Volume 102 · 584
Public Law 100–326
To designate certain national forest system lands in the States of Virginia and West Virginia as wilderness areas.
Approved June 7, 1988
Statutory text
An Act
To designate certain national forest system lands in the States of Virginia and West Virginia as wilderness areas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.
In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131–1136), the following lands in the States of Virginia and West Virginia are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System—
certain lands in the George Washington National Forest, which comprise approximately 9,300 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Rough Mountain Wilderness Area-Proposed”, dated June 1987, and which shall be known as the Rough Mountain Wilderness Area;
certain lands in the George Washington National Forest, which comprise approximately 6,450 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Rich Hole Wilderness Area—Proposed”, dated June 1987, and which shall be known as the Rich Hole Wilderness Area;
certain lands in the Jefferson National Forest, and George Washington National Forest which comprise approximately 5,700 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Barbours Creek Wilderness Area—Proposed”, dated June 1987, and which shall be known as the Barbours Creek Wilderness Area;
certain lands in the Jefferson National Forest and George Washington National Forest, which comprise approximately 3,665 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Shawvers Run Wilderness Area—Proposed”, dated October 1987, and which shall be known as the Shawvers Run Wilderness Area;
certain lands in the Jefferson National Forest, which comprise approximately 72 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Lewis Fork Wilderness Area Addition—Proposed”, dated June 1987, and which shall be known as the Lewis Fork Wilderness Area; and
certain lands in the Jefferson National Forest, which comprise approximately 2,500 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Mountain Lake Wilderness Area Addition—Proposed”, dated June 1987, and which shall be known as the Mountain Lake Wilderness Area,
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.
Subject to valid existing rights, lands designated as wilderness by section 1 shall be included within the National Forest System and administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to national forest wilderness areas, including the provisions of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131–1136) and the Virginia Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–586; 98 Stat. 3105).
SEC. 3. MAPS AND BOUNDARIES.
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of each wilderness area designated by this Act with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives and with the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate. Each such map shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that correction of clerical and typographical errors in each such map may be made by the Secretary. Each such map
Public information.
and description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF STUDY.
Subsection (d) of section 6 of the Virginia Wilderness Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 3108) is hereby repealed.
Approved June 7, 1988.