I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1570
To designate certain lands in the State of Idaho as wilderness, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 31, 1993
Mr. LAROCCO introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture
A BILL
To designate certain lands in the State of Idaho as
wilderness, 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Idaho Wilderness, Sustainable Forests and Communities
Act of 1993’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purposes.
TITLE I—IDAHO WILDERNESS
Sec. 101. Panhandle National Forest.
Sec. 102. Clearwater National Forest.
Sec. 103. Nez Perce National Forest.
Sec. 104. Payette National Forest.
Sec. 105. Boise National Forest.
Sec. 106. Salmon National Forest.
Sec. 107. Sawtooth National Forest.
Sec. 108. Challis National forest.
Sec. 109. Targhee National Forest.
Sec. 110. Caribou National Forest.
Sec. 111. Administration and general provisions.
Sec. 112. Grazing.
TITLE II—IDAHO FOREST MANAGEMENT
Sec. 201. Panhandle National Forest.
Sec. 202. Clearwater National Forest.
Sec. 203. Nez Perce National Forest.
Sec. 204. Payette National Forest.
Sec. 205. Boise National Forest.
Sec. 206. Salmon National Forest.
Sec. 207. Sawtooth National Forest.
Sec. 208. Challis National forest.
Sec. 209. Targhee National Forest.
Sec. 210. Caribou National Forest.
Sec. 211. Management plans.
Sec. 212. Map and description.
Sec. 213. Water quality on the Panhandle National Forest.
Sec. 214. Monitoring of management areas.
TITLE III—RELEASE TO MULTIPLE USE
Sec. 301. Wilderness review.
TITLE IV—IDAHO RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 401. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 402. Ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation projects.
Sec. 403. Authorization of appropriations.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The State of Idaho contains some 9,000,000
roadless acres of land owned by the Federal Government
and managed by the Forest Service. This vast roadless
tract of primitive and undeveloped land is the largest
unroaded area within a State in the conterminous United
States and is of immense national significance.
(2) Certain of these wildlands should be incorporated
into the National Wilderness Preservation System to pro-
vide statutory protection for lands containing diverse habi-
tats and watersheds vital to resident and anadromous fish-
eries and wildlife; to preserve scenic, historical and cul-
tural values; to promote scientific research; and to provide
for primitive recreation, solitude, and physical and mental
challenges.
(3) Congressional resolution of disputes over future
management of Idaho’s vast roadless lands is necessary
to assure a dependable and sustainable supply of timber
from Federal lands so that natural resource-based com-
modity production continues as an important part of rural
life in Idaho.
(4) Congressional direction is required through the
establishment of management areas on identified roadless
lands to ensure effective implementation of forest plans
for national forests in Idaho.
(5) A key to creating sustainable economies in Ida-
ho’s rural communities is prudent and ecological manage-
ment of the land to assure long-term productivity.
(6) Idaho’s roadless areas are vital to the State’s
growing tourism industry, outfitting and guiding,
backcountry recreation, and municipal watersheds.
(7) Idaho’s roadless lands released by this Act for
nonwilderness purposes provide valuable dispersed recre-
ation opportunities for motorized and nonmotorized users.
(8) There have been several confirmed sightings, and
hundreds of probable sightings, of gray wolf in Idaho’s es-
tablished wilderness and roadless areas.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to—
(1) provide a comprehensive, statutory frame-
work for the protection, administration, and man-
agement of certain roadless wildlands of Idaho
through—
(A) the addition of certain roadless lands
to existing wilderness areas;
(B) the designation of certain roadless
lands as management areas, wildlife corridors, a
recreation area, an historic area, and a forest
demonstration project;
(C) the addition to the National Wilder-
ness Preservation System of certain roadless
lands;
(D) the release of certain National Forest
System lands for multiple-uses other than wil-
derness in accordance with title III of this Act;
and
(2) ending the controversy over which roadless
lands within Idaho will be designated wilderness,
while assuring that certain roadless lands better
suited for special management be managed by the
Forest Service under title II of this Act, and those
lands better suited for multiple use other than wil-
derness will be managed by the Forest Service under
applicable laws including the laws, rules, and regula-
tions generally applicable to the National Forest
System and applicable land management plans.
