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 PUBLIC LAW 100-499—OCT. 18, 1988

102 STAT. 2499

SEC. 17. GRAZING.

Subject to such limitations, conditions, or regulations as he may prescribe, the Secretary of Agriculture shall permit grazing on lands within the Ouachita National Forest, Le Flore County, Oklahoma. SEC. 18. FISHING AND WILDLIFE.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to wildlife and fish in the areas designated by this Act. SEC. 19. PERMITS.

16 USC 460W-15.

16 USC

460W-16.

State and local governments. Corporations.

The Secretary shall cooperate with other Federal agencies, with State and local public agencies and bodies, and with private individ- 16 USC uals and organizations in the issuance of permits for facilities, 460W-17. services, and recreational facilities in the Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area. In issuing such permits, the Secretary is authorized and encouraged to consider local nonprofit entities and the private sector. SEC. 20. LAND ACQUISITION.

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460W-18. (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to Gifts and acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, property. or exchange, any lands or interests therein, which the Secretary determines are needed to establish and manage the Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area. (b) OFFERS.—In exercising the authority conferred by this section to acquire lands, the Secretary of Agriculture shall give prompt and careful consideration to any offer made by an individual owning any land, or interest in land, within the Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area. In considering any such offer, the Secretary shall take into consideration any hardship to the owner which might result from any undue delay in acquiring the property. (c) ADDITIONAL FACILITIES.—The Secretary of Agriculture may

acquire sites a t locations outside such boundaries of the Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area, as he determines necessary, for visitor orientation and the establishment of a lodge and additional facilities to enhance the quality of the area. (d) ADDITIONAL LANDS.—Notwithstanding the limitations con- Gifts and tained in section 7(a)(l) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund property. Act of 1965, the Secretary of Agriculture may acquire by purchase, exchange, donation or otherwise any right, title, and interest in lands in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, which are outside the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest. No such right, title or interest may be acquired without the consent of the owner thereof. All lands and interests therein acquired under this subsection shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the Act of March 1, 1911, commonly referred to as the Weeks Act (36 Stat. 961) and in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations generally applicable to units of the national forest system. The Secretary of Agriculture shall extend the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest to include such lands.

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