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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 5335 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture throug... · Sec. 8406

Sec. 8406. Shawnee National Forest designations

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In this section: The term designated natural area means an area determined to be of exceptional ecological, botanical, geologic, scenic, or archeological value by— the Secretary; and the State of Illinois; or the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service. The term designated research natural area means an area that has been selected by the Secretary, and is managed by the Forest Service, for scientific research value. The term map means the map prepared and submitted by the Forest Service under subsection (e)(1).
The term Secretary means the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service. The term Special Management Area means a Special Management Area established by subsection (c)(1). In accordance with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ), certain land in the Shawnee National Forest in the State of Illinois managed by the Forest Service, comprising approximately 750 acres and generally depicted on the map, is designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and shall be known as the Camp Hutchins Wilderness .
Subject to valid existing rights, the Camp Hutchins Wilderness shall be administered by 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 shall be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act. Forest Road 211 shall be closed to public vehicular traffic and shall be maintained as a hiking trail, including the eastern extension of Forest Road 211 formerly known as the Hutchins Creek Spur up to the area known as Hutchins Creek Corridor , as generally depicted on the map.
Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land within the Camp Hutchins Wilderness, including any land or interest in land that is acquired by the United States within the Camp Hutchins Wilderness after the date of enactment of this Act, is withdrawn from— entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. Subject to valid existing rights, the following Special Management Areas within the Shawnee National Forest in the State of Illinois are established:
Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, comprising approximately 2,953 acres and generally depicted on the map. Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, comprising approximately 3,445 acres and generally depicted on the map. Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, comprising approximately 6,310 acres and generally depicted on the map. The purposes of the Special Management Areas are— to conserve, protect, and enhance the ecological, scenic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historic, educational, and scientific resources of the Special Management Areas for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations; to promote biodiversity and control invasive species; and to allow for the continuation of restoration efforts and scientific study of the designated natural areas and designated research natural areas within the Special Management Areas.
The Secretary shall administer the Special Management Areas— in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the purposes for which the Special Management Areas are established; and in accordance with— this subsection; and other applicable laws. Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a comprehensive management plan for the long-term protection and management of the Special Management Areas. The Secretary shall allow only uses of the Special Management Areas that are consistent with the purposes for which the Special Management Areas are established.
The Secretary may use prescribed fire to sustain the ecological structure and composition of the Special Management Areas to sustain the biodiversity of the Special Management Areas. The Secretary may use herbicides, insecticides, and mechanized equipment in the control of fire, insects, disease, and invasive species, including the use of chainsaws, drones, aircraft, pickup trucks, all-terrain vehicles, and rubber and tracked vehicles to carry out management of the Special Management Areas approved by the Secretary.
In carrying out management of the Special Management Areas, the Secretary shall use the best available technology and science. Except in cases in which motorized vehicles are needed for administrative purposes, emergency response, or access on established roads accessing trailheads, or are essential to provide off-road access for ecosystem management of habitat, the use of motor vehicles in the Special Management Areas shall be prohibited. The Secretary shall decommission and remove roads within the Special Management Areas, except roads needed for management or access to trailheads, as soon as practicable.
Commercial timber harvesting, except as needed for fire, insect, and disease control, and for visitor and administrative safety, in the Special Management Areas shall be prohibited. Thinning of trees and other vegetation in the Special Management Areas shall be permitted for restoration of the designated natural areas and designated research natural areas and to further the management objectives described in this subsection. Access to private inholdings in the Special Management Areas shall be preserved.
The Secretary shall acquire any private inholdings in the Special Management Areas by purchase or exchange as soon as feasible. Hunting shall be permitted in the Special Management Areas as permitted by the State of Illinois and in accordance with regulations of the State of Illinois and regulations of the Forest Service. Trapping shall not be permitted in the Special Management Areas. Access within the Special Management Areas by hunters in motorized vehicles shall be prohibited.
The Secretary shall allow organized groups of volunteers to participate in ecological restoration activities under the guidance of Forest Service ecologists and botanists within the Special Management Areas through cooperative agreements. The Secretary shall allow access to the Special Management Areas for scientific research by qualified individuals and organizations, as determined by the Secretary. The Supervisor of the Shawnee National Forest shall have the authority, without requiring the permission of the Secretary, to make management decisions concerning any designated natural area or designated research natural area within the Special Management Areas pursuant to the land and resource management plan for the Shawnee National Forest.
Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land within the Special Management Areas, including any land or interest in land that is acquired by the United States within the Special Management Areas after the date of enactment of this Act, is withdrawn from— entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives the maps and legal descriptions of each of the Special Management Areas filed under subsection (e)(1).
Annually, the Secretary shall make publicly available on the website of the Shawnee National Forest information describing the progress in achieving the management objectives described in this subsection. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file with the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a map and legal description that contains maps and boundary descriptions of— the Camp Hutchins Wilderness; and each of the Special Management Areas.
The map and legal description filed under paragraph
(1)shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and legal description. The map and legal description filed under paragraph
(1)shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate office of the Secretary and on the Forest Service website.
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