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1 SEC. 202. NEZ PERCE NATIONAL FOREST. 



2 (a) General Management Directive. — The man- 



3 agement area designated by this section shall be adminis- 



4 tered in accordance with applicable laws including this 



5 Act; the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Na- 



6 tional Forest System; and the document entitled the "Nez 



7 Perce National Forest Plan", adopted October 1987, as 



8 such plan may be revised or amended from time to time. 



9 (b) Rapid River Management Area. — 



10 (1) Designation. — The area on the Payette 



11 National Forest, comprised of approximately 19,000 



12 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 



13 "Rapid River Management Area — Proposed", is des- 



14 ignated as the Rapid River management area. 



15 (2) Management emphasis. — The manage- 



16 ment emphasis for the Rapid River management 



17 area shall be on water quality, anadromous fish 



18 habitat, and recreation. No roads may be con- 



19 structed. 



20 (c) West Meadow Creek Watershed Protec- 



21 TiON Project. — 



22 (1) Purpose. — The Secretary shall conduct a 



23 project on the lands described in paragraph (2) in 



24 order to determine the feasibility and desirability of 



25 decisionmaking with respect to management of Na- 



