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 PUBLIC LAW 98-324—JUNE 19, 1984

98 STAT. 263

Public Law 98-324 98th Congress An Act To designate certain public lands in North Carolina as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System.

June 19, 1984 [H.R. 3960]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may North Carolina Wilderness Act be cited as the "North Carolina Wilderness Act of 1984". of 1984. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS

SEC. 2. In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131-1136), the following lands are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System— (1) certain lands in the Uwharrie National Forest, North Carolina, which comprise approximately four thousand seven hundred and ninety acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Birkhead Mountains Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 1983, and which shall be known as the Birkhead Mountains Wilderness; (2) certain lands in the Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, which comprise approximately seven thousand six hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Catfish Lake South Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 1983, and which shall be known as the Catfish Lake South Wilderness; (3) certain lands in the Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, which comprise approximately three thousand six hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "EUicott Rock Wilderness Addition—Proposed", dated July 1983, and which are hereby incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be part of, the Ellicott Rock Wilderness as designated by Public Law 93-622; (4) certain lands in the Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, which comprise approximately two thousand nine hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Additions—Proposed", dated July 1983, and which are hereby incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be part of, the Joyce Kilmer Wilderness as designated by Public Law 93-622; (5) certain lands in the Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina, which comprise approximately three thousand four hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Linville Gorge Wilderness Additions—Proposed", dated July 1983, and which are hereby incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be part of, the Linville Gorge Wilderness as designated by the Wilderness Act; (6) certain lands in the Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina, which comprise approximately seven thousand nine hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Middle

National Wilderness Preservation System. National Forest System. 16 USC 1132 note.

16 USC 1132 note.

88 Stat. 2096.

16 USC 1131 note. 16 USC 1132 note.

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