Union Calendar No. 280
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2473
[Report No. 103–487, Parts I and II]
A BILL
To designate certain National Forest lands in the
State of Montana as wilderness, to release other
National Forest lands in the State of Montana
for multiple use management, and for other pur-
poses.
MAY 11, 1994
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be
printed
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Union Calendar No. 280
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2473
[Report No. 103–487, Parts I and II]
To designate certain National Forest lands in the State of Montana as
wilderness, to release other National Forest lands in the State of Mon-
tana for multiple use management, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 18, 1993
Mr. WILLIAMS introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources
APRIL 28, 1994
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
MAY 10, 1994
The amendment recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources re-
ferred to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries for a period
ending not later than May 11, 1994, for consideration of such provisions
of the amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursu-
ant to clause 1(m), rule X
MAY 10, 1994
Reported from the Committee on Agriculture
MAY 11, 1994
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries discharged; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered
to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 18, 1993]
A BILL
To designate certain National Forest lands in the State
of Montana as wilderness, to release other National For-
est lands in the State of Montana for multiple use man-
agement, 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.
This Act may be referred to as ‘‘The Montana Wilder-
ness Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) Many areas of undeveloped National Forest
System lands in the State of Montana possess out-
standing natural characteristics which give them high
value as wilderness and will, if properly preserved,
contribute as an enduring resource of wild land for
the benefit of the American people.
(2) The existing Department of Agriculture Land
and Resource Management Plans for Forest System
lands in the State of Montana have identified areas
which, on the basis of their land form, ecosystem, as-
sociated wildlife, and location will help to fulfill the
National Forest System’s share of a quality National
Wilderness Preservation System.
(3) The existing Department of Agriculture Land
and Resource Management Plans for National Forest
System lands in the State of Montana and the related
congressional review of such lands have also identified
areas that do not possess outstanding wilderness at-
tributes or possess outstanding energy, mineral, tim-
ber, grazing, dispersed recreation, or other values.
Such areas should not be designated as components of
the National Wilderness Preservation System.
(4) Montanans and those interested in Mon-
tana’s wildlands have been fully involved in the for-
mulation of this wilderness proposal. That the wilder-
ness designations recommended in this legislation
have been developed with the support of Montana wil-
derness advocates and is therefore the product of years
of negotiations.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to—
(1) designate certain National Forest System
lands in the State of Montana as components of the
National Wilderness Preservation System, in further-
ance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1131 et seq.), in order to preserve the wilderness char-
acter of the land and to protect watersheds and wild-
life habitat, preserve scenic and historic resources,
and promote scientific research, primitive recreation,
solitude, and physical and mental challenge; and
(2) ensure that certain other National Forest
System lands in the State of Montana will be made
available for uses other than wilderness in accordance
with applicable national forest laws, planning proce-
dures and the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 3. WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS.
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of
the Wilderness Act of 1964, the following lands in the State
of Montana are designated as wilderness and, therefore, as
components of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem:
(1) Certain lands in the Beaverhead, Bitterroot,
and Deerlodge National Forests, which comprise ap-
proximately 31,600 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ‘‘Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness Addi-
tions—Proposed’’ (North Big Hole, Storm Lake,
Upper East Fork), dated March 1994, and which are
hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a
part of the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness.
(2) Certain lands in the Beaverhead National
Forest, which comprise approximately 33,000 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Italian
Peaks Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, and
which shall be known as the Italian Peaks Unit of the
Howard Zahnizer Great Divide Wilderness.
(3) Certain lands in the Beaverhead National
Forest, which comprise approximately 84,920 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘East Pio-
neer Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, and
which shall be known as the East Pioneer Wilderness.
(4) Certain lands in the Beaverhead National
Forest, Montana, comprising approximately 40,000
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘West
Big Hole Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994,
and which shall be known as the West Big Hole Unit
of the Howard Zahnizer Great Divide Wilderness.
(5) Certain lands in the Bitterroot, Deerlodge,
and Lolo National Forests, which comprise approxi-
mately 76,600 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Stony Mountain Wilderness—Proposed’’,
dated March 1994, and which shall be known as the
Stony Mountain Wilderness. The provisions of section
4 of this Act shall not apply to the portion of such
lands within the drainage of the Burnt Fork.
(6) Certain lands in the Bitterroot and Lolo Na-
tional Forests, which comprise approximately 55,500
acres, as generally depicted on maps entitled
‘‘Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’,
dated March 1994, and which are hereby incorporated
in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Selway-
Bitterroot Wilderness.
(7) Certain lands in the Custer National Forest,
which comprise approximately 13,700 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Pryor Mountains
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, and
which shall be known as the Pryor Mountains Wilder-
ness.
(8) Certain lands in the Custer National Forest,
which comprise approximately 28,000 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Custer Absaroka
Beartooth Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’ (Burnt
Mountain, Timberline Creek, Stateline, Line Creek
Plateau, and Mystic Lake), dated March 1994, and
which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed
to be a part of the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness.
(9) Certain lands in the Deerlodge and Helena
National Forests, which comprise approximately
26,800 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Blackfoot Meadow-Electric Peak Wilderness—Pro-
posed’’, dated March 1994, and which shall be known
as the Blackfoot Meadow Unit of the Howard
Zahnizer Great Divide Wilderness.
