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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1987

PUBLIC LAW 100-225—DEC. 31, 1987

101 STAT. 1541

INFORMATION AND INTERPRETATION

SEC. 203. With respect to sites linked by segments of the trail 16 USC which are administered by other Federal, State, local, tribal, or 460uu-l3. nonprofit entities, the Secretary may, pursuant to cooperative agreements with such entities, provide technical assistance in the development of interpretive devices and materials in order to contribute to public appreciation of the natural and cultural resources of the sites along the trail. The Secretary, in cooperation with State and local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit entities, shall prepare and distribute informational material for the public appreciation of sites along the trail. ' MARKERS

SEC. 204. The trail shall be marked with appropriate markers to 16 USC guide the public. With the concurrence and assistance of the State 460uu-i4. or local entity having jurisdiction over the roads designated as part of the trail, the Secretary may erect thereon and maintain signs and other informational devices displaying the Masau Trail Marker. The Secretary is authorized to accept the donation of suitable signs and other informational devices for placement at appropriate locations. TITLE m—EL MALPAIS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA ESTABLISHMENT OF AREA

SEC. 301. (a) In order to protect for the benefit and e n j o ^ e n t of 16 USC future generations that area in western New Mexico containing the 460UU-21. La Ventana Natural Arch and the other unique and nationally important geological, archeological, ecological, cultural, scenic, scientific, and wilderness resources of the public lands surrounding the Grants Lava Flows, there is hereby established the El Malpais National Conservation Area (hereinafter referred to as the "conservation area"). The conservation area shall consist of approximately 262,690 acres of federally owned land as generally depicted on a map entitled "El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area" numbered NM-ELMA-80,001-B and dated May 1987. The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the Public offices of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management of the information. Department of the Interior. (b) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a legal description of the conservation area designated under this section with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives. Such l ^ a l description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal description. The iegal description shall be on file and available for public Public inspection in the offices of the Director of the Bureau of Land information. Management, Department of the Interior. MANAGEMENT

SEC. 302. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall manage the conservation area to protect the resources specified in section 301 and in accordance with this Act, the Federal Land Management and Policy Act of 1976

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