Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act

The Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act designates approximately 79,000 acres of land in Montana's Lolo National Forest as new wilderness areas (adding to Bob Marshall, Mission Mountains, and Scapegoat Wilderness), while creating two recreation management areas (Otatsy and Spread Mountain) covering about 5,800 acres. It prohibits timber harvest, permanent roads, and most motorized vehicle use in these recreation areas (with limited snowmobile access seasonally), and requires the Forest Service to develop a 10-year forest restoration plan for the District. The bill also withdraws designated lands from mining, mineral leasing, and other public land uses, while explicitly protecting tribal treaty rights. These changes directly affect federal land management, recreational access, and conservation practices in western Montana.