§460vv–9 Beech Creek National Scenic Area

Summary

Certain lands in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma are named the Beech Creek National Scenic Area to protect scenery and wildlife. The area follows a map called “Beech Creek National Scenic Area—Proposed,” dated March 1988. The Secretary of Agriculture must, as soon as practicable after October 18, 1988, send that map and a legal description to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Committee on Agriculture, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The filed map and description count as part of the law, may be fixed for clerical or typographical errors, and must be available for public inspection at the Chief of the Forest Service’s office. The Secretary must manage the area under the same laws and rules that apply to national forests, in a way that best protects the scenic and wildlife goals. Timber work should create a mixed hardwood and conifer forest with different species and ages, good mast (food) production, and den trees for wildlife. Managers must use uneven-aged timber practices, but may use even-aged methods to protect public safety or to control fire, insects, or disease.