Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act
Summary
Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to complete a landscape assessment of the Seeley Lake Ranger District of the Lolo National Forest in Montana, designates areas in the forest for recreation and as wilderness, and otherwise revises provisions related to the forest. A collaboratively developed restoration project within the district may be carried out in accordance with certain hazardous fuel reduction projects. USDA shall, if a local collaborative group submits a proposal to improve motorized and nonmotorized recreational trail opportunities within the district, analyze the environmental effects of the proposal. It may also provide for the construction of any of the routes included in such proposal. The bill designates specified federal land in the forest as (1) the Otatsy Recreation Management Area, and (2) the Spread Mountain Recreation Area. The bill designates specified wilderness additions in the forest as wilderness areas and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Bill status
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Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
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Introduced Apr 29, 2021
Last action Jul 21, 2022
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Oct 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
upper
Apr 29, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
upper
Apr 29, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Jon Tester
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