TITLE I—IDAHO WILDERNESS
SEC. 101. PANHANDLE NATIONAL FOREST.
In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1131-1136), the following lands in the State
of Idaho are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
Approximate
Name of Wilderness Area
Acreage
Salmo-Priest ......................................................................
19,200
Long Canyon .....................................................................
39,040
Scotchman Peaks ..............................................................
21,120
SEC. 102. CLEARWATER NATIONAL FOREST.
In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1131-1136), the following lands in the State
of Idaho are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
Approximate
Name of Wilderness Area
Acreage
Mallard-Larkins ................................................................
158,080
The Great Burn ................................................................
179,200
Lewis and Clark ................................................................
53,760
Selway-Bitterroot Additions ..............................................
31,360
SEC. 103. NEZ PERCE NATIONAL FOREST.
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131-1136), the following
lands in the State of Idaho are hereby designated as wil-
derness and therefore as components of the National Wil-
derness Preservation System:
Approximate
Name of Wilderness Area
Acreage
Selway-Bitterroot Addition ...............................................
160,000
(b) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Section 4(a)(1) of
the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 (Public
Law 95–237; 92 Stat. 43) is amended by striking ‘‘which
comprise about two hundred and six thousand acres, as
generally depicted under the category ‘Wilderness’ on a
map entitled ‘Gospel-Hump Planning Unit’ and dated
January 1978,’’ and inserting ‘‘which comprise 205,933
acres, as generally depicted under the category ‘Wilder-
ness’ on a map entitled ‘Gospel-Hump Revised Bound-
aries’ and dated March 1983,’’.
SEC. 104. PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST.
In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1131–1136), the following lands in the State
of Idaho are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
Approximate
Name of Wilderness Area
Acreage
French Creek ....................................................................
37,760
Patrick Butte ....................................................................
42,240
Needles ..............................................................................
95,800
Secesh ................................................................................
116,200
Frank Church-River of No Return Addition ....................
27,520
SEC. 105. BOISE NATIONAL FOREST.
In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1131–1136), the following lands in the State
of Idaho are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
Approximate
Name of Wilderness Area
Acreage
Needles ..............................................................................
3,970
Hanson Lake .....................................................................
14,200
Red Mountain ...................................................................
88,000
Ten Mile-Black Warrior ....................................................
78,800
Peace Rock ........................................................................
106,240
SEC. 106. SALMON NATIONAL FOREST.
SEC. 107. SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST.
SEC. 108. CHALLIS NATIONAL FOREST.
SEC. 109. TARGHEE NATIONAL FOREST.
SEC. 110. CARIBOU NATIONAL FOREST.
SEC. 111. ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing
rights, the wilderness areas designated under this title
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act
governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness, ex-
cept that 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 enactment of
this Act.
(b) NAME.—Each wilderness area named in a table
contained in this title shall be the area referenced in that
table, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lll’’
and known by the name given to it in that table, except
that the Selway-Bitterroot Additions on the Clearwater
and Nez Perce National Forests made by sections 102 and
103 shall be added to, and administered as part of, the
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness and the Frank Church-River
of No Return Addition on the Payette National Forest
made by section 104 shall be added to, and administered
as part of, the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilder-
ness.
(c) MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as prac-
ticable after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file
a map and a legal description of each wilderness area des-
ignated under this title with the Committee on Natural
Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the House
of Representatives and with the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate. Each such map and de-
scription shall have the same force and effect as if in-
cluded in this Act, except that correction of clerical and
typographical errors in such legal description and map
may be made. Each such map and legal description shall
be on file and available for public inspection in the Office
of the Chief of the Forest Service, United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
(d) BUFFER ZONES NOT INTENDED.—The Congress
does not intend that designation of wilderness areas in the
State of Idaho lead to the creation of protective perimeters
or buffer zones around each wilderness area. The fact that
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from
areas within a wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such
activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness
area.
