PUBLIC JAW 94-557—OCT. 19, 1976
90 STAT. 2635
acres as generally depicted on a map entitled "Glacier Wilderness Proposed", dated March 1975 (revised August 1976), is hereby designated as the "Fitzpatrick Wilderness" and, therefore, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. (b) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890), the following lands are hereby designated as wilderness 16 USC 1131 and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preserva- note, tion System: (1) certain lands in the Sierra National Forest in California, which comprise about twenty-two thousand five hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Kaiser Wilderness-Proposed", dated August 1976, and shall be known as Kaiser Wilderness; (2) certain lands in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri, which comprise about twelve thousand three hundred and fifteen acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "HerculesGlades Wilderness, Proposed", dated March 1976, and shall be known as the Hercules-Glades Wilderness; DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS WITHIN THE NATIONAL. FOREST SYSTEM
SEC. 3. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890) and in accordance with the provisions of subsection 3(d) of that Act (78 Stat. 892, 893), relating to public notice, public hearings, and review by State and other agencies, the Secretary of Agriculture shall review, as to its suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness, each wilderness study area designated by or pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and report his findings to the President. The President shall advise the United States Senate and the House of Representatives of his recommendations with respect to the designation as wilderness of each such area on which the review has been completed, together with a map thereof and a definition of its boundaries. (b) Wilderness study areas to be reviewed pursuant to this section include— (1) certain lands in the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests in California, which comprise approximately fifty-two thousand acres, and which are generally depicted on a map entitled "Sheep Mountain Wilderness, Proposed", and dated February 1974. The Secretary shall complete his review and report his findings to the President and the President shall submit to the United States Senate and the House of Representatives his recommendations with respect to the designation of the Sheep Mountain Wilderness Study Area as wilderness not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act; (2) certain lands in the Mendocino National Forest in California, which comprise approximately thirty-seven thousand acres, and which are generally depicted on a map entitled "Snow Mountain Wilderness Proposed", and dated June 1971. The Secretary shall complete his review and report his findings to the President and the President shall submit to the United States Senate and the House of Representatives his recommendations with respect to the designation of the Snow Mountain Wilderness Study Area as wilderness not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act;
16 USC 1132 note.
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