Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§460mm Establishment of conservation area
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XCVIII— - STEESE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA AND WHITE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460mm
Summary
Creates the Steese National Conservation Area to protect federal land, allow multiple uses, and keep environmental quality. It covers 1,220,000 acres (map: "Steese National Conservation Area—proposed", October 1978). Planning must consider caribou range and Birch Creek.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §460mm
Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)In order to provide for the immediate and future protection of the lands in Federal ownership within the framework of a program of multiple use and sustained yield and for the maintenance of environmental quality, the Steese National Conservation Area is hereby established.
(b)The Steese National Conservation Area shall include approximately one million two hundred twenty thousand acres of public lands, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Steese National Conservation Area—proposed”, and dated October 1978. Special values to be considered in planning and management of the area are: caribou range and Birch Creek.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 460mm
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73