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prohibit the conduct of normal national forest pro- 

 grams during the formulation of, nor to prohibit inclu- 

 sion of such programs In the multiple-use plan re- 

 quired by this section. 



"Sec. 7. (a) The Secretary shall permit hunting and 

 fishing on lands and waters under his Jurisdiction In 

 accordance with applicable Federal and State laws. 

 Except In emergencies, any regulations pursuant to this 

 subsection shall be Issued only after consultation with 

 the fish and game departments of the State of Wash- 

 ington. Nothing In this Act shall be construed as af- 

 fecting the Jurisdiction or responsibilities of these 

 agencies. 



"(b) Nothing In this Act shall deprive the State of 

 Washington or any political subdivisions thereof of Its 

 right to exercise civil and criminal Jurisdiction within 

 the area or of Its right to tax persons, corporations, 

 franchises, or other non-Federal property. In or on lands 

 and waters within the area. 



"Sec. 8. There Is hereby authorized to be appropriated 

 for the acquisition of lands and Interests to carry out 

 the purposes of this Act, not more than $20,000,000 In 

 fiscal year 1977, $17,000,000 In fiscal year 1978, and 

 $20,000,000 In fiscal year 1979, such sums to remain 

 available until appropriated without fiscal year limita- 

 tion. To prepare the multiple-use plan required by sec- 

 tion 6 of this Act, there Is authorized to be appropriated 

 not more than $500,000. Appropriation requests by the 

 President to Implement the multiple-use plan shall ex- 

 press In qualitative and quantitative terms the most 

 rapid and Judicious manner and methods to achieve the 

 purposes of this Act. Amounts appropriated to carry 

 out this Act shall be expended In accordance with the 

 Budget Reform and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

 (88 Stat. 297)." 



Cherry Creek Exclusion and Hoover Wh-derness; Pres- 

 ervation As AND Addition to Wilderness; Review; Rec- 

 ommendations TO Congress 



Pub. L. 93-632; §2(b), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2154, pro- 

 vided In part that: "The area commonly called the Cherry 

 Creek exclusion, depicted on such map (entitled 'Emigrant 

 Wilderness — Proposed, 1970' on file In the Office of the 

 Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture] as Ex- 

 clusion 2 and comprising approximately six thousand and 

 forty-two acres, shall. In accordance with the provisions 

 of subsection 3(d) of the Wilderness Act |subsec. (d) of 

 this section), be reviewed by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 as to Its suitability or nonsultablllty for preservation as 

 wilderness In conjunction with his review of the potential 

 addition to the Hoover Wilderness In Tolyabe National 

 Forest. The recommendations of the President to the 

 Congress In the potential addition to the Hoover Wil- 

 derness shall be accompanied by the President's recom- 

 mendations on the Cherry Creek exclusion. The previous 

 classification of the Emigrant Basin Primitive Area Is 

 hereby abolished with the exception of said Exclusion 2." 



Wilderness Areas in Eastern Half or United States; 

 Congressional Findings and Declaration of Policy 

 FOR Designation of Areas 



Pub. L. 93-622, § 2, Jan. 3, 1976, 88 Stat. 2096, provided 

 that: 



"(a) The Congress finds that — 



"(1) In the more populous eastern half of the United 

 States there is an urgent need to Identify, study, desig- 

 nate, and preserve areas for addition to the National 

 Wilderness Preservation System; 



"(2) In recognition of this urgent need, certain areas 

 In the national forest system In the eastern half of the 

 United States were designated by the Congress as wil- 

 derness In the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890) [this 

 chapter]; certain areas In the national wildlife refuge 

 system In the eastern half of the United States have 

 been designated by the Congress as wilderness or recom- 

 mended by the President for such designation, and 

 certain areas In the national park system In the eastern 

 half of the United States have been recommended by 

 the President for designation as wilderness; and 



"(3) additional areas of wilderness in the more 

 populous eastern half of the United States are Increas- 

 ingly threatened by the pressures of a growing and 

 more mobile population, large-scale Industrial and eco- 



nomic growth, and development and uses Inconsistent 



with the protection, maintenance, and enhancement of 



the areas' wilderness character. 



