477 Kootenai National Forest 
Robinson Mountain .........................
6,729 Kootenai National Forest 
Devil’s Gap ......................................
5,360 Kootenai National Forest 
Lone Cliff West ...............................
5,315 Kootenai National Forest 
Allen Peak .......................................
29,598 Kootenai National Forest 
Huckleberry Mountain .....................
8,965 Kootenai National Forest 
Cataract Peak ..................................
34,237 Kootenai/Lolo National Forests 
Cube Iron-Silcox ..............................
38,477 Kootenai/Lolo National Forests 
Sundance Ridge ...............................
8,912 Lolo National Forest 
Teepee-Spring Creek .......................
13,902 Lolo National Forest 
Baldy Mountain ...............................
6,482 Lolo National Forest 
Scotchman’s Peak ............................
87,724 Kootenai/Idaho 
Panhandle 
Na-
tional Forests 
Buckhorn Ridge ...............................
42,631 Kootenai/Idaho 
Panhandle 
Na-
tional Forests 
Little Grass Mountain/Grassy Top
49,631 Colville/Idaho Panhandle National 
Forests 
Abercrombie-Hooknose ....................
40,485 Colville National Forest 
Exposure ..........................................
7,411 Colville National Forest 
Bunchgrass ......................................
10,762 Colville National Forest 
Dry Canyon Breaks .........................
6,815 Colville National Forest 
Granite Peak ...................................
12,768 Colville National Forest 
Quartzite ..........................................
5,168 Colville National Forest 
South Fork Hungry Mountain ........
18,435 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Continental Mountain ......................
7,874 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Skitwish Ridge .................................
6,860 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
White Mountain ...............................
10,750 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Shafer Peak .....................................
6,295 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Upper Priest Lake ...........................
13,481 Idaho Panhandle National Forests
GREATER CABINET/YAAK/SELKIRK ECOSYSTEM—Continued
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
Long 
Canyon/Selkirk 
Crest/
Kootenai Peak .............................
109,548 Idaho Panhandle National Forests/
Bureau of Land Management 
Saddle Mountain ..............................
7,818 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Mt. Willard/Lake Estelle/Katka ......
90,510 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Trestle Peak ....................................
7,637 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Beetop ..............................................
14,726 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Packsaddle .......................................
21,477 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Blacktail Mountain ..........................
5,286 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Magee ..............................................
34,548 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Tepee Creek .....................................
5,316 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Trouble Creek ..................................
5,829 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Graham Coal ...................................
11,307 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Hellroaring ......................................
10,355 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Grandmother Mountain ...................
38,993 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Pinchot Butte ..................................
11,861 Idaho Panhandle National Forests/
Bureau of Land Management
ECOSYSTEM TOTAL ............
1,190,644 
SEC. 106. ISLANDS IN THE SKY WILDERNESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) There are several island mountain ranges in 
the Northern Rockies Bioregion, separated from 
other mountains by the intervening prairies. 
(2) These wild and beautiful mountains are 
home to an abundant array of native wildlife and
birds and are representative of a unique ecological 
complex. 
(3) These lands include the Bighorn, Big 
Snowy, Pryor, Elkhorn, and Caribou Mountain 
Ranges. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 
and increasingly isolated ecological treasure of island
mountain ranges in the Northern Rockies Bioregion, the 
areas specified in the table in subsection (c), which com-
prise approximately 2,665,315 acres as generally depicted 
on the maps with titles corresponding to each area and 
dated January 2003, are hereby designated as wilderness. 
(c) TREATMENT.—Each wilderness area shall either 
be incorporated into the wilderness area indicated or shall 
be known by the name given it in the table. Each map 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture. 
(d) TABLE OF AREAS.—The table referred to in sub-
section (b) is as follows:
ISLANDS IN THE SKY WILDERNESS AREAS 
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
Each of the following areas are a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System or an addition to an existing wilderness area and shall have the name given it 
in this table:
Kettle Mountains: 
Thirteen Mile ...................................
14,083 Colville National Forest 
Bald Snow .......................................
24,776 Colville National Forest 
Profanity ..........................................
34,226 Colville National Forest 
Profanity East .................................
7,782 Colville National Forest 
Huckleberry South ..........................
7,835 Colville National Forest 
Huckleberry North ..........................
8,128 Colville National Forest 
Cougar Mountain .............................
7,629 Colville National Forest 
Owl Mountain ..................................
14,686 Colville National Forest 
Deer Creek .......................................
9,317 Colville National Forest 
Jacknife Mountain ...........................
9,564 Colville National Forest 
Paradise ...........................................
6,131 Colville National Forest 
Bulldog Mountain ............................
7,072 Colville National Forest 
Hoodoo/Twin Sisters .......................
39,030 Colville National Forest 
Total ........................................
190,259 
Bighorn Mountains: 
Cloud Peak Additions ......................
187,562 Bighorn National Forest 
Little Bighorn ..................................
126,929 Bighorn National Forest 
Walter Parie ....................................
55,887 Bighorn National Forest
ISLANDS IN THE SKY WILDERNESS AREAS—Continued
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
Devil’s Canyon .................................
37,720 Bighorn National Forest 
Sibley Lake ......................................
6,917 Bighorn National Forest 
Hideout Creek .................................
9,594 Bighorn National Forest 
Bear Rocks ......................................
24,520 Bighorn National Forest 
Horse Creek Mesa ...........................
77,805 Bighorn National Forest 
Bruce Mountain ...............................
5,417 Bighorn National Forest 
Grommund Creek ............................
12,089 Bighorn National Forest 
Hazelton Peaks ................................
10,028 Bighorn National Forest 
Doyle Creek .....................................
6,542 Bighorn National Forest 
Leigh Creek .....................................
14,230 Bighorn National Forest 
Medicine Lodge ................................
25,089 Bighorn National Forest/Bureau of 
Land Management 
Alkali Creek East ............................
9,264 Bureau of Land Management 
Alkali Creek West ............................
6,477 Bureau of Land Management 
North Fork Powder River ...............
14,790 Bureau of Land Management 
Garder Mountain .............................
17,524 Bureau of Land Management 
Honeycombs .....................................
65,081 Bureau of Land Management 
Buffalo Creek ..................................
26,853 Bureau of Land Management 
Lysite Mountain ..............................
9,204 Bureau of Land Management 
Total ........................................
749,522 
Pryor Mountains: 
Lost Water Canyon .........................
62,901 Custer 
National 
Forest/Bighorn 
National 
Recreation 
Area/Bu-
reau of Land Management 
Big Pryor Mountain ........................
39,002 Custer National Forest 
Total ........................................
101,903 
Blue Mountains: 
Additions 
to 
Wenaha-Tucannon 
Wilderness: 
Upper Tucannon ..............................
12,772 Umatilla National Forest 
W–T Three ......................................
2,373 Umatilla National Forest 
Meadow Creek .................................
4,871 Umatilla National Forest 
Total ........................................
20,016 
Additions to North Fork John Day 
Wilderness: 
Greenhorn Mountain .......................
35,076 Umatilla/Malheur/Wallowa-Whit-
man National Forests 
Jumpoff Joe ....................................
9,493 Umatilla/Malheur National Forests 
Twin Mountain ................................
59,066 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 
Total ........................................
103,635 
Willow Springs .................................
10,418 Umatilla National Forest 
Asotin Creek ....................................
18,355 Umatilla National Forest 
Spangler ...........................................
5,966 Umatilla National Forest 
Wenatchee Creek .............................
15,197 Umatilla National Forest 
Mill Creek ........................................
24,553 Umatilla National Forest 
Walla Walla .....................................
34,413 Umatilla National Forest 
Jassaud ............................................
5,535 Umatilla National Forest 
Grande Ronde ..................................
21,418 Umatilla National Forest 
Texas Butte .....................................
8,153 Umatilla National Forest 
Skookum ..........................................
7,590 Umatilla National Forest 
Potamus ...........................................
5,512 Umatilla National Forest
ISLANDS IN THE SKY WILDERNESS AREAS—Continued
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
South Fork-Tower ...........................
17,153 Umatilla National Forest 
Squaw ..............................................
7,451 Umatilla National Forest 
Horseshoe Ridge ..............................
5,887 Umatilla National Forest 
Hellhole/Mount Emily ......................
68,882 Umatilla/Wallowa-Whitman 
Na-
tional Forests 
North Mount Emily .........................
5,562 Umatilla/Wallowa-Whitman 
Na-
tional Forests 
Beaver Creek ...................................
12,972 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 
Upper Grande Ronde .......................
11,723 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 
Marble Point ....................................
6,874 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 
Joeseph Canyon ...............................
