(c) EVALUATION.—The National Wildland Recovery 
Corps shall use measurable criteria to judge the success 
of recovery efforts taken pursuant to this section. Such 
criteria shall include the results of sediment monitoring, 
reductions in open and total road densities, percent forest 
cover, increase in stream mileage available to native fish 
migrations, the results of hydrological measurements to 
determine water flow rates for key watersheds, and the 
abundance of management indicator species that are indic-
ative of ecosystem health. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section.
TITLE VI—IMPLEMENTATION 
AND MONITORING 
SEC. 601. IMPLEMENTATION REPORT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Within 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of Inte-
rior and Agriculture shall jointly submit to the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives 
a report that details the implementation of this Act. The 
report shall also detail any additional work and funding 
requirements necessary to achieve the purposes of this 
Act.
(b) PREPARATION.—The report shall be produced by 
a panel of independent scientists appointed by the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences, in consultation with the Soci-
ety for Conservation Biology. 
SEC. 602. INTERAGENCY TEAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
and Secretary of the Interior shall jointly establish an 
interagency team, containing equal numbers of partici-
pants from the public and private sectors, to monitor, 
evaluate, and make recommendations to ensure long-term 
results required by this Act. 
(b) GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM.—
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The interagency team 
shall develop a geographic information system for 
monitoring the Northern Rockies Bioregion. The ge-
ographic information system shall be based on sat-
ellite-gathered data and shall include comprehensive 
maps and databases to assist in the detection of 
changes in the Northern Rockies Bioregion. 
(2) TYPES OF INFORMATION.—The maps and 
databases included in the geographic information 
system shall be updated periodically to record the 
following: 
(A) Vegetation cover (with species occur-
rence and densities).
(B) Human impacts. 
(C) Water and air quality. 
(D) Activities that bear on forest hus-
bandry and restoration. 
(3) STATUS REPORTS.—The geographic infor-
mation system shall include status reports on the 
progress of ecosystem protection, corridor consolida-
tion, and forest recovery efforts and reports on the 
status of threatened and endangered species which 
are primary indicators of ecosystem health. 
(c) WILDLIFE MOVEMENTS.—The interagency team 
shall assess the potential for facilitating wildlife move-
ments across or under major highways and rail lines with-
in the biological corridors established in title II. This as-
sessment shall identify major crossing points and identify 
possible management actions to enhance the suitability of 
such crossing points as movement corridors, including 
underpasses, overpasses, and other methods for reducing 
the danger to native wildlife while facilitating movements 
within the Northern Rockies Bioregion.
SEC. 603. ROADLESS LANDS EVALUATION. 
(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Roadless lands great-
er than 1,000 acres in size, that are located within the 
National Forest System in the State of Idaho, Montana, 
Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming and that are not des-
ignated as components of the National Wilderness Preser-
vation System (under this or any other Act) shall be iden-
tified and evaluated by the panel of independent scientists 
appointed under section 601. In identifying and evaluating 
these lands, the panel shall make use of existing satellite 
information and Geographic Information System data de-
veloped by the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
in addition to other information sources. The panel shall 
study the role of such lands in maintaining biological di-
versity in the Northern Rockies and as part of the overall 
forest reserve system. The panel shall make recommenda-
tions regarding the management of the lands, and shall 
include the recommendations in the report required by sec-
tion 601. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Until the Congress enacts a law 
stating otherwise, no new road construction or reconstruc-
tion, or timber harvest (except firewood gathering) shall 
be allowed in the lands described in subsection (a). Addi-
tionally, no oil or gas leasing, mining, or other develop-
ment which impairs the natural and roadless qualities of 
these lands shall be allowed on the lands. 
SEC. 604. NATIVE AMERICAN USES. 
(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section and 
section 605, the term ‘‘protected areas’’ means the Wilder-
ness areas, National Park and Preserve Study areas, 
Wildland Recovery areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and bio-
logical corridors designated by this Act. 
(b) NONEXCLUSIVE ACCESS.—In recognition of the 
past use of portions of the protected areas by Native 
Americans for traditional cultural and religious purposes, 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall ensure nonexclusive access to these protected 
areas by native people for such traditional cultural and 
religious purposes. Such access shall be consistent with the 
purpose and intent of Public Law 95–341 (42 U.S.C. 
1996; commonly known as the American Indian Religious
Freedom Act). The Secretaries, in accordance with such 
Act, upon request of an Indian tribe, may from time-to-
time temporarily close to the general public use of one or 
more specific portions of these protected areas in order 
to protect the privacy of religious activities and cultural 
uses in such portions by an Indian people. As part of the 
preparation of general management plans for the pro-
tected areas, the Secretaries shall request that the chief 
executive officers of appropriate Indian tribes make rec-
ommendations with respect to assuring access to impor-
tant sites, enhancing the privacy of traditional cultural 
and religious activities, and protecting cultural and reli-
gious sites.
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Forest Service 
and Bureau of Land Management shall enter into coopera-
tive management agreements with the appropriate Indian 
tribes to assure protection of religious, burial, and gath-
ering sites in the protected areas, and shall work coopera-
tively on the management of all uses in the protected areas 
that impact Indian lands and people. 
SEC. 605. CULTURAL RESOURCES. 
In managing the protected areas described in section 
604 in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall give particular emphasis to the preservation and pro-
tection of cultural resources located within these areas, in 
accordance with the Archaeological Resources Protection 
Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.) and the National 
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Cul-
tural resources within the protected areas shall be man-
aged in consultation with State Historic Preservation Offi-
cers, Indian tribes, and other appropriate parties in the 
States affected, with emphasis on the preservation of re-
sources in the areas and the interpretive, educational, and 
long-term scientific uses of these resources.
TITLE VII—RULES OF 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 701. WATER RIGHTS. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed as a relinquish-
ment or reduction of any water rights reserved, appro-
priated, or otherwise secured by the United States in the 
State of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, or Wash-
ington on or before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 702. FUTURE DESIGNATIONS. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed as establishing 
a precedent with regard to any future designations, includ-
ing designations of wilderness, or as constituting an inter-
pretation of any other Act or designations made pursuant 
thereto. 
SEC. 703. INDIAN TRIBES. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to affect or 
modify any treaty or other right of an Indian tribe.
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