§459b–6 Administration of Acquired Property

Summary

The Secretary must run lands bought under sections 459b to 459b–8 under the National Park Service Act of August 25, 1916, and the national park system laws from the Act of August 8, 1953. The Secretary may also use other conservation powers if he finds they help meet the goals of sections 459b to 459b–8. The Cape Cod seashore must be kept in its present condition. No visitor projects may be done that would harm the unique plants, animals, land shapes, or any historic sites the Secretary names. The Secretary may create trails, viewpoints, exhibits, and services so people can enjoy and learn about the area, and may develop parts of the seashore for camping, swimming, boating, sailing, hunting, fishing, historic-site appreciation, and similar uses. Public use areas must be placed to avoid reducing the value or enjoyment of any improved private property inside the seashore. The Secretary may allow hunting and fishing, including shellfishing, in areas and under rules he sets, and only during open seasons set by local, State, and Federal law. He must consult Massachusetts and local officials before making those rules and may work with them, except that all matters about growing and taking shellfish are left to the towns referred to in section 459b. The Secretary must not interfere with navigation of waters in the Cape Cod National Seashore in ways and places that are now customary.