§ 79a.
The purpose of setting aside such an area is to preserve and conserve its natural features, including existing flora and fauna, in as nearly a natural condition as possible, thus providing a place where duly qualified students can make observations and scientific investigations for increase of knowledge, under such conditions and regulations as may be prescribed by the Smithsonian Institution.
([July 2, 1940, ch. 516, § 2], [54 Stat. 724]; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 801, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7877, [60 Stat. 1101].)