An Act to designate certain lands within units of the national park system as wilderness; to revise the boundaries of certain of those units, and for other purposes.
PL 94-567 (H.R.13160), enacted 10/20/1976

90 STAT. 2692 
PUBLIC LAW 94-567—OCT. 20, 1976 
Public Law 94-567 
94th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 20, 1976 
[H.R. 13160] 
Wilderness areas. 
Designation. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
Bandelier 
National 
Monument, 
N. Mex. 
Gunnison 
National 
Monument, Colo. 
Chiricahua 
National 
Monument, Ariz. 
Great Sand 
Dunes 
National 
Monument, 
Colo. 
Haleakala 
National 
Park, Hawaii. 
Isle Royale 
National 
Park, Mich. 
Joshua Tree 
National 
Monument, Calif. 
To designate certain lands within units of the National Park System as wilder-
ness; to revise the boundaries of certain of those units; and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That 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, and 
shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance 
with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act: 
(a) Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, wilderness com-
prising twenty-three thousand two hundred and sixty-seven acres, 
depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Bandelier National Mon-
ument, New Mexico", numbered 315-20,014-B and dated May 1976, to 
be know as the Bandelier Wilderness. 
(b) Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, Colorado, 
wilderness comprising eleven thousand one hundred and eighty acres, 
depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Black Canyon of the 
Gunnison National Monument, Colorado", numbered 144r-20,0l7 and 
dated May 1973, to be known as the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 
Wilderness. 
(c) Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona, wilderness compris-
ing nine thousand four hundred and forty acres, and potential wilder-
ness additions comprising two acres, depicted on a map entitled 
"Wilderness Plan, Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona", num-
bered 145-20,007-A and dated September 1973, to be known as the 
Chiricahua National Monument Wilderness. 
(d) Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado, wilderness 
comprising thirty-three thousand four hundred and fifty acres, and 
potential wilderness additions comprising six hundred and seventy 
acres, depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Great Sand Dunes 
National Monument, Colorado", numbered 140-20,006-C and dated 
February 1976, to be known as the Great Sand Dunes Wilderness. 
(e) Haleakala National Park, Hawaii, wilderness comprising 
nineteen thousand two hundred and seventy acres, and potential wil-
derness additions comprising five thousand five hundred acres, 
depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Haleakala National 
Park, Hawaii", numbered 162-20,006-A and dated July 1972, to be 
known as the Haleakala Wilderness. 
(f) Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, wilderness comprising 
one hundred and thirty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty acres, 
and potential wilderness additions comprising two hundred and thirty-
one acres, depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Isle !Royale 
National Park, Michigan", numbered 139-20,004 and dated December 
1974, to be known as the Isle Royale Wilderness. 
(g) Joshua Tree National Monument, California, wilderness com-
prising four hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred and 
ninety acres, and potential wilderness additions comprising thirty-
seven thousand five hundred and fifty acres, depicted on a map entitled 
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90 STAT. 2693 
"Wilderness Plan, Joshua Tree National Monument, California", 
numbered 156-20,003-D and dated May 1976, to be known as the 
Joshua Tree Wilderness. 
(h) Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, wilderness comprising 
eight thousand one hundred acres, depicted on a map entitled "Wil-
derness Plan, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado", numbered 
307-20,007-A and dated September 1972, to be known as the Mesa 
Verde Wilderness. 
(i) Pinnacles National Monument, California, wilderness compris-
ing twelve thousand nine hundrecl and fifty-two acres, and potential 
wilderness additions comprising nine hundred and ninety acres, 
depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Pinnacles National 
Monument, California", numbered 114-20,010-D and dated Septem-
ber 1975, to be known as the Pinnacles Wilderness. 
(j) Saguaro National Monument, Arizona, wilderness comprising 
seventy-one thousand four hundred acres, depicted on a map entitled 
"Wilderness Plan, Saguaro National Monument, Arizona", numbered 
151-20,003-D and dated May 1976, to be known as the Saguaro 
Wilderness. 
