The Island Park Preservation Coalition has developed this library for the purpose of study and analysis. It contains links available for our reference in working to draft specific legislation to preserve, protect and enhance Island Park, Idaho, and best understand the complex issues surrounding our effort. Our legislation will seek to create a balance between maintaining and enhancing our rich historic tradition of free public multiple use and access /balanced with/ responsible stewardship exemplified through vital conservation projects and efforts, accomplished in cooperation with our local, state and federal partners and private and existing local stakeholders and conservation groups.
It is a work in progress.
LEGISLATIVE MODELS IPPC WORKING GROUP ARE STUDYING
IDAHO
SNRA+
http://simpson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=121113
ORIGINAL SNRA
PUBLIC LAW 92-400, 8-22-1972 pgs. 612-615 GPO
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/583
SNRA BACKGROUND
http://www.hcn.org/issues/287/15130
STEENS MOUNTAIN (Oregon)
National Recreation Area (developed locally/state under threat of a national monument)
http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/files/PL106-399.pdf
http://oregonexplorer.info/content/monumental-accord-steens-mountain-cooperative-management-area
BACKGROUND
*http://www.hcn.org/issues/167/5379
*http://oregonexplorer.info/content/monumental-accord-steens-mountain-cooperative-management-area
HARNEY COUNTY (Oregon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx4ocLdWE90
SYMMS legislation
1991 amended 1999.
National Recreational Trails Fund Act
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/recreational_trails/guidance/rtp9908_pt1.
MULTI-USE_SUSTAINED YIELD
http://www.fs.fed.us/us/emc/nmfa/includes/musya60.pdf
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-Use_Sustained-Yeild_Act_of_1960
"....develop and administer the renewable resources of timber, range, water, recreation and wildlife on the national forests for the multiple use and sustained yield of the products and the services. This is the first law to have the five major uses of the national forests contained in one law equally, with no use greater than the other."
*multiple use - the "management of all of the various renewable surface resources of the national forests so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the needs of the American People."
*sustained yield - " the achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level annual or periodic output of the various renewable resources of the national forests without the impairment of the productivity of the land."
THE COLOMBIA RIVER GORGE (National Scenic Recreation Area)
THE COLOMBIA RIVER GORGE LEGISLATION PDF
http://www.gorgecommission.org/client/pdfs/act.pdf
THE COLOMBIA RIVER GORGE COMMISSION (management commission established by the legislation)
The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act established the Gorge Commission to "achieve the purposes of this Act and to facilitate cooperation among the States of Oregon and Washington, and with the United States of America..."
Thirteen Gorge Commissioners are appointed by state governors and county commissions with one representative appointed by each of the six counties, three members appointed by each governor, and one ex officio, non-voting member who is an employee of the USDA Forest Service, appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. County representatives must be residents of their respective counties, and at least one of the three gubernatorial appointees from each state must live in the Scenic Area. Commissioners serve four-year terms. They receive reimbursement for travel expenses and a per meeting compensation. The Chair of the Gorge Commission is selected by a majority vote of the members of the Commission.
http://www.gorgecommission.org/about_scenic_area.cfm
THE CONTROVERSY (detailed in White paper)
THE STRUGGLE OVER THE COLOMBIA RIVER GORGE
https://digital.law.washington.edu/dspace-law/bitstream/handle/1773.1/1426/4WJELP287.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
CATALYST and CONCERNS
The Island Park region of Fremont County, Idaho, has been targeted twice for national monument designation and/or acquisition for neighboring Yellowstone National Park. Both unsuccessful efforts have been quiet, inspired and forwarded from outside sources, and after their discovery have been unsupported and opposed locally and by our State leadership. We fear for ourselves a repeat potential of the political precedent using application of the Antiquities Act by the Clinton Administration, that established creation of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah.
(See most recent effort I.e. image documents in our files, Fremont County Commissioners Memorial and Representative Paul Romrell's Idaho House JR #2)
GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALANTE ( GSENM, Utah)
STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALATE
https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/70925/OSLJ_V64N2_0669.pdf
CONGRESSIONAL HEARING CREATION OF GRAND STAIRCASE
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-105hhrg41269/html/CHRG-105hhrg41269.htm
Designation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the Impact on Trust
http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/IORT031.pdf
Management maps
GRAND STAIRCASE
http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ut/natural_resources/planning/pariamfp_to_gsenm.Par.43008.File.dat/GSENMfullmap.pdf
MANAGEMENT PLANS GSENM
http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ut/natural_resources/planning/pariamfp_to_gsenm.Par.90492.File.dat/GSENM_MP_FEIS.pdf
ANTIQUITIES ACT
The Antiquities Act of 1906 reads:
The President of the United States is authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.