(e) WILDLIFE AND FISH.—As provided in section
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act, nothing in this Act shall
be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibil-
ities of the State of Idaho with respect to wildlife and fish
in the national forests in the State of Idaho.
SEC. 112. GRAZING.
Grazing of livestock in wilderness areas designated by
this Act, where established prior to the date of enactment
of this Act, shall be administered in accordance with the
provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), as further interpreted by section 108
of Public Law 96–560.
TITLE II—IDAHO FOREST
MANAGEMENT
SEC. 201. PANHANDLE NATIONAL FOREST.
(a) GENERAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE.—The man-
agement areas and historic area designated by this section
shall be administered in accordance with applicable laws
including this Act; the laws, rules, and regulations applica-
ble to the National Forest System; and the document enti-
tled ‘‘Forest Plan Idaho Panhandle National Forests’’,
adopted in August 1987, as such plan may be revised or
amended from time to time.
(b) SELKIRK CREST MANAGEMENT AREA.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The area on the Panhandle
National Forest, comprised of approximately 21,120
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Sel-
kirk Crest Management Area—Proposed’’, is des-
ignated as the Selkirk Crest management area.
(2) MANAGEMENT
EMPHASIS.—The manage-
ment of the Selkirk Crest management area shall be
in accordance with the memorandum of understand-
ing relating to such area, entered into between the
Forest Service and the State of Idaho on May 6,
1971, as it may be modified by agreement of the
parties.
(c) OTHER MANAGEMENT AREAS.—
(1) DESIGNATIONS.—The following areas on
the Panhandle National Forest, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Panhandle National
Forests Management Areas—Proposed’’, are hereby
designated as management areas:
Approximate
Name of Area
Acreage
Continental Mountain .......................................................
5,760
Saddle Mountain ...............................................................
6,400
Farnham/Russell ...............................................................
24,320
Burton Peak ......................................................................
8,960
Katka Peak .......................................................................
10,880
Bald Eagle ........................................................................
3,840
Timber/Buck .....................................................................
7,684
(2) MANAGEMENT
EMPHASIS.—The manage-
ment areas designated by paragraph (1) shall be
managed to provide for the sustainable growth and
production of commercially valuable wood products
and general public use on lands suitable for timber
production while managing identified grizzly bear
and caribou habitat.
(d) MARBLE CREEK HISTORIC AREA.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The area on the Panhandle
National Forest, comprised of approximately lll
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Marble Creek Historic Area—Proposed’’, is des-
ignated as the Marble Creek historic area.
(2) MANAGEMENT.—(A) The Marble Creek his-
toric area shall be managed to interpret and pro-
mote the history of logging. Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to inhibit logging in the
area, except as provided in subparagraph (B).
(B) The Marble Creek historic area includes a
high country component, comprised of approximately
lll acres generally known as the Grandmother
Mountain area. The management emphasis of the
Grandmother Mountain area shall be primitive, non-
motorized recreation and the area shall be managed
to promote fishing, hunting, and wildlife habitat.
Logging shall not be permitted in the Grandmother
Mountain area.
(e) ST. JOE FOREST DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct
a demonstration project on the St. Joe National
Forest. The purpose of the project shall be to dem-
onstrate the change in timber volume as a result of
investing in good sites on lands already roaded.
(2) SITES.—Within the 6-month period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Forest Service shall locate sites on the St. Joe Na-
tional Forest outside wilderness or other areas where
timber harvest is not permitted and where timber
productivity is greater than 70 cubic feet per acre
per year. These sites shall be intensively managed
for timber production using mostly uneven-aged
management and silvicultural practices, including
pre-commercial thinning, fertilization, pruning, and
planting of diverse species. The selection of sites
under this paragraph does not preclude the identi-
fication of small, high class sites below 5,000 feet in
altitude which should be excluded from such man-
agement for genetic and biological purposes.
