Popular Name Statutized?:
Y
Type:
Award
Date Enacted:
Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Short Title:
"Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act"
Classification:
16 USC 1132
PL:
108-447, div. E, Title I, Section 140
Statute At Large:
118 Stat 3069
Named For?:
Sen. Gaylord Anton Nelson, dem, Senate: 1963-1981, Wisconsin. Founder of Earth Day; Presidential medal of freedom. This is a tribute statute.
Interesting Part Statutized?:
Y
Notes:
short title; statute also conferred the name "Gaylord A. Nelson" on the wilderness area