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(continued)
Area in the State of Colorado and the State of Utah.
(b) Areas included
The Conservation Area shall consist of approximately 122,300
acres of public land as generally depicted on the Map.

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(Pub. L. 106-353, Sec. 4, Oct. 24, 2000, 114 Stat. 1375.)

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 460mmm, 460mmm-1 of this
title.

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16 USC Sec. 460mmm-3 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXIV - COLORADO CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

-HEAD-
Sec. 460mmm-3. Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness designation

-STATUTE-
Certain lands in Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah,
which comprise approximately 75,550 acres as generally depicted on
the Map, are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore as a
component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such
component shall be known as the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness.

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(Pub. L. 106-353, Sec. 5, Oct. 24, 2000, 114 Stat. 1375.)

-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 460mmm-1 of this title.

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16 USC Sec. 460mmm-4 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXIV - COLORADO CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

-HEAD-
Sec. 460mmm-4. Management

-STATUTE-
(a) Conservation Area
The Secretary shall manage the Conservation Area in a manner that
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(1) conserves, protects, and enhances the resources of the
Conservation Area specified in section 460mmm(b) (!1) of this
title; and

(2) is in accordance with -
(A) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(B) other applicable law, including this subchapter.
(b) Uses
The Secretary shall allow only such uses of the Conservation Area
as the Secretary determines will further the purposes for which the
Conservation Area is established.
(c) Withdrawals
Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land within the
Conservation Area and the Wilderness and all land and interests in
land acquired for the Conservation Area or the Wilderness by the
United States are withdrawn from -
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the
public land laws;
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(3) the operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials,
and geothermal leasing laws, and all amendments thereto.

Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect
discretionary authority of the Secretary under other Federal laws
to grant, issue, or renew rights-of-way or other land use
authorizations consistent with the other provisions of this
subchapter.
(d) Off-highway vehicle use
(1) In general
Except as provided in paragraph (2), use of motorized vehicles
in the Conservation Area -
(A) before the effective date of a management plan under
subsection (h) of this section, shall be allowed only on roads
and trails designated for use of motor vehicles in the
management plan that applies on October 24, 2000, to the public
lands in the Conservation Area; and
(B) after the effective date of a management plan under
subsection (h) of this section, shall be allowed only on roads
and trails designated for use of motor vehicles in that
management plan.
(2) Administrative and emergency response use
Paragraph (1) shall not limit the use of motor vehicles in the
Conservation Area as needed for administrative purposes or to
respond to an emergency.
(e) Wilderness
Subject to valid existing rights, lands designated as wilderness
by this subchapter shall be managed by the Secretary, as
appropriate, in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131
et seq.) and this subchapter, except that, with respect to any
wilderness areas designated by this subchapter, any reference in
the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the Wilderness Act
shall be deemed to be a reference to October 24, 2000.
(f) Hunting, trapping, and fishing
(1) In general
Hunting, trapping, and fishing shall be allowed within the
Conservation Area and the Wilderness in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations of the United States and the
States of Colorado and Utah.
(2) Area and time closures
The head of the Colorado Division of Wildlife (in reference to
land within the State of Colorado), the head of the Utah Division
of Wildlife (in reference to land within the State of Utah), or
the Secretary after consultation with the Colorado Division of
Wildlife (in reference to land within the State of Colorado) or
the head of the Utah Division of Wildlife (in reference to land
within the State of Utah), may issue regulations designating
zones where, and establishing limited periods when, hunting,
trapping, or fishing shall be prohibited in the Conservation Area
or the Wilderness for reasons of public safety, administration,
or public use and enjoyment.
(g) Grazing
(1) In general
Except as provided by paragraph (2), the Secretary shall issue
and administer any grazing leases or permits in the Conservation
Area and the Wilderness in accordance with the same laws
(including regulations) and Executive orders followed by the
Secretary in issuing and administering grazing leases and permits
on other land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land
Management.
(2) Grazing in wilderness
Grazing of livestock in the Wilderness shall be administered in
accordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), in accordance with the
guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House Report 101-405 of the
101st Congress.
(h) Management plan
(1) In general
Not later than 3 years after October 24, 2000, the Secretary
shall develop a comprehensive management plan for the long-range
protection and management of the Conservation Area and the
Wilderness and the lands described in paragraph (2)(E).
(2) Purposes
The management plan shall -
(A) describe the appropriate uses and management of the
Conservation Area and the Wilderness;
(B) take into consideration any information developed in
studies of the land within the Conservation Area or the
Wilderness;
(C) provide for the continued management of the utility
corridor, Black Ridge Communications Site, and the Federal
Aviation Administration site as such for the land designated on
the Map as utility corridor, Black Ridge Communications Site,
and the Federal Aviation Administration site;
(D) take into consideration the historical involvement of the
local community in the interpretation and protection of the
resources of the Conservation Area and the Wilderness, as well
as the Ruby Canyon/Black Ridge Integrated Resource Management
Plan, dated March 1998, which was the result of collaborative
efforts on the part of the Bureau of Land Management and the
local community; and
(E) include all public lands between the boundary of the
Conservation Area and the edge of the Colorado River and, on
such lands, the Secretary shall allow only such recreational or
other uses as are consistent with this subchapter.
(i) No buffer zones
The Congress does not intend for the establishment of the
Conservation Area or the Wilderness to lead to the creation of
protective perimeters or buffer zones around the Conservation Area
or the Wilderness. The fact that there may be activities or uses on
lands outside the Conservation Area or the Wilderness that would
not be allowed in the Conservation Area or the Wilderness shall not
preclude such activities or uses on such lands up to the boundary
of the Conservation Area or the Wilderness consistent with other
applicable laws.
(j) Acquisition of land
(1) In general
The Secretary may acquire non-federally owned land within the
exterior boundaries of the Conservation Area or the Wilderness
only through purchase from a willing seller, exchange, or
donation.
(2) Management
Land acquired under paragraph (1) shall be managed as part of
the Conservation Area or the Wilderness, as the case may be, in
accordance with this subchapter.
(k) Interpretive facilities or sites
The Secretary may establish minimal interpretive facilities or
sites in cooperation with other public or private entities as the
Secretary considers appropriate. Any facilities or sites shall be
designed to protect the resources referred to in section 460mmm(b)
of this title.
(l) Water rights
(1) Findings
Congress finds that -
(A) the lands designated as wilderness by this subchapter are
located at the headwaters of the streams and rivers on those
lands, with few, if any, actual or proposed water resource
facilities located upstream from such lands and few, if any,
opportunities for diversion, storage, or other uses of water
occurring outside such lands that would adversely affect the
wilderness or other values of such lands;
(B) the lands designated as wilderness by this subchapter
generally are not suitable for use for development of new water
resource facilities, or for the expansion of existing
facilities;
(C) it is possible to provide for proper management and
protection of the wilderness and other values of such lands in
ways different from those utilized in other legislation
designating as wilderness lands not sharing the attributes of
the lands designated as wilderness by this subchapter.
(2) Statutory construction
(A) Nothing in this subchapter shall constitute or be construed
to constitute either an express or implied reservation of any
water or water rights with respect to the lands designated as a
national conservation area or as wilderness by this subchapter.
(B) Nothing in this subchapter shall affect any conditional or
absolute water rights in the State of Colorado existing on
October 24, 2000.
(C) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as
establishing a precedent with regard to any future national
conservation area or wilderness designations.
(D) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as limiting,
altering, modifying, or amending any of the interstate compacts
or equitable apportionment decrees that apportion water among and
between the State of Colorado and other States.
(3) Colorado water law
The Secretary shall follow the procedural and substantive
requirements of the law of the State of Colorado in order to
obtain and hold any new water rights with respect to the
Conservation Area and the Wilderness.
(4) New projects
(A) As used in this paragraph, the term "water resource
facility" means irrigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs,
water conservation works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines,
wells, hydropower projects, and transmission and other ancillary
facilities, and other water diversion, storage, and carriage
structures. Such term does not include any such facilities
related to or used for the purpose of livestock grazing.
(B) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (g) of this
section or other provisions of this subchapter, on and after
October 24, 2000, neither the President nor any other officer,
employee, or agent of the United States shall fund, assist,
authorize, or issue a license or permit for the development of
any new water resource facility within the wilderness area
designated by this subchapter.
(C) Except as provided in this paragraph, nothing in this
subchapter shall be construed to affect or limit the use,
operation, maintenance, repair, modification, or replacement of
water resource facilities in existence on October 24, 2000,
within the boundaries of the Wilderness.
(5) Boundaries along Colorado River
(A) Neither the Conservation Area nor the Wilderness shall
include any part of the Colorado River to the 100-year high water
mark.
(B) Nothing in this subchapter shall affect the authority that
the Secretary may or may not have to manage recreational uses on
the Colorado River, except as such authority may be affected by
compliance with paragraph (3). Nothing in this subchapter shall
be construed to affect the authority of the Secretary to manage
the public lands between the boundary of the Conservation Area
and the edge of the Colorado River.
(C) Subject to valid existing rights, all lands owned by the
Federal Government between the 100-year high water mark on each
shore of the Colorado River, as designated on the Map from the
line labeled "Line A" on the east to the boundary between the
States of Colorado and Utah on the west, are hereby withdrawn
from -
(i) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the
public land laws;
(ii) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(iii) the operation of the mineral leasing, mineral
materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 106-353, Sec. 6, Oct. 24, 2000, 114 Stat. 1375.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to
in subsec. (a)(2)(A), is Pub. L. 94-579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat.
2743, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 35
(Sec. 1701 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 1701 of Title 43 and Tables.
The public land laws, referred to in subsecs. (c)(1) and
(l)(5)(C)(i), are classified generally to Title 43, Public Lands.
The mining laws and the mineral leasing laws, referred to in
subsecs. (c)(2), (3), (l)(5)(C)(ii), (iii), are classified
generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
Geothermal leasing laws, referred to in subsecs. (c)(3) and
(l)(5)(C)(iii), are classified principally to chapter 23 (Sec. 1001
et seq.) of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (e), is Pub. L.
88-577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which is
classified generally to chapter 23 (Sec. 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.
The effective date of the Wilderness Act, referred to in
subsec.(e), means Sept. 3, 1964, the date of enactment of Pub. L.
88-577, which enacted chapter 23 of this title.