(3) MONITORING
AND
APPLICABLE
STAND-
ARDS.—The Forest Service shall continually monitor
the demonstration project to determine the change
in timber volume. Water quality standards and old-
growth standards, as such standards may be modi-
fied from time to time, shall remain in effect on the
lands affected by the demonstration project carried
out under this subsection.
(4) ADVISORY GROUP.—The Secretary shall ap-
point a citizens advisory group to provide guidance
and advice to the Forest Service in implementing
this subsection. The advisory group shall be com-
prised of 5 local individuals and shall represent di-
verse interests.
(5) EXISTING TIMBER SALES.—Implementation
of this subsection shall not affect timber sales under
contract or near completion of preparation as of the
end of the 6-month period referred to in paragraph
(2).
(6) SUNSET.—The demonstration project car-
ried out under this subsection shall terminate at the
end of the 10-year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 202. CLEARWATER NATIONAL FOREST.
(a) GENERAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE.—The wild-
life corridors designated by this section shall be adminis-
tered in accordance with applicable laws including this
Act; the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Na-
tional Forest System; and the document entitled the
‘‘Clearwater National Forest Plan’’, adopted September
1987, as such plan may be revised or amended from time
to time.
(b) VANDERBILT WILDLIFE CORRIDOR.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The area on the Clearwater
National Forest, comprised of approximately 41,600
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Vanderbilt Wildlife Corridor—Proposed’’, is des-
ignated as the Vanderbilt wildlife corridor.
(2) MANAGEMENT
EMPHASIS.—The manage-
ment emphasis for the Vanderbilt wildlife corridor
shall be on wildlife habitat. Where possible, timber
harvest shall make use of existing roads or aerial
yarding systems. Road construction should be subor-
dinate to wildlife habitat and water quality, and,
where road construction is necessary, obliteration
after assurance of successful regeneration is pre-
ferred.
(c) WEITAS CREEK WILDLIFE CORRIDOR.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The area on the Clearwater
National Forest, comprised of approximately 81,280
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Weitas Creek Wildlife Corridor—Proposed’’, is des-
ignated as the Weitas Creek wildlife corridor.
(2) MANAGEMENT
EMPHASIS.—The manage-
ment emphasis for the Weitas Creek wildlife corridor
shall be on wildlife habitat. Where possible, timber
harvest shall make use of existing roads or aerial
yarding systems. Road construction should be subor-
dinate to wildlife habitat and water quality, and,
where road construction is necessary, obliteration
after assurance of successful regeneration is pre-
ferred.
SEC. 203. NEZ PERCE NATIONAL FOREST.
(a) GENERAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE.—The man-
agement area designated by this section shall be adminis-
tered in accordance with applicable laws including this
Act; the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Na-
tional Forest System; and the document entitled the ‘‘Nez
Perce National Forest Plan’’, adopted October 1987, as
such plan may be revised or amended from time to time.
(b) UPPER MEADOW CREEK MANAGEMENT AREA.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The area on the Nez Perce
National Forest, comprised of approximately 32,640
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Upper Meadow Creek Management Area—Pro-
posed’’, is designated as the Upper Meadow Creek
management area.
(2) MANAGEMENT
EMPHASIS.—The manage-
ment emphasis for the Upper Meadow Creek man-
agement area shall be on water quality and anad-
romous fish habitat while timber shall be managed
to yield primarily an uneven-aged stand structure
with minimum level of low impact roads. Roads con-
structed after the date of enactment of this Act shall
be closed, drainage structures removed, road fills
pulled back to the original ground level, and the dis-
turbed area revegetated.
(2) MANAGEMENT
EMPHASIS.—The manage-
ment emphasis for the French Creek management
area shall be on water quality and anadromous fish
habitat. To protect the steep breaklands, timber may
not be harvested, and no roads may be constructed,
in the area designated as ‘‘A’’ on the map referred
to in paragraph (1). Timber may be harvested with-
in the area designated as ‘‘B’’ on the map referred
to in paragraph (1).
