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(5) certain lands In the Mark Twain National 

 Forest In Missouri, which comprise approximately 

 eight thousand four hundred and thirty acres, and 

 which are generally depicted on a map entitled 

 "Plney Creek Wilderness Study Area", and dated 

 March 1976. The Secretary shall complete his review 

 and report his findings to the President and the Presi- 

 dent shall submit to the United States Senate and 

 the House of Representatives his recommendation with 

 respect to the designation of the Plney Creek Wilder- 

 ness Study Area as wilderness not later than five 

 years after the date of enactment of this Act; 



(6) certain lands In the Mark Twain National Forest 

 In Missouri, which comprise approximately four thou- 

 sand one hundred and seventy acres, and which are 

 generally depicted on a map entitled "Rockplle Moun- 

 tain Wilderness Study Area", and dated March 1976. 

 The Secretary shall complete his review and report 

 his findings to the President and the President shall 

 submit to the United States Senate and the House of 

 Representatives his recommendation with respect to 

 the designation of the Rockplle Mountain Wilderness 

 Study Area as wilderness not later than five years 

 after the date of enactment of this Act; 



"(7) certain lands In the Flathead and Lewis and 

 Clark National Forests in Montana, which comprise 

 approximately three hundred ninety-three thousand 

 acres, and which are generally depicted on a map en- 

 titled 'Great Bear Wilderness-Proposed', and dated 

 November 1975 (revised August 1976). The Secretary 

 shall complete his review and report his findings to 

 the President and the President shall submit to the 

 United States Senate and the House of Representa- 

 tives his recommendation with respect to the desig- 

 nation of the Great Bear Wilderness Study Area as 

 wilderness not later than nineteen months after the 

 date of enactment of this Act; and In conducting his 

 review, the Secretary of Agriculture, In consultation 

 with the Secretary of the Interior, shall Identify any 

 potential utility corridors within or contiguous to 

 the study area, review any adverse effects such cor- 

 ridors may have on the wilderness character of such 

 area, determine whether any such corridor Is neces- 

 sary, and. If a determination of necessity Is made, 

 select a route and design which will minimize such 

 effects. Nothing In this section shall be construed as 

 prohibiting the siting of any such corridor within the 

 boundaries of any area recommended by the Presi- 

 dent for wilderness preservation pursuant to this 

 Act or designated as wilderness by the Congress and; 

 "(8) certain lands In the Deer Lodge and Helena 

 National Forests, In Montana, which comprise ap- 

 proximately seventy-seven thousand three hundred 

 and forty-six acres and which are generally depicted 

 on a map entitled 'Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area' 

 and dated April 1976. The Secretary shall complete 

 his review and report his findings to the President 

 and the President shall submit to the United States 

 Senate and the House of Representatives his recom- 

 mendation with respect to the designation of the 

 Elkhorn Wilderness Study area as wilderness not later 

 than two years after the date of enactment of this 

 Act. 



"(c) Nothing herein contained shall limit the Presi- 

 dent In proposing, as part of his recommendations to 

 Congress, the alteration of existing boundaries of any 

 wilderness study area or recommending the addition 

 to any such area of any contiguous area predominately 

 of wilderness value. Any recommendation of the Presi- 

 dent to the effect that such airea or portion thereof 

 should be designated as 'wilderness' shall become ef- 

 fective only If so provided by an Act of Congress. 



"(d) Subject to existing private rights, the wilder- 

 ness study areas designated by this Act shall, until 

 Congress determines otherwise, be administered by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture so as to maintain their present- 

 ly existing wilderness character and potential for In- 

 clusion In the National Wilderness Preservation System, 

 except that such management requirement shall not 

 extend beyond a period of four years from the date 



of submission to the Congress of the President's recom- 

 mendation concerning the particular study area. Al- 

 ready established uses may be permitted to continue, 

 subject to such restrictions as the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture deems desirable. In the manner and degree In 

 which the same was being conducted on the date of 

 enactment of this Act." 



ALPINE LAKES WILDEKNESS; FINDINGS AND PURPOSES; LAND 

 ACQUISITION AND EXCHANGE; WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT 



plan; multiple use plan; authorities of the state 

 OF Washington; authorization of appropriations 



Pub. 94-357, July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 905, provided that: 



"Sec. 2. (a) The Congress finds that: 



"(1) The Cascade Mountains of the State of Washing- 

 ton between Stevens Pass and Snoqualmle Pass, com- 

 monly known as the Alpine Lakes region, comprise an 

 environment of timbered valleys rising to rugged, snow- 

 covered mountains, dotted with over seven hundred 

 lakes, displaying unusual diversity of natural vegeta- 

 tion, and providing habitat for a variety of wildlife. 



"(2) This region Is abundant In its multiple resources. 

 Including an abundant source of pure water, commercial 

 forests, an outdoor laboratory for scientific research and 

 educational activities, and opportunities for great di- 

 versity of recreational use and enjoyment during all sea- 

 sons of the year, In particular for quality hunting, fish- 

 ing, motorized recreation, skiing, picnicking, camping, 

 rock collecting, nature study, backpacking, horseback 

 riding, swimming, boating, mountain climbing, and 

 many others, together with the opportunity for millions 

 of persons traveling through the periphery of the area 

 to enjoy Its unique values. 



"(b) Purposes of this Act: In order to provide for 

 public outdoor recreation and use and for economic 

 utilization of commercial forest lands, geological fea- 

 tures, lakes, streams and other resources In the Cen- 

 tral Cascade Mountains of Washington State by present 

 and future generations, there Is hereby established, sub- 

 ject to valid existing rights an Alpine Lakes Area, In- 

 cluding an Alpine Lakes Wilderness, an 'Intended 

 Wilderness' and a management unit, comprising ap- 

 proximately nine hundred and twenty thousand acres. 



"Sec. 3. (a) The Alpine Lakes Wilderness (hereafter 

 referred to as 'the wilderness'), the 'Intended Wilder- 

 ness', and the peripheral area (hereinafter referred to 

 as the 'management unit') , shall comprise the areas so 

 depicted on the map entitled 'Alpine Lakes Area' and 

 dated June 1976, which shall be on file and available 

 for public Inspection In the Office of the Chief, Forest 

 Service. Department of Agriculture, The Secretary of 

 Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the 'Secretary') 

 shall, as soon as practicable after the enactment of this 

 Act, publish In the Federal Register a detailed descrip- 

 tion and map showing the boundaries of the wilderness. 

 'Intended Wilderness', and the management unit. 



"(b) The Secretary shall administer the Federal lands 

 In the management unit in accordance with the laws, 

 rules, and regulations applicable to the national forests 

 In such a manner as to provide for the management of 

 all of the resources of the management unit. 



"(c) The Federal lands designated as the Alpine Lakes 

 Wilderness shall be administered In accordance with the 

 provisions of this Act and with the provisions of the 

 Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890), whichever Is the more 

 restrictive. 



"(d) Federal lands depicted on the map and legal 

 description as 'Intended Wilderness' shall become part 

 of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness at such tlma as the ad- 

 jacent non-Federal lands, interests or other property 

 become wilderness according to the provisions of section 

 3(e) of this Act, at which times the Secretary shall file a 

 map and legal description of such additions in the Fed- 

 eral Register. 



"(e) Non-Federal lands depicted on the map and legal 

 descrlDtlon as 'Wilderness' and 'Intended Wilderness- 

 shall become part of the Aloine Lakes Wilderness when 

 acquired by the Federal Government in conformance 

 with the acquUition program required by section 4 of 

 this Act. 



