§460q–7 Shasta and Trinity National Forests; additions of lands

Summary

Expands the boundaries of the Shasta National Forest in California to include the lands named in the Act of March 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 83) and sections 22 and 27 in township 35 north, range 1 west, Mount Diablo base and meridian. It also expands the Trinity National Forest to include all of sections 4, 5, and 8; the east half and northwest quarter of section 6; the east half of section 7; the northwest quarter of section 17; and the northeast quarter of section 18 in township 33 north, range 8 west, Mount Diablo base and meridian. All U.S. public lands and lands acquired or set aside for use with the Shasta, Clair Engle, or Lewiston Reservoirs of the Central Valley project that lie inside these new forest borders, plus lands bought for recreation in the Shasta or Clair Engle–Lewiston units, are added to the national forests where they are located, subject to any valid existing claims or entries. Lands inside reservoir flow lines or needed to run the Central Valley project stay under the Secretary of the Interior as required.