A bill to designate certain lands as wilderness.
PL 93-632 (H.R.12884), enacted 01/03/1975

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PUBLIC LAW 93-632-JAN. 3, 1975 
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Public Law 93-631 
AN ACT 
Designating tlie Laneport Dam and Lake on the San Gabriel River as the 
"Granger Dam and Lake". 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Laneport 
Dam and Lake on the San Gabriel River near Granger, Texas, author-
ized by the Flood Control Act of 1954, shall hereafter be known as 
the Granger Dam and Lake, and any law, regulation, document, or 
record of the United States in which such project is designated or 
referred to shall be held to refer to such project under and by the 
name of "Granger Dam and Lake". 
Approved January 3, 1975. 
January 3, ]975 
[H.R. 11802] 
Laneport Dam 
and Lake, San 
Gabriel River, 
Tex. 
Name chang;e. 
68 Stat. 1256. 
Public Law 93-632 
AN ACT 
To designate certain lands as wilderness. 
January 3, 1975 
[H.R. 12884] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
DESIGNATION 
OF WILDERNESS AREAS W I T H I N 
T H E 
NATIONAL 
WILDLIFE 
REFUGE SYSTEM 
SECTION 1. That in accordance with subsection (c) of section 3 of the 
Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890, 892), the following lands are hereby 
designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the national 
wilderness preservation system: 
(a) certain lands in the Chamisso National Wildlife Kefuge, 
Alaska, which comprise approximately four hundred and fifty-five 
acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Chamisso Wilderness 
Proposal", dated November 1969, and which shall be known as the 
Chamisso Wilderness; 
(b) certain lands in the National Key Deer Refuge, Great 
White Heron National Wildlife Refuge, and the Key West 
National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, which comprise approxi-
mately four thousand seven hundred and forty acres, which are 
depicted on a map entitled "Florida Keys Wilderness—Proposed", 
dated August 1969, and which shall be known as the Florida 
Keys Wilderness; 
(c) certain lands in the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge, Florida, 
which comprise approximately seventeen thousand seven hundred 
and forty-six acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "St. 
Marks Wilderness Proposal—Florida", dated September 1971, 
revised December 1971, and which shall be known as the St. Marks 
Wilderness; 
(d) certain lands in the Blackbeard Island National Wildlife 
Refuge, Georgia, which comprise approximately three thousand 
acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Blackbeard Island 
Wilderness—Proposed", dated December 1971, and which shall 
be known as the "Blackbeard Island Wilderness"; 
(e) certain lands in the Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge, 
Georgia, which comprise approximately five thousand one hundred 
and twenty-six acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Wolf 
Island Wilderness Proposal", dated March 1971, revised March 
1973, further revised March 1974, and which shall be known as 
the Wolf Island Wilderness; 
Wilderness 
areas. 
Designation. 
16 u s e 1132. 
Florida Keys. 
St. Marks. 
Blackbeard 
Island. 
Wolf Island. 
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Breton. 
Moosehorn. 
(f) certain lands in the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, 
Louisiana, which comprise approximately five thousand acres, 
which are depicted on a map entitled "Breton Wilderness— 
Proposed", dated December 1970, revised January 1974, and 
which shall be known as the Breton Wilderness; 
(g) certain lands in the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, 
Maine, which comprise approximately four thousand seven 
hundred and nineteen acres and which are depicted on a map 
entitled "Moosehorn Wilderness (Baring Unit)—Proposed", 
dated September 1971, revised December 1971, further revised 
September 1974, and which shall be known as the Moosehorn 
Wilderness (Baring Unit) ; 
^"^^"*'"^- 
(h) certain lands in the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge, 
New Jersey, which comprise approximately six thousand six 
hundred and three acres, which are depicted on the map entitled 
"Brigantine Wilderness—Proposed", dated August 1971, revised 
September 1974, and which shall be known as the Brigantine 
Wilderness; 
A^che"'' '^^^ 
(^) certain lands in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife 
Refuge, New Mexico, which comprise approximately thirty thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty acres, which are depicted on a map 
entitled "Bosque del Apache Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 
1971, revised September 1974, and which shall be known as 
Bosque del Apache Wilderness; 
Chase Lake. 
Q) Certain lands in the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 
North Dakota, which comprise approximately four thousand one 
hundred and fifty-five acres, which are depicted on the map 
entitled "Chase Lake Wilderness—Proposed", dated September 
1971, and which shall be known as the Chase Lake Wilderness; 
Lostwood. 
