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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 2 — National Forests

§ 471g. Administration, protection, and development; use of natural resources

Statutory text

The area designated as the Cradle of Forestry in America shall be administered, protected, and developed within and as a part of the Pisgah National Forest by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to national forests in such manner as in his judgment will best provide for the purposes of sections 471f to 471h of this title and for such management, utilization, and disposal of the natural resources as in his judgment will promote or is compatible with and does not significantly impair the purposes for which the Cradle of Forestry in America is established.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 90–398 § 2 · 82 Stat. 342

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 471g

    (Pub. L. 90–398, § 2, July 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 342.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 90–398, § 2, July 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 342.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. The area designated as the Cradle of Forestry in America shall be administered, protected, and developed within and as a part of the Pisgah National Forest by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to national forests in such manner as in his judgment will best provide for the purposes of this Act and for such management, utilization, and disposal of the natural resources as in his judgment will promote or is compatible with and does not significantly impair the purposes for which the Cradle of Forestry in America is established.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 90–398, § 2, , 82 Stat. 342.)

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