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16 U.S.C. § 3203 — Wilderness management
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**(a) Application only to Alaska** The provisions of this section are enacted in recognition of the unique conditions in Alaska. Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand, diminish, or modify the provisions of the Wilderness Act [[16 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] or the application or interpretation of such provisions with respect to lands outside of Alaska.
**(b) Aquaculture** In accordance with the goal of restoring and maintaining fish production in the State of Alaska to optimum sustained yield levels and in a manner which adequately assures protection, preservation, enhancement, and rehabilitation of the wilderness resource, the Secretary of Agriculture may permit fishery research, management, enhancement, and rehabilitation activities within national forest wilderness and national forest wilderness study areas designated by this Act. Subject to reasonable regulations, permanent improvements and facilities such as fishways, fish weirs, fish ladders, fish hatcheries, spawning channels, stream clearance, egg planting, and other accepted means of maintaining, enhancing, and rehabilitating fish stocks may be permitted by the Secretary to achieve this objective. Any fish hatchery, fishpass or other aquaculture facility authorized for any such area shall be constructed, managed, and operated in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts on the wilderness character of the area. Developments for any such activities shall involve those facilities essential to these operations and shall be constructed in such rustic manner as to blend into the natural character of the area. Reasonable access solely for the purposes of this subsection, including temporary use of motorized e
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**(a) Application only to Alaska** The provisions of this section are enacted in recognition of the unique conditions in Alaska. Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand, diminish, or modify the provisions of the Wilderness Act [[16 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] or the application or interpretation of such provisions with respect to lands outside of Alaska.
**(b) Aquaculture** In accordance with the goal of restoring and maintaining fish production in the State of Alaska to optimum sustained yield levels and in a manner which adequately assures protection, preservation, enhancement, and rehabilitation of the wilderness resource, the Secretary of Agriculture may permit fishery research, management, enhancement, and rehabilitation activities within national forest wilderness and national forest wilderness study areas designated by this Act. Subject to reasonable regulations, permanent improvements and facilities such as fishways, fish weirs, fish ladders, fish hatcheries, spawning channels, stream clearance, egg planting, and other accepted means of maintaining, enhancing, and rehabilitating fish stocks may be permitted by the Secretary to achieve this objective. Any fish hatchery, fishpass or other aquaculture facility authorized for any such area shall be constructed, managed, and operated in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts on the wilderness character of the area. Developments for any such activities shall involve those facilities essential to these operations and shall be constructed in such rustic manner as to blend into the natural character of the area. Reasonable access solely for the purposes of this subsection, including temporary use of motorized equipment, shall be permitted in furtherance of research, management, rehabilitation and enhancement activities subject to reasonable regulations as the Secretary deems desirable to maintain the wilderness character, water quality, and fish and wildlife values of the area.
**(c) Existing cabins** Previously existing public use cabins within wilderness designated by this Act, may be permitted to continue and may be maintained or replaced subject to such restrictions as the Secretary deems necessary to preserve the wilderness character of the area.
**(d) New cabins** Within wilderness areas designated by this Act, the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture as appropriate, is authorized to construct and maintain a limited number of new public use cabins and shelters if such cabins and shelters are necessary for the protection of the public health and safety. All such cabins or shelters shall be constructed of materials which blend and are compatible with the immediate and surrounding wilderness landscape. The Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, shall notify the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of his intention to remove an existing or construct a new public use cabin or shelter.
**(e) Timber contracts** The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to modify any existing national forest timber sale contracts applying to lands designated by this Act as wilderness by substituting, to the extent practicable, timber on the other national forest lands approximately equal in volume, species, grade, and accessibility for timber or relevant lands within such units.
**(f) Beach log salvage** Within National Forest wilderness and national forest monuments desginated 11 So in original. Probably should be “designated”. by this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may permit or otherwise regulate the recovery and salvage of logs from coastlines.
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**(a) Establishment of units** In order to preserve for the benefit, use, education, and inspiration of present and future generations certain lands and waters in the State of Alaska that contain nationally significant natural, scenic, historic, archeological, geological, scientific, wilderness, cultural, recreational, and wildlife values, the units described in the following titles are hereby established.