When such objects are situated upon a tract covered by a bona fide unperfected claim or held in private ownership, the tract, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the proper care and management of the object, may be relinquished to the Government, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept the relinquishment of such tracts in behalf of the Government of the United States."
The text of the Act provides neither specific procedure to declare a national monument, nor judicial review of a president's declaration of an area as a national monument.
ANTIQUITIES ACT
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/431
EXTENDING THE SCOPE OF THE ANTIQUITIES ACT
http://scholarship.law.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=plrlr
LIST OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS
http://www.npca.org/news/media-center/fact-sheets/2013-Antiquities-Act-monument-list-updated.pdf
LIST BY STATE NPS MANAGEMENT PLANS
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/parkHome.cfm?parkID=111
NATIONAL MONUMENTS PERMITTED USES
http://headwaterseconomics.org/wphw/wp-content/uploads/NatlMon_Permitted_Uses.pdf
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH REPORTS (CRS). Valuable resource material.
National Monuments and the Antiquities Act
Carol Hardy Vincent, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy
Kristina Alexander, Legislative Attorney March 21, 2014
https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=751853
National Park System: Establishing New Units
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20158.pdf
Motorized Recreation on National Park Service Lands
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42955.pdf
Hunting, Fishing, Recreational Shooting, and Other Wildlife Measures: S. 3525
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42751.pdf
Recreation on Federal Lands
http://cnie.org/nle/crsreports/10Oct/RL33525.pdf
RECREATION RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Under the Federal Resources Recreation enactment act.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5358261.pdf
H.R. 4089
Sportsmen''s Heritage Act of 2012
http://www.gop.gov/bill/h-r-4089-sportsmens-heritage-act-of-2012/
The US National Park Service's partnership parks: collaborative responses to middle landscapes
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/css501/images/Readings/NPS%20partnerships.pdf
Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42346.pdf
Updated June 19, 2002
National Park Management and Recreation
http://www.cnie.org/nle/crsreports/public/pub-22.pdf
Federal Land Ownership: Constitutional Authority and the History of Acquisition, Disposal, and Retention. 2007
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/RL34267_12032007.pdf
http://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/crs/RL34772.pdf
Environmental Regulation and Agriculture
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41622.pdf
National Park System: What Do the Different Park Titles Signify?
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41816.pdf
The Endangered Species Act and “Sound Science”
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32992.pdf
RANGE MAGAZINE (private property)
http://www.rangemagazine.com/specialreports/05-fall-taking-liberty.pdf
USFS PLANNING RULE
Introduction and Background
The mission of the Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. Responsible officials for each national forest, grassland, and prairie will follow the direction of the planning rule to develop, amend, or revise their land management plans.
The new planning rule provides a process for planning that is adaptive and science-based, engages the public, and is designed to be efficient, effective, and within the Agency’s ability to implement. It meets the requirements under the National Forest Management Act (NFMA), the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act (MUSYA), and the Endangered Species Act, as well as all other legal requirements. It was also developed to ensure that plans are consistent with and complement existing, related Agency policies that guide management of resources on the National Forest System (NFS), such as the Climate Change Scorecard, the Watershed Condition Framework, and the Sustainable Recreation Framework.
The planning rule framework includes three phases: Assessment, plan development/amendment/revision, and monitoring. The framework supports an integrated approach to the management of resources and uses, incorporates the landscape-scale context for management, and will help the Agency to adapt to changing conditions and improve management based on new information and monitoring. It is intended to provide the flexibility to respond to the various social, economic, and ecologic needs across a very diverse system, while including a consistent set of process and content requirements for NFS land management plans. The Department anticipates that the Agency will use the framework to keep plans current and respond to changing conditions and new information over time.
The planning rule requires the use of best available scientific information to inform planning and plan decisions. It also emphasizes providing meaningful opportunities for public participation early and throughout the planning process, increases the transparency of decision-making, and provides a platform for the Agency to work with the public and across boundaries with other land managers to identify and share information and inform planning.
