Sec. 202. Designation of biological connecting corridors

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To protect the life flow of the Northern Rockies Bioregion, the areas described in this section are hereby designated as biological connecting corridors. The designated biological connecting corridors are of two types, areas designated as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System in title I and areas subject to special corridor management requirements under section 203 in this title. Each biological connecting corridor shall be known by the name given it in the subsection establishing it.

Each map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service and the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 120,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, administered by the Bitterroot, Beaverhead-Deerlodge, or Lolo National Forest and land administered by the Missoula Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as Sapphire Mountains/Continental Divide Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203.

Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 129,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, administered by the Lolo National Forest are designated as Jocko Mountains/Cabinet Mountains Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203. Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 73,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, administered by the Lolo National Forest are designated as Nine Mile/Great Burn Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203.

Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 260,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and land administered by the Dillon or Butte Field Offices of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as Anaconda-Pintler-Divide Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203. Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 310,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Kootenai National Forest are designated as Ten Lakes/Cabinet/Yaak Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203.

Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 205,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Idaho Panhandle, Lolo or Kootenai National Forest are designated as Cabinet/Yaak/Great Burn Complex Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203. Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 96,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, administered by the Idaho Panhandle, Kootenai, or Colville National Forest are designated as the Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk Biological Connecting Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203.

Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 41,000, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Idaho Panhandle or Kootenai National Forest are designated as the Cabinet/Yaak/Canada Biological Connecting Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203. Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 147,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and land administered by the Dillon Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as Anaconda-Pintler/Bitterroot Mountains Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203.

Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 642,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Bitterroot, Caribou-Targhee, or Salmon-Challis National Forest and land administered by the Dillon or Salmon Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as the Frank Church/Greater Yellowstone Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203. Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 3,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests or Payette National Forest and land administered by the Cottonwood Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as the French Creek/Hells Canyon Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203.

Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 88,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Caribou-Targhee or Salmon-Challis National Forest and land administered by the Upper Snake or Challis Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as the Lemhi Mountains Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203. Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 64,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Salmon-Challis National Forest and land administered by the Upper Snake or Challis Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as the Lost River Range Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203.

Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 3,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Salmon-Challis National Forest and land administered by the Challis Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as the Frank Church Complex/Lemhi Range Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203. Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 88,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Salmon-Challis National Forest and land administered by the Upper Snake or Challis Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as the Boulder/White Clouds/Lost River Range Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203.

Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 20,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Salmon-Challis National Forest and land administered by the Challis Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as the Frank Church Complex/Lemhi Range Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203. Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 542,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Custer Gallatin, Helena or Lewis and Clark National Forest and land administered by the Lewistown Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as the Greater Glacier/Greater Yellowstone Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203.

Certain Federal lands comprising approximately 69,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled _____ and dated ______, within the Bridger-Teton or Shoshone National Forest and land administered by the Lewistown Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management are designated as the Mt. Leidy Highlands/Wind River Range Corridor and shall be subject to the special corridor management requirements under section 203.