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16 U.S.C. § 460vvv — Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area
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**(a) Designation** The approximately 7,254 acres of land in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest identified as the “Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area”, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Proposed Management” and dated September 17, 2008, is designated as the Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area.
**(b) Map and legal description**
(1) **In general** — As soon as practicable after March 30, 2009, the Secretary shall file a map and legal description of the Recreation Area with—
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
(2) **Force of law** — The map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subtitle, except that the Secretary may correct any errors in the map and legal description.
(3) **Public availability** — The map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service.
**(c) Management**
(1) **Interim management** — Until completion of the management plan required under subsection (d), and except as provided in paragraph (2), the Recreation Area shall be managed in accordance with the Toiyabe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan of 1986 (as in effect on March 30, 2009).
(2) **Use of snowmobiles** — The winter use of snowmobiles shall be allowed in the Recreation Area—
(A) during periods of adequate snow coverage during the winter season; and
(B) subject to any terms and conditions determined to be necessary by the Secretary.
**(d) Management plan** To ensure the sound management and enforcement of the Recreation Area, the Secretary shall, not
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**(a) Designation** The approximately 7,254 acres of land in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest identified as the “Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area”, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Proposed Management” and dated September 17, 2008, is designated as the Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area.
**(b) Map and legal description**
(1) **In general** — As soon as practicable after March 30, 2009, the Secretary shall file a map and legal description of the Recreation Area with—
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
(2) **Force of law** — The map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subtitle, except that the Secretary may correct any errors in the map and legal description.
(3) **Public availability** — The map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service.
**(c) Management**
(1) **Interim management** — Until completion of the management plan required under subsection (d), and except as provided in paragraph (2), the Recreation Area shall be managed in accordance with the Toiyabe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan of 1986 (as in effect on March 30, 2009).
(2) **Use of snowmobiles** — The winter use of snowmobiles shall be allowed in the Recreation Area—
(A) during periods of adequate snow coverage during the winter season; and
(B) subject to any terms and conditions determined to be necessary by the Secretary.
**(d) Management plan** To ensure the sound management and enforcement of the Recreation Area, the Secretary shall, not later than 1 year after March 30, 2009, undergo a public process to develop a winter use management plan that provides for—
(1) adequate signage;
(2) a public education program on allowable usage areas;
(3) measures to ensure adequate sanitation;
(4) a monitoring and enforcement strategy; and
(5) measures to ensure the protection of the Trail.
**(e) Enforcement** The Secretary shall prioritize enforcement activities in the Recreation Area—
(1) to prohibit degradation of natural resources in the Recreation Area;
(2) to prevent interference with nonmotorized recreation on the Trail; and
(3) to reduce user conflicts in the Recreation Area.
**(f) Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail** The Secretary shall establish an appropriate snowmobile crossing point along the Trail in the area identified as “Pacific Crest Trail Proposed Crossing Area” on the map entitled “Humboldt-Toiyable National Forest Proposed Management” and dated September 17, 2008—
(1) in accordance with—
(A) the National Trails System Act ([16 U.S.C. 1241](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1241&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(B) any applicable environmental and public safety laws; and
(2) subject to the terms and conditions the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure that the crossing would not—
(A) interfere with the nature and purposes of the Trail; or
(B) harm the surrounding landscape.
**(g) Military activities at United States Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center** The designation of the Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area by this section is not intended to restrict or preclude the activities conducted by the United States Armed Forces at the United States Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center.
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**(a)** The following units of the National Forest System are hereby expanded:
(1) Chugach National Forest by the addition of four areas, Nellie Juan, College Fjord, Copper/Rude River, and Controller Bay, containing approximately one million nine hundred thousand acres of public land, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Chugach National Forest additions—proposed”, and dated October 1978; and
(2) Tongass National Forest by the addition of three areas, Kates Needle, Juneau Icefield, and Brabazon Range, containing approximately one million four hundred and fifty thousand acres of public lands, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Tongass National Forest additions—proposed”, and dated October 1978.
