(Sec. 2105) Authorizes appropriations.
Subtitle C: Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area -
(Sec. 2202) Establishes the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave
Conservation Area in Lincoln County, New Mexico, to protect, conserve,
and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural,
scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational subterranean cave
resources of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River cave system.
Includes the area within the boundaries depicted on the map entitled
"Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area" and dated
December 15, 2008, within the Conservation Area.
(Sec. 2203) Instructs the Secretary to only allow uses of the
Conservation Area that are consistent with the protection of the cave
resources.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of
the BLM, in administering the Conservation Area, to include providing
for management of the surface area of the Conservation Area in
accordance with the Fort Stanton Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Final Activity Plan dated March, 2001.
Withdraws all federal surface and subsurface land within the
Conservation Area and all lands and interests in the surface and
subsurface land acquired for inclusion in the Conservation Area from:
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the general
land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(3) operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.
Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan for the long-term
management of the Conservation Area. Requires such plan to provide for a
cooperative agreement with Lincoln County to address the historical
involvement of the local community in the interpretation and protection
of the resources of such Area.
Authorizes the Secretary to establish facilities for: (1) the conduct of
scientific research; and (2) the interpretation of the historical,
cultural, scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational resources
of the Conservation Area.
Prohibits anything in this subtitle from constituting an express or
implied reservation of any water right.
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