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[CITE: 16USC698n]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
             CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
 
Sec. 698n. Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve


(a) Establishment

    There is hereby established in the St. Johns River Valley, Florida, 
where the Timucuan Indians lived in prehistoric and historic times, the 
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (hereafter in sections 698n to 
698p of this title referred to as the ``Preserve''). The Preserve shall 
comprise the lands, waters, and interests therein within the boundaries 
generally depicted on a map of Duval County, Florida, entitled 
``Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve'' numbered NA-TEHP 80,003-A 
and dated July 1987. The map shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior. The Secretary of the Interior may make minor revisions in the 
boundary of the Preserve in accordance with section 460l-9(c) of this 
title. The Preserve shall also include within its boundaries all that 
land consisting of approximately 500 acres adjacent to Fort Caroline 
National Memorial and known as the Theodore Roosevelt Preserve, being 
land formerly owned by one Willie Brown and donated by him to The Nature 
Conservancy.

(b) Land acquisition

    The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in sections 698n to 698p 
of this title referred to as the ``Secretary'') is authorized to acquire 
lands and interests therein within the Preserve by donation, purchase 
with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, but no lands other than 
wetlands or interests therein may be acquired without the consent of the 
owner. For purposes of this subsection, the term ``wetlands'' has the 
same meaning as provided by section 3902 of this title. Lands, interests 
in lands, and improvements thereon within the boundaries of the Preserve 
which are owned by the State of Florida or any political subdivision 
thereof may be acquired only by donation or exchange. On lands acquired 
for inclusion within the Preserve, the Secretary shall not impair any 
legal riparian right of access nor shall he preclude the continued use 
of any legal right of way.

(c) Administration

    The Secretary shall administer those lands acquired for inclusion 
within the Preserve in such a manner as to protect the natural ecology 
of such land and water areas in accordance with sections 698n to 698p of 
this title and the provisions of law generally applicable to units of 
the National Park System, including sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this 
title. The Secretary shall permit boating, boating-related activities, 
hunting, and fishing within the Preserve in accordance with applicable 
Federal and State laws. The Secretary may designate zones where, and 
establish periods when, no hunting or fishing shall be permitted for 
reasons of public safety.

(d) Development of multiunit residential/resort project

    Nothing in sections 698n to 698p of this title shall affect 
development of a multiunit residential/resort project currently proposed 
for Fort George Island, nor shall any provision of sections 698n to 698p 
of this title be construed to affect any Federal, State or local law 
applicable to such project.

(Pub. L. 100-249, title II, Sec. 201, Feb. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 13.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 698p of this title.
