Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460w–6 Land and water use management plan; adoption, implementation, and revision of plan by Secretary; required provisions of plan

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXXXI— - APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE › § 460w–6

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create, use, and can update a land and water use plan for managing the lakeshore. The plan must protect important scenic, scientific, historic, geologic, and archaeological features so people can learn about and enjoy them. It must provide public recreation facilities and any needed access roads. It must also keep the Apostle Islands' unique plants, animals, landforms, and geology intact. The Secretary may also set up trails, viewpoints, exhibits, and services to help visitors enjoy and understand these features.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460w–6

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In the administration, protection, and development of the lakeshore, the Secretary shall adopt and implement, and may from time to time revise, a land and water use management plan which shall include specific provision for— (a)

(b)development of facilities to provide the benefits of public recreation together with such access roads as he deems appropriate; and

(c)preservation of the unique flora and fauna and the physiographic and geologic conditions now prevailing on the Apostle Islands within the lakeshore: Provided, That the Secretary may provide for the public enjoyment and understanding of the unique natural, historical, scientific, and archeological features of the Apostle Islands through the establishment of such trails, observation points, exhibits, and services as he may deem desirable.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460w–6

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73