Bill > S342

This bill, the Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2013, designates approximately 26,000 acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Humboldt County, Nevada, as the Pine Forest Range Wilderness, making it part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to manage this wilderness, including taking necessary measures to control fire, insects, and diseases, and existing livestock grazing rights will continue under specific regulations. The bill also releases certain lands within the Blue Lakes and Alder Creek wilderness study areas that are not designated as wilderness by this act from further wilderness study, allowing them to be managed according to existing land use plans. Additionally, it authorizes land exchanges involving identified federal and non-federal lands in Humboldt County, with the intent that these exchanges be completed within five years, and clarifies that the act does not alter or diminish the treaty rights of any Indian tribe.