-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 460mmm-1, 460mmm-5 of
this title.

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16 USC Sec. 460mmm-5 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXIV - COLORADO CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

-HEAD-
Sec. 460mmm-5. Maps and legal descriptions

-STATUTE-
(a) In general
As soon as practicable after October 24, 2000, the Secretary
shall submit to Congress a copy of the Map and a legal description
of the Conservation Area and of the Wilderness.
(b) Force and effect
The Map and legal descriptions shall have the same force and
effect as if included in this subchapter, except that the Secretary
may correct clerical and typographical errors in the Map and the
legal descriptions.
(c) Public availability
Copies of the Map and the legal descriptions shall be on file and
available for public inspection in -
(1) the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management;
(2) the Grand Junction District Office of the Bureau of Land
Management in Colorado;
(3) the appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Management in
Colorado, if the Grand Junction District Office is not deemed the
appropriate office; and
(4) the appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Management in
Utah.
(d) Map controlling
Subject to section 460mmm-4(l)(3) (!1) of this title, in the case
of a discrepancy between the Map and the descriptions, the Map
shall control.


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(Pub. L. 106-353, Sec. 7, Oct. 24, 2000, 114 Stat. 1379.)

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(!1) So in original. Probably should be section "460mmm-4(l)(5)".


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16 USC Sec. 460mmm-6 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXIV - COLORADO CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

-HEAD-
Sec. 460mmm-6. Advisory Council

-STATUTE-
(a) Establishment
Not later than 6 months after October 24, 2000, the Secretary
shall establish an advisory council to be known as the "Colorado
Canyons National Conservation Area Advisory Council".
(b) Duty
The Council shall advise the Secretary with respect to
preparation and implementation of the management plan, including
budgetary matters, for the Conservation Area and the Wilderness.
(c) Applicable law
The Council shall be subject to -
(1) the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.); and
(2) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
(d) Members
The Council shall consist of 10 members to be appointed by the
Secretary including, to the extent practicable:
(1) A member of or nominated by the Mesa County Commission.
(2) A member nominated by the permittees holding grazing
allotments within the Conservation Area or the Wilderness.
(3) A member of or nominated by the Northwest Resource Advisory
Council.
(4) Seven members residing in, or within reasonable proximity
to, Mesa County, Colorado, with recognized backgrounds reflecting
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(A) the purposes for which the Conservation Area or
Wilderness was established; and
(B) the interests of the stakeholders that are affected by
the planning and management of the Conservation Area and the
Wilderness.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 106-353, Sec. 8, Oct. 24, 2000, 114 Stat. 1379.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec.
(c)(1), is Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended,
which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to
in subsec. (c)(2), is Pub. L. 94-579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743,
as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (Sec.
1701 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 1701 of Title 43 and Tables.


