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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 996 (Introduced in House) — To designate certain National Forest System lands and certain public lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of... · Sec. 104

Sec. 104. Greater Salmon/Selway ecosystem

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In order to protect the unique ecosystem of the Greater Yellowstone region, the areas described in this section are hereby designated as wilderness. The following areas are incorporated into the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness: Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest comprising approximately 10,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest comprising approximately 2,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest and land administered by the Cottonwood Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately 99,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 64,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 20,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest and the Bitterroot National Forest comprising approximately 70,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest and the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 11,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest and the Sawtooth National Forest comprising approximately 109,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 303,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 59,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
The Gospel Hump additions consisting of approximately 55,000 acres administered by the Nez Perce National Forest are incorporated into the Gospel Hump Wilderness. The following areas are incorporated into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness: Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 75,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 59,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 90,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests and on land administered by the Cottonwood Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately 215,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests and the Lolo National Forest comprising approximately 18,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Bitterroot National Forest and the Nez-Perce National Forest comprising approximately 123,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest, Sawtooth National Forest and the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 540,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Sawtooth Wilderness.
The following areas within the Great Burn Wildlands Complex are designated as new components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests and the Lolo National Forest comprising approximately 255,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Great Burn (Hoodoo) Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, the Idaho Panhandle National Forest, and the Lolo National Forest comprising approximately 62,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Upper North Fork Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, the Idaho Panhandle National Forest, and the Lolo National Forest comprising approximately 68,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Sheep Mountain/State Line Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests and the Idaho Panhandle National Forest comprising approximately 260,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Mallard-Larkins Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 260,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Bighorn-Weitas Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 7,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Eldorado Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 22,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Moose Mountain Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests approximately 118,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the North Lochsa Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests approximately 51,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Pot Mountain Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Siwash Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 22,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Weir-Post Office Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National Forest comprising approximately 19,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Mosquito Fly Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Midget Peak Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Lolo National Forest comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated _____, which shall be known as Stark Mountain Wilderness. The following areas within the Little Slate Creek Wildlands Complex are designated as new components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 12,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Little Slate Creek Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 6,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Little Slate Creek North Wilderness. The following areas are designated as new components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest comprising approximately 170,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the French Creek/Patrick Butte Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Crystal Mountain Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest comprising approximately 248,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Secesh Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest and the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 161,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Needles Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest and the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 85,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Caton Lake Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest and the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 5,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Poison Creek Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest and the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 29,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Meadow Creek Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Mount Heinen Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 11,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Reeves Creek Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 192,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Peace Rock Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 52,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Deadwood Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Whitehawk Mountain Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Stony Meadows Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 8,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Scriver Creek Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Grimes Pass Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Gallagher Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 8,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Corski Creek Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest and the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 115,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Bull Trout Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 20,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Breadwinner Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 15,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Elk Creek Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 23,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Steel Mountain Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 31,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Rainbow Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 14,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Grand Mountain Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 70,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Sheep Creek Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 34,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Snowbank Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 26,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the House Mountain Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 30,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Danskin Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 15,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Cow Creek Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 8,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Wilson Peak Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Lost Man Creek Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Whiskey Jack Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 8,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Cathedral Rocks Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest and the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 97,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Lime Creek Wilderness.
H ara falls creek wilderness Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 33,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the O’Hara Falls Creek Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 7,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Lick Point Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Clear Creek Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 21,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Silver Creek-Pilot Knob Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Dixie Summit-Nut Hill Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 11,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the North Fork Slate Creek Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising approximately 10,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the John Day Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 8,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Perreau Creek Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Napias Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 51,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Napolean Ridge Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 14,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Jesse Creek Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 12,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Haystack Mountain Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Phelan Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 35,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Sheepeater Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 13,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the South Fork Deep Creek Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Cobalt Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 25,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Jureano Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the South Panther Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 8,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Musgrove Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 63,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Taylor Mountain Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 99,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Martin Creek Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 65,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the White Knob Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 47,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Porphyry Peak Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 12,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Greylock Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 11,000 as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Copper Basin Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Cold Springs Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest and the Salmon-Challis National Forest and on land administered by the Shoshone Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately 308,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Pioneer Mountain Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest and the Salmon-Challis National Forest comprising approximately 51,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Railroad Ridge Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest, the Salmon-Challis National Forest and on land administered by the Challis Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately 463,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Boulder/White Clouds Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest comprising approximately 57,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Buttercup Mountain Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Elk Ridge Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National Forest and on land administered by the Coeur d’Alene Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately 35,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Grandmother Mountain Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Idaho Panhandle National Forest and on land administered by the Coeur d’Alene Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Pinchot Butte Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest comprising approximately 11,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Liberal Mountain Wilderness.
Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest and the Boise National Forest comprising approximately 18,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Horse Heaven Wilderness. Certain Federal land within the Payette National Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, which shall be known as the Chimney Rock Wilderness.
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