16 U.S.C. § 410r–7 — Administration

(a) In general
The Secretary must administer the addition area under sections 410r–5 through 410r–8 and other provisions of law applicable to Everglades National Park, and under the laws generally applicable to units of the national park system, including the 1916 Act establishing the National Park Service. To further preserve and protect the park, the Secretary must use whatever other statutory authority is available for preserving wildlife and natural resources, as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out these sections' purposes.

(b) Protection of ecosystem
The Secretary must manage the park to maintain the natural abundance, diversity, and ecological integrity of native plants and animals, and the natural behavior of native animals, as part of their ecosystem.

(c) Protection of flora and fauna
The park is closed to airboats — (1) except as provided in subsection (d); and (2) except that, within limited capacity and on designated routes within the addition, owners of record of registered airboats in use within the addition as of January 1, 1989, must be issued nontransferable, nonrenewable permits, good for their individual lifetimes, to operate personally owned airboats for noncommercial use, under rules the Secretary prescribes to determine ownership and registration, establish permitted uses, set permit conditions and penalties, and protect the area's biological resources.

(d) Concession contracts
The Secretary may negotiate and enter concession contracts with owners of commercial airboat and tour facilities existing on or before January 1, 1989, located within the addition, letting them keep providing services at their current locations, under rules and conditions the Secretary considers necessary to accommodate visitors and protect the area's biological resources.

(e) Marjory Stoneman Douglas Visitor Center
The Secretary must expedite construction of the visitor center facility at Everglades City, Florida, as described in the February 1989 Development Concept Plan, Gulf Coast. Once built, the Secretary must designate it "The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Center," commemorating Mrs. Douglas's vision and leadership in protecting the Everglades and the park.

(f) Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center
On completing construction of the main visitor center facility at the park's headquarters, the Secretary must designate it the "Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center," commemorating Mr. Coe's vision and leadership in establishing and protecting the park.