To enhance the conservation and protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
BWCA Wilderness Legacy Act - Amends the Wilderness Act to: (1) redesignate the areas constituting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota; (2) revise restrictions on the use of motorboats on specified portions of the Sea Gull Lake, Loon Lake, and Lac La Croix in the Wilderness; and (3) require the Secretary of Agriculture, effective on January 1, 1998, to terminate all special use permits for towboats within the Wilderness to prohibit such use for commercial or noncommercial purposes.
Makes the provisions of Executive Order 10092 (establishing an airspace reservation over certain areas of the Superior National Forest, Minnesota) applicable to the Wilderness.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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