16 USC 460vv-7 - Botanical areas

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 05, 2024

§ 460vv–7.

Botanical areas

(a)

Designation

In order to protect and interpret to the public area within the Ouachita National Forest which contain unique plant species and unique plant communities that are significant in their occurrence, variety and location, the following lands are hereby designated as botanical areas:

(1)

Certain lands in the Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma, which comprise approximately eight thousand and twenty-six acres as generally depicted on a map entitled “Robert S. Kerr Memorial Arboretum, Nature Center and Botanical Area—Proposed”, dated March 1988, which shall be known as the “Robert S. Kerr Memorial Arboretum, Nature Center and Botanical Area”.

(2)

Certain lands in the Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma, which comprise approximately four hundred acres as generally depicted on a map entitled “Beech Creek Botanical Area—Proposed”, dated March 1988, which shall be known as the “Beech Creek Botanical Area”.

(b)

Map and description

(c)

Administration

(Pub. L. 100–499, § 9, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2495.)

cite as: 16 USC 460vv-7