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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 56
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-42
EAST ROSEBUD WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT
MAY 3, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 501]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 501) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
to designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon
County, Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
System, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 501 is to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act to designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon
County, Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
System.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Montana's East Rosebud Creek flows through glacial-carved val-
leys and originates in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. During
its journey to the Yellowstone River, East Rosebud Creek flows into
Rosebud Lake. The segment that flows from the lake provides op-
portunity for whitewater paddling.
In 1998, the U.S. Forest Service conducted a study which deter-
mined that the East Rosebud Creek was eligible for inclusion in
the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The study found that two areas
of East Rosebud Creek contained remarkable values in the geo-
logic, recreational, and scenic categories. A 13-mile segment was
recognized for its wild characteristics running from the source of
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