H.R. 5498 — A bill to designate certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, as the Cranberry Wilderness, and for other purposes.

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Designates specified lands within the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, as the Cranberry Wilderness.

Withdraws all federally-owned lands within the Wilderness from all forms of appropriation under the mining laws and from operation of the mineral leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights.

Permits the implementation of an uneven-aged timber management program within the boundaries of the wilderness.

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1979-09-28
Introduced in House
1979-09-28
Introduced in House
1979-09-28
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

A bill to designate certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, as the Cranberry Wilderness, and for other purposes.

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