and Expansion Act of 1989 to designate the Ernest
F. Coe Visitor Center.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS WILDERNESS
AND ERNEST F. COE VISITOR CENTER, EVER-
GLADES NATIONAL PARK.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Marjory Stoneman Douglas, through her
book, ‘‘The Everglades: River of Grass’’ (1947), de-
fined the Everglades for the American people and for
the world. Her book was the first to stimulate wide-
spread understanding of the Everglades ecosystem and
ultimately served to awaken the desire to restore its
health.
(2) In her 107th year, Mrs. Douglas is the sole
surviving member of the original group of people who
devoted decades of selfless effort to establish Everglades
National Park.
(3) When the water supply and ecology of the
Everglades, both within and outside the park, became
threatened by drainage and development, Mrs. Doug-
las dedicated the balance of her life to the defense of
the Everglades through extraordinary personal effort
and by inspiring countless other people to take action.
(4) For these and many other accomplishments,
the President awarded Mrs. Douglas the Medal of
Freedom on Earth Day, 1994.
(5) Ernest F. Coe (1886–1951) was a leader in
the creation of Everglades National Park. He orga-
nized the Tropic Everglades National Park Associa-
tion in 1928 and was widely regarded as the ‘‘Father
of Everglades National Park’’.
(6) As a landscape architect, Mr. Coe’s vision for
the park recognized the need to protect south Florida’s
diverse wildlife and their habitats for future genera-
tions. His original park proposal included lands and
waters subsequently protected within Everglades Na-
tional Park, the Big Cypress National Preserve, and
the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
(7) Mr. Coe’s leadership, selfless devotion, and
commitment to achieving this vision culminated in
the authorization of Everglades National Park by
Congress in 1934. Afterwards, Mr. Coe fought tire-
lessly and lobbied strenuously for establishment of the
park, finally realizing his dream in 1947. He accom-
plished much of this work at his own expense, which
dramatically demonstrated his commitment to estab-
lishment of the park.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to com-
memorate the vision, leadership, and enduring contribu-
tions of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Ernest F. Coe in
the protection of the Everglades and the establishment of
Everglades National Park.
(c) MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS WILDERNESS.—
(1) REDESIGNATION.—Section 401(3) of the Na-
tional Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law
95–625; 92 Stat. 3490; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is
amended by striking out ‘‘to be known as the Ever-
glades Wilderness’’ and inserting ‘‘to be known as the
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness to commemo-
rate the vision and leadership shown by Mrs. Douglas
in the protection of the Everglades and the establish-
ment of Everglades National Park’’.
(2) NOTICE OF REDESIGNATION.—As part of the
redesignation of the ‘‘Everglades Wilderness’’ as the
‘‘Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness’’ under para-
graph (1), the Secretary of the Interior shall provide
such notification of the redesignation by signs, mate-
rials, maps, markers, interpretive programs, and
other means (including changes in existing signs, ma-
terials, maps, and markers) as will adequately inform
the public of the redesignation of the wilderness area
and the reasons therefor.
(3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law,
regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of
the United States to the ‘‘Everglades Wilderness’’
shall be considered to be a reference to ‘‘Marjory
Stoneman Douglas Wilderness’’.
(d) ERNEST F. COE VISITOR CENTER.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—Section 103 of the Ever-
glades National Park Protection and Expansion Act
of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r–7) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) ERNEST F. COE VISITOR CENTER.—Upon comple-
tion of construction of the main visitor center facility at
the headquarters of Everglades National Park, the Secretary
of the Interior shall designate the visitor center facility as
‘The Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center’ to commemorate the vi-
sion and leadership shown by Mr. Coe in the establishment
and protection of Everglades National Park.’’.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Subsection (e)
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘VISITOR CEN-
TER’’ and inserting ‘‘MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS
VISITOR CENTER’’.
(3) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Subsection (c)(2)
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘personnally-
owned’’ and inserting ‘‘personally-owned’’.