Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act
Latest action · Apr 10, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 10, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act
This bill sets forth provisions concerning the restoration, economic development, and conservation of, and recreational access to, certain public lands in Northern California.
The bill establishes
- the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area,
- the Northwest California Public Lands Remediation Partnership,
- the Trinity Lake and Del Norte County visitor centers,
- the Horse Mountain Special Management Area,
- the Elk Camp Ridge National Recreation Trail, and
- the Sanhedrin Conservation Management Area.
The bill designates
- specified federal lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System,
- the North Fork Wilderness as the North Fork Eel River Wilderness,
- specified federal lands as potential wilderness areas, and
- specified segments of certain rivers and creeks and of a specified river estuary as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Also, the bill
- authorizes the use of certain forest residues for research and development of biobased products that result in net carbon sequestration;
- authorizes initiatives to restore degraded redwood forest ecosystems in the Redwood National Forest and state parks;
- requires studies concerning certain visitor accommodations and recreational trails in the Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity, and Mendocino National Forests, as applicable;
- authorizes partnerships for trail and campground maintenance, public education, visitor contacts, and visitor center staffing on federal lands in Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, and Del Norte Counties; and
- adjusts the boundaries of the Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 10, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Apr 10, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 10, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Apr 10, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41610 | Wilderness: Issues and Legislation | Report | Oct 12, 2022 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2250 | Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act | Related bill | Feb 4, 2020 |
| HR 2546 | Protecting America’s Wilderness Act | Related bill | Feb 13, 2020 |
| S 3288 | PUBLIC Lands Act | Related bill | Feb 12, 2020 |
| S 3705 | Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act | Reintroduction of | Dec 5, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for restoration, economic development, recreation, and conservation on Federal lands in Northern California, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Air quality
- California
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Crimes against animals and natural resources
- Ecology
- Economic development
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Fires
- Fishes
- Floods and storm protection
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government studies and investigations
- Historical and cultural resources
- Hunting and fishing
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Insects
- Lakes and rivers
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
- Livestock
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Motor vehicles
- Outdoor recreation
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Pedestrians and bicycling
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public-private cooperation
- Research and development
- Roads and highways
- Water quality
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
