§410hh Establishment of new areas

Summary

Creates the listed places as parts of the National Park System and requires the Secretary to manage them under the laws for park lands and this Act. Aniakchak National Monument (approximately 138,000 acres) and Aniakchak National Preserve (approximately 376,000 acres), shown on map ANIA–90,005 (October 1978), must be kept natural (including the caldera, rivers, lakes, and volcanic features), studied and interpreted, and managed to protect fish and wildlife (for example brown/grizzly bears, moose, caribou, sea lions, seals, geese, and swans). Local residents may continue traditional subsistence uses in the monument under subchapter II of chapter 51 of this title. Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (approximately 2,457,000 acres; map BELA–90,005, October 1978) must protect arctic plants, lava flows, coasts, migratory bird habitat, and allow archaeological and paleontological study with Native Alaskans about migrations between continents; it must protect fish and wildlife, allow continued reindeer grazing where permits existed on January 1, 1976 under sound range management, protect subsistence resources, provide outdoor recreation including access to Serpentine Hot Springs, and allow customary winter travel within a 100-foot right-of-way along either side of the existing route from Deering to the Taylor Highway subject to reasonable rules set by the Secretary. Cape Krusenstern National Monument (approximately 560,000 acres; map CAKR–90,007, October 1979) must protect and interpret archaeological sites from every arctic cultural period, support study of human movement from Asia, work with Native Alaskans to preserve Native cultural evidence, protect marine mammals, birds, other wildlife and fish, and protect subsistence resources; local subsistence uses are allowed under subchapter II. Kenai Fjords National Park (approximately 567,000 acres; map KEFJ–90,007, October 1978) must keep the Harding Icefield, glaciers, fjords and islands natural, protect seals and other marine life and their haul/breeding areas from disruptive activity, and the Secretary may develop access to the icefield and allow mechanized equipment there for recreation. Kobuk Valley National Park (approximately 1,710,000 acres; map KOVA–90,009, October 1979) must keep the Kobuk River Valley, rivers, boreal forest and sand dunes undeveloped, protect archaeological sites with Native Alaskans, caribou migration routes, and wildlife (for example caribou, moose, bears, wolves, and waterfowl), protect subsistence resources, allow local subsistence under subchapter II, and permit aircraft landings in the upper Salmon River watershed except when inconsistent with park purposes. Wrangell–Saint Elias National Park (approximately 8,147,000 acres) and Wrangell–Saint Elias National Preserve (approximately 4,171,000 acres; map WRST–90,007, August 1980) must preserve mountains, glaciers, lakes, streams, valleys and coasts, protect wildlife (for example caribou, brown/grizzly bears, Dall sheep, moose, wolves, trumpeter swans and marine mammals), and provide reasonable access for climbing and other wilderness recreation; traditional subsistence uses by local residents are allowed under subchapter II. Yukon‑Charley Rivers National Preserve (approximately 1,713,000 acres; map YUCH–90,008, October 1978) must keep the Charley River basin undeveloped for public benefit and study, protect wildlife (for example peregrine falcons, raptors, caribou, moose, Dall sheep, grizzly bears, and wolves), protect and interpret gold‑rush history and the area’s geologic and cultural past, and permit aircraft landings in the Upper Charley River watershed except when inconsistent with preserve purposes.