§469e Plan for Continental Glaciation

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must work with Wisconsin state and local governments to make a full plan for protecting, preserving, and explaining examples of continental glaciation in Wisconsin. The plan must be made within two years after October 13, 1964, and the federal government may not spend more than $50,000 on it. When the plan is finished and the Secretary is satisfied that Wisconsin has laws to protect the important parts and keep them open to the whole Nation, he must send copies to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. After 90 days and after consulting the Governor, he may publish a notice in the Federal Register creating the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve and naming its boundaries. The boundaries will include lands owned or to be bought by Wisconsin state or local governments in the eastern area (parts of the northern Kettle Moraine and Campbellsport drumlin area), the central area (parts of Devil’s Lake State Park), the northwestern area (parts of Chippewa County), and other related areas the Secretary and the Governor agree are significant. Areas outside national forests that are later agreed on can be added the same way, and areas can be removed the same way.