Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-81
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-01-10
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fires

Forests, forestry, trees

Oregon

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill (1) modifies the boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area in Oregon to exclude approximately 688 acres of public land, and (2) directs the Department of the Interior to manage such land to improve fire resiliency and forest health. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 81 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 10, 2019 Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Merkley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act . 2. Boundary adjustment, Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area boundary adjustment, Oregon (a) Boundary adjustment The boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area is modified to exclude approximately 688 acres of public land, as depicted on the map entitled Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area (WSA) Proposed Boundary Adjustment and dated September 26, 2018. (b) Effect of exclusion (1) In general The public land excluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under subsection (a)— (A) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1782(c) ); and (B) shall be managed in accordance with— (i) this section; (ii) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and (iii) any applicable resource management plan. (2) Management The Secretary of the Interior shall manage the land excluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under subsection (a) to improve fire resiliency and forest health, including the conduct of wildfire prevention and response activities, as appropriate. (3) Off-road recreational motorized use The Secretary of the Interior shall not permit off-road recreational motorized use on the public land excluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under subsection (a).