An Act to designate certain lands as wilderness
PL 91-504 (S.3014), enacted 10/23/1970

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[84 STAT. 
Citation of 
title. 
to pay an amount which will exceed 25 per centum of the cost of any 
project. Any unexpended or unobligated balance of any apportion-
ment made pursuant to this section shall be made available for expend-
iture in Puerto Eico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, as the case may 
be, in the succeeding year, on any approved projects, and if unex-
pended or unobligated at the end of such year is authorized to be 
made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior in 
carrying on the research program of the Fish and Wildlife Service 
in respect to fish of material value for sport or recreation." 
SEC. 204. This title may be cited as the "Federal Aid in Fish 
Restoration Act Amendments of 1970". 
Approved October 23, 1970. 
October 23, 1970 
[S.3014] 
Wilderness 
areas. 
Designation. 
Bering Sea. 
Bogoslof. 
Tuxedni. 
Saint Lazaria. 
Hazy Islands. 
Forrester Island. 
Three Arch. 
Rocks. 
Oregon Islands. 
Washington 
Islands. 
Salt Creek. 
Public Law 91-504 
AN ACT 
To designate certain lands as wilderness. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ 
DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS WITHIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES 
SECTION 1. In accordance with section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act 
(78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132(c)), the following lands are hereby 
designated as wilderness: 
(a) certain lands in the (1) Bering Sea, Bogoslof, and Tuxedni 
National Wildlife Refuges, Alaska, which comprise about forty-
one thousand one hundred and thirteen acres, three hundred and 
ninety acres, and six thousand four hundred and two acreSj respec-
tively, and which are depicted on maps entitled "Bering Sea 
Wilderness—Proposed", and "Bogoslof Wilderness—Proposed", 
and "Tuxedni Wilderness—Proposed", dated August 1967, and 
(2) the lands comprising the Saint Lazaria, Hazy Island, and 
Forrester Island National Wildlife Refuges, Alaska, which com-
prise about sixty-two acres, forty-two acres, and two thousand six 
hundred and thirty acres, respectively, and which are depicted on 
maps entitled "Southeastern Alaska Proposed Wilderness Areas", 
dated August 1967, which shall be known as the "Bering Sea 
Wilderness", "Bogoslof Wilderness", "Tuxedni Wilderness", 
"Saint Lazaria Wilderness", "Hazy Islands Wilderness", and 
"Forrester Island Wilderness", respectively; 
(b) certain lands in the (1) Three Arch Rocks and Oregon 
Islands National Wildlife Refuges, Oregon, which comprise about 
seventeen acres and twenty-one acres, respectively, ana which are 
depicted on maps entitled "Three Arch Rocks Wilderness—Pro-
posed", and "Oregon Islands Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 
1967, and (2) the lands comprising the Copalis, Flattery Rocks, 
and Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuges, Washington, 
which comprise about five acres, one hundred and twenty-five 
acres, and forty-nine acres, respectively, and which are depicted 
on a map entitled "Washington Islands Wilderness—Proposed", 
dated August 1967, as revised January 1969, which shall be known 
as "Three Arch Rocks Wilderness", "Oregon Islands Wilderness", 
and "Washington Islands Wilderness", respectively; 
(c) certain lands in the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 
New Mexico, which comprise about eight thousand five hundred 
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acres and which are depicted on a map entitled "Salt Creek Wil-
derness—Proposed", and dated August 1967, which shall be known 
as the "Salt Creek Wilderness"; 
(d) certain lands in (1) the Island Bay and Passage Key 
National Wildlife Refuges, Florida, which comj)rise about twenty 
acres each and which are depicted on maps entitled "Island Bay tains 
Wilderness—Proposed" and "Passage Key Wilderness—Pro-
S
osed", dated August 1967, and (2) the Wichita Mountains 
ational Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, which comprise about eight 
thousand nine hundred acres and which are depicted on a map 
entitled "Wichita Mountains Wilderness—Proposed", dated Octo-
ber 1967, which shall be known as "Island Bay Wilderness", "Pas-
sage Key Wilderness", and "Wichita Mountains Wilderness", 
respectively; 
(e) certain lands in (1) the Seney, Huron Islands, and Michi-
gan Islands National Wildlife Refuges, Michigan, which comprise 
about twenty-five thousand one hundred and fifty acres, one hun-
dred and forty-seven acres, and twelve acres, respectively, and 
which are depicted on maps entitled "Seney Wilderness—Pro-
posed", "Huron Islands Wilderness—Proposed", and "Michigan 
Islands Wilderness—Proposed", (2) the Gravel Island and Green 
