§ 80a-3. — Lands excluded from Sierra National Forest and Sequoia National Forest and added to Kings Canyon National Park.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC80a-3]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VIII--KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 80a-3. Lands excluded from Sierra National Forest and
Sequoia National Forest and added to Kings Canyon National Park
All lands in Tehipite Valley within the Sierra National Forest lying
north of a line described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the existing west boundary of the Kings
Canyon National Park on the hydrographic divide on the southwest
side of the Gorge of Despair in section 13, township 12 south, range
29 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, being the crest of a ridge
designated as Silver Spur;
thence following the crest of Silver Spur westerly to the
intersection with the west line of section 14, township 12 south,
range 29 east; thence northwesterly in a straight line across the
middle fork of the Kings River to the point of intersection of the
right bank of a stream or intermittent stream and the 4,400-foot
contour north of Tombstone Ridge, in section 15, township 12 south,
range 29 east, being a point on the existing west boundary of the
park;
and all lands in the Cedar Grove area of the Sequoia National Forest
lying east of the west section lines of sections 11 and 14, township 13
south, range 30 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, are hereby
excluded from the said national forests and made a part of the Kings
Canyon National Park, subject to all the laws and regulations applicable
to such park.
(Pub. L. 89-111, Aug. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 446.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of act Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, 54
Stat. 41, which comprises this subchapter.
