§ 528.
Development and administration of renewable surface resources for multiple use and sustained yield of products and services; Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
It is the policy of the Congress that the national forests are established and shall be administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish purposes. The purposes of sections 528 to 531 of this title are declared to be supplemental to, but not in derogation of, the purposes for which the national forests were established as set forth in section 475 of this title
([Pub. L. 86–517, § 1], June 12, 1960, [74 Stat. 215].)