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TERMINATION OF ADVISORY COUNCILS
Advisory councils established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate
not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the
date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a council
established by the President or an officer of the Federal
Government, such council is renewed by appropriate action prior to
the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a council
established by Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law.
See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat.
770, 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 460mmm-1 of this title.

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16 USC Sec. 460mmm-7 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXIV - COLORADO CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

-HEAD-
Sec. 460mmm-7. Public access

-STATUTE-
(a) In general
The Secretary shall continue to allow private landowners
reasonable access to inholdings in the Conservation Area and
Wilderness.
(b) Glade Park
The Secretary shall continue to allow public right of access,
including commercial vehicles, to Glade Park, Colorado, in
accordance with the decision in Board of County Commissioners of
Mesa County v. Watt (634 F. Supp. 1265 (D.Colo.; May 2, 1986)).

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(Pub. L. 106-353, Sec. 9, Oct. 24, 2000, 114 Stat. 1380.)

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16 USC SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE
MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AREA 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA

-HEAD-
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA

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16 USC Sec. 460nnn 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA

-HEAD-
Sec. 460nnn. Definitions

-STATUTE-
In this subchapter:
(1) Advisory council
The term "advisory council" means the Steens Mountain Advisory
Council established by part D of this subchapter.(!1)

(2) Cooperative management agreement
An agreement to plan or implement (or both) cooperative
recreation, ecological, grazing, fishery, vegetation, prescribed
fire, cultural site protection, wildfire or other measures to
beneficially meet public use needs and the public land and
private land objectives of this subchapter.
(3) Cooperative Management and Protection Area
The term "Cooperative Management and Protection Area" means the
Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area
designated by part A of this subchapter.
(4) Easements
(A) Conservation easement
The term "conservation easement" means a binding contractual
agreement between the Secretary and a landowner in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area under which the
landowner, permanently or during a time period specified in the
agreement, agrees to conserve or restore habitat, open space,
scenic, or other ecological resource values on the land covered
by the easement.
(B) Nondevelopment easement
The term "nondevelopment easement" means a binding
contractual agreement between the Secretary and a landowner in
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area that will,
permanently or during a time period specified in the agreement
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(i) prevent or restrict development on the land covered by
the easement; or
(ii) protect open space or viewshed.
(5) Ecological integrity
The term "ecological integrity" means a landscape where
ecological processes are functioning to maintain the structure,
composition, activity, and resilience of the landscape over time,
including -
(A) a complex of plant communities, habitats and conditions
representative of variable and sustainable successional
conditions; and
(B) the maintenance of biological diversity, soil fertility,
and genetic interchange.
(6) Management plan
The term "management plan" means the management plan for the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area and the Wilderness
Area required to be prepared by section 460nnn-21(b) of this
title.
(7) Redband Trout Reserve
The term "Redband Trout Reserve" means the Donner und Blitzen
Redband Trout Reserve designated by section 460nnn-72 of this
title.
(8) Secretary
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Bureau of Land Management.
(9) Science committee
The term "science committee" means the committee of independent
scientists appointed under section 460nnn-53 of this title.
(10) Wilderness Area
The term "Wilderness Area" means the Steens Mountain Wilderness
Area designated by part B of this subchapter.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 106-399, Sec. 2, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1656.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this
Act", meaning Pub. L. 106-399, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1655, which
is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out below and Tables.
Part D of this subchapter, referred to in par. (1), probably
should be a reference to subpart 4 of part A of this subchapter.
Part D of this subchapter does not relate to the Steens Mountain
Advisory Council.


-MISC1-
SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 106-399, Sec. 1(a), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1655,
provided that: "This Act [enacting this subchapter and provisions
listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under section 1132 of
this title and amending section 1274 of this title] may be cited as
the 'Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of
2000'."