The final planning rule reflects key themes expressed by members of the public, as well as experience gained through the Agency’s 30-yr with land management planning. It is intended to create a more efficient and effective planning process and provide an adaptive framework for planning.
This final planning rule requires that land management plans provide for ecological sustainability and contribute to social and economic sustainability, using public input and the best available scientific information to inform plan decisions. The rule contains a strong emphasis on protecting and enhancing water resources, restoring land and water ecosystems, and providing ecological conditions to support the diversity of plant and animal communities, while providing for ecosystem services and multiple uses.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5362537.pdf
BACKGROUND - KNOWLEDGE
History of Closure on the Targhee
http://www.hcn.org/issues/165/5338
National Forest Management Act of 1976
http://www.fs.fed.us/emc/nfma/includes/NFMA1976.pdf
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (PUBLIC LAW 93-378)
http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/documents/publiclaws/PDF/93-378.pdf
USDA Forest Service Strategic Plan 2015-20
http://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/strategic-plan[2]-6_17_15_revised.pdf
Federal Land Policy and Management Act 1976 summary
http://www.blm.gov/flpma/FLPMA.pdf
National Monuments and the Antiquities Act, Congressional Research Service (R41330)
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
Title 16-Conservation (431a. Limitation on further extension or establishment of national monuments in Wyoming
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title16/pdf/USCODE-2011-title16-chap1-subchapLXI-sec432.pdf
Wilderness Act (public law 88-577)
http://wilderness.nps.gov/document/Wil
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (H. R. 1904)
http://www.fs.fed.us/emc/applit/includes/hfr2003.pdf
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463)
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/mediaId/217691/fileName/without-annotations_R2G-b4T_0Z5RDZ-i34K-pR.action
Also Wikipedia – Federal Advisory Committee Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Advisory_Committee_Act
Idaho Department of Lands info
Brief History of Idaho’s Endowment Trust Lands
http://www.idl.idaho.gov/land-board/lb/documents-long-term/history-endowment-lands.pdf
IDL- Federal Lands Task Force- Section titled “ State Land Management vs. Federal Land Management”
http://www.idl.idaho.gov/land-board/federal-lands/index.html
Targhee National Forest Plan 1997 Revised (I could not find a plan for the combined Caribou-Targhee National Forests)
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5229240.pdf
Map: Caribou-Targhee National Forests Ashton-Island Park Ranger District (Recreation Opportunities)
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5229166.pdf
Big Springs National Water Trail
http://www.smalltownnews.com/article.php?pid=89&aid=166540
It is a work in progress.
LEGISLATIVE MODELS IPPC WORKING GROUP ARE STUDYING
IDAHO
SNRA+
http://simpson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=121113
ORIGINAL SNRA
PUBLIC LAW 92-400, 8-22-1972 pgs. 612-615 GPO
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/583
SNRA BACKGROUND
http://www.hcn.org/issues/287/15130
STEENS MOUNTAIN (Oregon)
National Recreation Area (developed locally/state under threat of a national monument)
http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/files/PL106-399.pdf
http://oregonexplorer.info/content/monumental-accord-steens-mountain-cooperative-management-area
BACKGROUND
*http://www.hcn.org/issues/167/5379
*http://oregonexplorer.info/content/monumental-accord-steens-mountain-cooperative-management-area
HARNEY COUNTY (Oregon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx4ocLdWE90
SYMMS legislation
1991 amended 1999.
National Recreational Trails Fund Act
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/recreational_trails/guidance/rtp9908_pt1.
MULTI-USE_SUSTAINED YIELD
http://www.fs.fed.us/us/emc/nmfa/includes/musya60.pdf
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-Use_Sustained-Yeild_Act_of_1960
"....develop and administer the renewable resources of timber, range, water, recreation and wildlife on the national forests for the multiple use and sustained yield of the products and the services. This is the first law to have the five major uses of the national forests contained in one law equally, with no use greater than the other."
*multiple use - the "management of all of the various renewable surface resources of the national forests so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the needs of the American People."
*sustained yield - " the achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level annual or periodic output of the various renewable resources of the national forests without the impairment of the productivity of the land."
THE COLOMBIA RIVER GORGE (National Scenic Recreation Area)
THE COLOMBIA RIVER GORGE LEGISLATION PDF
http://www.gorgecommission.org/client/pdfs/act.pdf
THE COLOMBIA RIVER GORGE COMMISSION (management commission established by the legislation)
The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act established the Gorge Commission to "achieve the purposes of this Act and to facilitate cooperation among the States of Oregon and Washington, and with the United States of America..."