(k) Point Reyes National Seashore, California, wilderness com-
prising twenty-five thousand three hundred and seventy acres, and 
potential wilderness additions comprising eight thousand and three 
acres, depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Point Reyes 
National Seashore", numbered 612-90,000-B and dated September 
1976, to be known as the Point Reyes Wilderness. 
(1) Badlands National Monument, South Dakota, wilderness com-
prising sixty-four thousand two hundred and fifty acres, depicted on 
a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Badlands National Monument, 
South Dakota", numbered 137-29,010-B and dated May 1976, to be 
known as the Badlands Wilderness. 
(m) Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, wilderness comprising 
seventy-nine thousand and nineteen acres, and potential wilderness 
additions comprising five hundred and sixty acres, depicted on a map 
entitled "Wilderness Plan, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia", 
numbered 134-90,001 and dated June 1975, to be known as the Shen-
andoah Wilderness. 
SEC. 2. A map and description of the boundaries of the areas desig-
nated in this Act shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the office of the Director of the National Park Service, Department of 
the Interior, and in the office of the Superintendent of each area desig-
nated in the Act. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, 
maps of the wilderness areas and descriptions of their boundaries shall 
be filed with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the 
United States Senate and House of Representatives, and such maps 
and descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if included in 
this Act: Provided, That correction of clerical and typographical 
errors in such maps and descriptions may be made. 
SEC. 3. All lands which represent potential wilderness additions, 
upon publication in the Federal Register of a notice by the Secretary 
of the Interior that all uses thereon prohibited by the Wilderness Act 
have ceased, shall thereby be designated wilderness. 
SEC. 4. The boundaries of the following areas are hereby revised, 
and those lands depicted on the respective maps as wilderness or as 
potential wilderness addition are hereby so designated at such time 
and in such manner as provided for by this Act: 
Mesa Verde 
National Park, 
Colo. 
Pinnacles 
National 
Monument, ([]alif. 
Saguaro National 
Monument, Ariz. 
Point Reyes 
National 
Seashore, 
Calif. 
Badlands 
National 
Monument, 
S. Dak. 
Shenandoah 
National Park, 
Va. 
Map and 
description, 
public inspection. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
16 u s e 1131 
note. 
Boundary 
revision. 
90 STAT. 2694 
PUBLIC LAW 94-567—OCT. 20, 1976 
Isle Royale 
National Park, 
Mich. 
16 u s e 408g. 
Pinnacles 
National 
Monument, Calif. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
(a) Isle Koyale National Park, Michigan: 
The Act of March 6, 1942 (56 Stat. 138; 16 U.S.C. 408e-408h), as 
amended, is further amended as follows: 
(1) Insert the letter "(a)" before the second paragraph of the first 
section, redesignate subparagraphs (a), (b), and (c) of that para-
graph as " (1)", " (2)", " (3)", respectively, and add to that section the 
following new paragraph: 
"(b) Gull Islands, containing approximately six acres, located in 
section 19. township 68 north, range 31 west, in Keweenaw County, 
Michigan.". 
(2) Amend section 3 to read as follows: 
"SEC. 3. The boundaries of the Isle Koyale National Park are hereby 
extended to include any submerged lands within the territorial juris-
diction of the United States within four and one-half miles of the 
shoreline of Isle Koyale and the surrounding islands, including 
Passage Island and the Gull Islands, and the Secretary of the Interior 
is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to acquire title by donation to 
any such lands not now owned by the United States, the title to be 
satisfactory to him.". 
(b) Pinnacles National Monument, California: 
(1) The boundary is hereby revised by adding the following de-
scribed lands, totaling approximately one thousand seven hundred 
and seventeen and nine-tenths acres: 
(a) Mount Diablo meridian, township 17 south, range 7 east: Sec-
tion 1, east half east half, southwest quarter northeast quarter, and 
northwest quarter southeast quarter; section 12, east half northeast 
quarter, and northeast quarter southeast quarter; section 13, east half 
northeast quarter and northeast quarter southeast quarter. 
(b) Township 16 south, range 7 east: Section 32, east half. 
(c) Township 17 south, range 7 east: Section 4, west half; section 5, 
east half. 
(d) Township 17 south, range 7 east: Section 6, southwest quarter 
southwest quarter; section 7, northwest quarter north half southwest 
quarter. 