24,276 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 
Tope Creek ......................................
9,236 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 
Total Umatilla/Wallowa-Whit-
man.
327,126 
Baldy Mountain ...............................
6,456 Malheur National Forest 
Dixie Butte ......................................
12,907 Malheur National Forest 
Murderers Creek ..............................
24,631 Malheur National Forest 
Flag Creek .......................................
7,264 Malheur National Forest 
Fox Creek ........................................
6,083 Malheur National Forest 
Glacier Mountain .............................
24,637 Malheur National Forest 
Malheur River ..................................
12,936 Malheur National Forest 
McClellan Mountain ........................
21,736 Malheur National Forest 
Myrtle-Silvies ...................................
11,280 Malheur National Forest 
Nipple Butte ....................................
11,501 Malheur National Forest 
North Fork Malheur River ..............
25,403 Malheur National Forest 
Pine Creek .......................................
13,580 Malheur National Forest 
Shaketable .......................................
6,926 Malheur National Forest 
Utley Butte ......................................
11,070 Malheur National Forest 
Monument Rock ..............................
5,398 Malheur National Forest 
Total Malheur National Forest 
201,808 
Flint Range .....................................
66,227 Deerlodge National Forest 
Fred Burr ........................................
6,050 Deerlodge National Forest 
Elkhorn Mountains ..........................
88,083 Helena National Forest 
Cache Peak ......................................
27,021 Sawtooth National Forest 
Sublett .............................................
6,676 Sawtooth National Forest 
Burnt Basin .....................................
43,661 Sawtooth National Forest 
Mount Harrison ...............................
28,801 Sawtooth National Forest 
Fifth Fork Rock Creek ....................
5,145 Sawtooth National Forest 
Third Fork Rock Creek ...................
14,177 Sawtooth National Forest 
Cottonwood ......................................
8,996 Sawtooth National Forest 
Mohogany Butte ..............................
18,266 Sawtooth National Forest 
Thorobred ........................................
5,831 Sawtooth National Forest 
Mount Naomi/Worm Creek .............
27,850 Caribou National Forest 
Worm Creek .....................................
40,052 Caribou National Forest 
Swan Creek Mountain .....................
8,215 Caribou National Forest 
Gibson ..............................................
8,176 Caribou National Forest 
Paris Peak .......................................
8,609 Caribou National Forest 
Station Creek ...................................
8,404 Caribou National Forest 
Mink Creek ......................................
16,942 Caribou National Forest 
Liberty Creek ...................................
14,801 Caribou National Forest 
Williams Creek ................................
9,251 Caribou National Forest 
Stauffer Creek .................................
8,052 Caribou National Forest 
Sherman Peak .................................
7,845 Caribou National Forest
ISLANDS IN THE SKY WILDERNESS AREAS—Continued
Name of Wilderness Area 
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age 
Location 
Soda Point .......................................
23,044 Caribou National Forest 
Clarkston Mountain .........................
15,348 Caribou National Forest 
Deep Creek ......................................
6,701 Caribou National Forest 
Oxford Mountain .............................
40,058 Caribou National Forest 
Elkhorn Mountain ...........................
43,639 Caribou National Forest 
Bonneville Peak ...............................
33,245 Caribou National Forest 
North Pebble ...................................
6,274 Caribou National Forest 
Toponce ...........................................
18,572 Caribou National Forest 
Scout Mountain ...............................
32,118 Caribou National Forest 
West Mink .......................................
21,597 Caribou National Forest 
Cuddy Mountain ..............................
46,582 Payette National Forest 
Council Mountain ............................
15,579 Payette National Forest 
McCullough Peaks ...........................
38,347 Wyoming Bureau of Land Manage-
ment 
Sheep Mountain ...............................
30,115 Wyoming Bureau of Land Manage-
ment 
Red Butte ........................................
28,841 Wyoming Bureau of Land Manage-
ment 
Bobcat Draw Badlands ...................
35,787 Wyoming Bureau of Land Manage-
ment 
Cedar Mountian ...............................
26,754 Wyoming Bureau of Land Manage-
ment 
Copper Mountain .............................
7,685 Wyoming Bureau of Land Manage-
ment 
Fuller Peak ......................................
9,638 Wyoming Bureau of Land Manage-
ment 
Lysite Badlands ...............................
13,991 Wyoming Bureau of Land Manage-
ment 
Total ........................................
971,046 
Island Wilderness Total ...........
2,665,315 
SEC. 107. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, each wilderness area designated under this title 
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. 
(b) 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 title with the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives. Each 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 the 
map and legal description may be made. Each map and 
legal description shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 108. BLACKFEET WILDERNESS. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act, the preservation of Blackfeet religious 
lands, and Blackfeet treaty rights, certain lands within the 
Lewis and Clark National Forest comprising approxi-
mately 128,622 acres known as the Badger-Two Medicine 
Area, as depicted on the map dated January 2003, and 
entitled ‘‘Blackfeet Wilderness’’, are hereby designated as 
the Blackfeet Wilderness Area.
(b) TREATY RIGHTS.—The Congress recognizes that 
the Blackfeet Nation retains treaty rights in the lands de-
scribed in subsection (a), provided for in the 1896 treaty 
with the United States Government. 
(c) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall con-
duct a review of the wilderness area established under this 
section in accordance with the Wilderness Act. The Sec-
retary shall report the results of the review to the Con-
gress not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(d) REVIEW COMMITTEE.—
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall establish a committee composed of the 
following: 
(A) Representatives of the Blackfeet Tribal 
Business Council. 
(B) Blackfeet Tribal Traditionalists se-
lected in a manner consistent with the historic 
Cultural Law of the Tribe, independently of the 
Business Council. The Secretary shall give care-
ful consideration to the Blackfeet Language 
community and its views. 
(C) The National Park Service. 
(D) The State of Montana.
(E) Representatives of the public who use 
the area designated as wilderness by this sec-
tion, including environmental groups previously 
appropriately involved in the area. 
(2) ADVISORY ROLE.—The committee shall reg-
ularly advise the Secretary of Agriculture during the 
preparation of the review required by subsection (c) 
and shall submit its findings to the Congress concur-
rently with the submission of the review by the Sec-
retary. 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall instruct the committee to develop a 
wilderness management plan for the area which en-
sures that Blackfeet religious and treaty rights to 
the area are recognized and honored. 
(e) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out their duties 
under subsections (c) and (d), the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the committee shall give special consideration to the 
religious, wilderness, and wildlife uses of the area, taking 
into account any treaties the United States has entered 
into with the Blackfeet Nation. 
(f) WITHDRAWAL.—The Blackfeet Wilderness Area is 
hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, 
the disposal under the mining laws, and from disposition 
under the geothermal and mineral leasing laws.
SEC. 109. WATER. 
(a) RESERVATION.—With respect to each wilderness 
area designated by this title, the Congress hereby reserves 
a quantity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes for 
which such area is designated. The priority date of such 
reserved rights shall be the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture and all other officers of the United States shall 
take all steps necessary to protect the rights reserved by 
subsection (a), including the filing of claims for quantifica-
tion of such rights in any present or future appropriate 
stream adjudication, in a court of the State of Idaho, Mon-
tana, Wyoming, Oregon, or Washington, in which the 
United States has been or is properly joined in accordance 
with section 208 of the Act of July 10, 1952 (66 Stat. 
560; 43 U.S.C. 666; commonly referred to as the 
‘‘McCarran Amendment’’). 
TITLE II—BIOLOGICAL 
CONNECTING CORRIDORS 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The most recent scientific information on 
ecological reserve design and function points out the 
critical need for biological connecting corridors be-
tween the larger core ecosystem areas.
(2) While none of the remaining major wild 
land ecosystems of the Northern Rockies Bioregion 
appears 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. 
(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.
SEC. 202. DESIGNATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING COR-
RIDORS. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—To protect the life flow of the 
Northern Rockies Bioregion, the areas specified in the 
table in subsection (b) as biological connecting corridors, 
which comprise approximately 8,449,403 acres as gen-
erally depicted on the maps with titles corresponding to 
each area and dated January 2003, are hereby designated
as biological connecting corridors. The biological con-
necting corridors shall be of two types, areas to be des-
ignated as components of the National Wilderness Preser-
vation System and areas to be subject to special corridor 
management requirements under section 203. Each bio-
logical connecting corridor shall be known by the name 
given it in the table. Each map shall be on file and avail-
able for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. 
(b) TABLE OF AREAS.—The table referred to in sub-
section (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 
BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS 
Name of Area 
Approximate 
Acreage 
Location 
Sapphire Mountains/Continental Divide Corridor-Lolo-Bitterroot-Deerlodge-Beaverhead 
National Forests:
Welcome Creek Addition ...............
