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by adding certain lands and waters to the Six Rivers 

 National Forest and by including a portion of such lands 

 in the national wilderness preservation system 



1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 



2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 



3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 



4 This Act may be cited as the "Headwaters Forest 



5 Act". 



6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 



7 (a) Findings. — The Congress finds that: 



8 (1) Redwoods are a significant national symbol 



9 and a defining symbol of the State of California. 



10 (2) Old growth redwood trees are a unique and 



1 1 irreplaceable natural resource. 



12 (3) Most of the Nation's old growth forests 



13 have been cut. Less than 5 percent of the original 



14 2,000,000 acre Coast redwoods remain standing. 



15 The groves that are left are crucial to maintain habi- 



16 tat needed for survival of old-growth dependent spe- 



17 cies. The Headwaters Forest, for example, is home 



18 to one of California's three largest population of 



19 marbled murrelets, rare sea birds that nest only in 



20 coastal old growth trees; the Northern Spotted Owl; 



21 and native salmon stocks that spawn in the Forest's 



22 creeks. 



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