Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§698m–1 Big Cypress National Preserve Addition

Title 16 › CHAPTER 6 — GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 698m–1

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Big Cypress National Preserve Addition to protect the preserve’s goals, finish the preserve along with the planned Interstate 75, and make sure the Big Cypress watershed is used and accessed in a managed way. The Addition covers about 146,000 acres shown on a map dated April, 1987 (map no. 176–91000C). That map is on file at the National Park Service in Washington, D.C., and with Collier County offices in Florida. The Secretary must publish a detailed boundary description in the Federal Register as soon as possible. The area will be called the Big Cypress National Preserve Addition and will be managed like the preserve. Congress intends the Secretary to substantially finish buying land for the Addition within five years after April 29, 1988.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §698m–1

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(a)Establishment

In order to—

(1)achieve the purposes of section 698f of this title;

(2)complete the preserve in conjunction with the planned construction of Interstate Highway 75; and

(3)insure appropriately managed use and access to the Big Cypress Watershed in the State of Florida,

the Big Cypress National Preserve Addition is established.

(b)Location; boundaries; publication in Federal Register

The Big Cypress National Preserve Addition (referred to in sections 698f to 698m–4 of this title as the “Addition”) shall comprise approximately 146,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled Big Cypress National Preserve Addition, dated April, 1987, and numbered 176–91000C, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., and shall be filed with appropriate offices of Collier County in the State of Florida. The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable, publish a detailed description of the boundaries of the Addition in the Federal Register.

(c)Designation; management

The area within the boundaries depicted on the map referred to in subsection (b) shall be known as the “Big Cypress National Preserve Addition” and shall be managed in accordance with section 698i of this title.

(d)Completion of land acquisition; time

For purposes of administering the Addition and notwithstanding section 698g(c) of this title, it is the express intent of the Congress that the Secretary should substantially complete the land acquisition program contemplated with respect to the Addition in not more than five years after April 29, 1988.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 698m–1

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110