§539s Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area

Summary

About 99,653 acres of Forest Service land in Oregon are named the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area. The law defines a few key terms: the Map is the one called “Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act” dated June 23, 2016; the Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; the Special Management Area is the named area; and State means Oregon. The Secretary must make an official map and legal description as soon as possible after March 12, 2019. That map and description count the same as if written into the law, may be corrected for clerical errors, and must be kept on file for the public to see. The Secretary must manage the area under National Forest rules to protect its natural, scientific, plant, recreation, ecological, fish and wildlife, scenic, drinking water, and cultural values. The management must keep and try to improve wild salmonid (like steelhead) habitat and the watershed’s role as a cool-water refuge, and keep recreational opportunities, including primitive recreation. State authority over fish and wildlife stays the same. The law does not create a buffer zone or change travel plans. It allows wildland fire operations and vegetation projects when they fit the area’s goals and the forest plan. Tribal treaty rights are not reduced. Subject to valid existing rights, federal land along the designated river segments is withdrawn from public land entry, mining claims and patents, and mineral or geothermal leasing or materials disposal.