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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 2494

PUBLIC LAW 100-499—OCT. 18, 1988

Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, and other applicable law; and (5) unless expressly authorized by Congress, the Department of Agriculture shall not conduct any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of the National Forest System lands in the State of Oklahoma for the purpose of determining their suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. (c) USE OF TERM.—As used in this section, and as provided in section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, the term "revision" shall not include an "amendment" to a plan. (d) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provisions of this section shall also apply to: (1) those National Forest System roadless lands in the State of Oklahoma in the Ouachita National Forest which were evaluated in the Rich Mountain and Beech Creek unit plans; and (2) National Forest System roadless lands in the State of Oklahoma which are less than five thousand acres in size. 16 USC 460W-5.

SEC. 7. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.

Congress does not intend that designation of wilderness areas in the State of Oklahoma lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around each wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within the wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area. 16 USC 460W-6.

SEC. 8. WINDING STAIR MOUNTAIN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.

Fish and fishing.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to ensure the conservation and protection of certain natured, scenic, historic, pastoral, and fish and wildlife values and to provide for the enhancement of the recreational values associated therewith, there is hereby established the Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area located in the Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma. (b) AREA INCLUDED.—The Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "recreation area") shall comprise approximately 26,445 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled "Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area—Proposed", dated March 1988, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. (c) MAPS AND DESCRIPTION.—The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, file a map and a legal description of the recreation area with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives and the (Ik)mmittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate and each such map and l ^ a l description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act; except that correction of clerical and typ(^raphical errors in such l ^ a l description and map may be made. The map and l ^ a l description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.

Public information.

Public information.