Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act”.
Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act
A BILL
To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls and Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study Areas in the State of Oregon to facilitate fire prevention and response activities to protect private property, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Boundary adjustment, Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area boundary adjustment, Oregon
Boundary adjustment— The boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area is modified to exclude approximately 688 acres of public land, as depicted on the map entitled “Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area (WSA) Proposed Boundary Adjustment” and dated September 26, 2018.
Effect of exclusion—
In general— The public land excluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under subsection (a)—
is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and
shall be managed in accordance with—
this section;
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
any applicable resource management plan.
Management— The Secretary of the Interior shall manage the land excluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under subsection (a) to improve fire resiliency and forest health, including the conduct of wildfire prevention and response activities, as appropriate.
Off-road recreational motorized use— The Secretary of the Interior shall not permit off-road recreational motorized use on the public land excluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under subsection (a).