Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§576 Reforestation; establishment of forest tree nurseries; tree planting; seed sowing and forest improvement work

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 576

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Agriculture Secretary may set up forest tree nurseries and do other necessary work to get national forests ready for planting, as far as money from section 576a of this title allows. This does not reduce or limit any other legal powers the Secretary already has.

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Title 16, §576

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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish forest tree nurseries and do all other things needful in preparation for planting on national forests on the scale possible under the appropriations authorized by section 576a of this title: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be deemed to restrict the authority of the said Secretary under other authority of law.

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Short Title

The act of June 9, 1930, ch. 416, 46 Stat. 527, as amended, which is classified to sections 576 to 576b of this title, is popularly known as the “Knutson-Vandenberg Act”.

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16 U.S.C. § 576

Title 16 — Conservation

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73