1,091 Lolo National Forest 
Anaconda Pintlar Additions ..........
80,031 Bitterroot/Deerlodge/Beaverhead 
National Forests 
Sapphire ........................................
117,345 Bitterroot/Deerlodge National 
Forests 
Stony Mountain .............................
107,446 Lolo/Deerlodge/Beaverhead Na-
tional Forests 
Quigg Peak ....................................
84,231 Lolo/Deerlodge National Forests 
Silver King .....................................
49,646 Lolo/Deerlodge National Forests 
Emerine .........................................
15,947 Deerlodge National Forest 
Sleeping Child ................................
21,404 Bitterroot National Forest 
Totals .....................................
(a) 477,141 
(b) 119,914 
Jocko Mountains/Cabinet Mountains Corridor-Lolo National Forest
Mount Bushnell .............................
41,585 Lolo National Forest 
Cherry Peak ...................................
34,964 Lolo National Forest 
Patrick’s Knob/North Cutoff .........
17,400 Lolo National Forest 
South Siegel/South Cutoff .............
13,872 Lolo National Forest
BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS—Continued
Name of Area 
Approximate 
Acreage 
Location 
North Siegel ..................................
8,670 Lolo National Forest 
Reservation Divide .........................
24,540 Lolo National Forest 
Totals .....................................
(a) 141,031 
(b) 128,679 
Nine Mile/Great Burn Corridor-Lolo National Forest:
Burdette ........................................
16,134 Lolo National Forest 
Petty Mountain/Deep Creek ..........
16,581 Lolo National Forest 
Garden Point .................................
6,717 Lolo National Forest 
Deep Creek ....................................
7,087 Lolo National Forest 
Totals .....................................
(a) 46,519 
(b) 73,113 
Anaconda-Pintlar-Divide Corridor-Deerlodge/Beaverhead National Forest:
Fleecer ...........................................
35,231 Deerlodge/Beaverhead National 
Forests 
Highlands ......................................
19,966 Deerlodge National Forest 
Basin Creek ...................................
9,224 Deerlodge National Forest 
Granulated Mountain ....................
14,115 Beaverhead National Forest 
Totals .....................................
(a) 78,536 
(b) 259,146 
Ten Lakes/Cabinet/Yaak Corridor-Kootenai National Forest:
Gold Hill ........................................
15,561 Kootenai National Forest 
Gold Hill West ...............................
15,679 Kootenai National Forest 
Zula Creek .....................................
38,266 Kootenai National Forest 
Totals .....................................
(a) 69,506 
(b) 296,505 
Cabinet/Yaak/Great Burn Complex Corridor-Panhandle/Lolo/Clearwater National For-
ests:
Maple Peak ....................................
18,855 Lolo/Idaho Panhandle/Kootenai 
National Forests 
Storm Creek ..................................
8,728 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Hammond Creek ............................
19,133 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
North Fork ....................................
30,465 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Big Creek .......................................
79,719 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Lost Creek .....................................
11,537 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
East Cathedral Peak/Elk Creek ....
34,207 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Spion Kop ......................................
21,702 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Roland Point .................................
6,003 Idaho Panhandle National Forests 
Trout Creek ...................................
41,366 Idaho Panhandle/Kootenai Na-
tional Forests 
Wonderful Peak .............................
6,675 Idaho Panhandle/Lolo National 
Forests 
Stevens Peak .................................
5,660 Idaho Panhandle/Lolo National 
Forests 
Evans Gulch ..................................
8,054 Lolo National Forest 
Gilt Edge-Silver Creek ..................
8,567 Lolo National Forest 
Ward Eagle ....................................
8,842 Lolo National Forest 
Marble Point ..................................
12,580 Lolo National Forest 
Clear Creek ....................................
5,645 Lolo National Forest 
Totals .....................................
(a) 327,738
BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS—Continued
Name of Area 
Approximate 
Acreage 
Location 
(b) 204,918 
Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk Corridor:
Totals .....................................
(a) See Total 
Cabinet/Yaak/
Selkirk 
(b) 96,266 
Cabinet/Yaak/Canada Corridor:
Totals .....................................
(a) 0 
(b) 41,044 
Anaconda-Pintlar/Bitterroot Mountains Corridor-Beaverhead National Forest:
West Pioneers ................................
246,041 Beaverhead National Forest 
Call Mountain ................................
8,750 Beaverhead National Forest 
Cattle Gulch Ridge ........................
19,035 Beaverhead National Forest 
East Pioneers ................................
143,445 Beaverhead National Forest 
Totals .....................................
(a) 417,271 
(b) 136,564 
Frank Church/Greater Yellowstone Corridor-Bitterroot-Salmon-Beaverhead-Targhee Na-
tional Forests:
Tolan Creek ...................................
14,169 Bitterroot National Forest 
Allan Mountain ..............................
157,395 Bitterroot/Salmon National For-
ests 
Anderson Mountain .......................
48,947 Beaverhead/Salmon National For-
ests 
West Big Hole ...............................
217,626 Beaverhead/Salmon National For-
ests 
Goat Mountain ..............................
44,473 Beaverhead/Salmon National For-
ests 
Italian Peaks/Eighteen Mile/Maid-
en ...............................................
304,787 Beaverhead/Salmon/Targhee Na-
tional Forests 
Garfield Mountain .........................
87,867 Beaverhead/Targhee National 
Forests 
Four Eyes Canyon .........................
7,141 Beaverhead National Forest 
Tendoy Mountains .........................
58,614 Beaverhead National Forest 
Saginaw Creek ...............................
7,519 Beaverhead National Forest 
Tash Peak .....................................
60,574 Beaverhead National Forest 
Beaver Lakes .................................
16,088 Beaverhead National Forest 
Agency Creek .................................
6,382 Salmon National Forest 
Raynolds Pass ...............................
7,153 Targhee National Forest 
Two Top ........................................
6,775 Targhee National Forest 
Signal Peak ...................................
8,165 Targhee National Forest 
Mount Jefferson/Centennials .........
87,726 Targhee/Beaverhead National 
Forest/Bureau of Land Man-
agement 
Dry Canyon ...................................
3,230 Gallatin National Forest 
Totals .....................................
(a) 1,144,631 
(b) 642,106 
French Creek/Hells Canyon Study Area Corridor:
Totals .............................................
(a) 0
BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS—Continued
Name of Area 
Approximate 
Acreage 
Location 
(b) 3,233 
Lemhi Mountains Corridor-Salmon-Challis-Targhee National Forest:
North Lemhi Mountains ................
306,629 Salmon/Challis National Forests 
Diamond Peak ...............................
167,321 Salmon/Challis/Targhee National 
Forests 
Black Canyon ................................
5,503 Idaho Falls Dist. Bureau of Land 
Management 
Warm Creek ..................................
6,404 Salmon National Forest 
Goldbug Ridge ...............................
12,092 Salmon National Forest 
Sal Mountain .................................
13,514 Salmon National Forest 
Totals .....................................
(a) 511,463 
(b) 87,614 
Lost River Range Corridor-Challis National Forest:
Borah Peak ....................................
135,077 Challis National Forest/Salmon 
Dist. Bureau of Land Manage-
ment 
King Mountain ..............................
83,463 Challis National Forest 
Grouse Peak ..................................
8,156 Challis National Forest 
Red Hill .........................................
14,402 Challis National Forest 
Jumpoff Mountain .........................
13,556 Challis National Forest 
Wood Canyon .................................
7,505 Challis National Forest 
Pahsimeroi .....................................
75,921 Challis National Forest 
Burnt Creek ...................................
21,680 Salmon/Idaho Falls Dist. Bureau 
of Land Management 
Hawley Mountain ..........................
17,422 Idaho Falls Dist. Bureau of Land 
Management 
Totals .....................................
(a) 377,182 
(b) 63,570 
Frank Church Complex/Lemhi Range Corridor:
Totals .............................................
(a) 0 
(b) 3,058 
Boulder/White Clouds/Lost River Range Corridor:
Jerry Peak .....................................
27,912 Salmon Dist. Bureau of Land 
Management 
Jerry Peak West ............................
12,452 Salmon Dist. Bureau of Land 
Management 
Corral-Horse Basin .......................
69,170 Salmon Dist. Bureau of Land 
Management 
Appendicitis Hill ............................
25,842 Idaho Falls Dist. Bureau of Land 
Management 
White-Knob Mountains .................
10,149 Idaho Falls Dist. Bureau of Land 
Management 
Totals .....................................
