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Title IV — Wildland Restoration and Recovery

H.R. 1321 · 116th Congress · Feb 22, 2019 · Lineage

IV Wildland Restoration and Recovery

Sec. 401 Definitions

In this title:
(1)
Recovery— The term recovery means the restoration of lands damaged by land management activities to a natural untrammeled condition and the restoration of the undeveloped roadless character of such land.
(2)
Recovery system— The term Recovery System means the National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System.

Sec. 402 Restoration and recovery

(a)
Recovery areas— The following areas, consisting of a total of approximately 1,023,000 acres, as depicted on the maps dated ___ and entitled “__”, are designated as wildland recovery areas:
(1)
Skyland area, consisting of approximately 10,000 acres administered by the Flathead National Forest.
(2)
Hungry Horse area (except Hungry Horse Dam and Reservoir), consisting of approximately 205,000 acres administered by the Flathead National Forest.
(3)
Lolo Creek area, consisting of approximately 59,000 acres administered by the Lolo or Clearwater National Forest.
(4)
Yellowstone West area, consisting of approximately 164,000 acres administered by the Caribou-Targhee National Forest.
(5)
Mt. Leidy area, consisting of approximately 70,000 acres administered by the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
(6)
Cabinet/Yaak area, consisting of approximately 100,000 acres administered by the Kootenai National Forest.
(7)
Lightning Creek area, consisting of approximately 31,000 acres administered by the Panhandle National Forest.
(8)
Coeur d’Alene River area, consisting of approximately 372,000 acres administered by the Panhandle National Forest.
(9)
Magruder Corridor area, consisting of approximately 12,000 acres administered by the Nez Perce or Bitterroot National Forest.
(b)
Exemption— The roads and highways and facilities referred to below are expressly exempted from the provisions of this title: All private, county, State, or Federal roads, including National Forest System roads, accessing existing authorized uses and any facilities such as a developed campground, ranger station, or other facilities deemed essential by the Forest Service.
(c)
Magruder Corridor Area— Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture will recommend recovery and restoration on the part of the Magruder Corridor between Magruder Crossing and Dry Saddle under plans developed under section 403 of this title.
(d)
Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture may recommend recovery and restoration of any National Forest System road or Forest Service development or facility in any recovery area and the entire Magruder Corridor under plans developed under section 403 of this title.

Sec. 403 Management

(a)
Restoration— All lands within the Recovery Areas described in section 402(a) shall be managed so as to restore their native vegetative cover and reduce or eliminate invasive non-native species, facilitate native species diversity to the extent possible with climate change, stabilize slopes and soils to prevent or reduce further erosion, recontour slopes to their original contours, remove barriers to natural fish spawning runs, and generally restore such lands in their entirety to a natural roadless and wild condition.
(b)
Water quality restoration— In the management of the Recovery Areas, special consideration shall be given to restoration of water quality in the Recovery Area.
(c)
Recovery Plans— Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a wildland recovery plan for each Recovery Area. Each recovery plan shall detail necessary work and funding requirements needed to implement the management direction established under this section.
(d)
Evaluation— The Secretary shall use measurable criteria to judge the success of recovery efforts taken pursuant to this section.