§410ooo Findings

Summary

Recognizes that Pinnacles National Monument was created by Presidential Proclamation 796 on January 16, 1908, and was later enlarged 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 Proclamation 7266 (January 11, 2000). It says the area protects famous rock formations and now also protects other natural and cultural resources. The park is a refuge for plants and animals of the central California coast and Pacific coast range, including 32 species with special Federal or State status, and has 14,500 acres of Congress‑designated wilderness. It also contains a mix of California history from Native Americans through Spanish arrival and later settlers. Notes that Pinnacles is the only National Park System site in the California Condor’s ancestral home range, so returning condors there is important. It recognizes Pinnacles’ role in condor recovery work with the Los Angeles Zoo, San Diego Zoo, and Buenos Aires Zoo. It also says protecting and managing these resources needs cooperation among local landowners, Federal, State, and local governments, and private groups.