PUBLIC LAW 101-292—MAY 17, 1990 104 STAT. 185 Public Law 101-292 101st Congress An Act To establish the Grand Island National Recreation Area in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRAND ISLAND NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. In order to preserve and protect for present and future generations the outstanding resources and values of Grand Island in Lake Superior, Michigan, and for the purposes of providing for the conservation, protection, and enhancement of its scenery, recreation, fish and wildlife, vegetation and historical and cultural resources, there is hereby established the Grand Island National Recreation Area (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "national recreation area"). These resources and values include, but are not limited to, cliffs, caves, beaches, forested appearance, natural biological diversity, and features of early settlement. SEC. 2. BOUNDARIES. The national recreation area shall comprise all of the Grand Island in Lake Superior, Michigan, and all associated rocks, pinnacles, and islands and islets within one-quarter mile of the shore of Grand Island. The boundaries of the Hiawatha National Forest are hereby extended to include all of the lands within the national recreation area. All such extended boundaries shall be deemed boundaries in existence as of January 1, 1965, for the purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-9). All federally owned lands within the national recreation area on the date of enactment of this Act are hereby components of the National Forest System and shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as provided in this Act. SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION. (a) ADMINISTRATION. —Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") shall administer the national recreation area in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the National Forest System in furtherance of the purposes for which the national recreation area was established. (b) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The national recreation area also shall be administered according to the following special management requirements: (1) Subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary, including the protection of threatened and endangered species and the protection of other natural, cultural, and scenic values, owners of privately owned land and homes within the national recreation area shall be afforded access across National Forest System lands. May 17, 1990 [H.R. 1472] Conservation. Environmental protection. Historic preservation. National parks, monuments, etc. 16 USC 460aaa. 16 USC 460aaa-l. National Forest System. 16 USC 460aaa-2.
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