§ 410ff. Establishment

In order to protect the nationally significant natural, scenic, wildlife, marine, ecological, archaeological, cultural, and scientific values of the Channel Islands in the State of California, including, but not limited to, the following:

• (1) the brown pelican nesting area;
• (2) the undisturbed tide pools providing species diversity unique to the eastern Pacific coast;
• (3) the pinnipeds which breed and pup almost exclusively on the Channel islands, including the only breeding colony for northern fur seals south of Alaska;
• (4) the Eolian landforms and caliche;
• (5) the presumed burial place of Juan Rod­riquez Cabrillo; and
• (6) the archaeological evidence of substantial populations of Native Americans;