PURPOSES
Pub. L. 106-399, Sec. 1(b), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1655,
provided that: "The purposes of this Act [see Short Title note
above] are the following:
"(1) To maintain the cultural, economic, ecological, and social
health of the Steens Mountain area in Harney County, Oregon.
"(2) To designate the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area.
"(3) To designate the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management
and Protection Area.
"(4) To provide for the acquisition of private lands through
exchange for inclusion in the Wilderness Area and the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area.
"(5) To provide for and expand cooperative management
activities between public and private landowners in the vicinity
of the Wilderness Area and surrounding lands.
"(6) To authorize the purchase of land and development and
nondevelopment rights.
"(7) To designate additional components of the National Wild
and Scenic Rivers System.
"(8) To establish a reserve for redband trout and a wildlands
juniper management area.
"(9) To establish a citizens' management advisory council for
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area.
"(10) To maintain and enhance cooperative and innovative
management practices between the public and private land managers
in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area.
"(11) To promote viable and sustainable grazing and recreation
operations on private and public lands.
"(12) To conserve, protect, and manage for healthy watersheds
and the long-term ecological integrity of Steens Mountain.
"(13) To authorize only such uses on Federal lands in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area that are consistent
with the purposes of this Act."

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(!1) See References in Text note below.


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16 USC Sec. 460nnn-1 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA

-HEAD-
Sec. 460nnn-1. Maps and legal descriptions

-STATUTE-
(a) Preparation and submission
As soon as practicable after October 30, 2000, the Secretary
shall prepare and submit to Congress maps and legal descriptions of
the following:
(1) The Cooperative Management and Protection Area.
(2) The Wilderness Area.
(3) The wild and scenic river segments and redband trout
reserve designated by part C of this subchapter.
(4) The mineral withdrawal area designated by part D of this
subchapter.
(5) The wildlands juniper management area established by part E
of this subchapter.
(6) The land exchanges required by part F of this subchapter.
(b) Legal effect and correction
The maps and legal descriptions referred to in subsection (a) of
this section shall have the same force and effect as if included in
this subchapter, except the Secretary may correct clerical and
typographical errors in such maps and legal descriptions.
(c) Public availability
Copies of the maps and legal descriptions referred to in
subsection (a) of this section shall be on file and available for
public inspection in the Office of the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management and in the appropriate office of the Bureau of Land
Management in the State of Oregon.

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(Pub. L. 106-399, Sec. 3, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1657.)

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16 USC Sec. 460nnn-2 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA

-HEAD-
Sec. 460nnn-2. Valid existing rights

-STATUTE-
Nothing in this subchapter shall effect (!1) any valid existing
right.


-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 106-399, Sec. 4, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1658.)

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(!1) So in original. Probably should be "affect".


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16 USC Sec. 460nnn-3 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA

-HEAD-
Sec. 460nnn-3. Protection of tribal rights

-STATUTE-
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to diminish the
rights of any Indian tribe. Nothing in this subchapter shall be
construed to diminish tribal rights, including those of the Burns
Paiute Tribe, regarding access to Federal lands for tribal
activities, including spiritual, cultural, and traditional food
gathering activities.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 106-399, Sec. 5, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1658.)

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16 USC Part A - Steens Mountain Cooperative Management
and Protection Area 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA
Part A - Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area

-HEAD-
PART A - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AREA

-SECREF-
PART REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This part is referred to in section 460nnn of this title.

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16 USC subpart 1 - designation and purposes 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA
Part A - Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area
subpart 1 - designation and purposes

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SUBPART 1 - DESIGNATION AND PURPOSES

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16 USC Sec. 460nnn-11 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA
Part A - Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area
subpart 1 - designation and purposes

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Sec. 460nnn-11. Designation of Steens Mountain Cooperative
Management and Protection Area

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(a) Designation
The Secretary shall designate the Steens Mountain Cooperative
Management and Protection Area consisting of approximately 425,550
acres of Federal land located in Harney County, Oregon, in the
vicinity of Steens Mountain, as generally depicted on the map
entitled "Steens Mountain Boundary Map" and dated September 18,
2000.
(b) Contents of map
In addition to the general boundaries of the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area, the map referred to in subsection
(a) of this section also depicts the general boundaries of the
following:
(1) The no livestock grazing area described in section
460nnn-23(e) of this title.
(2) The mineral withdrawal area designated by part D of this
subchapter.
(3) The wildlands juniper management area established by part E
of this subchapter.

