Shawnee National Forest Conservation Act of 2025
S 2548 designates approximately 750 acres as Camp Hutchins Wilderness and establishes three Special Management Areas (totaling ~12,700 acres) within Illinois' Shawnee National Forest. The bill prohibits commercial logging, mining, and motorized vehicle use (except for emergencies or specific management needs), closes Forest Road 211 to vehicles, and withdraws all lands from mineral rights and public land laws. It requires the Forest Service to create a management plan within three years and allows scientific research, volunteer restoration, and limited hunting while banning trapping. These protections directly affect federal lands in the Shawnee National Forest, managed by the U.S. Forest Service under the Secretary of Agriculture.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 30, 2025
Last action Oct 27, 2025
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Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Oct 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
upper
Oct 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
upper
Jul 30, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S4907)
upper
Jul 30, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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