(d) JACKSON BAR AIRSTRIP.—The Jackson Bar Air-
strip, commonly known as the Wilson Bar Airstrip, on the
south side of the Salmon River on the Payette National
Forest, section 28, R8E, T24N, within the Frank Church
River of No Return Wilderness shall be left open for use
by recreation aviators.
SEC. 205. BOISE NATIONAL FOREST.
(a) GENERAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE.—The man-
agement areas and recreation area designated by this sec-
tion shall be administered in accordance with applicable
laws including this Act; the laws, rules, and regulations
applicable to the National Forest System; and the docu-
ment entitled the ‘‘Boise National Forest Plan’’, adopted
August 1987, as such plan may be revised or amended
from time to time.
(b) JOHNSON CREEK MANAGEMENT AREA.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The area on the Boise Na-
tional Forest, comprised of approximately 174,100
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Johnson Creek Management Area—Proposed’’, is
designated as the Johnson Creek management area.
(2) MANAGEMENT
EMPHASIS.—The manage-
ment emphasis for the Johnson Creek management
area shall be on anadromous fish habitat, with tim-
ber and range activities implemented so that anad-
romous fish habitat is maintained or improved and
scenic quality in visually sensitive areas is protected.
Management activities for other resources shall be
consistent with anadromous fish, wildlife, and visual
resources.
(c) BREADWINNER MANAGEMENT AREA.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The area on the Boise Na-
tional Forest, comprised of approximately 40,829
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Breadwinner Management Area—Proposed’’, is
designated as the Breadwinner management area.
(2) MANAGEMENT
EMPHASIS.—The manage-
ment emphasis for the Breadwinner management
area shall be on wildlife habitat, with timber and
range activities implemented so that wildlife habitat
is maintained or improved and scenic quality in vis-
ually sensitive areas is protected. Management ac-
tivities for other resources shall be consistent with
wildlife and visual resources.
(d) SNOWBANK MANAGEMENT AREA.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The area on the Boise Na-
tional Forest, comprised of approximately 21,760
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Snowbank Management Area—Proposed’’, is des-
ignated as the Snowbank management area.
(2) MANAGEMENT
EMPHASIS.—The manage-
ment emphasis for the Snowbank management area
shall be on recreation. Snowmobile use shall be per-
mitted, but the Secretary may not establish perma-
nent trails or roads or allow the use of other motor
vehicles, motorized equipment, or other form of me-
chanical transport.
(e) LIME CREEK—SOLDIER MOUNTAINS RECRE-
ATION AREA.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The area on the Boise Na-
tional Forest, comprised of approximately 28,800
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Lime Creek—Soldier Mountains Recreation Area—
Proposed’’, is designated as the Lime Creek—Sol-
dier Mountains Recreation Area (hereafter in this
subsection referred to as the ‘‘recreation area’’).
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—(A) The Secretary shall
administer and manage the recreation area so as to
preserve the area’s predominantly roadless char-
acter, with no additional road construction per-
mitted, and to enhance scenic and watershed values,
wildlife habitat, and dispersed recreation.
(B) The Secretary may, in his discretion and in
accordance with Executive Orders 11644 and 11989,
permit limited use of the area by motorized vehicles
and equipment on roads and trails existing on April
1, 1993, for administrative purposes (including trail
maintenance), for activities associated with existing
levels of livestock grazing, and for recreational vehi-
cle access where such access was established prior to
April 1, 1993, but only where such uses are compat-
ible with the protection and propagation of fish and
wildlife within the recreation area.
SEC. 206. SALMON NATIONAL FOREST.
SEC. 207. SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST.
SEC. 208. CHALLIS NATIONAL FOREST.
SEC. 209. TARGHEE NATIONAL FOREST.
SEC. 210. CARIBOU NATIONAL FOREST.
SEC. 211. MANAGEMENT PLANS.