(10) Certain lands in the Flathead and Kootenai
National Forests, which comprise approximately
120,400 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘North Fork Wilderness—Proposed (Tuchuck,
Thompson-Seton, and Mount Hefty)’’, dated March
1994, and which shall be known as the North Fork
Wilderness.
(11) Certain lands in the Flathead, Helena,
Lolo, and Lewis and Clark National Forests, which
comprise approximately 261,440 acres, as generally
depicted on maps entitled ‘‘Arnold Bolle Additions to
the Bob Marshall Wilderness—Proposed’’ (Silver
King-Falls 
Creek, 
Renshaw, 
Clearwater-Monture,
Deep Creek, Teton High Peak, Volcano Reef, Slippery
Bill, Limestone Cave, Choteau Mountain, and Crown
Mountain, Lost Jack, Spotted Bear), dated March
1994, which shall be known as the Arnold Bolle-Bob
Marshall Wilderness Additions and are incorporated
in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Bob Mar-
shall Wilderness.
(12) Certain lands in the Flathead National
Forest, which comprise approximately 960 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mission Moun-
tains Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’, dated March
1994, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall
be deemed to be a part of the Mission Mountain Wil-
derness.
(13) Certain lands in the Flathead and Lolo Na-
tional Forests, comprising approximately 175,500
acres, as generally depicted on maps entitled ‘‘Jewel
Basin/Swan Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March
1994. Those lands contiguous to the west slope of the
Bob Marshall Wilderness referred to in this para-
graph are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed
to be a part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness, while the
remaining lands shall be known as the Swan Crest
Wilderness, the boundaries of which are depicted on
the map referenced in this paragraph.
(14) Certain lands in the Gallatin National For-
est, which comprise approximately 14,440 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Gallatin Absa-
roka Beartooth Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’
(Dexter Point, Tie Creek and Mt. Rae), dated March
1994, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall
be deemed to be a part of the Absaroka Beartooth Wil-
derness.
(15) Certain lands in the Gallatin and Beaver-
head National Forests, which comprise approximately
20,400 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Lee Metcalf Cowboys Heaven Addition—Proposed’’,
dated March 1994, and which are hereby incorporated
in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Lee Metcalf
Wilderness.
(16) Certain lands in the Gallatin National For-
est, which comprise approximately 18,300 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Earthquake
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, and
which shall be known as the Earthquake Unit of the
Howard Zahnizer Great Divide Wilderness.
(17) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, which comprise approximately 22,900 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Camas Creek
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, and
which shall be known as the Camas Creek Wilderness.
(18) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, which comprise approximately 15,000 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mount Baldy
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, and
which shall be known as the Mount Baldy Wilderness.
(19) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, Montana, which comprise approximately 10,000
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Gates
of the Mountains Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’
(Big Log), dated March 1994, and which are hereby
incorporated in and shall be deemed to be part of the
Gates of the Mountain Wilderness.
(20) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, which comprise approximately 10,700 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Black Moun-
tain Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, and
which shall be known as the Black Mountain Unit of
the Howard Zahniser Great Divide Wilderness.
(21) Certain lands in the Kootenai National
Forest, which comprise approximately 39,620 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Cabinet
Mountains Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’, dated
March 1994, and which are hereby incorporated in
and shall be deemed to be part of the Cabinet Moun-
tains Wilderness.
(22) Certain lands in the Kaniksu and Kootenai
National Forest, which comprise approximately
52,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Scotchman Peaks Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated
March 1994, which shall be known as the Scotchman
Peaks Wilderness.
(23) Certain lands in the Kootenai National
Forest which comprise approximately 42,000 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Yaak Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’ (Roderick Mountain, Grizzly Peak,
Dark Mountain), dated March 1994, which shall be
known as the Yaak Wilderness.
(24) Certain lands in the Kootenai and Lolo Na-
tional Forests, which comprise approximately 17,900
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Cata-
ract Peak Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994,
which shall be known as the Cataract Peak Wilder-
ness.
(25) Certain lands in the Lolo National Forest,
which comprise approximately 19,400 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Cube Iron/Mount
Silcox Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994,
which shall be known as the Cube Iron/Mount Silcox
Wilderness.
(26) Certain lands in the Lolo National Forest,
which comprise approximately 94,700 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Great Burn Wil-
derness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, which shall
be known as the Great Burn Wilderness.
(27) Certain lands in the Lolo National Forest,
which comprise approximately 60,100 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Quigg Peak Wil-
derness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, which shall
be known as the Quigg Peak Wilderness.
(28) Certain lands in the Kootenai National
Forest, which comprise approximately 24,600 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Trout Creek
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, and
which shall be known as the Trout Creek Wilderness.
(29) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, which comprise approximately 21,700 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Nevada Moun-
tain Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, and
which shall be known as the Nevada Mountain Unit
of the Howard Zahnizer Great Divide Wilderness.
(30) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, which comprise approximately 56,100 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Elkhorn Wil-
derness—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, and which
shall be known as the Elkhorn Wilderness.
(31) Certain lands in the Gallatin National For-
est, which comprise approximately 500 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘North Absaroka
Wilderness Addition—Proposed (Republic Moun-
tain)’’, dated March 1994, and which are hereby in-
corporated in and shall be deemed a part of the North
Absaroka Wilderness.
(32) Certain lands in the Beaverhead National
Forest, which comprises approximately 90,000 acres,