United States Court of Claims July 6, 1983, No. 79-79L (Skaw v. United States)

OPINION

On Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment

HARKINS, Judge.

Plaintiffs held 21 unpatented placer mining claims within the St. Joe National Forest, Idaho, on November 10, 1978. On that date, section 708 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (codified at 16 U.S.C. § 1274(a)(23) (Supp. III 1979)), amended the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, enacted April 2, 1968, (codified at 16 U.S.C.