**(b)** Subject to valid existing rights, lands added to the Tongass and Chugach National Forests by this section shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Act and the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national forest system: Provided, That the conservation of fish and wildlife and their habitat shall be the primary purpose for the management of the Copper/Rude River addition and the Copper River-Bering River portion of the existing Chugach National Forest, as generally depicted on the map appropriately referenced and dated October 1978: Provided, That the taking of fish and wildlife shall be permitted within zones established by this subsection pursuant to the provisions of this Act and other applicable State and Federal law. Multiple use activities shall be permitted in a manner consistent with the conservation of fish and wildlife and their habitat as set forth in special regulations which shall be promulgated by the Secretary.
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**(a) Considerations for determining establishment of trails** In order to provide for the ever-increasing outdoor recreation needs of an expanding population and in order to promote the preservation of, public access to, travel within, and enjoyment and appreciation of the open-air, outdoor areas and historic resources of the Nation, trails should be established (i) primarily, near the urban areas of the Nation, and (ii) secondarily, within scenic areas and along historic travel routes of the Nation, which are often more remotely located.
**(b) Initial components** The purpose of this chapter is to provide the means for attaining these objectives by instituting a national system of recreation, scenic and historic trails, by designating the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail as the initial components of that system, and by prescribing the methods by which, and standards according to which, additional components may be added to the system.
**(c) Volunteer citizen involvement** The Congress recognizes the valuable contributions that volunteers and private, nonprofit trail groups have made to the development and maintenance of the Nation’s trails. In recognition of these contributions, it is further the purpose of this chapter to encourage and assist volunteer citizen involvement in the planning, development, maintenance, and management, where appropriate, of trails.
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**(a) Designation of wilderness areas; filing of maps and descriptions with Congressional committees; correction of errors; public records; availability of records in regional offices** All areas within the national forests classified at least 30 days before September 3, 1964 by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Chief of the Forest Service as “wilderness”, “wild”, or “canoe” are hereby designated as wilderness areas. The Secretary of Agriculture shall—
(1) Within one year after September 3, 1964, file a map and legal description of each wilderness area with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, and such descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if included in this chapter: Provided, however, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal descriptions and maps may be made.
(2) Maintain, available to the public, records pertaining to said wilderness areas, including maps and legal descriptions, copies of regulations governing them, copies of public notices of, and reports submitted to Congress regarding pending additions, eliminations, or modifications. Maps, legal descriptions, and regulations pertaining to wilderness areas within their respective jurisdictions also shall be available to the public in the offices of regional foresters, national forest supervisors, and forest rangers.
**(b) Review by Secretary of Agriculture of classifications as primitive areas; Presidential recommendations to Congress; approval of Congress; size of primitive areas; Gore Range-Eagles Nest Primitive Area, Colorado** The Secretary of Agriculture shall, within ten years after September 3, 1964, review, as to its suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness, each area in th
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**(a) Designation** The following rivers and the land adjacent thereto are hereby designated as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system:
(1) **Clearwater, Middle Fork, Idaho—** — The Middle Fork from the town of Kooskia upstream to the town of Lowell; the Lochsa River from its junction with the Selway at Lowell forming the Middle Fork, upstream to the Powell Ranger Station; and the Selway River from Lowell upstream to its origin; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(2) **Eleventh Point, Missouri—** — The segment of the river extending downstream from Thomasville to State Highway 142; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) **Feather, California—** — The entire Middle Fork downstream from the confluence of its tributary streams one kilometer south of Beckwourth, California; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(4) **Rio Grande, New Mexico—** — The segment extending from the Colorado State line downstream to the State Highway 96 crossing, and the lower four miles of the Red River; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
(5) **Rogue, oregon.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The segment of the river extending from the mouth of the Applegate River downstream to the Lobster Creek Bridge, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as agreed to by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture or as directed by the President.