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(Pub. L. 106-399, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat.
1658.)

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 460nnn-23, 460nnn-62,
460nnn-81, 460nnn-91 of this title.

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16 USC Sec. 460nnn-12 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA
Part A - Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area
subpart 1 - designation and purposes

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Sec. 460nnn-12. Purpose and objectives of Cooperative Management
and Protection Area

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(a) Purpose
The purpose of the Cooperative Management and Protection Area is
to conserve, protect, and manage the long-term ecological integrity
of Steens Mountain for future and present generations.
(b) Objectives
To further the purpose specified in subsection (a) of this
section, and consistent with such purpose, the Secretary shall
manage the Cooperative Management and Protection Area for the
benefit of present and future generations -
(1) to maintain and enhance cooperative and innovative
management projects, programs and agreements between tribal,
public, and private interests in the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area;
(2) to promote grazing, recreation, historic, and other uses
that are sustainable;
(3) to conserve, protect and to ensure traditional access to
cultural, gathering, religious, and archaeological sites by the
Burns Paiute Tribe on Federal lands and to promote cooperation
with private landowners;
(4) to ensure the conservation, protection, and improved
management of the ecological, social, and economic environment of
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, including
geological, biological, wildlife, riparian, and scenic resources;
and
(5) to promote and foster cooperation, communication, and
understanding and to reduce conflict between Steens Mountain
users and interests.

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(Pub. L. 106-399, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat.
1658.)

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 460nnn-21, 460nnn-23 of
this title.

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16 USC subpart 2 - management of federal lands 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA
Part A - Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area
subpart 2 - management of federal lands

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SUBPART 2 - MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL LANDS

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16 USC Sec. 460nnn-21 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA
Part A - Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area
subpart 2 - management of federal lands

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Sec. 460nnn-21. Management authorities and purposes

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(a) In general
The Secretary shall manage all Federal lands included in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area pursuant to the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and
other applicable provisions of law, including this subchapter, in a
manner that -
(1) ensures the conservation, protection, and improved
management of the ecological, social and economic environment of
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, including
geological, biological, wildlife, riparian, and scenic resources,
North American Indian tribal and cultural and archaeological
resource sites, and additional cultural and historic sites; and
(2) recognizes and allows current and historic recreational
use.
(b) Management plan
Within 4 years after October 30, 2000, the Secretary shall
develop a comprehensive plan for the long-range protection and
management of the Federal lands included in the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area, including the Wilderness Area. The
plan shall -
(1) describe the appropriate uses and management of the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area consistent with this
subchapter;
(2) incorporate, as appropriate, decisions contained in any
current or future management or activity plan for the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area and use information developed in
previous studies of the lands within or adjacent to the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area;
(3) provide for coordination with State, county, and private
local landowners and the Burns Paiute Tribe; and
(4) determine measurable and achievable management objectives,
consistent with the management objectives in section 460nnn-12 of
this title, to ensure the ecological integrity of the area.
(c) Monitoring
The Secretary shall implement a monitoring program for Federal
lands in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area so that
progress towards ecological integrity objectives can be determined.

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(Pub. L. 106-399, title I, Sec. 111, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat.
1659.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to
in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 94-579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, as
amended, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (Sec. 1701
et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section
1701 of Title 43 and Tables.
This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(1), was in
the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 106-399, Oct. 30, 2000,
114 Stat. 1655, which is classified generally to this subchapter.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 460nnn of this title and Tables.

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 460nnn of this title.

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16 USC Sec. 460nnn-22 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA
Part A - Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area
subpart 2 - management of federal lands

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Sec. 460nnn-22. Roads and travel access