(a) 145,525 
(b) 87,590 
Bitterroot/Lemhi Corridor:
Totals .............................................
(a) 0
BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING CORRIDORS—Continued
Name of Area 
Approximate 
Acreage 
Location 
(b) 103 
Greater Glacier/Greater Yellowstone Corridors:
Tenderfoot/Deep Creek ..................
105,461 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Middle Fork Judith .......................
84,406 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Pilgrim Creek ................................
46,652 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Paine Gulch ...................................
7,868 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Sawmill Gulch ................................
11,671 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Spring Creek .................................
17,561 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
TW Mountain ................................
8,221 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Big Baldy ......................................
42,703 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Granite Mountain ..........................
10,127 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Tollgate-Sheep ...............................
24,866 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Mount High ...................................
32,731 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Bluff Mountain ..............................
36,872 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
North Fork Smith .........................
8,739 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Big Snowies ...................................
104,917 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Highwoods .....................................
24,674 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Highwood Baldy ............................
15,684 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Calf Creek ......................................
9,912 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Eagle Park ....................................
5,740 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Castle Mountains ...........................
28,369 Lewis and Clark National Forest 
Box Canyon ...................................
15,114 Lewis and Clark/Gallatin National 
Forests 
Crazy Mountains ...........................
159,049 Lewis and Clark/Gallatin National 
Forests 
Gates of the Mountains Additions
19,932 Helena National Forest 
Lazyman Gulch .............................
11,842 Helena National Forest 
Mt. Baldy .......................................
18,508 Helena National Forest 
Camas Creek .................................
27,405 Helena National Forest 
Jericho Mountain ..........................
11,603 Helena National Forest 
Irish Gulch .....................................
7,266 Helena National Forest 
Grassy Mountain ...........................
7,255 Helena National Forest 
Middleman/Hedges Mountain ........
33,586 Helena National Forest 
Hellgate Gulch ...............................
17,395 Helena National Forest 
Cayuse Mountain ...........................
22,144 Helena National Forest 
Electric Peak/Little Blackfoot 
Meadows.
53,311 Helena/Deerlodge National For-
ests 
Whitetail-Haystack ........................
76,132 Deerlodge National Forest 
O’Neil Creek ..................................
6,183 Deerlodge National Forest 
Bridger ..........................................
51,075 Gallatin National Forest 
Totals .....................................
(a) 1,164,974 
(b) 542,118 
Mt. Leidy Highlands/Wind River Range Corridor:
Seven Lakes-Mosquito Lake ..........
59,613 Bridger-Teton/Shoshone National 
Forests 
Warm Springs Creek .....................
6,215 Shoshone National Forests 
Bench Mark ...................................
5,940 Shoshone National Forests 
Totals .....................................
(a) 71,768 
(b) 62,170 
Corridor Total ........................
(a) 4,973,285 
Corridor Total ........................
(b) 3,476,118
SEC. 203. TREATMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CONNECTING COR-
RIDORS. 
(a) ROADLESS LANDS DESIGNATED
AS WILDER-
NESS.—The roadless areas identified as part of the bio-
logical connecting corridors on the maps referred to in sec-
tion 202 and the areas described on such maps as wilder-
ness are hereby designated as wilderness and as compo-
nents of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
(b) SPECIAL CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT AREAS.—
Those portions of the biological connecting corridors iden-
tified on the maps referred to in 202 that are not covered 
by subsection (a) are hereby designated as special corridor 
management areas. The portions shall be managed in the 
following manner:
(1) The practice of even-aged silvicultural man-
agement and timber harvesting is hereby prohibited 
on the portions. 
(2) Mining, oil, and gas exploration and devel-
opment and new road construction or reconstruction 
is hereby prohibited with regard to the portions.
(3) The Federal land management agencies re-
sponsible for the portions shall take immediate steps 
to ensure that road densities within the biological 
connecting corridors approach, as nearly as possible, 
zero miles of road per square mile of land area. 
Such road density shall not exceed 0.25 miles per
square mile, using the method known as the ‘‘mov-
ing window’’ method. 
SEC. 204. APPLICABILITY OF TITLE. 
(a) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.—This 
title shall apply only to lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
(b) PRIVATE LANDOWNERS.—No private landowner 
whose lands are adjacent to the designated connecting cor-
ridors shall be compelled, under any circumstances, to 
comply with this title. However, private landowners may 
enter into cooperative agreements with the Federal Gov-
ernment on a willing participant or willing seller basis to 
include their land in a biological connecting corridor. 
SEC. 205. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND LAND TRADES 
AND ACQUISITIONS. 
(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall seek 
to enter into cooperative agreements with private, State, 
and corporate landowners and sovereign Indian tribes 
whose lands are adjacent to the designated connecting cor-
ridors, when such agreements would benefit the ecological 
integrity and function of the designated corridor. 
(b) LAND TRADES AND ACQUISITIONS.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
may undertake land trades or acquisitions in order to ac-
complish the purposes of this title when the Secretary con-
cerned considers such action to be appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—As part of the report required by sec-
tion 601, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
of the Interior shall describe the progress of cooperative 
agreements, acquisitions, and proposed land exchanges 
sought pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 206. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 
(a) EXEMPTION.—The roads and highways referred 
to in subsection (b) are expressly exempted from the provi-
sions of this title. In the event that any county, State, 
Federal, or private road has been mistakenly omitted from 
this list, it is deemed to be incorporated by reference. 
(b) DESCRIPTION.—The roads and highways referred 
to in subsection (a) are U.S. Highway 2; U.S. Highway 
10; U.S. Highway 12; U.S. Highway 20; U.S. Highway 
89; U.S. Highway 91; U.S. Highway 93; U.S. Highway 
95; U.S. Highway 287; Interstate Highway 15; Interstate 
Highway 90; Idaho State Highway 3; Idaho State High-
way 28; Idaho State Highway 29; Idaho State Highway 
87; Montana State Highway 2; Montana State Highway 
37; Montana State Highway 38; Montana State Highway 
41; Montana State Highway 43; Montana State Highway 
56; Montana State Highway 58; Montana State Highway
83; Montana State Highway 87; Montana State Highway 
135; Montana State Highway 200; Montana State High-
way 278; Montana State Highway 287; Montana State 
Highway 298; Montana State Highway 324; Montana 
State Highway 293; Montana State Highway 294; Mon-
tana Secondary Road 92; Montana Secondary Road 278; 
Montana Secondary Road 279; Montana Secondary Road 
294; Montana Secondary Road 298; Montana Secondary 
Road 324; Montana Secondary Road 411; Montana Sec-
ondary Road 508; the Thompson Pass Road, Montana-
Idaho; the Moyie Springs to East Port Road, Idaho; the 
Red Rock Pass Road, Montana; Boundary County, Idaho, 
Route 18; Boundary County, Idaho, Route 47; Boundary 
County, Idaho, Route 3; Boundary County, Idaho, Route 
34; Lolo National Forest Route 102; Gallatin National 
Forest Route 259; Kelly Canyon Road, Gallatin National 
Forest; Middle Fork Canyon Road, Gallatin, National 
Forest; Lewis and Clark County Road 280, Montana; 
Lewis and Clark County Road 164, Montana; Lewis and 
Clark County Road 4, Montana; Lewis and Clark County 
Road 291, Montana; Lewis and Clark County Road 287, 
Montana; the Deerlodge to Basin Road, Montana; the 
Marysville to Avon Road, Montana; and the Pahsimeroi 
Road, Butte County, Idaho.
TITLE 
III—NATIONAL 
PARKS, 
PRESERVES, 
AND 
RELATED 
STUDIES 
SEC. 301. HELLS CANYON/CHIEF JOSEPH NATIONAL PRE-
SERVE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The ecological diversity of the Hells Can-
yon/Wallowa Mountain Region is unique and its cen-
tral proximity to other ecologically intact or rel-
atively intact areas makes it a critical passageway 
for genetic interchange of native plants and animals 
throughout the northwestern United States. 
(2) The deepest river-carved canyon in the 
world at over 8,000 feet deep, Hells Canyon of the 
Snake River forms the centerpiece of the rugged 
Greater Hells Canyon/Wallowa Mountain Region. 
(3) The ancestral home of the Nez Perce Indi-
ans and their famous leaders, Old Chief Joseph, 
Young Chief Joseph, and Ollokot, the region is his-
torically significant and remains spiritually and cul-
turally important to existing tribes, whose treaty 
rights guarantee their sovereignty and continued use 
of the land.
(4) The region abounds in cultural and archae-
ological sites, the remnants of the Nez Perce Tribe 
and other aboriginal cultures. 
