Bill > S364

This bill, the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act of 2013, establishes the Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area in Montana, encompassing federal lands managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, with the purpose of conserving its recreational, scenic, historical, cultural, fish, wildlife, roadless, and ecological values, while generally restricting motorized vehicle use to existing roads and trails, except for specific exceptions like vegetation management projects or administrative purposes. It also designates approximately 50,401 acres in the Lewis and Clark National Forest as additions to the Bob Marshall Wilderness and approximately 16,711 acres as additions to the Scapegoat Wilderness, both managed under the Wilderness Act, allowing for continued grazing and maintenance of related facilities if established prior to the bill's enactment, and permitting measures to control wildfire, insects, and diseases. Furthermore, the Secretary of Agriculture is directed to develop a comprehensive strategy to prevent, control, and eradicate noxious weeds, which are invasive plants that can harm natural resources, within the Rocky Mountain Ranger District of the Lewis and Clark National Forest, and to conduct a study on improving nonmotorized recreation trail opportunities, including mountain bicycling, on non-wilderness lands within that district.