Sec. 5. Development of management plan
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Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries, collaborating at regular periods, shall— develop, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and in collaboration with the advisory council, a comprehensive plan for the protection and management of the national monument to fulfill the purposes of the national monument; and submit the management plan to Congress before making it available to the public.
The management plan developed under this section shall— describe the appropriate uses and management of the national monument; identify short-term and long-term management actions and prioritize the management actions based on projected availability of resources; protect and preserve Indian sacred sites (as defined in section 1(b) of Executive Order 13007 of May 24, 1996) and allow for Indian tribal members to access those sites for traditional, cultural, spiritual, and tree and forest product, food, and medicine-gathering purposes; include appropriate transportation planning that addresses the actions, including road closures or travel restrictions, necessary to protect the objects of the national monument and to further the purposes of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.); provide for the development and implementation of credible science-based ecological restoration projects that provide for the retention of old growth and large diameter trees, developed in coordination with the advisory council, with the intent of restoring natural fire regimes, enhancing old growth forest characteristics, and assisting in the recovery and maintaining the viability of at-risk, threatened, and endangered species; evaluate the naturally dark time conditions and propose goals and management directives to retain current characteristics; and provide for continued recreational use of the national monument, including hunting, hiking, camping, mountain biking, birding, and horseback riding, to the extent such recreational use is consistent with this Act and applicable law.
In developing and implementing the management plan, and to the extent consistent with this section, the Secretaries— shall solicit extensive public input; shall take into consideration any information developed in studies of the land within the national monument; shall assess available climate change information pertinent to the national monument and include standards and practices to ensure the preservation of wildlife corridors and facilitate species migration; shall identify opportunities to promote voluntary cooperative conservation projects with tribal, State, local, and private interests; shall take into consideration land uses (including tribal treaty and statutory rights) on the Federal lands within the national monument on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act; and may incorporate any provision from a resource management plan, land and resource management plan, or any other plan applicable to the national monument.
The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall formally collaborate with the Grand Canyon-associated tribes in the development of the management plan and in the ongoing management of the national monument. In carrying out this Act, the Secretaries may make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements and shared management arrangements with, federally recognized Indian tribes, with special emphasis on collaboration with the Grand Canyon-associated tribes, to conduct research, develop scientific analyses, and carry out any other initiative relating to the restoration, conservation, or management of the national monument.
The Secretary of the Interior may approve funding arrangements under the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 458aa et seq.) for management of programs and functions related to the management and protection of Traditional Cultural Properties and other culturally significant programming.
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