Thirteen Gorge Commissioners are appointed by state governors and county commissions with one representative appointed by each of the six counties, three members appointed by each governor, and one ex officio, non-voting member who is an employee of the USDA Forest Service, appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. County representatives must be residents of their respective counties, and at least one of the three gubernatorial appointees from each state must live in the Scenic Area. Commissioners serve four-year terms. They receive reimbursement for travel expenses and a per meeting compensation. The Chair of the Gorge Commission is selected by a majority vote of the members of the Commission.
http://www.gorgecommission.org/about_scenic_area.cfm
THE CONTROVERSY (detailed in White paper)
THE STRUGGLE OVER THE COLOMBIA RIVER GORGE
https://digital.law.washington.edu/dspace-law/bitstream/handle/1773.1/1426/4WJELP287.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
CATALYST and CONCERNS
The Island Park region of Fremont County, Idaho, has been targeted twice for national monument designation and/or acquisition for neighboring Yellowstone National Park. Both unsuccessful efforts have been quiet, inspired and forwarded from outside sources, and after their discovery have been unsupported and opposed locally and by our State leadership. We fear for ourselves a repeat potential of the political precedent using application of the Antiquities Act by the Clinton Administration, that established creation of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah.
(See most recent effort I.e. image documents in our files, Fremont County Commissioners Memorial and Representative Paul Romrell's Idaho House JR #2)
GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALANTE ( GSENM, Utah)
STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALATE
https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/70925/OSLJ_V64N2_0669.pdf
CONGRESSIONAL HEARING CREATION OF GRAND STAIRCASE
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-105hhrg41269/html/CHRG-105hhrg41269.htm
Designation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the Impact on Trust
http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/IORT031.pdf
Management maps
GRAND STAIRCASE
http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ut/natural_resources/planning/pariamfp_to_gsenm.Par.43008.File.dat/GSENMfullmap.pdf
MANAGEMENT PLANS GSENM
http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ut/natural_resources/planning/pariamfp_to_gsenm.Par.90492.File.dat/GSENM_MP_FEIS.pdf
ANTIQUITIES ACT
The Antiquities Act of 1906 reads:
The President of the United States is authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.
When such objects are situated upon a tract covered by a bona fide unperfected claim or held in private ownership, the tract, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the proper care and management of the object, may be relinquished to the Government, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept the relinquishment of such tracts in behalf of the Government of the United States."
The text of the Act provides neither specific procedure to declare a national monument, nor judicial review of a president's declaration of an area as a national monument.
ANTIQUITIES ACT
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/431
EXTENDING THE SCOPE OF THE ANTIQUITIES ACT
http://scholarship.law.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=plrlr
LIST OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS
http://www.npca.org/news/media-center/fact-sheets/2013-Antiquities-Act-monument-list-updated.pdf
LIST BY STATE NPS MANAGEMENT PLANS
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/parkHome.cfm?parkID=111
NATIONAL MONUMENTS PERMITTED USES
http://headwaterseconomics.org/wphw/wp-content/uploads/NatlMon_Permitted_Uses.pdf
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH REPORTS (CRS). Valuable resource material.
National Monuments and the Antiquities Act
Carol Hardy Vincent, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy
Kristina Alexander, Legislative Attorney March 21, 2014
https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=751853
National Park System: Establishing New Units
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20158.pdf
Motorized Recreation on National Park Service Lands
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42955.pdf
Hunting, Fishing, Recreational Shooting, and Other Wildlife Measures: S. 3525
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42751.pdf
Recreation on Federal Lands
http://cnie.org/nle/crsreports/10Oct/RL33525.pdf
RECREATION RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Under the Federal Resources Recreation enactment act.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5358261.pdf
H.R. 4089
Sportsmen''s Heritage Act of 2012
http://www.gop.gov/bill/h-r-4089-sportsmens-heritage-act-of-2012/
The US National Park Service's partnership parks: collaborative responses to middle landscapes
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/css501/images/Readings/NPS%20partnerships.pdf
Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42346.pdf
Updated June 19, 2002
National Park Management and Recreation
http://www.cnie.org/nle/crsreports/public/pub-22.pdf
Federal Land Ownership: Constitutional Authority and the History of Acquisition, Disposal, and Retention. 2007
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/RL34267_12032007.pdf
http://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/crs/RL34772.pdf
Environmental Regulation and Agriculture
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41622.pdf
National Park System: What Do the Different Park Titles Signify?
