---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 698m–1"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "698m–1"
heading: "Big Cypress National Preserve Addition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/698m-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection"
---

# §698m–1. Big Cypress National Preserve Addition

- (a) **Establishment—** In order to—
  - (1) achieve the purposes of [section 698f of this title](/usc/16/698f.md);
  - (2) complete the [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) in conjunction with the planned construction of Interstate Highway 75; and
  - (3) insure appropriately managed use and access to the Big Cypress Watershed in the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Florida,

  the Big Cypress National [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) is established.

- (b) **Location; boundaries; publication in Federal Register—** The Big Cypress National [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) (referred to in sections [698f](/usc/16/698f.md) to [698m–4](/usc/16/698m–4.md) of this title as the “[Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2)”) shall comprise approximately 146,000 acres as generally depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) entitled Big Cypress National [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2), dated April, 1987, and numbered 176–91000C, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., and shall be filed with appropriate offices of Collier County in the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Florida. The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall, as soon as practicable, publish a detailed description of the boundaries of the [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) in the Federal Register.
- (c) **Designation; management—** The [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) within the boundaries depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) referred to in [subsection (b)](#b) shall be known as the “Big Cypress National [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2)” and shall be managed in accordance with [section 698i of this title](/usc/16/698i.md).
- (d) **Completion of land acquisition; time—** For purposes of administering the [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) and notwithstanding [section 698g(c) of this title](/usc/16/698g.md?p=c), it is the express intent of the Congress that the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) should substantially complete the land [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) program contemplated with respect to the [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) in not more than five years after April 29, 1988.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–440, § 9, as added Pub. L. 100–301, § 3(a), Apr. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 444.)