Sec. 207. Special management and recreation management areas
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To conserve, protect, and enhance the scenic, fish and wildlife, recreational, backcountry heritage, and other natural resource values of the areas, the following areas in the State are designated for special management by the Secretary concerned in accordance with this section: Certain Federal land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, comprising approximately 5,011 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Highlands Wilderness Area and Special Management Area and dated September 13, 2010, which is designated as the Highlands Special Management Area .
Certain Federal land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, comprising approximately 14,589 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Lost Creek Recreation Management Area and dated September 13, 2010, which is designated as the Lost Creek Recreation Management Area . Certain Federal land in the Lolo National Forest, comprising approximately 1,859 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Bob Marshall, Mission Mountains and Scapegoat Wilderness Additions and Otatsy Recreation Management Area and dated September 13, 2010, which is designated as the Otatsy Recreation Management Area .
Certain Federal land in the Kootenai National Forest, comprising approximately 3,715 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Roderick Wilderness and Special Management Area and Three Rivers Special Management Area and dated September 13, 2010, which is designated as the Roderick Special Management Area . Certain Federal land in the Kootenai National Forest, comprising approximately 71,994 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Roderick Wilderness and Special Management Area and Three Rivers Special Management Area and dated September 13, 2010, which is designated as the Three Rivers Special Management Area .
Certain Federal land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, comprising approximately 19,641 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Electric Peak Wilderness and Thunderbolt Creek Recreation Management Area and dated September 13, 2010, which is designated as the Thunderbolt Recreation Management Area . Certain Federal land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, comprising approximately 29,186 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Tobacco Roots Recreation Management Area and dated September 13, 2010, which is designated as the Tobacco Roots Recreation Management Area .
Certain Federal land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest comprising approximately 95,144 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled West Big Hole Wilderness and Recreation Management Area and dated September 13, 2010, which is designated as the West Big Hole Recreation Management Area . Certain Federal land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, comprising approximately 128,361 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled West Pioneers Wilderness and Recreation Management Area and dated September 13, 2010, which is designated as the West Pioneers Recreation Management Area .
The Secretary concerned shall administer each area designated by subsection (a)— in furtherance of the purposes for which the area is established; and in accordance with— this section; and any laws (including regulations) relating to the National Forest System. Nothing in this title precludes the Secretary concerned from closing any trail or area located in the areas designated by subsection (a)— to protect a natural resource; or to help ensure public safety. Subject to valid existing rights, any Federal land within an area designated by subsection
(a)(including any Federal land acquired after the date of enactment of this Act for inclusion in an area designated by subsection (a)) is withdrawn from all forms of— entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. Except as provided in subparagraph
(B)or as authorized under subsection (c), timber harvesting shall not be permitted within an area designated by subsection (a). Timber harvesting may be permitted in an area designated by subsection
(a)to the extent consistent with protecting and preserving the purposes of the areas designated by subsection
(a)for purposes relating to the necessary control of fire, insects, and diseases. Nothing in this section affects the use of motorized or mechanized vehicles that the Secretary concerned determines is necessary for administrative use or to respond to an emergency. Except as authorized under subsection (c), nothing in this section prohibits— the use of mechanized vehicles, access by pedestrians, or horse travel within the areas designated by subsection (a); or the construction of trails for use by mechanized vehicles, pedestrians, and horse travel within the areas designated by subsection (a). The Secretary concerned may allow for the collection of firewood for noncommercial personal use within the areas designated by subsection (a)— in accordance with any applicable laws; and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary concerned determines to be appropriate. No permanent campground may be constructed within the Highlands Special Management Area. Except as provided in subparagraph (C), and as necessary for administrative use or to respond to an emergency, the use of motorized or mechanized vehicles within the Highlands Special Management Area shall be prohibited. Nothing in this section affects— the reasonable access of the government of the applicable county to operate and maintain the communication site located on Table Mountain under a special use permit issued by the Forest Service; and the reasonable access of the city of Butte, Montana, to operate, maintain, and if necessary, upgrade or replace the water supply pipeline within the Highlands Special Management Area in existence as of the date of enactment of this Act for the city of Butte (including the surrounding community of the city of Butte). Nothing in this section precludes or restricts the authority of the Secretary concerned to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Defense or the Montana National Guard to authorize limited and scheduled landings of aircraft in the Highlands Special Management Area. Subject to any terms and conditions the Secretary concerned determines to be necessary, the use of motorized vehicles within the Lost Creek, Thunderbolt, and West Pioneers Recreation Management Areas shall be limited to— roads, trails, or areas that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are designated roads, trails, or areas; and during periods of adequate snow cover, the areas authorized for snowmobile use as of the date of enactment of this Act. No permanent campground may be constructed within the Lost Creek Recreation Area. The use of motorized and mechanized vehicles in the Otatsy Recreation Management Area shall be permitted only on the roads, trails, and areas that are designated for use by motorized and mechanized vehicles by the management plan required under subparagraph (B). Until the date on which the management plan required under subparagraph
(B)is approved, and subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary concerned determines to be necessary, the use of motorized or mechanized vehicles in the Otatsy Recreation Management Area shall be limited to the roads and trails designated for such use as of the date of enactment of this Act, except that during periods of adequate snow cover, the use of snowmobiles shall be allowed within the Otatsy Recreation Management Area. The Secretary concerned shall prepare a management plan for the Otatsy Recreation Management Area as part of the first revision of the applicable forest plan that is carried out after the date of enactment of this Act. Except as provided in subparagraphs
(B)and (C), the use of motorized or mechanized vehicles within the Three Rivers Special Management Area and the Roderick Special Management Area shall be limited to the roads on which use by highway legal vehicles is permitted as of the date of enactment of this Act. Subject to any terms and conditions the Secretary concerned determines to be necessary, during periods of adequate snow cover, the use of snowmobiles shall be allowed in the areas designated as motorized in the map entitled “Roderick Wilderness and Special Management Area and Three Rivers Special Management Area” and dated September 13, 2010. The Secretary concerned may authorize the use of nonmotorized game carts in the area identified as Roderick Special Management Area on the map described in subparagraph (B). No permanent campground may be constructed in the Three Rivers Special Management Area or the Roderick Special Management Area. Subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary concerned determines to be necessary, the use of motorized vehicles shall be limited to the roads and trails in the Tobacco Roots Recreation Management Area designated for such use as of the date of enactment of this Act. Subject to any terms and conditions the Secretary concerned determines to be necessary, the use of motorized vehicles within the West Big Hole Recreation Management Area shall be limited to— the roads, trails, and areas that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are designated roads, trails, or areas; and during periods of adequate snow cover, the areas authorized for snowmobile use as of the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary concerned may authorize post and pole, firewood, and fuel reduction timber projects in the West Big Hole Recreation Management Area, subject to such terms and conditions that the Secretary concerned determines to be appropriate.