(5) Breathtaking scenery in the region includes 
the snowcapped peaks of the Wallowa and Seven 
Devils Mountains; ancient boreal forests composed of 
many tree species; semi-arid desert environments; 
rare, intact remnants of native Columbia Basin 
grasslands; unique geology and numerous dramatic 
rimrock canyons. 
(6) Endangered chinook salmon, rare and/or 
threatened species such as goshawk, pine marten, 
bighorn sheep, the largest free-roaming elk herd in
the nation and a variety of other wildlife species still 
inhabit the region. 
(b) HELLS CANYON/CHIEF JOSEPH NATIONAL PRE-
SERVE.—There is hereby established as a unit of the Na-
tional Park System the Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph Na-
tional Preserve, which consists of approximately 1,439,444 
acres as delineated on the maps entitled Hells Canyon/
Chief Joseph National Park and Preserve and dated Janu-
ary 2003.
(c) MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, acting through the National Park Service, shall
administer the Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National 
Preserve. In administering the national preserve, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall give primary consider-
ation to protecting and restoring terrestrial, atmos-
pheric and aquatic ecosystems and habitats, natural 
scenery, water quality and fisheries habitat, biologi-
cal diversity, wilderness values, and wildlife habitat. 
(2) ROAD CLOSURES; CONSTRUCTION PROHIBI-
TION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Within the national 
preserve, the Secretary shall not authorize nor 
permit the construction of any road on public 
land and shall implement a program for road 
closures based on the needs of wildlife, the re-
view required by title VI, the prevention of the 
spread of non-native vegetation and the public 
need for back country areas. 
(B) RECONSTRUCTION.—The reconstruc-
tion of certain roads on public lands in the na-
tional preserve shall be limited to the prevention 
of resource damage and shall be subject to a 
definition of roads. Such definition shall be car-
ried out in the comprehensive management 
planning process required by subsection (e) and 
shall distinguish constructed roads from primi-
tive roads. Primitive roads shall not be recon-
structed. 
(C) PRIVATE
ROADS.—Private road clo-
sures and construction or reconstruction shall 
be subject to subsection (e)(3). 
(3) GRAZING.—Within the national preserve, 
the Secretary shall close to commercial livestock 
grazing all livestock allotments not under contract to 
private permittees as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act. During the 5-year period beginning on 
that date, the Secretary shall negotiate with existing 
permittees to purchase active livestock allotments 
within the national preserve. At the end of such pe-
riod, the Secretary shall cancel any remaining per-
mits without compensation and close the allotments. 
All purchased allotments shall be closed to commer-
cial livestock grazing. 
(4) TIMBER REMOVAL.—The removal of timber 
or other vegetation on public lands within the na-
tional preserve shall be limited to scientific and me-
dicinal research, and permitted subject to special 
rules. However, the Secretary shall allow the non-
commercial removal of wood, including firewood 
gathering.
(5) MOTORIZED
USES.—Within the national 
preserve, the Secretary shall regulate all motorized 
uses to meet the objectives stated in paragraph (1). 
Exclusion of terrestrial, aerial, or aquatic motorized 
uses shall be implemented for specific places, times, 
or both at the discretion of the Secretary to protect 
the resource values referred to in paragraph (1). 
The use of motorized watercraft is prohibited within 
the national preserve, except on the scenic des-
ignated portion of the Snake Wild and Scenic River, 
subject to regulation that may require exclusion of 
such use in certain places or during certain times. 
(d) EFFECT OF ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) WILDERNESS AREAS AND RIVERS.—Estab-
lishment of the Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National 
Preserve shall not change the boundaries of, or legis-
lative directives applicable to, wilderness areas and 
wild and scenic rivers that exist within the national 
preserve and are delineated on the maps referred to 
in subsection (b). 
(2) HELLS
CANYON
NATIONAL
RECREATION 
AREA.—The Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National 
Preserve replaces the Hells Canyon National Recre-
ation Area, and Public Law 94–199 (16 U.S.C. 
460gg et seq.) is repealed. Any reference to the
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area range in any 
law, regulation, map, document, record, or other 
paper of the United States shall be considered to be 
a reference to the Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph Na-
tional Preserve. 
(e) COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
(1) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the In-
terior shall develop, and revise and update as nec-
essary and as required by applicable statute or fed-
eral regulation, a comprehensive management plan 
for the Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National Preserve 
consistent with the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). The plan shall 
promulgate programs for management of recreation 
in a manner compatible with the protection objec-
tives specified in section 3(b) and shall create a 
strategy for ecosystem protection and restoration. 
(2) MONITORING PLAN.—As a part of the com-
prehensive management plan, the Secretary shall de-
velop a monitoring plan for the national preserve. 
The monitoring plan shall stipulate that the continu-
ation of human uses is subject to monitoring on a 
regular basis, with specific time frames to be devel-
oped in the monitoring plan. Should monitoring indi-
cate that significant harm, as determined by the
Secretary, is regularly occurring to specific natural 
values of the national preserve as a result of a 
human use of the national preserve, the Secretary 
shall—
(A) suspend the human use in the national 
preserve until it is adjusted to prevent signifi-
cant harm; or 
(B) terminate the human use in the na-
tional preserve if the Secretary determines that 
the harm cannot realistically be avoided. 
(3) PRIVATE
LANDS.—As part of the com-
prehensive management plan, the Secretary shall 
promulgate special regulations for the management
and protection of private lands located within the 
boundaries of the national preserve. The Secretary 
shall consult with State and local governments in the 
promulgation of such regulations. 
(4) RESTORATION.—The comprehensive man-
agement plan shall set forth a distinctive program 
for the science-based restoration of unique native ec-
ological components, including riparian area rehabili-
tation, the enhancement of depleted native plant and 
animal species, elimination of non-native species
deemed to be a threat to biodiversity, and the re-
introduction of select native species that have been 
extirpated. 
(f) HUNTING AND FISHING.—Within the Hells Can-
yon/Chief Joseph National Preserve, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall allow the continuation of hunting and fish-
ing, as administered by the States of Oregon, Idaho, and 
Washington. The Secretary may preclude hunting in spe-
cific areas only to pursue the directives of subsection 
(c)(1) and only after collaboration with appropriate offi-
cials of these States. 
(g) INVOLVEMENT IN SNAKE RIVER DAMS RELI-
CENSING.—The Secretary of the Interior shall authorize 
the direct involvement of the Department of the Interior 
in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission process for 
the relicensing of the Hells Canyon Dams complex, includ-
ing the Brownlee, Oxbow, and Hells Canyon Dams. Within 
this process, the representatives of the Secretary shall ad-
vocate for a determination of these dams that restores and 
protects the natural and ecosystem values of the Snake 
River below Oxbow Dam. The Secretary also shall pursue 
the relocation of those powerlines from Oxbow and Hells 
Canyon Dams located within the national preserve to loca-
tions outside of the preserve. 
(h) INVOLVEMENT OF TRIBES.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall ensure adherence to the treaty obligations
of the United States with Native American tribes that 
maintain certain rights on ceded lands within the Hells 
Canyon/Chief Joseph National Preserve. The Secretary 
shall provide for consultation with Native American tribes 
that maintain certain rights on ceded lands. Involvement 
of the Tribes may include financial allocation to ensure 
their direct participation in land management activities 
and policy, upon their request. 
SEC. 302. FLATHEAD NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE 
STUDY. 
(a) STUDY REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the In-
terior, acting through the Director of National Park Serv-
ice, shall conduct a study of the feasibility of creating a 
Flathead National Park and Preserve. The Secretary shall 
study the feasibility of designating the study area de-
scribed in subsection (b) as a unit of the National Park 
System, including the feasibility of applying to the study 
area national park and national preserve designations to 
be administered by the National Park Service. The study 
shall include specific recommendations as to which areas 
within the study area boundary should be classified as na-
tional park, and which should be classified as national pre-
serve where hunting, fishing, and some motorized use shall 
be allowed.
(b) STUDY AREA.—The study area referred to in sub-
section (a) shall consist of the area generally known as 
the Glacier View Ranger District of the Flathead National 
Forest, excepting those lands south of the Big Mountain 
Road. The study area shall comprise approximately 
285,078 acres, as delineated on the map entitled ‘‘Flat-
head National Park and Preserve Study’’ and dated Janu-
ary 2003. 
