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§471f Cradle of Forestry in America in Pisgah National Forest; establishment; statement of purposes; publication in Federal Register

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - NATIONAL FORESTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 471f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create the Cradle of Forestry in America inside Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina to preserve and teach the birthplace of forestry, and to promote careful, multiple-use and sustained-yield management of forest lands for current and future generations. The Secretary of Agriculture must publish a notice in the Federal Register as soon as possible after July 11, 1968, showing the site’s boundaries as on the map titled "Cradle of Forestry in America," dated April 12, 1967; that map must be kept on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.

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Title 16, §471f

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In order to preserve, develop, and make available to this and future generations the birthplace of forestry and forestry education in America and to promote, demonstrate, and stimulate interest in and knowledge of the management of forest lands under principles of multiple use and sustained yield and the development and progress of management of forest lands in America, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to establish the Cradle of Forestry in America in the Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina. As soon as possible after July 11, 1968, the Secretary of Agriculture shall publish notice of the designation thereof in the Federal Register together with a map showing the boundaries which shall be those shown on the map entitled “Cradle of Forestry in America” dated April 12, 1967, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.

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16 U.S.C. § 471f

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73