16 U.S.C. § 460nnn–91 — Wildlands Juniper Management Area

submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 106-399 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 145 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary must set up the Wildlands Juniper Management Area inside the Steens Mountain protected zone. Special practices there test and demonstrate ways to restore the mountain's natural fire pattern and native plants. Congress authorized an extra $5,000,000 just for this juniper work.

(a) Establishment. To further the juniper-management goal in section 460nnn–23(c), the Secretary must create a special management area within the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, shown on the map named in section 460nnn–11(a). It's called the Wildlands Juniper Management Area. (b) Management. This area uses special management practices meant for experimentation, education, interpretation, and demonstration. The goal is both active and passive management that restores Steens Mountain's historic fire pattern and native plant communities. (c) Authorization of appropriations. On top of the general funding authorized in section 460nnn–121, Congress authorized an extra $5,000,000 specifically to carry out this part and the juniper-management work described in section 460nnn–23(c).

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(a) Establishment

To further the purposes of section 460nnn–23(c) of this title, the Secretary shall establish a special management area consisting of certain Federal lands in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, as depicted on the map referred to in section 460nnn–11(a) of this title, which shall be known as the Wildlands Juniper Management Area.

(b) Management

Special management practices shall be adopted for the Wildlands Juniper Management Area for the purposes of experimentation, education, interpretation, and demonstration of active and passive management intended to restore the historic fire regime and native vegetation communities on Steens Mountain.

In addition to the authorization of appropriations in section 460nnn–121 of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out this part and section 460nnn–23(c) of this title regarding juniper management in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 106–399, title V, § 501, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1670.)

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2000Enacted · Pub. L. 106-399 · 114 Stat. 1670

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-399 on 2000-10-30.

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