16 U.S.C. § 460uu–22 — Management

submitted 39 years ago by Pub. L. 100-225 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 223 words · no verdicts yet

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The Bureau of Land Management manages El Malpais National Conservation Area under federal land law, must allow hunting and trapping with limited exceptions, bans commercial wood collection, and lets grazing continue under reasonable rules.

(a) Provisions applicable: The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Land Management Director, manages the conservation area to protect the resources named in section 460uu–21, following this subchapter, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and other applicable laws, including grazing laws on public lands. (b) Hunting and trapping: The Secretary must allow hunting and trapping in the conservation area under applicable U.S. and New Mexico law. But after consulting the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, the Secretary may set zones and time periods with no hunting or trapping, for public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment. (c) Prohibition of collection of green or dead wood for commercial purposes: Collecting green or dead wood to sell, or for any other commercial purpose, is not allowed in the conservation area. (d) Grazing: Except as section 460uu–32(b) provides otherwise, livestock grazing may continue in the conservation area under applicable federal law, including this subchapter, subject to reasonable regulations, policies, and practices the Secretary considers necessary.

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(a) Provisions applicable

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall manage the conservation area to protect the resources specified in section 460uu–21 of this title and in accordance with this subchapter, the Federal Land Management and Policy 1 Act of 1976 [43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.] and other applicable provisions of law, including those provisions relating to grazing on public lands.

(b) Hunting and trapping

The Secretary shall permit hunting and trapping within the conservation area in accordance with applicable laws and regulations of the United States and the State of New Mexico; except that the Secretary, after consultation with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, may issue regulations designating zones where and establishing periods when no hunting or trapping shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment.

Collection of green or dead wood for sale or other commercial purposes shall not be permitted in the conservation area.

(d) Grazing

Except as otherwise provided in section 460uu–32(b) of this title, within the conservation area the grazing of livestock shall be permitted to continue, pursuant to applicable Federal law, including this subchapter, and subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary deems necessary.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 100–225, title III, § 302, Dec. 31, 1987, 101 Stat. 1541.)

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1987Enacted · Pub. L. 100-225 · 101 Stat. 1541

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