Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460nnn–64 Treatment of wilderness study areas

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXXV— - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AREA › Part Part B— - Steens Mountain Wilderness Area › § 460nnn–64

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Wilderness study areas inside the Cooperative Management and Protection Area but not in the Wilderness Area must remain as wilderness study areas unless section 460nnn–92 allows otherwise. Federal lands in Basque Hills (sections 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, 27, T.36 S., R.31 E., Willamette Meridian) and those areas must be managed under section 1782(c) of title 43.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460nnn–64

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(a)Except as provided in section 460nnn–92 of this title, any wilderness study area, or portion of a wilderness study area, within the boundaries of the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, but not included in the Wilderness Area, shall remain a wilderness study area notwithstanding the enactment of this subchapter.

(b)The wilderness study areas referred to in subsection (a) shall continue to be managed under section 1782(c) of title 43 in a manner so as not to impair the suitability of the areas for preservation as wilderness.

(c)The boundaries of the Basque Hills Wilderness Study Area are hereby expanded to include the Federal lands within section 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, and 27 of township 36 south, range 31 east, Willamette Meridian. These lands shall be managed under section 1782(c) of title 43 to protect and enhance the wilderness values of these lands.

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This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 106–399, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1655, known as the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 460nnn of this title and Tables.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460nnn–64

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73