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(a) Transportation plan
The management plan shall include, as an integral part, a
comprehensive transportation plan for the Federal lands included in
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, which shall address
the maintenance, improvement, and closure of roads and trails as
well as travel access.
(b) Prohibition on off-road motorized travel
(1) Prohibition
The use of motorized or mechanized vehicles on Federal lands
included in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area -
(A) is prohibited off road; and
(B) is limited to such roads and trails as may be designated
for their use as part of the management plan.
(2) Exceptions
Paragraph (1) does not prohibit the use of motorized or
mechanized vehicles on Federal lands included in the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area if the Secretary determines that
such use -
(A) is needed for administrative purposes or to respond to an
emergency; or
(B) is appropriate for the construction or maintenance of
agricultural facilities, fish and wildlife management, or
ecological restoration projects, except in areas designated as
wilderness or managed under the provisions of section 1782(c)
of title 43.
(c) Road closures
Any determination to permanently close an existing road in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area or to restrict the
access of motorized or mechanized vehicles on certain roads shall
be made in consultation with the advisory council and the public.
(d) Prohibition on new construction
(1) Prohibition, exception
No new road or trail for motorized or mechanized vehicles may
be constructed on Federal lands in the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area unless the Secretary determines that the road or
trail is necessary for public safety or protection of the
environment. Any determination under this subsection shall be
made in consultation with the advisory council and the public.
(2) Trails
Nothing in this subsection is intended to limit the authority
of the Secretary to construct or maintain trails for nonmotorized
or nonmechanized use.
(e) Access to nonfederally owned lands
(1) Reasonable access
The Secretary shall provide reasonable access to nonfederally
owned lands or interests in land within the boundaries of the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area and the Wilderness
Area to provide the owner of the land or interest the reasonable
use thereof.
(2) Effect on existing rights-of-way
Nothing in this subchapter shall have the effect of terminating
any valid existing right-of-way on Federal lands included in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area.

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(Pub. L. 106-399, title I, Sec. 112, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat.
1660.)

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 460nnn-62 of this title.

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16 USC Sec. 460nnn-23 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA
Part A - Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area
subpart 2 - management of federal lands

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Sec. 460nnn-23. Land use authorities

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(a) In general
The Secretary shall allow only such uses of the Federal lands
included in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area as the
Secretary finds will further the purposes for which the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area is established.
(b) Commercial timber
(1) Prohibition
The Federal lands included in the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area shall not be made available for commercial timber
harvest.
(2) Limited exception
The Secretary may authorize the removal of trees from Federal
lands in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area only if
the Secretary determines that the removal is clearly needed for
purposes of ecological restoration and maintenance or for public
safety. Except in the Wilderness Area and the wilderness study
areas referred to in section 460nnn-64(a) of this title, the
Secretary may authorize the sale of products resulting from the
authorized removal of trees under this paragraph.
(c) Juniper management
The Secretary shall emphasize the restoration of the historic
fire regime in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area and
the resulting native vegetation communities through active
management of Western Juniper on a landscape level. Management
measures shall include the use of natural and prescribed burning.
(d) Hunting, fishing, and trapping
(1) Authorization
The Secretary shall permit hunting, fishing, and trapping on
Federal lands included in the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations of the United States and the State of Oregon.
(2) Area and time limitations
After consultation with the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife, the Secretary may designate zones where, and establish
periods when, hunting, trapping or fishing is prohibited on
Federal lands included in the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area for reasons of public safety, administration, or
public use and enjoyment.
(e) Grazing
(1) Continuation of existing law
Except as otherwise provided in this section and part F of this
subchapter, the laws, regulations, and executive orders otherwise
applicable to the Bureau of Land Management in issuing and
administering grazing leases and permits on lands under its
jurisdiction shall apply in regard to the Federal lands included
in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area.
(2) Cancellation of certain permits
The Secretary shall cancel that portion of the permitted
grazing on Federal lands in the Fish Creek/Big Indian, East
Ridge, and South Steens allotments located within the area
designated as the "no livestock grazing area" on the map referred
to in section 460nnn-11(a) of this title. Upon cancellation,
future grazing use in that designated area is prohibited. The
Secretary shall be responsible for installing and maintaining any
fencing required for resource protection within the designated no
livestock grazing area.
(3) Forage replacement
Reallocation of available forage shall be made as follows:
(A) O'Keefe pasture within the Miners Field allotment to
Stafford Ranches.
(B) Fields Seeding and Bone Creek Pasture east of the county
road within the Miners Field allotment to Amy Ready.
(C) Miners Field Pasture, Schouver Seeding and Bone Creek
Pasture west of the county road within the Miners Field
allotment to Roaring Springs Ranch.
(D) 800 animal unit months within the Crows Nest allotment to
Lowther (Clemens) Ranch.
(4) Fencing and water systems (continued)