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Calendar No. 307
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 118-155
BLACKFOOT CLEARWATER STEWARDSHIP ACT
JANUARY 9, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 2149]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 2149) to sustain economic development and rec-
reational use of National Forest System land in the State of Mon-
tana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation
System, to designate new areas for recreation, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purposes of S. 2149 are to direct the Secretary of Agriculture
to complete a landscape assessment and develop a 10-year schedule
for forest restoration projects on certain National Forest lands in
the Lolo National Forest in Montana, and to designate certain Na-
tional Forest lands in the State as recreation areas or as compo-
nents of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The Seeley Lake District of the Lolo National Forest in west-cen-
tral Montana lies in a heavily forested valley, bordered by the
Swan Mountain range to the east and the Mission Mountains
range to the west. The area provides numerous opportunities for di-
verse four-season recreation such as snowmobiling, cross-country
skiing, hiking, hunting, and fishing. The Forest also provides tim-
ber to support the forest products industry.
Over the past 6 years a collaborative group comprised of various
organizations and stakeholders have worked to develop landscape-
scale planning within the 400,000-acre Blackfoot Clearwater Stew-
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