§1243 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture can create and name national recreation trails. They must have permission from the federal agency, state, or local government that manages the land. They can do this if the trail is reasonably close to a city or if it meets the rules in this chapter and any extra rules the Secretary sets. Trails in parks, forests, or other federal recreation areas can be named by the right Secretary. If the government is not acquiring the land, the Secretary must get consent: from state or local agencies for urban-accessible trails, from the State for state-owned recreation areas, or written permission from the private landowner for trails on private property.

Title 16, §1243

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(a)The Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Agriculture where lands administered by him are involved, may establish and designate national recreation trails, with the consent of the Federal agency, State, or political subdivision having jurisdiction over the lands involved, upon finding that—

(i)such trails are reasonably accessible to urban areas, and, or

(ii)such trails meet the criteria established in this chapter and such supplementary criteria as he may prescribe.

(b)As provided in this section, trails within park, forest, and other recreation areas administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture or in other federally administered areas may be established and designated as “National Recreation Trails” by the appropriate Secretary and, when no Federal land acquisition is involved—

(i)trails in or reasonably accessible to urban areas may be designated as “National Recreation Trails” by the appropriate Secretary with the consent of the States, their political subdivisions, or other appropriate administering agencies;

(ii)trails within park, forest, and other recreation areas owned or administered by States may be designated as “National Recreation Trails” by the appropriate Secretary with the consent of the State; and

(iii)trails on privately owned lands may be designated “National Recreation Trails” by the appropriate Secretary with the written consent of the owner of the property involved.

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Amendments

1983—Subsec. (b)(i), (ii). Pub. L. 98–11, § 204(1), substituted “appropriate Secretary” for “Secretary of the Interior”. Subsec. (b)(iii). Pub. L. 98–11, § 204(2)–(4), added cl. (iii).

§1243 National recreation trails; establishment and designation; prerequisites

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Title 16, §1243

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