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 PUBLIC LAW 95-495—OCT. 21, 1978

92 STAT. 1649

Public Law 95-495 95th Congress An Act To designate the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, to establish the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining Protection Area, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, FINDINGS

1. The Congress finds that it is necessary and desirable to provide for the protection, enhancement, and preservation of the natural values of the lakes, waterways, and associated forested areas known (before the date of enactment of this Act) as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and for the orderly management of public use and enjoyment of that area as wilderness, and of certain contiguous lands and waters, while at the same time protecting the special qualities of the area as a natural forest-lakeland wilderness ecosystem of major esthetic, cultural, scientific, recreational and educational value to the Nation. SECTION

Oct. 21, 1978 [H.R. 12250]

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, desi|;nation; Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining Protection Area, establishment.

PURPOSES

SEC. 2, It is the purpose of this Act to provide for such measures respecting the areas designated by this Act as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining Protection Area as will— (1) provide for the protection and management of the fish and wildlife of the wilderness so as to enhance public enjoyment and appreciation of the unique biotic resources of the region, (2j protect and enhance the natur&l values and environmental quality of the lakes, streams, shorelines and associated forest areas of the wilderness, (3) maintain high water quality in such areas, (4) minimize to the maximum extent possible, the environmental impacts associated with mineral development affecting such areas, (5) prevent further road and commercial development and restore natural conditions to existing temporary roads in the wilderness, and (6) provide for the orderly and equitable transition from motorized recreational uses to nonmotorized recreational uses on those lakes, streams, and portages in the wilderness where such mechanized uses are to be phased out under the provisions of this Act. BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS DESIGNATION AND MAP

SEC. 3. The areas generally depicted as wilderness on the map entitled 16 USC 1132 "Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Boundary Waters note. Canoe Area Mining Protection Area" dated September 1978, comprising approximately one million and seventy-five thousand five hundred acres, are hereby designated as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (hereinafter referred to as the "wilderness"). Such designation shall supersede the designation of the Boundary Waters Canoe

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