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41816.pdf
The Endangered Species Act and “Sound Science”
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32992.pdf
RANGE MAGAZINE (private property)
http://www.rangemagazine.com/specialreports/05-fall-taking-liberty.pdf
USFS PLANNING RULE
Introduction and Background
The mission of the Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. Responsible officials for each national forest, grassland, and prairie will follow the direction of the planning rule to develop, amend, or revise their land management plans.
The new planning rule provides a process for planning that is adaptive and science-based, engages the public, and is designed to be efficient, effective, and within the Agency’s ability to implement. It meets the requirements under the National Forest Management Act (NFMA), the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act (MUSYA), and the Endangered Species Act, as well as all other legal requirements. It was also developed to ensure that plans are consistent with and complement existing, related Agency policies that guide management of resources on the National Forest System (NFS), such as the Climate Change Scorecard, the Watershed Condition Framework, and the Sustainable Recreation Framework.
The planning rule framework includes three phases: Assessment, plan development/amendment/revision, and monitoring. The framework supports an integrated approach to the management of resources and uses, incorporates the landscape-scale context for management, and will help the Agency to adapt to changing conditions and improve management based on new information and monitoring. It is intended to provide the flexibility to respond to the various social, economic, and ecologic needs across a very diverse system, while including a consistent set of process and content requirements for NFS land management plans. The Department anticipates that the Agency will use the framework to keep plans current and respond to changing conditions and new information over time.
The planning rule requires the use of best available scientific information to inform planning and plan decisions. It also emphasizes providing meaningful opportunities for public participation early and throughout the planning process, increases the transparency of decision-making, and provides a platform for the Agency to work with the public and across boundaries with other land managers to identify and share information and inform planning.
The final planning rule reflects key themes expressed by members of the public, as well as experience gained through the Agency’s 30-yr with land management planning. It is intended to create a more efficient and effective planning process and provide an adaptive framework for planning.
This final planning rule requires that land management plans provide for ecological sustainability and contribute to social and economic sustainability, using public input and the best available scientific information to inform plan decisions. The rule contains a strong emphasis on protecting and enhancing water resources, restoring land and water ecosystems, and providing ecological conditions to support the diversity of plant and animal communities, while providing for ecosystem services and multiple uses.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5362537.pdf
BACKGROUND - KNOWLEDGE
History of Closure on the Targhee
http://www.hcn.org/issues/165/5338
National Forest Management Act of 1976
http://www.fs.fed.us/emc/nfma/includes/NFMA1976.pdf
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (PUBLIC LAW 93-378)
http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/documents/publiclaws/PDF/93-378.pdf
USDA Forest Service Strategic Plan 2015-20
http://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/strategic-plan[2]-6_17_15_revised.pdf
Federal Land Policy and Management Act 1976 summary
http://www.blm.gov/flpma/FLPMA.pdf
National Monuments and the Antiquities Act, Congressional Research Service (R41330)
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
Title 16-Conservation (431a. Limitation on further extension or establishment of national monuments in Wyoming
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title16/pdf/USCODE-2011-title16-chap1-subchapLXI-sec432.pdf
Wilderness Act (public law 88-577)
http://wilderness.nps.gov/document/Wil
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (H. R. 1904)
http://www.fs.fed.us/emc/applit/includes/hfr2003.pdf
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463)
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/mediaId/217691/fileName/without-annotations_R2G-b4T_0Z5RDZ-i34K-pR.action
Also Wikipedia – Federal Advisory Committee Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Advisory_Committee_Act
Idaho Department of Lands info
Brief History of Idaho’s Endowment Trust Lands
http://www.idl.idaho.gov/land-board/lb/documents-long-term/history-endowment-lands.pdf
IDL- Federal Lands Task Force- Section titled “ State Land Management vs. Federal Land Management”
http://www.idl.idaho.gov/land-board/federal-lands/index.html
Targhee National Forest Plan 1997 Revised (I could not find a plan for the combined Caribou-Targhee National Forests)
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5229240.pdf
Map: Caribou-Targhee National Forests Ashton-Island Park Ranger District (Recreation Opportunities)
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5229166.pdf
Big Springs National Water Trail
http://www.smalltownnews.com/article.php?pid=89&aid=166540