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Idaho Wilderness Act

Introduced: February 7, 1985 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Feb 27, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands.
Feb 14, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Forest, Family Farms, and Energy.
Feb 7, 1985
Introduced in House
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Idaho Wilderness Act - Designates the following lands in Idaho as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Salmo-Priest Wilderness in the Panhandle National Forest; (2) the Long Canyon-Selkirk Crest Wilderness in the Panhandle National Forest; (3) the Scotchman's Peak Wilderness in the Panhandle National Forest; (4) the Grandmother Mountain Wilderness in the Panhandle National Forest; (5) the Mallard-Larkins Wilderness in the Panhandle and Clearwater National Forests; (6) the Great Burn Wilderness in the Clearwater National Forest; (7) the Moose Mountain Wilderness in the Clearwater National Forest; (8) the Elk Summit Wilderness in the Clearwater National Forest; (9) the North Fork Clearwater Wilderness in the Clearwater National Forest; (10) the Fish and Hungry Creeks Wilderness in the Clearwater National Forest; (11) the Rapid River Wilderness in the Payette National Forest; (12) the Salmon River Breaks Wilderness in the Payette National Forest; (13) the South Fork Salmon River Wilderness in the Payette and Boise National Forests; (14) the Snowbank Mountain Wilderness in the Payette and Boise National Forests; (15) the Payette Crest Wilderness in the Payette and Boise National Forests; (16) the Pace Rock Wilderness in the Boise National Forest; (17) the Deadwood River Wilderness in the Boise National Forest; (18) the Breadwinner Wilderness in the Boise National Forest; (19) the Lime Creek Wilderness in the Boise National Forest; (20) the Red Mountain Wilderness in the Boise National Forest; (21) the Sawtooth Completion Wilderness in the Boise, Sawtooth, and Challis National Forests; (22) the Trinities Wilderness in the Boise National Forest; (23) the Danskin-South Fork Boise River Wilderness in the Boise National Forest; (24) the Pioneer Wilderness in the Sawtooth and Challis National Forests; (25) the Cache Peak Wilderness in the Sawtooth National Forest; (26) the Borah Peak Wilderness in the Challis National Forest; (27) the King Mountain Wilderness in the Challis National Forest; (28) the Pahsimeroi Wilderness in the Challis National Forest; (29) the North Lemhi's Wilderness in the Salmon and Challis National Forests; (30) the West Bigholes Wilderness in the Salmon National Forest; (31) the Diamond Peak Wilderness in the Targhee, Salmon, and Challis National Forests; (32) the Italian Peaks Wilderness in the Targhee National Forest; (33) the Lionhead Wilderness in the Targhee National Forest; (34) the Centennial Mountains Wilderness in the Targhee National Forest; (35) the Garns Mountain Wilderness in the Targhee National Forest; (36) the Palisades Wilderness in the Targhee National Forest; (37) the Bear Creek Wilderness in the Targhee National Forest; (38) the Caribou Mountain Wilderness in the Caribou National Forest; (39) the Cache Crest Wilderness in the Caribou National Forest; (40) the Mt. Naomi Wilderness in the Caribou National Forest; (41) the West Fork Mink Creek Wilderness in the Caribou National Forest; and (42) the Caribou City Wilderness in the Caribou National Forest.

Permits livestock grazing in the North Lemhi's Wilderness.

Directs the Secretary to review and report to the President within five years of enactment of this Act on the suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System of the Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness Study Area in the Sawtooth and Challis National Forests. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to manage such lands so as to retain their wilderness character.

Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) final environmental statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Idaho shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Idaho which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending the revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Idaho reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Idaho without express congressional authorization.

What's happening now March 1, 1985

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

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