(c) TIME OF STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall complete the study required by this section not later 
than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) MANAGEMENT DURING STUDY.—Until the Con-
gress enacts a law stating otherwise, the study area de-
scribed in subsection (b) shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture so as to maintain its presently exist-
ing natural character and potential for inclusion in the 
National Park System. Until the Congress enacts a law 
stating otherwise, no new road construction or reconstruc-
tion, or timber harvest (except firewood gathering) shall 
be allowed within the study area. Additionally, no oil or 
gas leasing, mining, or other development which impairs 
the natural and roadless qualities of the study area shall 
be allowed within the study area. In administering the 
study area, the Secretary of Agriculture shall give special 
consideration to preserving scenery, water quality and
fisheries habitat, biological diversity, and wildlife habitat 
for threatened and endangered species.
TITLE IV—WILD AND SCENIC 
RIVERS DESIGNATIONS 
SEC. 401. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS IN 
IDAHO, MONTANA, AND WYOMING. 
Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(
) SOUTH FORK PAYETTE, IDAHO.—The segment 
within the Boise and Sawtooth National Forests from the 
Sawtooth Wilderness Boundary downstream approxi-
mately 54 miles to confluence with the Middle Fork and 
then downstream on the main stem to the confluence with 
the North Fork, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘South Fork Payette Wild River’ and dated 
January 2003, which shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) MIDDLE FORK PAYETTE, IDAHO.—The seg-
ment within the Boise National Forest from Railroad Pass 
downstream approximately 17.9 miles to Boiling Springs, 
as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Mid-
dle Fork Payette Wild and Recreational River’ and dated 
January 2003, which shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as a wild river and the segment with-
in the Boise National Forest from Boiling Springs down-
stream approximately 14.7 miles to the national forest 
boundary, as generally depicted on such map, which shall 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a rec-
reational river. 
‘‘(
) DEADWOOD, IDAHO.—The segment within the 
Boise National Forest comprising approximately 21.3 
miles as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
‘Deadwood Wild and Scenic River’ and dated January 
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, the 12.8 mile segment from Threemile Creek to 
Julie Creek, as a wild river, and the 8.9 mile segment from 
Julie Creek to the South Fork of the Payette, as a scenic 
river.
‘‘(
) UPPER PRIEST, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Panhandle National Forest from the Canadian border 
downstream approximately 18.5 miles to Upper Priest 
Lake, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
‘Upper Priest Wild River’ and dated January 2003, which 
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
a wild river. 
‘‘(
) COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Panhandle National Forest from the headwaters
downstream approximately 110.4 miles as generally de-
picted on the boundary map entitled ‘Coeur d’Alene Wild
and Recreational River’ and dated January 2003, which 
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
8.5 miles from the headwaters downstream to Beaver 
Creek as a recreational river, the 15.2 miles from Road 
No. 3099 to Teepee Creek as a wild river, the 52 miles 
from the South Fork to Teepee Creek as a recreational 
river, the 7.7 miles from Mission Creek to the South Fork 
as a recreational river, and the 27 miles from Mission 
Creek to Lake Coeur d’Alene as a recreational river. 
‘‘(
) LITTLE NORTH FORK CLEARWATER, IDAHO.—
The segment within the Panhandle National Forest from 
Adair Creek downstream approximately 23.5 miles to 
Cedar Creek, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled ‘Little North Fork Clearwater Wild River’ and 
dated January 2003, which shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) KELLY CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment, includ-
ing all tributaries, within the Clearwater National Forest 
from its headwaters downstream approximately 19 miles 
to the forest service work station, as generally depicted 
on the boundary map entitled ‘Kelly Creek Wild and Rec-
reational River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river and the 12-mile segment from USFS Road No. 581 
to the North Fork of the Clearwater River to be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a recreational 
river. 
‘‘(
) CAYUSE CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Clearwater National Forest from its headwaters down-
stream approximately 39 miles to its mouth, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Cayuse Creek Wild 
River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) BARGAMIN
CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 
within the Nez Perce National Forest comprising approxi-
mately 21 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘Bargamin Creek Wild and Scenic River’ and 
dated January 2003, which shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, the 15-mile segment from the 
North Boundary of the Frank Church River of No Return 
Wilderness to the Salmon River, as a wild river and the 
6-mile segment from its headwaters to USFS Road No. 
468, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(
) LAKE CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Nez Perce National Forest from the wilderness bound-
ary downstream approximately 10 miles to Crooked Creek, 
as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Lake 
Creek Wild River’ and dated January 2003, which shall 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river.
‘‘(
) MEADOW CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Nez Perce National Forest from its headwaters down-
stream approximately 34 miles to Selway River, as gen-
erally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Meadow 
Creek Recreational River’ and dated January 2003, which 
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
a wild river, except for the 1-mile segment above the con-
fluence with the Selway River which shall be administered 
as a recreational river. 
‘‘(
) RUNNING CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment with-
in the Nez Perce National Forest comprising approxi-
mately 14 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘Running Creek Scenic River’ and dated Jan-
uary 2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, the 7-mile segment from the wilderness 
boundary to the Selway River, as a wild river and the 8-
mile segment from its headwaters to the wilderness bound-
ary, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(
) SOUTH FORK TWO MEDICINE RIVER, MON-
TANA.—The segment within the Lewis and Clark National 
Forest from its headwaters downstream approximately 10 
miles to the Sawmill Flat Trailhead, as generally depicted 
on the boundary map entitled ‘South Fork Two Medicine 
Wild River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river.
‘‘(
) BADGER CREEK, INCLUDING THE SOUTH AND 
NORTH FORKS, MONTANA.—The segment within the 
Lewis and Clark National Forest from its headwaters 
downstream to the national forest boundary, comprising 
approximately 23.8 miles, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled ‘Badger Creek Wild River’ and 
dated January 2003, which shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) DEARBORN, MONTANA.—The segment within 
the Lewis and Clark National Forest downstream approxi-
mately 18.1 miles to the national forest boundary, as gen-
erally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Dearborn 
Wild River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) NORTH FORK BIRCH CREEK, MONTANA.—The 
segment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest from 
its headwaters downstream approximately 6.6 miles to the 
national forest boundary, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled ‘North Fork Birch Creek Wild 
River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) SOUTH FORK SUN, MONTANA.—The segment 
within the Lewis and Clark National Forest from its head-
waters at Sun Lake downstream approximately 25.5 miles 
to its confluence with the North Fork, as generally de-
picted on the boundary map entitled ‘South Fork Sun 
Wild River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) NORTH FORK SUN, MONTANA.—The segment 
comprising approximately 26.7 miles within the Lewis and 
Clark National Forest from the confluence of Open Creek 
and Fool Creek downstream approximately 25.4 miles to 
the Bob Marshall Wilderness boundary, as generally de-
picted on the boundary map entitled ‘North Fork Sun 
Wild and Recreational River’ and dated January 2003, 
which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, as a wild river and the segment from the Bob 
Marshall Wilderness boundary downstream approximately 
1.3 miles to its confluence with the South Fork, which
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as 
a recreational river. 
‘‘(
) TENDERFOOT CREEK, MONTANA.—The seg-
ment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest from 
The Falls downstream approximately 4.6 miles to the 
Smith River, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled ‘Tenderfoot Creek Wild River’ and dated January 
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, as a wild river.
‘‘(
) GREEN FORK STRAIGHT CREEK, MONTANA.—
The segment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest
from its headwaters downstream approximately 4.5 miles 
to Straight Creek, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘Green Fork Straight Creek Wild River’ and 
dated January 2003, which shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) YAAK RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment within 
the Kootenai National Forest from the junction of the 
East and West Forks downstream 38 miles to the Yaak 
Falls, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
‘Yaak River Wild and Recreational River’ and dated Janu-
ary 2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as a recreational river and the segment 
from the Yaak Falls downstream 8 miles to the mouth 
of the Yaak River at the junction of the Kootenai River, 
as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) KOOTENAI RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment 
within the Kootenai National Forest from the junction of 
the Fisher River (3 miles below Libby Dam) downstream 
for 46 miles to the State line, as generally depicted on 
the boundary map entitled ‘Kootenai River Recreational 
River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a recreational 
river. 
‘‘(
) BULL RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment within 
the Kootenai National Forest from the junction of the
North and South Forks downstream 21 miles to the Cabi-
net Gorge Reservoir, as generally depicted on the bound-
ary map entitled ‘Bull River Recreational River’ and dated 
January 2003, which shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as a recreational river. 
‘‘(
) VERMILLION RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment 
within the Kootenai National Forest from the junction of 
Willow Creek, downstream 12 miles to the Noxon Res-
ervoir, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
‘Vermillion Recreational River’ and dated January 2003, 
which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as a recreational river. 
‘‘(
) SALMON, IDAHO.—The segment within the 
Salmon and Sawtooth National Forests from its source 
downstream approximately 177 miles to North Fork, 
Idaho, excluding that part in the town of Salmon, and the 
segment from Hammer Creek downstream approximately 
45 miles to its mouth, as generally depicted on the bound-
ary map entitled ‘Salmon Recreational River’ and dated 
January 2003, which shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, as a recreational river. 
