§460vv–8 Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area

Summary

Creates the Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area in parts of the Ouachita National Forest, shown on a map dated March 1988. The Secretary of Agriculture must, as soon as practical after October 18, 1988, file that map and a legal description with the House Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs and on Agriculture and with the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Those documents carry the same legal weight as the law, may be corrected for clerical errors, and must be kept on file and open to the public at the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service. The Secretary must manage the area under national forest rules to protect scenery and wildlife. Actions that would harm views from Talimena Drive or Holson Valley Road are banned. Timber work should create a mixed hardwood and conifer forest with varied ages, good wildlife food (mast), and den trees. Uneven‑aged cutting is preferred, but even‑aged cutting may be used for public safety, to fight fire, insects, or disease, or when cuts are hidden behind natural barriers so they do not change the road views.