Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§410q Exchange of Lands

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIV — EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK › § 410q

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may take ownership for the United States of certain lands to help run Everglades National Park. Those lands are the parts of tracts R and S that lie west of the State Road 29 right-of-way, plus lots 1 through 9 of block 40 in Everglades City, Florida, shown on N.P.S. Map No. EVE–NP–E–1 dated June 23, 1959, and comprising 18.98, 1.32, and 3.17 acres respectively. The Secretary may also take up to 15 acres of submerged land next to tracts R and S if those extra lands are needed to use the above parcels fully. In return, the Secretary may transfer to the current owner or owners the United States’ interest in certain park lands: Tract L (9.09 acres) and block 34 (1.65 acres) in or near Everglades City, Florida.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410q

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In order to further the administration and use of the Everglades National Park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States title to the following described parcels of land: Those parts of tracts “R” and “S” which lie west of the right-of-way of State Road Numbered 29, and lots 1 to 9, inclusive, of block 40, in Everglades City, Florida, comprising 18.98, 1.32, and 3.17 acres, respectively, as shown on N.P.S. Map No. EVE–NP–E–1, dated June 23, 1959, of Everglades City, Florida; and not to exceed 15 acres of submerged lands lying adjacent to said tracts “R” and “S”, if such additional lands are considered necessary by the Secretary of the Interior to permit full utilization of the lands above described; and, in exchange for such parcels of land, to convey to the owner or owners thereof all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following described parcels of land within the Everglades National Park: Tract “L” and block 34, comprising 9.09 and 1.65 acres, respectively, lying in or in the vicinity of Everglades City, Florida.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410q

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102