Pistone-Black Mountain National Conservation Area

In this section: The term “Conservation Area” means the Pistone-Black Mountain National Conservation Area established by paragraph (2)(A). The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior. The term “Tribe” means the Walker River Paiute Tribe. To protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, archaeological, natural, and educational resources of the Pistone Site on Black Mountain, subject to valid existing rights, there is established in Mineral County, Nevada, the Pistone-Black Mountain National Conservation Area. The Conservation Area shall consist of the approximately 3,415 acres of public land in Mineral County, Nevada, administered by the Bureau of Land Management, as depicted on the map entitled “Black Mountain/Pistone Archaeological District” and dated May 12, 2020. The map described in clause (i) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. The Secretary shall manage the Conservation Area— in accordance with— The Secretary shall allow only those uses of the Conservation Area that the Secretary determines would further the purposes of the Conservation Area. In administering the Conservation Area, the Secretary shall provide for— The Secretary may, in a manner consistent with this section, enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Nevada, affected Indian tribes, and institutions and organizations to carry out the purposes of this section, subject to the requirement that the Tribe shall be a party to any cooperative agreement entered into under this subparagraph. Not later than 2 years after December 23, 2022, the Secretary shall develop a management plan for the Conservation Area. In developing the management plan required under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consult with— The management plan developed under subparagraph (A) shall— Subject to valid existing rights, all public land in the Conservation Area is withdrawn from— If the Secretary acquires mineral or other interests in a parcel of land within the Conservation Area after December 23, 2022, the parcel is withdrawn from operation of the laws referred to in subparagraph (A) on the date of acquisition of the parcel. Subject to subparagraph (B), nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction of the State of Nevada with respect to fish and wildlife, including hunting, fishing, and trapping in the Conservation Area. The Secretary may designate by regulation areas in which, and establish periods during which, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will be permitted in the Conservation Area, for reasons of public safety, administration, or compliance with applicable laws. Except in an emergency, the Secretary shall consult with the appropriate State agency and notify the public before taking any action under clause (i). In the case of land included in the Conservation Area on which the Secretary permitted, as of December 23, 2022, livestock grazing, the livestock grazing shall be allowed to continue, subject to applicable laws (including regulations). Nothing in this section creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the Conservation Area. The fact that an activity or use on land outside the Conservation Area can be seen or heard within the Conservation Area shall not preclude the activity or use outside the boundary of the Conservation Area. Nothing in this section restricts or precludes— Nothing in this section constitutes an express or implied reservation of any water rights with respect to the Conservation Area.