"(b) Therefore, the Congress finds and declares that It 

 Is In the national Interest that these and similar areas 

 In the eastern half of the United States be promptly 

 designated as wilderness within the National Wilderness 

 Preservation System, In order to preserve such areas as 

 an enduring resource of wilderness which shall be man- 

 aged to promote and perpetuate the wilderness character 

 of the land and Its specific values of solitude, physical 

 and mental challenge, scientific study. Inspiration, and 

 primitive recreation for the benefit of all of the American 

 people of present and future generations." 



Wilderness Stttdt Areas; Review, Report, and Recom- 

 mendations FOR Preservation as Wilderness; Designa- 

 tion op National Forest Lands East of 100th Meridian 

 AS Study Areas and Future Preservation as Wilder- 

 ness; Management op Existing Multiple-Use, Sus- 

 tained Yield Programs; Boundary Ohanges 

 Pub. L. 93-622, § 4, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2098, provided 

 that: 



"(a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wljderness 

 Act [this chapter] and in accordance with the provisions 

 of subsection 3(d) of that Act [subsec. (d) of this sec- 

 tion), the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred 

 to as the 'Secretary') shall review, as to Its suitability or 

 nonsultablllty for preservation as wilderness, each area 

 designated by or pursuant to subsection (b) of this sec- 

 tion and report his findings to the President. The Presi- 

 dent sHall advise the United States Senate and House 

 of Representatives of his recommendations with respect 

 to the designation as wilderness of each such area on 

 which the review has been completed. 



"(b) Areas to be reviewed pursuant to this section 

 (heretaafter referred to as 'wilderness study areas'), as 

 generally depicted on maps appropriately referenced, 

 dated AprU 1974, Include — 



"(1) certain lands In the Ouachita National Forest, 

 Arkansas, which comprise approximately five thousand 

 seven hundred acres and are generally depicted on a 

 map entitled 'Belle Starr Cave Wilderness Study Area"; 

 "(2) certain lands In the Ouachita National Forest, 

 Arkansas, which comprise approximately five thousand 

 five hundred acres and are generally depicted on a map 

 entitled 'Dry Creek Wilderness Study Area'; 



"(3) certain lands In the Ozark National Ftorest, 

 Arkansas, which comprise approximately two thousand 

 one hundred acres and are generally depicted on a map 

 entitled 'Richland Creek Wilderness Study Area'; 



"(4) certain lands In the Appalachlcola National 

 Forest, Florida, which comprise approximately one 

 thousand one hundred acres and are generally depicted 

 as the 'Sopchoppy River Wilderness Study Area' on a 

 map entitled 'Bradwell Bay Wilderness Area — Proposed": 

 "(5) certain lands In the Hiawatha National Forest, 

 Michigan, which comprise approximately five thousand 

 four hundred acres and are generally depicted on a map 

 entitled 'Rock River Canyon WUderness Study Area'; 



"(6) certain lands In the Ottawa National Forest, 

 Michigan, which comprise approximately thirteen 

 thousand two himdred acres and are generally depicted 

 on a map entitled 'Sturgeon River Wilderness Study 

 Area"; 



"(7) certain lands In the Plsgah National Forest, 

 North Caroima. which comprise approximately one 

 thousand one hundred acres and are generally depicted 

 on a map entitled "Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study 

 Area'; 



"(8) certain lands In the Francis Marlon National 

 Forest, South Carolina, which comprise approximately 

 one thousand five hundred acres and are generally de- 

 pleted on a map entitled 'Wambaw Swamp WUderness 

 Study Area'; 



"(9) certain lands m the Jefferson National Forest, 

 Virginia, which comprise approximately four thousand 

 acres and are generally depicted on a map entitled 'Mill 

 Creek WUderness Study Area'; 



"(10) certain lands In the Jefferson National Forest, 

 Vlrghila, which comprise approximately eight thousand 

 four hundred acres and are generally depicted on a map 

 entitled 'Mountain Lake Wilderness Study Area"; 