‘‘(
) EAST FORK SALMON, IDAHO.—The segment 
within the Salmon and Sawtooth National Forests from 
the Sawtooth NRA boundary downstream approximately 
20 miles to its confluence with the main stem, as generally
depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘East Fork Salmon 
Recreational River’ and dated January 2003, which shall 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as a rec-
reational river. 
‘‘(
) NORTH FORK CLEARWATER, IDAHO.—The 
segment within the Clearwater National Forest from the 
Route No. 250 Bridge downstream approximately 60 miles 
to the slackwater in Dwarshak Reservoir, as generally de-
picted on the boundary map entitled ‘North Fork Clear-
water Recreational River’ and dated January 2003, which 
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, as 
a recreational river.
‘‘(
) NORTH FORK COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO.—The 
segment within the Panhandle National Forest from its 
headwaters south of Honey Mountain downstream ap-
proximately 32.5 miles to its confluence with the Coeur 
d’Alene River, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled ‘North Fork Coeur d’Alene Recreational River’ 
and dated January 2003, which shall be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as a recreational river. 
‘‘(
) PACK, IDAHO.—The segment within the Pan-
handle National Forest from Harrison Lake downstream 
approximately 14 miles to the national forest boundary, 
as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Pack 
Recreational River’ and dated January 2003, which shall
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a rec-
reational river. 
‘‘(
) HENRY’S FORK, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Targhee National Forest from Big Springs down-
stream approximately 28 miles to the Osborne Bridge, ex-
cept for Island Park Reservoir, as generally depicted on 
the boundary map entitled ‘Henry’s Fork Wild and Scenic 
River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic river, 
and the segment from Osborne Bridge to the confluence 
of the Warm River, which shall be administered as a wild 
river.
‘‘(
) FALLS RIVER, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Targhee National Forest from Yellowstone National 
Park downstream approximately 13 miles to the National 
Forest Boundary, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘Falls Wild River’ and dated January 2003, 
which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) WEST FORK MADISON, MONTANA.—The seg-
ment within the Beaverhead National Forest from ap-
proximately the midpoint of Section 28, R. 2 W., T. 12 
S., downstream approximately 6 miles to Landon Camp, 
and from Section 32, R. 1 W., T. 12 S. downstream ap-
proximately 5.2 miles to Shakelford Cow Camp, as gen-
mately 2.5 miles), as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘Canyon Creek Wild River’ and dated Janu-
ary 2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) DEADMAN CREEK, MONTANA.—The segment 
within the Beaverhead National Forest from its source 
downstream approximately 10.2 miles to the forest bound-
ary, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
‘Deadman Creek Wild River’ and dated January 2003, 
which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) SALT RIVER, WYOMING.—The segment within 
the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source down-
stream approximately 12 miles to forest road 10072, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Salt Wild 
River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) SWIFT CREEK, WYOMING.—The segment with-
in the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source 
downstream approximately 8 miles to Periodic Spring, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Swift 
Creek Wild River’ and dated January 2003, which shall 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river.
‘‘(
) HOBACK RIVER, WYOMING.—The segment 
within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source 
downstream approximately 10 miles to the end of forest 
road 30710, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled ‘Hoback Wild River’ and dated January 2003, 
which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) WILLOW CREEK, WYOMING.—The segment 
within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source 
downstream approximately 20 miles to the confluence with 
the Hoback River, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘Willow Creek Wild River’ and dated January 
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) GROS VENTRE, WYOMING.—The segment with-
in the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source 
downstream approximately 12 miles to Horn Ranch, as 
generally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Gros 
Ventre Wild River’ and dated January 2003, which shall 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river, and the segment from Horn Ranch downstream ap-
proximately 28 miles to the forest boundary, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Gros Ventre Sce-
nic River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be admin-
istered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic river.
‘‘(
) CRYSTAL CREEK, WYOMING.—The segment 
within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source 
downstream approximately 12 miles to the Gros Ventre 
Wilderness boundary, as generally depicted on the bound-
ary map entitled ‘Crystal Creek Wild River’ and dated 
January 2003, which shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as a wild river; and the segment from 
the end of the road downstream approximately 3 miles to 
the confluence with the Gros Ventre River, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Crystal Creek Sce-
nic River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be admin-
istered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic river.
‘‘(
) PACIFIC CREEK, WYOMING.—The segment 
within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source 
downstream approximately 25 miles to the Teton Wilder-
ness Boundary, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘Pacific Creek Wild River’ and dated January 
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as a wild river; and the segment from the Wilder-
ness boundary downstream approximately 8 miles to the 
confluence with the Snake River, as generally depicted on 
the boundary map entitled ‘Pacific Creek Scenic River’ 
and dated January 2003, which shall be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic river.
‘‘(
) BUFFALO FORK, WYOMING.—The segment 
within the Bridger-Teton National Forest upstream from 
Turpin Meadows for approximately 68 miles, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Buffalo Fork Wild 
River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river; and 
the segment from Turpin Meadows downstream approxi-
mately 16 miles to the boundary of Grand Teton National 
Park, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
‘Buffalo Fork Scenic River’ and dated January 2003, 
which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as a scenic river. 
‘‘(
) SNAKE, WYOMING.—The segment within the 
Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source down-
stream approximately 7 miles to the boundary of Yellow-
stone National Park, as generally depicted on the bound-
ary map entitled ‘Snake Wild River’ and dated January 
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) THOROFARE, WYOMING.—The segment of the 
main stem within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from 
the source downstream approximately 25 miles to the con-
fluence with the Yellowstone River, and the source of Open
Creek downstream 10 miles to the confluence with the 
main stem, as generally depicted on the boundary map en-
titled ‘Thorofare Wild River’ and dated January 2003, 
which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as a wild river.
‘‘(
) ATLANTIC CREEK, WYOMING.—The segment 
within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the Part-
ing of the Waters downstream approximately 10 miles to 
the confluence with the Yellowstone River, as generally de-
picted on the boundary map entitled ‘Atlantic Creek Wild 
River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
‘‘(
) YELLOWSTONE, WYOMING.—The segment 
within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the source 
downstream approximately 28 miles to the boundary of 
Yellowstone National Park, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled ‘Yellowstone Wild River’ and dated 
January 2003, which shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as a wild river.
‘‘( ) SMITH RIVER, MONTANA.—The segment within 
the Lewis and Clark National Forest from Tenderfoot 
Creek downstream to Deep Creek, comprising approxi-
mately 11.8 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘Smith Wild River’ and dated January 2003, 
which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as a wild river.
‘‘( ) YELLOWSTONE RIVER, WYOMING AND MON-
TANA.—The segment within the Gallatin National Forest 
and Yellowstone National Park from the southern bound-
ary of Yellowstone National Park to the confluence with 
Yellowstone Lake, and from the Fishing Bridge down-
stream to the mouth of Yankee Jim Canyon comprising 
approximately 102 miles, as generally depicted on the 
boundary map entitled ‘Yellowstone Wild and Scenic 
River, and dated January 2003, which shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture 
as a wild river with the exception of the segment from 
the north boundary of Yellowstone National Park to the 
mouth of Yankee Jim Canyon, which shall be administered 
as a scenic river. 
‘‘( ) MIDDLE FORK JUDITH RIVER, MONTANA.—The 
segment within the Lewis and Clark National Forest from 
Arch Coulee Junction downstream to the national forest 
boundary, comprising approximately 4.8 miles, as gen-
erally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Middle Fork 
Judith Wild River’, and dated January 2003, which shall 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river. 
‘‘( ) ROCK CREEK WATERSHED, MONTANA.—(A) 
The segment of the main fork of Rock Creek within the 
Lolo and Deerlodge National Forests from the mouth of
Juno Gulch downstream to the mouth of Rickard Gulch, 
comprising approximately 30 miles, as generally depicted 
on the boundary map entitled ‘Rock Creek Scenic River’ 
and dated January 2003, which shall be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic river. 
‘‘(B) The segment of Ranch Creek, from its source 
to the boundary of the Lolo National Forest, within the 
Lolo National Forest, comprising approximately 5 miles, 
as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Ranch 
Creek Wild River’ and dated January 2003, which shall 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river. 
