General provisions

(a) Maps and legal descriptions (1) In general As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description of the covered areas and wilderness areas with— (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. (2) Force of law Each map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct any typographical errors in the maps and legal descriptions. (3) Public availability Each map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management or the Forest Service, as applicable. (b) Acquisition of land (1) In general The Secretary may acquire any land or interest in land within a covered area or wilderness area only through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller. (2) Management Any land or interest in land acquired under paragraph (1) shall be incorporated in, and administered as a part of, the covered area or wilderness area in which the land or interest in land is located. (c) Withdrawal Subject to valid existing rights, the covered areas and wilderness areas are withdrawn from— (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mining materials, and geothermal leasing laws. (d) Fish and wildlife Nothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction or responsibility of the State with respect to fish and wildlife in the State. (e) Grazing The laws (including regulations) and policies followed by the Secretary in issuing and administering grazing permits or leases on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary shall continue to apply within a covered area. (f) Wildfire, insect, and disease management In accordance with this Act, the Secretary may— (1) carry out any measures that the Secretary determines to be necessary to manage wildland fire, and treat hazardous fuels, insects, and diseases, in the covered areas; and (2) coordinate the measures with the appropriate State or local agency, as the Secretary determines to be necessary. (g) Vegetation management (1) In general No project shall be carried out in a covered area for the purpose of harvesting commercial timber. (2) Ecological restoration Any vegetation management project carried out in a covered area outside of the wildland-urban interface that includes the harvest or sale of merchantable materials shall— (A) be collaboratively developed; (B) limit the sale of merchantable materials to small diameter trees or biomass; and (C) in accordance with the best available science— (i) restore ecological integrity; (ii) maximize the retention of old growth and large trees, as appropriate for the forest type; and (iii) focus on prescribed fire as the primary means to achieve modified wildland fire behavior, as measured by the projected reduction of uncharacteristically severe wildfire effects for the forest type. (h) Roads and trails (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), no road shall be constructed in a covered area. (2) Exception Nothing in paragraph (1) prevents the Secretary from— (A) constructing a temporary road in a Protection Area, Recreation Management Area, or Special Management Area as the Secretary determines to be necessary as a minimum requirement for carrying out a vegetation management project in accordance with this Act; (B) responding to an emergency; or (C) authorizing the transportation of scientific research equipment within the Scientific Research and Education Area. (3) Decommissioning of temporary roads Not later than 3 years after the date on which an applicable vegetation management project is completed, the Secretary shall decommission any temporary road constructed under paragraph (2)(A) for the applicable vegetation management project. (4) Rerouting Nothing in this Act prevents the Secretary from rerouting a trail within a covered area to protect public safety or natural resources from degradation, as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary. (i) Water rights Nothing in this Act affects the use or allocation of any absolute or conditional water right that is— (1) decreed under the laws of the State; and (2) in existence on the date of enactment of this Act. (j) No buffer zones (1) In general Nothing in this Act establishes a protective perimeter or buffer zone around a covered area or wilderness area. (2) Outside activities The fact that a non-wilderness activity or use on land outside of a covered area or wilderness area can be seen or heard from an area within a covered area or wilderness area shall not preclude the conduct of the activity or use outside the boundary of the covered area or wilderness area. (k) Seasonal closures As appropriate and in accordance with applicable law, the Secretary shall develop and implement seasonal closures for off-highway vehicles and bicycles to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat in— (1) the McIntosh Mountain Special Management Area designated by section 3(a)(4); (2) the Signal Peak Special Management Area designated by section 3(a)(7); (3) the Cabin Creek Wildlife Conservation Area designated by section 4(a)(1); (4) the Flat Top Wildlife Conservation Area designated by section 4(a)(2); (5) the Lake Gulch and Cebolla Creek Wildlife Conservation Area designated by section 4(a)(3); and (6) the Pinnacles Wildlife Conservation Area designated by section 4(a)(6). (l) Restoration activities (1) In general As appropriate and in accordance with applicable law, the Secretary shall conduct wet meadow and riparian restoration projects to improve climate resiliency and wildlife habitat in— (A) the McIntosh Mountain Special Management Area designated by section 3(a)(4); (B) the Signal Peak Special Management Area designated by section 3(a)(7); (C) the Flat Top Wildlife Conservation Area designated by section 4(a)(2); (D) the Lake Gulch and Cebolla Creek Wildlife Conservation Area designated by section 4(a)(3); (E) the Pinnacles Wildlife Conservation Area designated by section 4(a)(6); and (F) the Sawtooth Wildlife Conservation Area designated by section 4(a)(8). (2) Collaboration In carrying out the projects described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall seek to collaborate with— (A) the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife; (B) the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District; (C) the County; (D) in the case of a project located in the Sawtooth Wildlife Conservation Area designated by section 4(a)(8), Saguache County, Colorado; (E) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and (F) other interested entities and individuals. (m) Tribal rights and uses (1) Treaty rights Nothing in this Act affects the treaty rights of any Indian Tribe. (2) Traditional Tribal uses Subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary determines to be necessary and in accordance with applicable law, the Secretary shall allow for the continued use of a covered area or wilderness area by members of Indian Tribes— (A) for traditional ceremonies; and (B) as a source of traditional plants and other materials.