**(b) Preservation and protection of scenic, geological, etc., values** It is the intent of Congress in this Act to preserve unrivaled scenic and geological values associated with natural landscapes; to provide for the maintenance of sound populations of, and habitat for, wildlife species of inestimable value to the citizens of Alaska and the Nation, including those species dependent on vast relatively undeveloped areas; to preserve in their natural state extensive unaltered arctic tundra, boreal forest, and coastal rainforest ecosystems; to protect the resources related to subsistence needs; to protect and preserve historic and archeological sites, rivers, and lands, and to preserve wilderness resource values and related recreational opportunities including but not limited to hiking, canoeing, fishing, and sport hunting, within large arctic and subarctic wildlands and on freeflowing rivers; and to maintain opportunities for scientific research and undisturbed ecosystems.
**(c) Subsistence way of life for rural residents** It is further the intent and purpose of this Act consistent with management of fish and wildlife in accordance with recognized scientific principles and the purposes for which each conservation system unit is established, designated, or expanded by or pursuant to this Act, to provide the opportunity for rural residents engaged in a subsistence way
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**(a) Establishment; Congressional declaration of policy; wilderness areas; administration for public use and enjoyment, protection, preservation, and gathering and dissemination of information; provisions for designation as wilderness areas** In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas within the United States and its possessions, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness. For this purpose there is hereby established a National Wilderness Preservation System to be composed of federally owned areas designated by Congress as “wilderness areas”, and these shall be administered for the use and enjoyment of the American people in such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness, and so as to provide for the protection of these areas, the preservation of their wilderness character, and for the gathering and dissemination of information regarding their use and enjoyment as wilderness; and no Federal lands shall be designated as “wilderness areas” except as provided for in this chapter or by a subsequent Act.
**(b) Management of area included in System; appropriations** The inclusion of an area in the National Wilderness Preservation System notwithstanding, the area shall continue to be managed by the Department and agency having jurisdiction thereover immediately before its inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress. No appropriation shall be available for the p
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or of any person employed by, or assigned or de-
tailed to, the Commission.
(b) Payment; exemption of property from attach-
ment, execution, etc.
Any liability of the Commission shall be met
from funds of the Commission to the extent that
it is not covered by insurance, or otherwise.
Property belonging to the Commission shall be
exempt from attachment, execution, or other
process for satisfaction of claims, debts, or judg-
ments.
(c) Individual members of Commission
No liability of the Commission shall be im-
puted to any member of the Commission solely
on the basis that he occupies the position of
member of the Commission.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 11, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1111. Exemption from taxation
The Commission shall not be subject to Fed-
eral, State, or municipal taxation in the United
States on any real or personal property held by
it or on any gift, bequest, or devise to it of any
personal or real property, or on its income,
whether from governmental appropriations, ad-
mission fees, concessions, or donations.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 12, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1112. Tax treatment of any gift, devise or be-
quest to the Commission
For the purpose of Federal income, estate, and
gift taxes, any gift, devise, or bequest to or for
the use of the Commission, and accepted by the
Commission under authority of this chapter,
shall be deemed to be a gift, devise, or bequest
to or for the use of the United States, as the
case may be, if it is not deducted as a gift, de-
vise, or bequest to or for the use of the Govern-
ment of Canada under the income, estate, or gift
tax laws of the Government of Canada.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 13, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1113. Authorization of appropriations
T
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§ 3204
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘designated’’.
est Lands Conservation Act. For complete classifica-
tion of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 3101 of this title and Tables.
§ 3203. Wilderness management
(a) Application only to Alaska
The provisions of this section are enacted in
recognition of the unique conditions in Alaska.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to ex-
pand, diminish, or modify the provisions of the
Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] or the ap-
plication or interpretation of such provisions
with respect to lands outside of Alaska.
(b) Aquaculture
In accordance with the goal of restoring and
maintaining fish production in the State of
Alaska to optimum sustained yield levels and in
a manner which adequately assures protection,
preservation, enhancement, and rehabilitation
of the wilderness resource, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture may permit fishery research, manage-
ment, enhancement, and rehabilitation activi-
ties within national forest wilderness and na-
tional forest wilderness study areas designated
by this Act. Subject to reasonable regulations,
permanent improvements and facilities such as
fishways, fish weirs, fish ladders, fish hatch-
eries, spawning channels, stream clearance, egg
planting, and other accepted means of maintain-
ing, enhancing, and rehabilitating fish stocks
may be permitted by the Secretary to achieve
this objective. Any fish hatchery, fishpass or
other aquaculture facility authorized for any
such area shall be constructed, managed, and
operated in a manner that minimizes adverse
impacts on the wilderness character of the area.
Developments for any such activities shall in-
volve those facilities essential to these
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