‘‘(C) The entire segment of Welcome Creek, from its 
source to its confluence with the main fork of Rock Creek, 
within the Lolo National Forest, comprising approxi-
mately 7 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled ‘Welcome Creek Wild River’ and dated January 
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(D) The entire segment of Alder Creek, from its 
source to its confluence with the main fork of Rock Creek, 
within the Lolo National Forest, comprising approxi-
mately 5 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled ‘Alder Creek Wild River’ and dated January
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(E) The entire segment of Hogback Creek, from its 
source to its confluence with the main fork of Rock Creek, 
within the Lolo National Forest, comprising approxi-
mately 6 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled ‘Hogback Wild River’ and dated January 2003, 
which shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as a wild river. 
‘‘(F) The entire segment of Wyman Gulch, from its 
source to its confluence with the main fork of Rock Creek, 
within the Lolo National Forest, comprising approxi-
mately 5 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary map
entitled ‘Wyman Gulch Wild River’ and dated January 
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(G) The segment of Stony Creek from its source at 
Stony Lake to the mouth of Little Stony Creek, within 
the Deerlodge National Forest, comprising approximately 
4 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary map enti-
tled ‘Stony Creek Wild and Scenic River’ and dated Janu-
ary 2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as a wild river; the segment of Stony Creek 
from the mouth of Little Stony Creek to its confluence 
with the main fork of Rock Creek, comprising approxi-
mately 6 miles, which shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as a scenic river. 
‘‘(H) The segment of the West Fork of Rock Creek 
from its source to the Deerlodge National Forest bound-
ary, within the Deerlodge National Forest, comprising ap-
proximately 15 miles, as generally depicted on the bound-
ary map as ‘West Fork of Rock Creek Scenic River’ and 
dated January 2003, which shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic river. 
‘‘(I) The segment of the Ross Fork of Rock Creek, 
from its source to the mouth of Elk Creek, within the 
Deerlodge National Forest, comprising approximately 10 
miles, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
‘Ross Fork Wild River’, which shall be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(J) The segment of Copper Creek, from its source 
to the boundary of the mouth of Lutz Creek, within the 
Deerlodge National Forest, comprising approximately 9 
miles, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
‘Copper Creek Wild and Scenic River’ and dated January 
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as a wild river; the segment of Copper Creek 
from the mouth of Lutz Creek to its confluence with the
Middle Fork of Rock Creek, comprising approximately 5
miles, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as a scenic river. 
‘‘(K) The segment of the Middle Fork of Rock Creek, 
from its source to the mouth of Senate Creek, within the 
Deerlodge National Forest, comprising approximately 5 
miles, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
‘Middle Fork Wild and Scenic River’ and dated January 
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as a wild river; the segment of the Middle Fork 
of Rock Creek, from the mouth of Senate Creek to the 
confluence with Copper Creek, comprising approximately 
6 miles, which shall be administered by the Secretary of 
Agriculture as a scenic river.
‘‘(L) The segment of Carpp Creek, from its source 
to its confluence with the Middle Fork of Rock Creek, 
within the Deerlodge National Forest, comprising approxi-
mately 6 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled ‘Carpp Creek Wild River’ and dated January 
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(M) The segment of the East Fork of Rock Creek, 
from its source to its confluence with the head of the East 
Fork Reservoir, within the Deerlodge National Forest, 
comprising approximately 10 miles, as generally depicted 
on the boundary map entitled ‘East Fork Wild River’ and
dated January 2003, which shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.’’. 
TITLE V—NATIONAL WILDLAND 
RESTORATION 
AND 
RECOV-
ERY SYSTEM 
SEC. 501. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Certain National Forest System lands and 
surrounding areas have been damaged by unwise re-
source extraction and development activities and 
practices, and the productive potential of the lands 
and waters of these areas has been reduced by devel-
opment activities. 
(2) Recovery activities are required to reverse 
severe damage to native fish and wildlife populations 
and water quality in these areas. 
(3) Recovery work associated with these areas 
will create new job opportunities for local commu-
nities, assist in the economic transition ongoing in 
the region, and contribute to the economic sustain-
ability of these rural areas by restoring the produc-
tive capability of the land.
SEC. 502. NATIONAL WILDLAND RESTORATION AND RECOV-
ERY SYSTEM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System. 
(b) COMPONENTS.—The following areas, as depicted 
on the maps dated January 2003, and entitled ‘‘National 
Wildland Restoration and Recovery Area’’, shall be compo-
nents of the National Wildland Recovery and Restoration 
System and may be referred to as recovery areas:
Recovery areas 
Acres 
National Forest 
Skyland ............................................
10,126
Flathead National Forest 
Hungry 
Horse 
(except 
Hungry 
Horse Dam and Reservoir).
204,981
Flathead National Forest 
Lolo Creek .......................................
59,398
Lolo/Clearwater National Forests 
Yellowstone West .............................
164,445
Targhee National Forest 
Mt. Leidy .........................................
69,912
Bridger/Teton National Forests 
Cabinet/Yaak ...................................
99,591
Kootenai National Forest 
Lightning Creek ..............................
30,722
Panhandle National Forest 
Coeur d’Alene River ........................
372,072
Panhandle National Forest 
Magruder Corridor ..........................
11,522
Nez Perce/Bitterroot National For-
ests
Area Total ................................
1,022,769
SEC. 503. MANAGEMENT OF RECOVERY SYSTEM. 
(a) MANAGEMENT DURING RECOVERY.—
(1) RESTORATION.—All lands within the Recov-
ery System shall be managed so as to restore their 
native vegetative cover and reduce or eliminate 
invasive non-native species and native species diver-
sity, stabilize slopes and soils to prevent or reduce 
further erosion, recontour slopes to their original 
contours, remove barriers to natural fish spawning
runs, and generally restore, as much as possible, 
such lands to their natural condition as existed prior 
to their entry and development. 
(2) WATER
QUALITY
RESTORATION.—In the 
management of Recovery System lands, special con-
sideration shall be given to restoration of water qual-
ity in the Recovery System. 
(3) MANAGEMENT
METHODS.—Recovery Sys-
tem lands shall be managed using methods such as 
road obliteration, planting of trees and other vegeta-
tion native to the lands, and removal by heavy 
equipment of sediment from streambeds. Existing 
methods developed by the Forest Service, the Na-
tional Park Service, and other persons shall be con-
sidered and, when appropriate, applied to the lands 
within the Recovery System. To the extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall carry out this section 
using existing, available equipment. When renting or 
leasing heavy equipment necessary for recovery ef-
forts pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall 
use local contractors to the extent practicable. 
(b) POST RECOVERY MANAGEMENT.—When recovery 
is achieved for a component of the Recovery System, the 
Forest Service shall evaluate the suitability of such compo-
nent for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation
System or for other uses consistent with the purposes of 
this Act. The Forest Service shall make a recommendation 
concerning the future management status of the compo-
nent, and shall submit the recommendation and an evalua-
tion to the Congress. The evaluation shall be conducted 
in the same manner as, and subject to the same require-
ments that apply to, the preparation of an environmental 
impact statement under section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental 
Policy 
Act 
of 
1969 
(42 
U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)). The evaluation shall include documentation 
of the component’s values as wilderness and as wildlife 
habitat, its role in maintaining water quality and native 
biodiversity, its role in the forest reserve system, a list of 
alternative designations for the component consistent with 
the purposes of this Act, and a roadless inventory for the 
component. No provision of this subsection shall be con-
strued to diminish the responsibilities of the Secretary of 
Agriculture with respect to land and resource management 
plans under section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renew-
able Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604). 
SEC. 504. NATIONAL WILDLAND RECOVERY CORPS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a 
special unit of the Forest Service, to be known as the Na-
tional Wildland Recovery Corps. The National Wildland 
Recovery Corps shall hire the necessary personnel and
purchase the necessary equipment to carry out its land 
recovery responsibilities under this title. 
(b) RECOVERY PLANS.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the National 
Wildland Recovery Corps shall develop a wildland recovery 
plan for each area of the Recovery System. Each recovery 
plan shall detail necessary work and funding requirements 
needed to implement the management direction estab-
lished under section 503. Each recovery plan shall take 
into account the specific conditions of an area in the Re-
covery System, including soil type, slope, native species 
composition, road densities, forest cover, the number of 
road 
crossings 
and 
culverts, 
and 
when 
possible, 
predevelopment conditions. Each recovery plan shall set 
forth definite timelines for expected recovery of the area 
to which the plan applies, including a list of management 
activities planned each year, with projected dates for re-
covery. Each recovery plan shall map out the portion, 
within the area of the Recovery System to which the plan 
applies, which will be recovered using active management 
efforts, as well as the portion of such area in which natural 
recovery will occur. Upon completion, a recovery plan shall 
become an amendment to the land and resource manage-
ment plan for the unit of the National Forest System to 
which the plan applies.