(B) *Additions.—* — In addition to the segment described in subparagraph (A), there are designated the following segments in the Rogue River:
(i) *Kelsey creek.—* — The approximately 6.8-mile segment of Kelsey Creek from the Wild Rogue Wilderness boundary in T. 32 S., R. 9 W., sec. 25, Willamette Meridian, to the confluence with th
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**(a) Designation** To conserve and protect the Ancient Bristlecone Pines by maintaining near-natural conditions and to ensure the survival of the Pines for the purposes of public enjoyment and scientific study, the approximately 31,700 acres of public land in the State, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest—Proposed” and dated July 16, 2008, is designated as the “Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest”.
**(b) Map and legal description**
(1) **In general** — As soon as practicable, but not later than 3 years after March 30, 2009, the Secretary shall file a map and legal description of the Forest with—
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
(2) **Force of law** — The map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subtitle, except that the Secretary may correct any errors in the map and legal description.
(3) **Public availability** — The map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service.
**(c) Management**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall administer the Forest—
(A) in a manner that—
(i) protect 11 So in original. Probably should be “protects”. the resources and values of the area in accordance with the purposes for which the Forest is established, as described in subsection (a); and
(ii) promotes the objectives of the applicable management plan (as in effect on March 30, 2009), including objectives relating to—
(I) the protection of bristlecone pines for public enjoyment and scientific study;
(II) the recognition of the botanical
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1241
Sec.
1243.
National recreation trails; establishment and
designation; prerequisites.
1244.
National scenic and national historic trails.
1245.
Connecting or side trails; establishment, des-
ignation, and marking as components of na-
tional trails system; location.
1246.
Administration and development of national
trails system.
1247.
State and local area recreation and historic
trails.
1248.
Easements and rights-of-way.
1249.
Authorization of appropriations.
1250.
Volunteer trails assistance.
1251.
Definitions.
§ 1241. Congressional statement of policy and
declaration of purpose
(a) Considerations for determining establish-
ment of trails
In order to provide for the ever-increasing out-
door recreation needs of an expanding popu-
lation and in order to promote the preservation
of, public access to, travel within, and enjoy-
ment and appreciation of the open-air, outdoor
areas and historic resources of the Nation, trails
should be established (i) primarily, near the
urban areas of the Nation, and (ii) secondarily,
within scenic areas and along historic travel
routes of the Nation, which are often more re-
motely located.
(b) Initial components
The purpose of this chapter is to provide the
means for attaining these objectives by insti-
tuting a national system of recreation, scenic
and historic trails, by designating the Appa-
lachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail as the
initial components of that system, and by pre-
scribing the methods by which, and standards
according to which, additional components may
be added to the system.
(c) Volunteer citizen involvement
The Congress recognizes the valuable con-
tributions that volunteers and private, nonprofit
trail groups have made to the develop
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 460vvv
Section 1202, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), is section
1202 of Pub. L. 111–11, which enacted provisions listed in
a table of National Memorials set out under section
320301 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related
Programs, and enacted and amended provisions listed
in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under section 1132
of this title.
The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), is
Pub. L. 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, which is classi-
fied generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 1131 of this title
and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
DEFINITIONS
Pub. L. 111–11, title I, § 1201, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat.
1007, provided that: ‘‘In this subtitle [subtitle C
(§§ 1201–1207) of title I of Pub. L. 111–11, see References
in Text note above]:
‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the
Secretary of Agriculture.
‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the State of
Oregon.’’
SUBCHAPTER CXXXIII—BRIDGEPORT
WINTER RECREATION AREA
§ 460vvv. Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area
(a) Designation
The approximately 7,254 acres of land in the
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest identified as
the ‘‘Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area’’, as
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Hum-
boldt-Toiyabe National Forest Proposed Man-
agement’’ and dated September 17, 2008, is des-
ignated as the Bridgeport Winter Recreation
Area.
(b) Map and legal description
(1) In general
As soon as practicable after March 30, 2009,
the Secretary shall file a map and legal de-
scription of the Recreation Area with—
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources
of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the C
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