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

Summary

Creates the Cow Mountain Recreation Area in Lake and Mendocino Counties, California, made up of about 51,513 acres shown on a map dated July 22, 2006. It includes the South Cow Mountain OHV Management Area and the North Cow Mountain Recreation Area. The Secretary of the Interior must, as soon as possible after October 17, 2006, prepare a map and written boundary descriptions and send them to the House Committee on Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Those map and descriptions count as part of the law and will be kept in Bureau of Land Management offices; the Secretary may fix clerical errors. The BLM will manage the area under the usual public-lands laws, including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and must respect any valid existing rights. The area will continue to allow recreation such as motorized use, hiking, camping, mountain biking, sightseeing, and horseback riding when allowed by this law and other rules. Motorized use is allowed as a planned activity only in the South Cow Mountain OHV area and only on roads and trails the Secretary names, except for official business or emergencies. Mountain biking is allowed only on trails and roads the Secretary names. The Secretary must give private property owners inside the area reasonable access. New land can be added only by donation, by exchange with a willing party in writing, or by purchase from a willing seller in writing. Lands the BLM gains after October 17, 2006, that lie in or next to the area will be managed as part of the recreation area. No protective buffer zones are created.