(^]j) certain lands in the Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, 
North Dakota, which comprise approximately five thousand five 
hundred and seventy-seven acres, which are depicted on a map 
entitled "Lostwood Wilderness Proposal", dated August 1971, 
and which shall be known as the Lostwood Wilderness; 
je^st Sister 
^1) ^11 lauds iu the West Sister Island National Wildlife 
Refuge, Ohio, which comprise approximately eighty-five acres, 
which are depicted on a map entitled "Proposed West Sister 
Island Wilderness", dated October 1969, and which shall be known 
as the West Sister Island Wilderness; and 
Cape Remain. 
(j^^ Certain lauds in the Cape Romain National Wildlife 
Refuge, South Carolina, which comprise approximately twenty-
eight thousand acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Cape 
Romain Wilderness Proposal", dated January 1971, and which 
shall be known as the Cape Romain Wilderness. 
DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS W I T H I N THE NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
SEC. 2. In accordance with subsection 3(b) of the Wilderness Act 
(78 Stat. 891; 16 U.S.C. 1132) the following areas are hereby desig-
nated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System: 
Agua Tibia. 
(a) Tlic area in the Cleveland National Forest in California 
classified as the Agua Tibia Primitive Area, with deletions there-
from, which area comprises approximately sixteen thousand nine 
hundred and seventy-one acres, is generally depicted on a map 
entitled "Agua Tibia Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 1974, 
and shall be known as the Agua Tibia Wilderness. 
Emigrant. 
^b) Xhc arca in the. Stanislaus National Forest in California 
classified as the Emigrant Basin Primitive Area, with additions 
thereto and deletions therefrom, which area comprises approxi-
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mately one hundred and six thousand nine hundred and ten acres, 
is generally depicted on a map entitled "Emigrant Wilderness— 
Proposed, 1970" on file in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture, and shall be known as the Emigrant 
Wilderness. The area commonly called the Cherry Creek exclu-
sion, depicted on such map as Exclusion 2 and comprising approxi-
mately six thousand and forty-two acres, shall, in accordance with 
the provisions of subsection 3(d) of the Wilderness Act, be 
reviewed by the Secretary of Agriculture as to its suitability or 
nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness in conjunction with 
his review of the potential addition to the Hoover Wilderness in 
Toiyabe National Forest. The recommendations of the President 
to the Congress on the potential addition to the Hoover Wilder-
ness shall be accompanied by the President's recommendations on 
the Cherry Creek exclusion. The previous classification of the Emi-
grant Basin Primitive Area is hereby abolished with the excep-
tion of said Exclusion 2. 
(c) The area classified as the San Juan and Upper Eio Grande 
Primitive Areas, with the proposed additions thereto and dele-
tions therefrom, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Wemi-
nuche Wilderness—^Proposed", dated December 1974, which is on 
file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, is hereby designated 
as the Weminuche Wilderness within and as part of the Eio 
Grande and San Juan National Forests comprising an area of 
approximately four hundred five thousand thirty-one acres. 
(d) The ai'ea in the Flathead National Forest in Montana classi-
fied as the Mission Mountains Primitive Area, with an addition 
thereto, which area comprises approximately seventy-five thou-
sand five hundred and eighty-eight acres, is depicted on a 
map entitled "Mission Mountains Wilderness Area—Proposed", 
dated July 1974, and shall be known as the Mission Mountains 
Wilderness. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all primitive area 
classifications of areas herein designated wilderness are hereby 
abolished. 
SEC. 4. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, a map and 
a legal description of each wilderness area shall be filed with the 
Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United States Senate 
and the House of Representatives, and such description shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided^ however^ 
That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal 
description and map may be made. 
SEC. 5. Wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be administered 
in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing 
areas designated by that Act as wilderness areas, except that any 
reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act, and 
any references to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a 
reference to the Secretary Avho has administrative jurisdiction over 
the area. 
Approved January 3, 1975. 
Cherry Creek 
exclusion, review. 
16 u s e 1132. 
Recommenda-
tions to Congress, 
Weminuche, 
Mission Moun-
tains , 
Certain primi-
tive area classifi-
cations, abolish-
ment. 
Maps and de-
scriptions, filing 
with congres-
sional committees. 
Administration, 
16 u s e 1131 
note.