16 U.S.C. § 460ccc–3 — Management plan

(a) In general (1) By January 1, 1997, the Secretary had to write a general management plan for the conservation area and send it to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources. The plan describes the appropriate uses and development of the area, consistent with this subchapter's purposes. (2) The plan had to be written with full public participation and include: (A) a plan for an ongoing program that teaches the public about the area's resources and values; (B) a proposal for building, expanding, or improving administrative and public facilities — including the Red Rock Canyon visitors center — to serve visitors; (C) a cultural resources management plan, written with the Nevada State Historic Preservation Officer, focused on preserving resources and using them for interpretation, education, and long-term science. This plan must prioritize enforcing the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 and the National Historic Preservation Act within the conservation area; (D) a wildlife resource management plan, written with the right Nevada state departments and using earlier studies of the area; and (E) a recreation management plan, including opportunities for nonmotorized, dispersed recreation, written with the right Nevada state departments. (b) Wilderness study areas Subject to section 460ccc–5, nothing in this subchapter is meant to change the requirements of section 1782 of title 43, or section 5(a) of the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988, as those requirements apply to land inside or next to the conservation area as of November 16, 1990.