Sec. 3060. Alpine Lakes Wilderness additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers protection
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There is designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System certain Federal land in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the State of Washington comprising approximately 22,173 acres that is within the Proposed Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions Boundary, as generally depicted on the map entitled Proposed Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and dated December 3, 2009, which is incorporated in and shall be considered to be a part of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Subject to valid existing rights, the land designated as wilderness by paragraph
(1)shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), in accordance with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ), except that any reference in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description of the land designated as wilderness by paragraph
(1)with— the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. A map and legal description filed under clause
(i)shall have the same force and effect as if included in this section, except that the Secretary may correct minor errors in the map and legal description. The map and legal description filed under clause
(i)shall be filed and made available for public inspection in the appropriate office of the Forest Service. Any land or interests in land within the Proposed Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions Boundary, as generally depicted on the map entitled Proposed Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and dated December 3, 2009, that is acquired by the United States shall— become part of the wilderness area; and be managed in accordance with paragraph (2)(A). Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1274(a) ) is amended by inserting after paragraph (208), as added by section 3040(e), the following: The 27.4-mile segment from the headwaters of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River near La Bohn Gap in NE 1/4 sec. 20, T. 24 N., R. 13 E., to the northern boundary of sec. 11, T. 23 N., R. 9 E., to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in the following classifications: The approximately 6.4-mile segment from the headwaters of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River near La Bohn Gap in NE 1/4 sec. 20, T. 24 N., R. 13 E., to the west section line of sec. 3, T. 23 N., R. 12 E., as a wild river. The approximately 21-mile segment from the west section line of sec. 3, T. 23 N., R. 12 E., to the northern boundary of sec. 11, T. 23 N., R. 9 E., as a scenic river. The entirety of the Pratt River in the State of Washington, located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river. . No land or interest in land within the boundary of the river segment designated by paragraph
(209)of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1274(a) ) may be acquired by condemnation. Nothing in paragraph
(209)of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1274(a) ) creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone outside the designated boundary of the river segment designated by that paragraph. The fact that an activity or use can be seen or heard within the boundary of the river segment designated by paragraph
(209)of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1274(a) ) shall not preclude the activity or use outside the boundary of the river segment.
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Sec. 3060
Alpine Lakes Wilderness additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers protection
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