(a) CHANGE TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ACT.—The Secretary shall modify the existing land
and resource management plans for the national forests
affected by this Act to incorporate the provisions of this
Act in their entirety. This incorporation shall not be treat-
ed as a revision or amendment to the forest plan for the
purposes of section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renew-
able Resources Planning Act of 1974.
(b) 
GENERAL
APPLICABILITY
OF
EXISTING
PLANS.—The management areas, wildlife corridors, his-
toric area, and recreation area designated by this title
shall be managed in accordance with applicable laws in-
cluding this Act and the laws, rules, and regulations appli-
cable to the National Forest System and, except as other-
wise specifically provided in this Act, in accordance with
the applicable land management plan for each such area
in effect on April 1, 1993, and revisions or amendments
to such plans that may be adopted from time to time that
are not inconsistent with this Act or such laws, rules, and
regulations.
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Except as provided in
subsection (a), nothing in this Act shall be construed to
affect or modify the process of revising or amending land
and resource management plans pursuant to section 6 of
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning
Act of 1974.
SEC. 212. MAP AND DESCRIPTION.
As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description of
each management area, wildlife corridor, historic area,
and recreation area designated under this title with the
Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on
Agriculture of the House of Representatives and with the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate. Each such map and description shall have the same
force and effect as if included in this Act, except that cor-
rection of clerical and typographical errors in such map
and legal description may be made. Each such map and
legal description shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service,
United States Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 213. WATER QUALITY ON THE PANHANDLE NATIONAL
FOREST.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall review the
water quality standards in effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act on the Panhandle National Forest to de-
termine if such standards are sufficient to protect fish-
eries, watersheds and water quality on that national for-
est. If the Secretary finds that such standards—
(1) are not sufficient, the Secretary shall de-
velop water quality standards which are sufficient to
protect fisheries, watersheds and water quality on
the national forest and include such standards in the
report required by subsection (b); or
(2) are sufficient but are not being met, the
Secretary shall address why such standards are not
being met in the report required by subsection (b).
(b) REPORT.—Within 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report
to the Congress which shall include the findings of the
Secretary under subsection (a) and any other matter re-
quired to be included in the report by subsection (a). Each
report shall contain a summary of the comments received
pursuant to subsection (c).
(c) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Secretary shall provide
an opportunity for public comment on the report before
submitting the report to Congress under subsection (b).
SEC. 214. MONITORING OF MANAGEMENT AREAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall review exist-
ing monitoring efforts by the State, Federal Government,
and Indian tribes for each of the management areas, wild-
life corridors, historic area, and recreation area designated
by this title to determine whether such efforts assure that
adequate information is available to assure compliance
with applicable standards in the land and resource man-
agement plan applicable to the management area. If under
such efforts adequate information—
(1) is not available, the Secretary shall develop
and implement a monitoring program to collect in-
formation that is needed; and
(2) is available, the Secretary shall, upon the
availability of such information, use such informa-
tion when implementing activities under the plan.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than four years after the
date of the enactment of this Act and every four years
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress
that assesses the effectiveness of these designations made
by this title to assure proper management of the des-
ignated areas, and the monitoring of those areas, includ-
ing the types of information being collected by the Sec-
retary pursuant to subsection (a). Each report shall con-
tain a summary of the comments received pursuant to sub-
section (c).
(c) PUBLIC COMMENT.—In implementing this section
and before submitting a report to Congress under sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall provide an opportunity for
public comment, including comment by scientists, inter-
ested agencies, and user groups.
TITLE III—RELEASE TO
MULTIPLE USE
SEC. 301. WILDERNESS REVIEW.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the Department of Agriculture has studied
the suitability of roadless areas for inclusion in the
National Wilderness Preservation System; and
(2) the Congress has made its own review and
examination of National Forest System roadless
areas in the State of Idaho and the environmental
impacts associated with alternative allocations of
such areas.
