To ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve may not be designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.
This bill would permanently prohibit Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida from ever being designated as wilderness or added to the National Wilderness Preservation System. The legislation was introduced by a bipartisan group of Florida representatives in May 2024 and affects how the 729,000-acre preserve in South Florida can be managed and protected in the future. The bill contains no specific funding provisions or implementation timelines, functioning instead as a straightforward legal restriction on the preserve's designation status. By preventing wilderness designation, the bill would maintain current management practices that allow certain recreational and commercial uses within the preserve that would typically be prohibited in federally designated wilderness areas.
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