§460sss Cow Mountain Recreation Area, Lake and Mendocino Counties, California

Summary

Creates the Cow Mountain Recreation Area in Lake and Mendocino Counties. It covers about 51,513 acres as shown on a map dated July 22, 2006 and includes a South OHV Management Area and a North Recreation Area. The Secretary of the Interior must prepare a map and written boundary descriptions as soon as possible after October 17, 2006 and send them to the House and Senate committees named. The map will be legally effective, kept on file, open to the public, and the Secretary may fix clerical mistakes. The Secretary must run the area under the public lands laws and respect any existing legal rights. Recreation is to be kept and improved, including motorized use, hiking, camping, mountain biking, sightseeing, and horseback riding, as long as the rules allow. Motorized use is allowed in the South OHV area only on roads and trails the Secretary designates, except for official or emergency needs. Mountain biking is allowed only on designated routes. The Secretary may close routes for safety or resource protection. Private landowners inside the area must have adequate access to their property. The Secretary may only get land there by donation, written exchange with a willing party, or written purchase from a willing seller. Lands acquired after October 17, 2006 will be managed as part of the recreation area. The law does not create buffer zones around the area.