(b) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—On the basis of such review,
the Congress hereby determines and directs that without
otherwise passing on the question of the legal and factual
sufficiency of the wilderness suitability review of the land
and resource management plans and their associated envi-
ronmental impact statements for National Forest System
lands in the State of Idaho completed prior to the enact-
ment of this Act, determinations and recommendations as
to the suitability of roadless areas for inclusion in the Na-
tional Wilderness Preservation System and the environ-
mental analyses directly related to such determinations
and recommendations (prior to the revision of such plans)
shall not be subject to judicial review, except that—
(1) except for determinations and recommenda-
tions on suitability for inclusion in the National Wil-
derness Preservation System, nothing in this section
shall preclude judicial review of land and resource
management plans or decisions implementing such
plans or any decisions made concerning the manage-
ment of National Forest System lands other than
the suitability determinations; and
(2) except for wilderness suitability determina-
tions, nothing in this section shall preclude judicial
review of Forest Service regional guides and other
departmental policies of general applicability, nor
prevent a court from invalidating forest planning de-
cisions which fail to comply with applicable law.
(c) RELEASE.—Those National Forest System lands
in the State of Idaho which were not designated as wilder-
ness or management areas, wildlife corridors, historic
area, or recreation area by this Act shall be managed for
multiple use in accordance with land and resource man-
agement plans developed pursuant to section 6 of the For-
est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of
1974, as amended by the National Forest Management
Act of 1976, and other applicable law, and those areas
need not be managed for the purpose of protecting their
suitability for wilderness designation prior to or during re-
vision of the land and resource management plans.
(d) PLAN REVISIONS.—In the event that revised land
management plans in the State of Idaho are implemented
pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renew-
able Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the
National Forest Management Act of 1976, and other ap-
plicable law, areas not recommended for wilderness des-
ignation need not be managed for the purpose of protect-
ing their suitability for wilderness designation for a mini-
mum of 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act,
and areas recommended for wilderness designation shall
be managed for the purpose of protecting their suitability
for wilderness designation.
(e) FURTHER REVIEW.—Unless expressly authorized
by Congress, the Department of Agriculture shall not con-
duct any further statewide roadless area review and eval-
uation of National Forest System lands in the State of
Idaho for the purpose of determining their suitability for
inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
(f) REVISIONS.—As used in this section, and as pro-
vided in section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the Na-
tional Forest Management Act of 1976, the term ‘‘revi-
sion’’ shall not include an amendment to a land and re-
source management plan.
TITLE IV—IDAHO RURAL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 401. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Idaho’s rural communities are faced with
the need to diversify their economic base.
(2) The natural resources and the infrastruc-
ture of Idaho’s national forests need to be rehabili-
tated to enhance the quality of Idaho’s national for-
ests.
(3) Solutions to these issues can be complemen-
tary if employment opportunities are created that
accomplish the much needed natural resources work,
including the backlog of work which has accumu-
lated over time in Idaho.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this title are to in-
crease the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to provide
additional assistance under existing authority of such Sec-
retary to rural communities located in or near national
forests in the State of Idaho to aid in diversifying these
communities’ economic bases and to complete needed eco-
system restoration and rehabilitation projects to improve
the quality of Idaho’s national forest resources.
SEC. 402. ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION
PROJECTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall utilize the au-
thority of the National Forest-Dependent Rural Commu-
nities Diversification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6611 et seq.)
to effect the purposes of this title and shall promote eco-
system restoration and rehabilitation programs and
projects through technical assistance, grants, and coopera-
tive agreements with agencies of the State of Idaho, local
governments, organizations, private corporations, and
landowners.
(b) 
ECOSYSTEM
RESTORATION.—Rehabilitation
projects which may be carried out under subsection (a)
include—
(1) rehabilitation of watersheds and riparian
areas;
(2) closure of timber and other roads, oblitera-
tion of temporary roads, and revegetation and sta-
bilization of road cuts and fills;
(3) reduction of nonpoint source pollution
through revegetation;
(4) restoration and enhancement of fish and
wildlife habitat;
(5) silvicultural treatment of forest stands to
restore vigor, improve health, and reduce risk of
wildfire;
(6) riparian-related pasture fencing on range al-
lotments;
(7) rehabilitation of mines;
(8) inventory, treatment, and control of noxious
weeds; and
(9) maintenance of existing trails currently in
substandard condition.
