16 USC 460nn-3 - Administration

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 03, 2024

§ 460nn–3.

Administration

(a)

Objectives

Subject to valid existing rights, the Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area designated by this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the findings and purpose of this subchapter and the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national forests in a manner compatible with the following objectives:

(1)

the continuation of existing primitive and semiprimitive recreational use in a natural environment;

(2)

utilization of natural resources shall be permitted only if consistent with the findings and purposes in this subchapter;

(3)

preservation and protection of forest and aquatic habitat for fish and wildlife; and

(4)

protection and conservation of special areas having uncommon or outstanding wilderness, biological, geological, recreational, cultural, historical or archeological, and scientific, or other values contributing to the public benefit.

(b)

Mineral leasing laws

(c)

Hunting, fishing, and trapping

(d)

Comprehensive management plan

(e)

Public participation in development of management plan

(Pub. L. 98–322, title II, § 204, June 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 257; Pub. L. 110–1, § 1(b), Jan. 17, 2007, 121 Stat. 3.)

cite as: 16 USC 460nn-3