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PUBLIC LAW 102-338—AUG. 11, 1992 106 STAT. 867 (7) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service and the Chief of the Soil Conservation Service, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, and the Tribes, have the technical expertise to formulate a plan for the management of liie portion of the Zuni River watershed that is upstream from the Zuni Indian Reservation on Federal, State, Indian, and private lands; (8) an effective watershed management plan for the Zuni River watershed requires voluntary cooperation among the— (A) Soil Conservation Service; (B) Forest Service; (C) Bureau of Indian Affairs; (D) Zuni Indian Tribe; (E) Ramah Band of the Navigo Tribe of Indians; (F) NavfiQO Nation; (G) State of New Mexico; and (H) private landowners; and (9) all persons Uving within the Zuni River watershed will benefit from a cooperative effort to rehabilitate and manage the watershed. SEC. 3. STUDY, PLAN, AND REPORT. (a) STUDY AND PLAN. — (1) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Soil Conservation Service and the Chief of the Forest Service, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, and the Tribes, shall— (A) conduct a study of the portion of the Zuni River watershed that is upstream from the Zuni Indian Reservation, as depictea on the map entitled "Zuni River Watershed" which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the— (i) New Mexico State Office of the Soil Conservation Service; (ii) Albuquerque Area Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (iii) tribal offices; and (B) prepare a plan for watershed protection and rehabilitation on boui public and private lands. (2) PLAN COMPONENTS.— The plan required by paragraph (I)(B)shall include— (A) a watershed survey describing current natural and cultural resource conditions; (B) recommendations for watershed protection and rehabilitation on both public and private lands; (C) management guidelines for maintaining and improving the natural and cultural resource base on both public and private lands; (D) a system for monitoring natural and cultural resource conditions that can be coor(unated with the system developed by the Zimi Indian Tribe; (E) proposals for voluntary cooperative programs, that implement and administer the plan required by paragraph (I)(B), among— (i) the Department of Agriculture;