Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conservation Area

(a) Designation Subject to valid existing rights, the approximately 2,674 acres of Federal land in the White River National Forest in the State, as generally depicted as Proposed Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conservation Area on the map entitled Eagles Nest Wilderness Additions Proposal and dated April 26, 2022, are designated as the Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conservation Area (referred to in this section as the Wildlife Conservation Area). (b) Purposes The purposes of the Wildlife Conservation Area are to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the wildlife, scenic, roadless, watershed, recreational, and ecological resources of the Wildlife Conservation Area. (c) Management (1) In general The Secretary shall manage the Wildlife Conservation Area— (A) in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the purposes described in subsection (b); and (B) in accordance with— (i) the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); (ii) any other applicable laws (including regulations); and (iii) this title. (2) Uses (A) In general The Secretary shall only allow such uses of the Wildlife Conservation Area as the Secretary determines would further the purposes described in subsection (b). (B) Motorized vehicles and mechanized transport Except as necessary for administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency, the use of motorized vehicles and mechanized transport in the Wildlife Conservation Area shall be prohibited. (C) Roads (i) In general Except as provided in clause (ii), no road shall be constructed in the Wildlife Conservation Area. (ii) Exceptions Nothing in clause (i) prevents the Secretary from— (I) constructing a temporary road as the Secretary determines to be necessary as a minimum requirement for carrying out a vegetation management project in the Wildlife Conservation Area; or (II) responding to an emergency. (iii) Decommissioning of temporary roads Not later than 3 years after the date on which the applicable vegetation management project is completed, the Secretary shall decommission any temporary road constructed under clause (ii)(I) for the applicable vegetation management project. (D) Commercial timber (i) In general Subject to clause (ii), no project shall be carried out in the Wildlife Conservation Area for the purpose of harvesting commercial timber. (ii) Limitation Nothing in clause (i) prevents the Secretary from harvesting or selling a merchantable product that is a byproduct of an activity authorized in the Wildlife Conservation Area under this section. (d) Fire, insects, and diseases The Secretary may carry out any activity, in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations), that the Secretary determines to be necessary to manage wildland fire and treat hazardous fuels, insects, and diseases in the Wildlife Conservation Area, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. (e) Water Section 3(e) of the James Peak Wilderness and Protection Area Act (Public Law 107–216; 116 Stat. 1058) shall apply to the Wildlife Conservation Area.