Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460nnn–12 Purpose and objectives of Cooperative Management and Protection Area

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXXV— - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AREA › Part Part A— - Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area › Subpart subpart 1— - designation and purposes › § 460nnn–12

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Protect Steens Mountain’s natural health for people now and in the future. The Secretary must manage the Cooperative Management and Protection Area to do that. The Secretary must support joint projects with tribes, public and private owners; allow sustainable grazing, recreation, and historic uses; protect Burns Paiute Tribe access to cultural, gathering, religious, and archaeological sites on federal lands; care for geological, biological, wildlife, riparian, scenic, social, and economic resources; and reduce conflicts by promoting cooperation and communication.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460nnn–12

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(a)The purpose of the Cooperative Management and Protection Area is to conserve, protect, and manage the long-term ecological integrity of Steens Mountain for future and present generations.

(b)To further the purpose specified in subsection (a), and consistent with such purpose, the Secretary shall manage the Cooperative Management and Protection Area for the benefit of present and future generations—

(1)to maintain and enhance cooperative and innovative management projects, programs and agreements between tribal, public, and private interests in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area;

(2)to promote grazing, recreation, historic, and other uses that are sustainable;

(3)to conserve, protect and to ensure traditional access to cultural, gathering, religious, and archaeological sites by the Burns Paiute Tribe on Federal lands and to promote cooperation with private landowners;

(4)to ensure the conservation, protection, and improved management of the ecological, social, and economic environment of the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, including geological, biological, wildlife, riparian, and scenic resources; and

(5)to promote and foster cooperation, communication, and understanding and to reduce conflict between Steens Mountain users and interests.

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460nnn–12

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73