Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§410aaa–53 Granite Mountains Natural Reserve

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–Y— - CALIFORNIA DESERT LANDS PARKS, PRESERVE, AND OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREAS › Part Part C— - Mojave National Preserve › § 410aaa–53

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Granite Mountains Natural Reserve of about 9,000 acres within the preserve, shown on the map titled "Mojave National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Proposed 6", dated May 1991. By October 31, 1994, the Secretary must make a cooperative management agreement with the University of California to manage the reserve and keep the university’s arid lands research and teaching going, in ways that follow this part and the laws that apply to National Park units.

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Title 16, §410aaa–53

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(a)There is hereby designated the Granite Mountains Natural Reserve within the preserve comprising approximately nine thousand acres as generally depicted on a map entitled “Mojave National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Proposed 6”, dated May 1991.

(b)On October 31, 1994, the Secretary shall enter into a cooperative management agreement with the University of California for the purposes of managing the lands within the Granite Mountains Natural Reserve. Such cooperative agreement shall ensure continuation of arid lands research and educational activities of the University of California, consistent with the provisions of this part and laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–53

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73