Bay National Wilderness Refuges, Wisconsin, which comprise 
about twenty-seven acres and two acres, respectively, and which 
are depicted on a map entitled "Wisconsin Islands Wilderness— 
Proposed", and (3) the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, 
Maine, which comprise about two thousand seven hundred and 
eighty-two acres and which are depicted on a map entitled 
"Edmunds Wilderness and Birch Islands Wilderness—Proposed", 
all said maps being dated August 1967, which shall be known 
as "Seney Wilderness", "Huron Islands Wilderness", "Michigan 
Islands Wilderness", "Wisconsin 
Islands Wilderness", 
and 
"Moosehorn Wilderness", respectively; 
(f) certain lands in the Pelican Island National Wildlife Ref-
uge, Florida, which comprise about three acres and which are 
depicted on a map entitled "Pelican Island Wilderness—Pro-
posed" and dated August 1970, which shall be known as the 
"Pelican Island Wilderness"; and 
(g) certain lands in the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, 
Massachusetts, which comprise about two thousand six hundred 
acres but excepting and excluding therefrom two tracts of land 
containing approximately ninety and one hundred and seventy 
acres, respectively and which are depicted on a map entitled 
"Monomoy Wilderness—Proposed" and dated August 1970, which 
shall be known as the "Monomoy Wilderness". 
Island Bay. 
Passage Key. 
Wichita Moun* 
Seney, 
Huron Islands. 
Michigan Is-
lands. 
Wisconsin Is-
lands. 
Moosehorn. 
Pelican Island. 
Monomoy. 
DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS W I T H I N NATIONAL PARKS AND 
MONUMENTS 
SEC. 2. In accordance with section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act (78 
Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. ill32(c)), the following lands are hereby desig-
nated as wilderness: 
(a) certain lands in the Craters of the Moon National Monu-
ment, which comprise about forty-three thousand two hundred '^°°" 
and lorty-three acres and which are depicted on a map entitled 
Craters of the 
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Petrified 
Forest. 
"Wilderness Plan, Craters of the Moon National Monument, 
Idaho", numbered 131-91,000 and dated March 1970, which shall 
be known as the "Craters of the Moon National Wilderness Area"; 
(b) certain lands in the Petrified Forest National Park, which 
comprise about fifty thousand two hundred and sixty acres and 
which are depicted on a map entitled "Kecommended Wilderness, 
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona", numbered N P - P F -
3320-O and dated November 1967, which shall be known as the 
"Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area". 
Mount Baldy. 
Maps and de-
scriptions, filing 
with congressional 
committees. 
Admini s tration. 
78 Stat. 890. 
16 u s e 1131 
note. 
DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS WITHIN NATIONAL, FORESTS 
SEC. 3. In accordance with section 3(b) of the Wilderness Act (78 
Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132(b)), the following lands are hereby desig-
nated as wilderness: the area classified as the Mount Baldy Primitive 
Area with the proposed additions thereto and deletions therefrom, 
as generally depicted on a map entitled "Proposed Mount Baldy Wil-
derness", dated April 1, 1966, comprising an area of approximately 
seven thousand acres, within and as a part of the Apache National 
Forest, in the State of Arizona. 
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 or pursuant to 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 Wil-
derness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of 
this Act, and any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the Secretary who has administrative 
jurisdiction over the area. 
Approved October 23, 1970. 
October 23, 1970 
[H.R. 15405] 
Public Law 91-505 
AN ACT 
To render the assertion of land claims by the United States based upon accretion 
or avulsion subject to legal and equitable defenses to which private persons 
asserting such claims would be subject. 
Riverside Coun-
ty land tract, 
Calif. 
Equitable set-
tlement between 
U.S. and private 
parties. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the United 
States shall be subject to all legal and equitable defenses which are 
available against a private party litigant under the laws of the State 
in which the subject real property is located on the date of enactment of 
this Act in any case wherein the United States seeks to establish title 
to land or seeks to obtain relief dependent on ownership of such lands 
and (1) such title or ownership is claimed on the basis of accretion or 
avulsion, (2) the lands to which the United States seeks title or owner-
ship are not necessary to provide riparian frontage to other contiguous 
lands owned by the United States, (3) the facts upon which the United