Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460s–8 Inland buffer zone

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXXVII— - PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE › § 460s–8

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

An inland buffer zone is created along part of the lakeshore to protect the land, water, and nearby properties. It is meant to keep the shoreline and lake setting, protect watersheds and streams, and allow full economic use of renewable resources through sustained-yield timber and other compatible resource management. The zone is shown on the map titled "Proposed Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Boundary Map, NL–PR–7100A, July, 1966." The Secretary of the Interior must file that map with the Office of the Federal Register, and it is also available at Department of the Interior offices.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460s–8

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(a)The area hereinafter described in subsection (b) of this section is hereby established as an inland buffer zone in order to stabilize and protect the existing character and uses of the lands, waters, and other properties within such zone for the purpose of preserving the setting of the shoreline and lakes, protecting the watersheds and streams, and providing for the fullest economic utilization of the renewable resources through sustained yield timber management and other resource management compatible with the purposes of this subchapter.

(b)As used in this subchapter, the term “inland buffer zone” means that part of the lakeshore delineated as such on the map identified as “Proposed Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Boundary Map, NL–PR–7100A, July, 1966”. The Secretary shall file the map with the Office of the Federal Register, and it may also be examined in the Offices of the Department of the Interior.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460s–8

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73