§47d Acquisition of certain lands for protection of park deer

Summary

To protect deer along Yosemite’s western edge, the Secretary of the Interior may trade land so the park gains about 1,350 acres of privately owned ground. That private land is in sections 21 and 28 of township 3 south, range 20 east, and in sections 22 through 27, lying between an old railroad grade (from a point on Wawona Road near Chinquapin to the top of an abandoned incline hoist in the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 21) and the current park boundary. Those lands will be added to the park. In return, the Secretary may give the private owners official government title (a patent) to about 1,010 acres of Federal land described in parts of sections in township 3 south, range 20 east; township 3 south, range 21 east; and township 4 south, range 21 east (specific parts of sections 25, 36, 32, and 5). Those Federal lands will be removed from the park when the patent is issued.