§3112 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Public use of federal lands in Alaska must cause as little harm as possible to rural people who depend on hunting, fishing, and gathering for their way of life. Fish and wildlife must be managed using sound science and the purposes of each unit created under titles II through VII of this Act so rural residents can continue subsistence living. If limits are needed to keep a population healthy or to protect subsistence use, nonwasteful subsistence taking must get priority over other uses that take those resources. Unless another part of this Act or another federal law says otherwise, federal land managers must work with nearby landowners and managers, including Native Corporations, the proper State and Federal agencies, and other nations.

Title 16, §3112

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It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress that—

(1)consistent with sound management principles, and the conservation of healthy populations of fish and wildlife, the utilization of the public lands in Alaska is to cause the least adverse impact possible on rural residents who depend upon subsistence uses of the resources of such lands; consistent with management of fish and wildlife in accordance with recognized scientific principles and the purposes for each unit established, designated, or expanded by or pursuant to titles II through VII of this Act, the purpose of this subchapter is to provide the opportunity for rural residents engaged in a subsistence way of life to do so;

(2)nonwasteful subsistence uses of fish and wildlife and other renewable resources shall be the priority consumptive uses of all such resources on the public lands of Alaska when it is necessary to restrict taking in order to assure the continued viability of a fish or wildlife population or the continuation of subsistence uses of such population, the taking of such population for nonwasteful subsistence uses shall be given preference on the public lands over other consumptive uses; and

(3)except as otherwise provided by this Act or other Federal laws, Federal land managing agencies, in managing subsistence activities on the public lands and in protecting the continued viability of all wild renewable resources in Alaska, shall cooperate with adjacent landowners and land managers, including Native Corporations, appropriate State and Federal agencies, and other nations.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in pars. (1) and (3), is Pub. L. 96–487, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, known as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. Titles II through VII of this Act enacted sections 410hh to 410hh–5, 460mm to 460mm–3, 539 to 539e, and 1285b of this title, amended section 1274, 1276, 1279, and 1280 of this title, enacted provisions set out as notes under section 668dd, 1132, 1274, and 3145 of this title, and enacted provisions listed in a table of National Monuments Established Under Presidential Proclamation set out under section 320301 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables.

§3112 Congressional statement of policy