A bill to designate the Boundary Waters Wilderness, to establish the Boundary Waters National Recreation Area.

Summary

Title I: Boundary Waters Wilderness Area - Redesignates the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Superior National Forest, Minnesota, as the Boundary Waters Wilderness Area. Title II: Boundary Waters National Recreation Area - Establishes the Boundary Waters National Recreation Area, Minnesota. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the Area in cooperation with the State of Minnesota. Title III: Effect on Other Laws and Authorities - States that any treaty and specified laws shall continue to apply to lands and waters which are included in the recreation area and the wilderness area. Preserves specified airspace reservations over Superior National Forest. Sets forth the procedure for the validation of mining claims within the boundaries of the wilderness or national recreation area.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 4 April 1977

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