16 U.S.C. § 167 — Removal of timber

All timber growing on land in the park that belongs to the government can be cut and taken out, but only under regulations written by the Secretary of the Interior. Cutting and removing that timber can end up damaging roads or other parts of the park, or nearby national forest land. When that happens, the cost of the damage is not paid by the government — it's paid by the owners of the "patented lands" (privately owned land within or near the park for which the government has issued a formal land title, or patent). To make sure that damage gets paid for, those landowners must give a bond — a financial guarantee — that satisfies both the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture. The amount of any damages is decided jointly: the Secretary of the Interior decides damages to land inside the national park, and the Secretary of Agriculture decides damages to land inside the national forests. Finally, the two Secretaries must jointly report to Congress, in detail, explaining exactly how they calculated those damage amounts.