(2) The Secretary of the Interior may make minor revisions in the 
monument boundary from time to time by publication in the Federal 
Register of a map or other boundary description, but the total area 
within the monument may not exceed sixteen thousand five hundred 
acres: Provided^ however^ That lands designated as wilderness pur-
suant to this Act may not be excluded from the monument. The monu-
ment shall hereafter be administered in accordance with the Act of 
August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as amended and 
supplemented. 
(3) In order to effectuate the purposes of this subsection, the Secre-
tary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase, 
transfer from any other Federal agency or exchange, lands and inter-
ests therein within the area hereafter encompassed by the monument 
boundary, except that property owned by the State of California or 
any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation. 
(4) There are authorized to be appropriated, in addition to such 
sums as may heretofore have been appropriated, not to exceed 
$955,000 for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands authorized 
by this subsection. No funds authorized to be appronriated pursuant 
to this Act shall be available prior to October 1, 1977. 
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90 STAT. 2695 
SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall, within two years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, review, as to its suitability or 
nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness, the area comprising 
approximately sixty-two thousand nine hundred and thirty acres 
located in the Coronado National Forest adjacent to Saguaro National 
Monument, Arizona, and identified on the map referred to in section 
l(j) of this Act as the "Kincon Wilderness Study Area," and shall 
report his findings to the President. The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall conduct his review in accordance with the provisions of subsec-
tions 3(b) and 3(d) of the Wilderness Act, except that any reference 
in such subsections to areas in the national forests classified as "primi-
tive" on the effective date of that Act shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the wilderness study area designated by this Act and except that the 
President shall advise the Congress of his recommendations with 
respect to this area within two years after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall give at least sixty days' 
advance public notice of any hearing or other public meeting relating 
to the review provided for by this section. 
SEC. 6. The areas designated by this Act as wilderness shall be 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the 
applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas desig-
nated 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, where 
appropriate, any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 7. (a) Section 6(a) of the Act of September 13, 1962 (76 Stat. 
538), as amended (16 U.S.C. 459c-6a) is amended by inserting "with-
out impairment of its natural values, in a manner which provides for 
such recreational, educational, historic preservation, interpretation, 
and scientific research opportunities as are consistent with, based 
upon, and supportive of the maximum protection, restoration and 
preservation of the natural environment with the area" immediately 
after "shall be administered by the Secretary". 
(b) Add the following new section 7 and redesignate the existing 
section 7 as section 8: 
"SEC. 7. The Secretary shall designate the principal environmental 
education center within the Seashore as 'The Clem Miller Environ-
mental Education Center,' in commemoration of the vision and 
leadership which the late Representative Clem Miller gave to the 
creation and protection of Point Reyes National Seashore.". 
SEC. 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any designation 
of the lands in the Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, known as 
the Whiskey Mountain Area, comprising approximately six thousand 
four hundred and ninety-seven acres and depicted as the "Whiskey 
Mountain Area—Glacier Primitive Area" on a map entitled "Pro-
posed Glacier Wilderness and Glacier Primitive Area", dated 
September 23, 1976, on file in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture, shall be classified as a primitive area until 
the Secretary of Agriculture or his designee determines otherwise 
pursuant to classification procedures for national forest primitive 
areas. Provisions of any otner Act designating the Fitspatrick Wil-
Rincon 
Wilderness Study 
Area, suitability 
review. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
Report to 
President. 
16 u s e 1132. 
Notice and 
hearing. 
Administration. 
16 u s e 459c-6. 
16 u s e 459c-7. 
The eiem Miller 
Environmentjil 
Education 
eenter, 
designation. 
16 u s e 459c-6a. 
Whiskey 
Mountain Area, 
classification as a 
primitive area. 
90 STAT. 2696 
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demess in said Forest shall continue to be effective only for the 
approximately one hundred and ninety-one thousand one hundred and 
three acres depicted as the "Proposed Glacier Wilderness" on said 
map. 
Approved October 20, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1427 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-1357 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): 
Sept. 22, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate, amended; House agreed to Senate 
amendments.