Oregon Wilderness Act of 1982

Summary

Oregon Wilderness Act of 1982 - Designates as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System the following lands in the State of Oregon: (1) the Columbia Gorge Wilderness in the Mount Hood National Forest; (2) the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness in the Mount Hood National Forest; (3) the Badger Creek Wilderness in the Mount Hood National Forest; (4) the Hidden Wilderness in the Mount Hood and Willamette National Forests; (5) the Middle Santiam Wilderness in the Willamette National Forest; (6) the Rock Creek Wilderness in the Siuslaw National Forest; (7) the Cummins Creek Wilderness in the Siuslaw National Forest; (8) the Boulder Creek Wilderness in the Umpqua National Forest; (9) the Rouge-Umpqua Divide Wilderness in the Umpqua and Rouge River National Forests; (10) the Grassy Knob Wilderness in the Siskiyou National Forest; (11) the Red Buttes Wilderness in the Siskiyou and Rogue River National Forests; (12) the Diamond-Thielsen Wilderness in the Umpqua, Deschutes, and Winema National Forests; (13) the Sky Lakes Wilderness in the Rogue River and Winema National Forests; (14) the Coleman Rim Wilderness in the Fremont National Forest; (15) the Bridge Creek Wilderness in the Ochoco National Forest; (16) the Mill Creek Wilderness in the Ochoco National Forest; (17) the Ochoco Canyon Wilderness in the Ochoco National Forest; (18) the North Fork John Day Wilderness in the Wallowa-Whitman, Malheur, and Umatilla National Forests; (19) the Joseph Canyon Wilderness in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; (20) the Mount Jefferson Wilderness Additions in the Willamette National Forest; (21) the Mount Washington Wilderness Additions in the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests; (22) the Three Sisters Wilderness Additions in the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests; (23) the Mountain Lakes Wilderness Additions in the Winema National Forest; (24) the Gearhart Mountain Wilderness Additions in the Fremont National Forest; (25) the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness Additions in the Malheur National Forest; and (26) the Eagle Cap Wilderness Additions in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Requires that the following lands in the Willamette National Forest be reviewed by the Secretary of Agriculture as to their suitability for preservation as wilderness: (1) the Old Cascades Wilderness Study Area; (2) the Waldo Lake Wilderness Study Area; and (3) the Hardesty Mountain Wilderness Study Area. Requires that such areas be administered so as to maintain their presently existing wilderness character.

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 9 December 1982

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 December 1982

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