§410ooo — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

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Congress says Pinnacles National Monument was created by Presidential Proclamation 796 on January 16, 1908, and was expanded by Presidential Proclamations 1660 (May 7, 1923), 1704 (July 2, 1924), 1948 (April 13, 1931), 2050 (July 11, 1933), 2528 (December 5, 1941), by Public Law 94–567, and by Presidential Proclamation 7266 (January 11, 2000). It says the park’s unique rock formations and its wider role in protecting nature and history should be recognized by law. The Monument includes 14,500 acres of Congress-designated wilderness and is home to many habitats, including 32 species with special Federal or State status. Congress also says Pinnacles preserves a long cultural history from Native Americans through Spanish and later settlers. It is the only National Park System site in the California Condor’s ancestral range, and condor recovery work at the Los Angeles Zoo, San Diego Zoo, and Buenos Aires Zoo looks to Pinnacles. Protecting these resources needs cooperation among local landowners, Federal, State, and local governments, and the private sector.

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The Congress makes the following findings:

(1)Pinnacles National Monument was established by Presidential Proclamation 796 on January 16, 1908, for the purposes of protecting its rock formations, and expanded by Presidential Proclamation 1660 of May 7, 1923; Presidential Proclamation 1704 of July 2, 1924; Presidential Proclamation 1948 of April 13, 1931; Presidential Proclamation 2050 of July 11, 1933; Presidential Proclamation 2528 of December 5, 1941; Public Law 94–567; and Presidential Proclamation 7266 of January 11, 2000.

(2)While the extraordinary geology of Pinnacles National Monument has attracted and enthralled visitors for well over a century, the expanded Monument now serves a critical role in protecting other important natural and cultural resources and ecological processes. This expanded role merits recognition through legislation.

(3)Pinnacles National Monument provides the best remaining refuge for floral and fauna species representative of the central California coast and Pacific coast range, including 32 species holding special Federal or State status, not only because of its multiple ecological niches but also because of its long-term protected status with 14,500 acres of Congressionally designated wilderness.

(4)Pinnacles National Monument encompasses a unique blend of California heritage from prehistoric and historic Native Americans to the arrival of the Spanish, followed by 18th and 19th century settlers, including miners, cowboys, vaqueros, ranchers, farmers, and homesteaders.

(5)Pinnacles National Monument is the only National Park System site within the ancestral home range of the California Condor. The reintroduction of the condor to its traditional range in California is important to the survival of the species, and as a result, the scientific community with centers at the Los Angeles Zoo and San Diego Zoo in California and Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina looks to Pinnacles National Monument as a leader in California Condor recovery, and as an international partner for condor recovery in South America.

(6)The preservation, enhancement, economic and tourism potential and management of the central California coast and Pacific coast range’s important natural and cultural resources requires cooperation and partnerships among local property owners, Federal, State, and local government entities and the private sector.

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Pub. L. 112–245, § 1, Jan. 10, 2013, 126 Stat. 2385, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter and amending provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas under section 1132 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Pinnacles National Park Act’.”

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