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102 STAT. 14

PUBLIC LAW 100-249—FEB. 16, 1988

Interior may make minor revisions in the boundary of the Preserve in accordance with section 7(c) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. 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. Gifts and (b) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter property. in this Act 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 3 of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986. 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 right of way. (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall administer those lands acquired for inclusion within the Preserve in such a manner as to protect the natural ecology of such land and water areas in accordance with this Act and the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2-4). The Secretary shall permit Boating. Hunting. boating, boating-related activities, hunting, and fishing within the Fish and fishing. Preserve in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws. The Safety. Secretary may designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting or fishing shall be permitted for reasons of public safety. (d) Nothing in this Act shall affect development of a multiunit residential/resort project currently proposed for Fort George Island, nor shall any provision of this Act be construed to affect any Federal, State or local law applicable to such project. Gifts and property. 16 USC 698o.

SEC. 202. PROTECTION OF SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC ASSETS.

The Secretary, with the consent of the owners thereof, may acquire by donation or purchase with donated funds the following properties or sites of significant historic interest in Duval County, Florida: (1) Spanish sixteenth century forts San Gabriel and San Estaban. (2) Spanish eighteenth century fort Dos Hermanas. (3) English eighteenth century forts at Saint Johns Bluff and Fort George Island. (4) Spanish sixteenth and seventeenth century mission San Juan del Puerto. (5) Site of the American Revolutionary War battle of Thomas Creek. (6) The Zephaniah Kingsley plantation, with its eighteenth and nineteenth century buildings. (7) The Spanish American War fortification on Saint Johns Bluff. (8) The confederate fort known as the Yellow Bluff Fort State Historic Site.