A bill to designate certain lands in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee, as wilderness areas and wilderness study areas, and to allow management of certain lands for uses other than wilderness.
Tennessee Wilderness Act of 1984 - Designates the following lands in the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Big Frog Wilderness; (2) the Big Frog Wilderness Addition; (3) the Citico Creek Wilderness; and (4) the Bald River Gorge Wilderness.
Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) final environmental impact statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Tennessee shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Polk and Monroe Counties in Tennessee not designated as wilderness on or before the enactment of this Act from further review by the Secretary of Agriculture for their suitability as wilderness pending revision of initial national forest management plans and from management as wilderness areas.
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to review the Big Frog Mountain Wilderness Study Area and the Little Frog Mountain Wilderness Study Area, both located in the Cherokee National Forest, to determine their suitability for preservation as wilderness.
Became Public Law No: 98-578.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department.
Referred to Subcommittee on Soil and Water Conservation.
Subcommittee on Soil and Water Conservation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1035.
Committee on Agriculture received executive comment from Agriculture Department.
Committee on Agriculture. Ordered favorably reported H.R. 4263 in lieu of this measure.
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