Oregon Wilderness Act of 1982

(Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H.Rept. 97-951 (Part I))

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 Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness in the Umpqua and Rogue River National Forests; (10) the Grassy Knob Wilderness in and adjacent to the Siskiyou National Forest; (11) the Red Buttes Wilderness in and adjacent to 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 and adjacent to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; (20) the Mount Jefferson Wilderness Additions in the Willamette and Mount Hood National Forests; (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 be reviewed by the Secretary of Agriculture as to their suitability for preservation as wilderness: (1) the Old Cascades Wilderness Study Area in the Willamette National Forest; (2) the Waldo Lake Wilderness Study Area in the Willamette National Forest; and (3) the Hardesty Mountain Wilderness Study Area in and adjacent to the Willamette and Umpqua National Forests. Requires that such areas be administered so as to maintain their presently existing wilderness character.

Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) Final Environmental Statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Oregon shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Oregon which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending the revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Oregon reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Oregon without express congressional authorization.