To withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · July 27, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
This bill permanently protects federal lands in southwestern Oregon from mining, oil and gas leasing, and other commercial development activities. Specifically, it withdraws approximately two areas of federal land in Curry and Josephine Counties—the Hunter Creek and Pistol River Headwaters and the Rough and Ready and Baldface Creeks areas—from mining claims, mineral leases, and geothermal leasing. The legislation, introduced by Oregon Representative Hoyle and supported by Representative Huffman, affects federal landholdings managed by the Bureau of Land Management and aims to preserve salmon habitat and watershed health in the region. The bill includes an exception for valid existing rights and does not restrict current recreational activities like hunting, fishing, or authorized forest management on these lands. Maps showing the exact withdrawal areas must be made publicly available within 30 days of the bill's enactment.
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