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

Summary

Protect the Channel Islands in California by recognizing and saving their important natural, scenic, wildlife, marine, ecological, archaeological, cultural, and scientific features. It calls out six key values: brown pelican nesting areas; undisturbed tide pools; pinnipeds that breed and pup almost only on the islands (including the only northern fur seal breeding colony south of Alaska); wind-formed landforms and caliche; the presumed burial place of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo; and archaeological evidence of substantial Native American populations.

Title 16, §410ff

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In order to protect the nationally significant natural, scenic, wildlife, marine, ecological, archaeological, cultural, and scientific values of the Channel Islands in the State of California, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1)the brown pelican nesting area;

(2)the undisturbed tide pools providing species diversity unique to the eastern Pacific coast;

(3)the pinnipeds which breed and pup almost exclusively on the Channel islands, including the only breeding colony for northern fur seals south of Alaska;

(4)the Eolian landforms and caliche;

(5)the presumed burial place of Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo; and

(6)the archaeological evidence of substantial populations of Native Americans;

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 809, Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4189, as amended by Pub. L. 106–176, title I, § 119, Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 28, provided that: “(a) Designation.—The visitor center at the Channel Islands National Park, California, is designated as the ‘Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center’. “(b) Legal References.—Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, map, or other document of the United States to the visitor center referred to in subsection (a) is deemed to be a reference to the ‘Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center’.” Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(d) [title I, § 125], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–181, 3009–204.

§410ff Establishment

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Title 16, §410ff

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