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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460nnn–41 Cooperative management agreements

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 3— - cooperative management › § 460nnn–41

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary to team up with private landowners and others who volunteer to jointly manage Federal and non‑Federal lands inside the Cooperative Management and Protection Area. The Secretary can make cooperative management agreements with any willing party, let permit holders, other agencies, and members of the public join if landowners agree, and enter into agreements with the Burns Paiute Tribe to protect tribal cultural sites.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460nnn–41

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)To further the purposes and objectives for which the Cooperative Management and Protection Area is designated, the Secretary may work with non-Federal landowners and other parties who voluntarily agree to participate in the cooperative management of Federal and non-Federal lands in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area.
(b)The Secretary may enter into a cooperative management agreement with any party to provide for the cooperative conservation and management of the Federal and non-Federal lands subject to the agreement.
(c)With the consent of the landowners involved, the Secretary may permit permittees, special-use permit holders, other Federal and State agencies, and interested members of the public to participate in a cooperative management agreement as appropriate to achieve the resource or land use management objectives of the agreement.
(d)The Secretary may enter into agreements with the Burns Paiute Tribe to protect cultural sites in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area of importance to the tribe.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460nnn–41

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73