720 58 Stat. 737. 16 USC 500. Trust requirements. Commercial timber, public auction s a l e s.
Livestock grazing permits, con* version.
Right-of-way.
Public fishing.
Wildlife management, cooperative agreements.
Sunflower F l a t s, management.
U.S. Forest Service, fire lookout s t a t i o n s, u s e.
PUBLIC LAW 92-427-SEPT. 21, 1972
[86 STAT.
of this Act are excluded, as paid under the provisions of the Act of May_ 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260), as amended, shall not be affected by the elimination of lands from such national forests by the enactment of this Act. SEC. 4. The declaration of trust made by this Act shall be subject to the following provisions: (a) Commercial timber from lands described in section 2 shall continue to be sold by public oral auction with qualifying sealed bids until January 1, 1992, such timber to be managed on a sustained yield basis, to be appraised and sold in accordance with established rules and regulations of the Secretary of Interior, and to be designated for primary manufacture in the United States. During such period until January 1, 1992, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon shall not participate in the bidding and shall not purchase or cut and remove any of the timber from the McQuinn Strip. (b) Existing valid livestock grazing permits issued by the United States Government shall be converted to lease agreements between the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and the permittees, such leases to be on the same fee schedule, terms, and conditions as existing permits, except that the leases shall continue until January 1, 1992. (c) For that portion of the Pacific Crest Trail tra\ersing the lands in the McQuinn Strip, the Secretary of Agriculture shall retain a right-of-way of not to exceed 200 feet in width for continued administration by the Secretary as the Pacific Crest Trail in accord with the provisions of the National Trails System Act (82 Stat. 919, 16 U.S.C. 1241-48). (d) All lakes within the boundaries of the lands transferred by this Act shall be open to public fishing, with appropriate access thereto, under rules and regulations adopted by the Confederated Tribes and approved by the Secretary of Interior. (e) The Confederated Tribes shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the Oregon State Game Commission for the enforcement of State regulations and laws affecting hunting and fishing on all lands, streams, and lakes in the McQuinn Strip for a period of ten years from the date of this Act. The cooperative agreement shall give the commission the option to extend the agreement for an additional ten-year period if, m the judgment of said commission, additional time is required for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon to develop an effective program of fish and game management on such lands. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, the cooperative agreement shall provide that the area known as Sunflower Flats, and described as follows: All of the ]McQuinn Strip within township 5 south and township 6 south, range 11 east of the Willamette meridian, Wasco County, Oregon, lying west of the Simnasho-Wapinitia Road, shall be managed jointly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and the Oregon State Game Commission until the agreement is canceled by mutual agreement, and that no hunting shall be permitted in such area without the joint agreement of both the Confederated Tribes and the Oregon State Game Commission. (f) The United States Forest Service shall have the right to the use without charge of all fire lookout stations within the McQuinn Strip, and the improvements and the lands upon which such improvements are located at the Bear Springs Ranger Station for so long as they
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