§460gggg Numu Newe Special Management Area

Summary

Creates the Numu Newe Special Management Area in Churchill and Mineral Counties, Nevada, to protect important historic, cultural, archaeological, natural, and educational resources. The area covers about 209,181 acres of Bureau of Land Management land shown on the map titled “Churchill County Proposed Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization and Lands Bill” dated November 30, 2022. The Secretary of the Interior will manage the area. The Secretary must make a comprehensive management plan within 2 years after December 23, 2022, after talking with federal, Tribal, state, local officials and the public. The plan must say what uses are allowed, follow the purposes for any land held for military use, allow motor vehicles and road upkeep where appropriate, include parts of existing land plans as useful, protect traditional cultural and religious sites, include the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe’s and other tribes’ knowledge, keep public access for hunting, fishing, and recreation when appropriate, and not change any water rights or other existing rights as of December 23, 2022. The plan must be reviewed at least once a year. The law does not limit low-level military overflights, flight testing, or creating special-use airspace or military flight routes over the area.