[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC698n]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 698n. Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
(a) Establishment
There is hereby established in the St. Johns River Valley, Florida,
where the Timucuan Indians lived in prehistoric and historic times, the
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (hereafter in sections 698n to
698p of this title referred to as the ``Preserve''). The Preserve shall
comprise the lands, waters, and interests therein within the boundaries
generally depicted on a map of Duval County, Florida, entitled
``Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve'' numbered NA-TEHP 80,003-A
and dated July 1987. The map shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the
Interior. The Secretary of the Interior may make minor revisions in the
boundary of the Preserve in accordance with section 460l-9(c) of this
title. The Preserve shall also include within its boundaries all that
land consisting of approximately 500 acres adjacent to Fort Caroline
National Memorial and known as the Theodore Roosevelt Preserve, being
land formerly owned by one Willie Brown and donated by him to The Nature
Conservancy.
(b) Land acquisition
The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in sections 698n to 698p
of this title referred to as the ``Secretary'') is authorized to acquire
lands and interests therein within the Preserve by donation, purchase
with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, but no lands other than
wetlands or interests therein may be acquired without the consent of the
owner. For purposes of this subsection, the term ``wetlands'' has the
same meaning as provided by section 3902 of this title. Lands, interests
in lands, and improvements thereon within the boundaries of the Preserve
which are owned by the State of Florida or any political subdivision
thereof may be acquired only by donation or exchange. On lands acquired
for inclusion within the Preserve, the Secretary shall not impair any
legal riparian right of access nor shall he preclude the continued use
of any legal righ
