Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§698m–1 Big Cypress National Preserve Addition

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 6— - GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 698m–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Adds approximately 146,000 acres to the Big Cypress National Preserve to meet the preserve’s goals, finish the preserve along with the planned construction of Interstate Highway 75, and make sure the Big Cypress Watershed in Florida is used and accessed in a proper way. The Addition follows the April 1987 map numbered 176–91000C, which will be kept at the National Park Service office in Washington, D.C., and filed with Collier County, and the Secretary of the Interior must publish a detailed boundary description in the Federal Register as soon as possible. The area will be called the Big Cypress National Preserve Addition and will be managed under the preserve’s rules. The Secretary must substantially complete the land acquisition program for the Addition within not more than five years after April 29, 1988.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §698m–1

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(a)In order to—

(1)achieve the purposes of section 698f of this title;

(2)complete the preserve in conjunction with the planned construction of Interstate Highway 75; and

(3)insure appropriately managed use and access to the Big Cypress Watershed in the State of Florida,

(b)The Big Cypress National Preserve Addition (referred to in sections 698f to 698m–4 of this title as the “Addition”) shall comprise approximately 146,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled Big Cypress National Preserve Addition, dated April, 1987, and numbered 176–91000C, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., and shall be filed with appropriate offices of Collier County in the State of Florida. The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable, publish a detailed description of the boundaries of the Addition in the Federal Register.

(c)The area within the boundaries depicted on the map referred to in subsection (b) shall be known as the “Big Cypress National Preserve Addition” and shall be managed in accordance with section 698i of this title.

(d)For purposes of administering the Addition and notwithstanding section 698g(c) of this title, it is the express intent of the Congress that the Secretary should substantially complete the land acquisition program contemplated with respect to the Addition in not more than five years after April 29, 1988.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 698m–1

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73