Volume 88 · 1180
Public Law 93–429
To designate certain lands in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, as wilderness.
Approved October 1, 1974
Statutory text
An Act
To designate certain lands in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, as wilderness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, in accordance
Okefenokee Wilderness, Ga.
Designation.
with section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890, 892), certain lands in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, which comprise about three hundred forty-three thousand eight hundred and fifty acres and which are depicted on a map entitled “Okefenokee Wilderness Proposal” dated October 1967, revised March 1971, are hereby designated as wilderness. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
Sec. 2.
Within the wilderness designated by this Act, subject to
Watercraft, restrictions.
such restrictions as the Secretary of the Interior deems necessary for public safety and to protect flora and fauna of the wilderness, (1) the use of powered watercraft, propelled by motors of ten or less horsepower, will be permitted, (2) watercraft trails including approximately one hundred twenty miles as delineated on such map will be maintained. Access to watercraft trails in the wilderness area will be provided from the Suwannee River Sill, Steven Foster State Park, Kings Landing, and Suwannee Recreation Area (Camp Cornelia).
Sec. 3.
Fishing shall be permitted in the waters of the Okefenokee
Fishing rights.
Wilderness, in accordance with applicable State and Federal regulations, except that the Secretary of the Interior may designate zones and establish periods when no fishing shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, fish and wildlife management, or public use and enjoyment.
Sec. 4.
As soon as practicable after the Act takes effect, a map and a
Map and description, filing with congressional committees.
legal description of the wilderness area shall be filed with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, and such description and map shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, however, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such description and map may be made.
Sec. 5.
The area designated by this Act as wilderness shall be known
Administration.
as the Okefenokee Wilderness and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act.
Approved October 1, 1974.