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[CITE: 16USC410r-5]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                SUBCHAPTER LIV--EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 410r-5. Findings, purposes, and definitions


(a) Findings

    The Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) The Everglades National Park is a nationally and 
    internationally significant resource and the park has been adversely 
    affected and continues to be adversely affected by external factors 
    which have altered the ecosystem including the natural hydrologic 
    conditions within the park.
        (2) The existing boundary of Everglades National Park excludes 
    the contiguous lands and waters of the Northeast Shark River Slough 
    that are vital to long-term protection of the park and restoration 
    of natural hydrologic conditions within the park.
        (3) Wildlife resources and their associated habitats have been 
    adversely impacted by the alteration of natural hydrologic 
    conditions within the park, which has contributed to an overall 
    decline in fishery resources and a 90 percent population loss of 
    wading birds.
        (4) Incorporation of the Northeast Shark River Slough and the 
    East Everglades within the park will limit further losses suffered 
    by the park due to habitat destruction outside the present park 
    boundaries and will preserve valuable ecological resources for use 
    and enjoyment by future generations.
        (5) The State of Florida and certain of its political 
    subdivisions or agencies have indicated a willingness to transfer 
    approximately 35,000 acres of lands under their jurisdiction to the 
    park in order to protect lands and water within the park, and may so 
    transfer additional lands in the future.
        (6) The State of Florida has proposed a joint Federal-State 
    effort to protect Everglades National Park through the acquisition 
    of additional lands.

(b) Purposes

    The purposes of sections 410r-5 to 410r-8 of this title are to--
        (1) increase the level of protection of the outstanding natural 
    values of Everglades National Park and to enhance and restore the 
    ecological values, natural hydrologic conditions, and public 
    enjoyment of such area by adding the area commonly known as the 
    Northeast Shark River Slough and the East Everglades to Everglades 
    National Park; and
        (2) assure that the park is managed in order to maintain the 
    natural abundance, diversity, and ecological integrity of native 
    plants and animals, as well as the behavior of native animals, as a 
    part of their ecosystem.

(c) Definitions

    As used in sections 410r-5 to 410r-8 of this title:
        (1) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior.
        (2) The term ``addition'' means the approximately 107,600 acre 
    area of the East Everglades area authorized to be added to 
    Everglades National Park by sections 410r-5 to 410r-8 of this title.
        (3) The term ``park'' means the area encompassing the existing 
    boundary of Everglades National Park and the addition area described 
    in paragraph (2).
        (4) The term ``project'' means the Central and Southern Florida 
    Project.

(Pub. L. 101-229, title I, Sec. 101, Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1946.)


                      Short Title of 1997 Amendment

    Pub. L. 105-82, Sec. 1, Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1540, provided 
that: ``This Act [amending section 410r-7 of this title, enacting 
provisions set out as a note under section 410r-7 of this title, and 
amending provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under 
section 1132 of this title] may be cited as the `Marjory Stoneman 
Douglas Wilderness and Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Designation Act'.''


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 101-229 provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
this section and sections 410r-6 to 410r-8 of this title] may be cited 
as the `Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 
1989'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 410r-6, 410r-7, 410r-8 of 
this title.
