underpasses, overpasses, and other methods for reducing
the danger to native wildlife while facilitating movements
within the bioregion.
(d) ROADLESS LANDS EVALUATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Roadless lands that are lo-
cated within the national forests in the State of
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming
and that are not designated as components of the
National Wilderness Preservation System (under
this or any other Act) shall be identified and evalu-
ated by the panel of independent scientists estab-
lished under subsection (a). In identifying and evalu-
ating these lands, the panel shall make use of exist-
ing satellite information and Geographic Information
System data developed by the Forest Service and
Fish and Wildlife Service, in addition to other infor-
mation sources. The panel shall study the role of
such lands in maintaining biological diversity 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 re-
quired by subsection (a).
(2) PROHIBITION.—Until the Congress deter-
mines otherwise, no new road construction or recon-
struction, or timber harvest (except firewood gather-
ing) shall be allowed in the lands described in para-
graph (1). Additionally, no oil or gas leasing, min-
ing, or other development which impairs the natural
and roadless qualities of these lands shall be allowed
on the lands.
(e) REVIEW BOARD.—The Secretaries of Agriculture
and the Interior shall establish a governmental review
board, containing equal numbers of participants from the
public and private sectors, to review the goals and man-
dates of all Federal agencies that are responsible for natu-
ral resource management and shall prepare and submit
to the Congress a report containing recommendations to
legally restate and unify the resource management man-
dates of such agencies. These recommendations shall be
guided by holistic and scientific methods of resource man-
agement, and shall seek to ensure the long-term health
of the Northern Rockies Bioregion’s ecology for this and
future generations. The report shall be submitted to the
Congress at the time that the report required by sub-
section (a) is submitted.
SEC. 11. NATIVE AMERICAN USES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In recognition of the past use of
portions (hereinafter in this section referred to as ‘‘pro-
tected areas’’) of the Wilderness areas, National Park and
Preserve Study areas, Wildland Recovery areas, and bio-
logical corridors designated by this Act by Native Ameri-
cans for traditional cultural and religious purposes, the
Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall ensure
nonexclusive access to these protected areas by native peo-
ple for such traditional cultural and religious purposes.
Such access shall be consistent with the purpose and in-
tent of Public Law 95–341 (92 Stat. 469; 42 U.S.C. 1996;
commonly known as the American Indian Religious Free-
dom 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 one or more
specific portions of these protected areas in order to pro-
tect the privacy of religious activities and cultural uses in
such portions by an Indian people. As part of the prepara-
tion of general management plans for the Wilderness
areas, National Park and Preserve Study areas, Wildland
Recovery areas, and biological corridors designated by this
Act, the Secretaries shall request that the chief executive
officers of appropriate Indian tribes make recommenda-
tions with respect to assuring access to important sites,
enhancing the privacy of traditional cultural and religious
activities, and protecting cultural and religious sites.
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Forest Service
shall enter into cooperative management agreements with
the appropriate Indian tribes to assure protection of reli-
gious, burial, and gathering sites in the protected areas,
and shall work cooperatively on the management of all
uses in the protected areas that impact Indian lands and
people.
SEC. 12. CULTURAL RESOURCES.
In managing the protected areas described in section
11 in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Sec-
retaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall give particu-
lar emphasis to the preservation and protection of cultural
resources located within these areas, in accordance with
the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16
U.S.C. 470aa-470mm) and the National Historic Preser-
vation Act (16 U.S.C. 470-470x-6). Cultural resources
within the protected areas described in section 11 shall
be managed in consultation with State Historic Preserva-
tion Officers, Indian tribes, and other appropriate parties
in the States affected, with emphasis on the preservation
of resources in the areas and the interpretive, educational,
and long-term scientific uses of these resources.
SEC. 13. WATER.
(a) RESERVATION.—With respect to each wilderness
area designated by this Act, the Congress hereby reserves
a quantity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes for