S. 683 would expand the boundaries of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to include 3,925 acres of federal land in Lake County, California, known as the Walker Ridge (Molok Luyuk) Addition. The national monument is currently administered by the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior. The bill would require those departments to jointly develop a management plan for the expanded national monument within one year of enactment. S. 683 also would allow the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to enter into cooperative agreements with Indian tribes to manage the additional land. Finally, the bill would rename Walker Ridge in Lake and Colusa Counties, California, as Condor Ridge (Molok Luyuk).
Using information from BLM, CBO estimates that developing a management plan would cost $1 million over the 2024-2028 period. CBO estimates that the cost to update maps and signs to reflect the new name would be insignificant. Because BLM already has tribal management agreements for land within the existing boundaries of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, CBO expects that any agreements with respect to the additional land would have no significant cost. CBO estimates that implementing S. 683 would cost $1 million over the 2024-2028 period; any spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