(c) PRIORITIZING PROJECTS.—In establishing prior-
ity projects for the purposes of this section, the Secretary
shall give priority to the following:
(1) Implementation of projects which will allow
for future flexibility in commodity products from
limited watersheds and which would assist in chi-
nook salmon recovery efforts.
(2) Repair of high-volume recreation roads
which would greatly reduce sedimentation into criti-
cal anadromous fish waterways.
(d) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to the following
areas:
(1) PANHANDLE NATIONAL FOREST.—Priority
drainages listed as unscheduled in the forest plan for
the Idaho Panhandle National Forests (1987):
(A) COEUR D’ALENE RIVER DRAINAGE.—
(i) Steamboat Creek.
(ii) Flat Creek.
(iii) Downey Creek.
(iv) Bootjack Creek.
(v) Lieberg Creek.
(vi) Lavern Creek.
(vii) Cougar Creek.
(viii) Cabin Creek.
(ix) Comfey Creek.
(x) Browns Creek.
(xi) Haystack Creek.
(xii) Cottonwood Creek.
(xiii) Miners Creek.
(xiv) Fortier Creek.
(xv) Tie Creek.
(xvi) Cascade Creek.
(B) ST. JOE DRAINAGE.—
(i) Gold Creek.
(ii) Bruin Creek.
(iii) Quartz Creek.
(C) ST. MARIES RIVER DRAINAGE.—
(i) Fish Hook Creek.
(ii) Norton Creek.
(iii) West Fork Mary.
(iv) Little East Fork Emerald.
(v) Catspur.
(2) CLEARWATER NATIONAL FOREST.—
(A) Lolo Creek.
(B) Eldorado Creek.
(C) Yoosa Creek.
(D) Crooked Fork.
(E) Pete King.
(F) Canyon Creek.
(G) Deadman Creek.
(H) China Creek.
(I) Osier Creek.
(J) Laundry Creek.
(K) Sheep Creek.
(L) Sneak Creek.
(M) South Fork Beaver Creek.
(N) Quartz Creek.
(3) NEZ PERCE NATIONAL FOREST.—Projects
listed in the document entitled ‘‘Economic Sustain-
ability and Diversification Options, 1993’’.
(4) PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST.—
(A) Ruby Road.
(B) Grouse Creek Road.
(C) Lake Creek Road.
(D) California Lake.
(E) Projects listed in the document enti-
tled ‘‘South Fork Salmon River Restoration
Strategy’’, dated March 1989.
(5) BOISE NATIONAL FOREST.—
(A) MIDDLE FORK SALMON.—
(i) Elk Creek (trib to Bear Valley
Creek).
(ii) Bear Valley Creek.
(B) SOUTH FORK SALMON.—
(i) Upper South Fork Salmon.
(ii) Johnson Creek.
(C) BOISE RIVER.—
(i) Mores Creek.
(ii) Grimes Creek.
(iii) Lower South Fork Boise.
(iv) Upper South Fork Boise.
(v) North Fork Boise.
(D) PAYETTE RIVER.—
(i) Middle Fork Payette.
(ii) Squaw Creek Basin.
(e) PRIORITY COMMUNITIES.—In implementing this
section, the Secretary shall give priority consideration to—
(1) the areas of highest unemployment that are
in or near national forests in the State of Idaho; and
(2) rural communities in the State of Idaho
that have historically been dependent on national
forest system lands.
(f) RURAL COMMUNITY.—For the purposes of this
title, the term ‘‘rural community’’ has the same meaning
given such term by section 2374(3) of the National For-
est-Dependent Rural Communities Diversification Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 6612(3)).
SEC. 403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary to carry out this Act.
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