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§460vv–11 Timber management report

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CVII— - WINDING STAIR MOUNTAIN NATIONAL RECREATION AND WILDERNESS AREA › § 460vv–11

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must send a report each year after October 18, 1988, for 20 years to the House Committees on Natural Resources and on Agriculture, and to the Senate Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The report must describe timber management on Ouachita National Forest lands in Le Flore County, Oklahoma. It must cover timber practices, sale preparation, harvest levels, reforestation, pest and damage problems, and multiple-use measures (such as wildlife improvement, recreation, scenery protection, changes in vegetation, roads, and plant cover along streams, roads, and trails). The report must also include an economic impact statement on the local timber industry and on tourism and recreation.

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Title 16, §460vv–11

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The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate a report on the timber management program on those lands of the Ouachita National Forest located in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, each year after October 18, 1988, for a period of 20 years. Each such report shall include information on timber management practices, sale preparation, harvest levels, reforestation, forest pest and damage problems, multiple use mitigation practices, including wildlife enhancement, recreation, protection of scenery, vegetation conversion, roads, and vegetative cover along streams, roads and trails. The report shall also include an economic impact statement of the Ouachita National Forest in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, on the timber industry and the tourism and recreation industry.

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1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”.

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16 U.S.C. § 460vv–11

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73