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                                                       Calendar No. 207
                  114TH CONGRESS                                   REPORT
                     1st Session             SENATE                114-127





                     SAWTOOTH   NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND JERRY
                              PEAK  WILDERNESS ADDITIONS ACT


                                 SEPTEMBER 9, 2015.-Ordered to be printed


                     Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
                                 Resources, submitted the following


                                        REPORT

                                        [To accompany S. 583]
                    The Committee on Energy  and Natural Resources, to which was
                  referred the bill (S. 583) to establish certain wilderness areas in
                  central Idaho and to authorize various land conveyances involving
                  National Forest System land and  Bureau of Land  Management
                  land in central Idaho, and for other purposes, having considered
                  the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
                  ommends  that the bill do pass.
                                            PURPOSE
                    The purpose of S. 583 is to establish certain wilderness areas in
                  central Idaho and to authorize various land conveyances involving
                  National Forest System land and  Bureau of Land  Management
                  land in central Idaho, and for other purposes.
                                     BACKGROUND   AND NEED
                    The Boulder-White Clouds region of central Idaho is renowned
                  for its high wild country of mountain peaks and alpine lakes. The
                  region includes the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, encom-
                  passing approximately 780,000 acres within the Sawtooth  and
                  Salmon-Challis National Forests. The region provides world-class
                  recreation opportunities for sportsmen, mountain and motor bike
                  users, skiers, snowmobilers, and hikers.
                    S. 583 would designate three new wilderness areas within and
                  adjacent to the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, including adja-
                  cent lands managed  by the Bureau  of Land  Management.  The
                  three new wilderness areas are: the 67,998-acre Hemingway-Boul-
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