16 U.S.C. § 460ggg — Wilderness

submitted 35 years ago by Pub. L. 102-217 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 241 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress designated three areas of the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia as wilderness: Blood Mountain Wilderness (about 7,800 acres), Mark Trail Wilderness (about 16,880 acres), and an addition to Brasstown Wilderness (about 1,160 acres). The Secretary of Agriculture must manage them under the Wilderness Act, treating December 11, 1991 as that Act's effective date for these areas.

(a) Designation. To carry out the Wilderness Act's goals, Congress designated three areas in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, as wilderness and added them to the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) about 7,800 acres, shown on a 1991 map, called Blood Mountain Wilderness; (2) about 16,880 acres, shown on a 1991 map, called Mark Trail Wilderness; and (3) about 1,160 acres, shown on a 1991 map, added to the existing Brasstown Wilderness created by a 1986 Georgia wilderness law. (b) Administration. Subject to existing valid rights, the Secretary of Agriculture must manage each area under the Wilderness Act's rules for designated wilderness. Wherever the Wilderness Act refers to its own effective date, that date is treated as December 11, 1991 for these areas.

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(a) Designation

In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131–1136), the following lands in the State of Georgia are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

(1)

Certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, which comprise approximately 7,800 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Blood Mountain Wilderness—Proposed”, dated October 1991, and which shall be known as Blood Mountain Wilderness.

(2)

Certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, which comprise approximately 16,880 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Chattahoochee Headwaters Wilderness—Proposed”, dated July 1991, and which shall be known as Mark Trail Wilderness.

(3)

Certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, which comprise approximately 1,160 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Brasstown Wilderness Addition—Proposed”, dated July 1991, and which is hereby incorporated in and shall be part of the Brasstown Wilderness as designated by section 2(2) of the Georgia Wilderness Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 3129).

(b) Administration

Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area designated by this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to December 11, 1991.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 102–217, § 2, Dec. 11, 1991, 105 Stat. 1667.)

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1991Enacted · Pub. L. 102-217 · 105 Stat. 1667

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