Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§580m Development of reservoir areas for future resources of timber; Congressional declaration of policy
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 580m
Summary
Federal managers must develop reservoir lands owned by the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers so those areas provide a steady, dependable supply of ready-to-use timber. They must do this with long-term harvest plans, replanting, and good conservation, and also improve recreation and other public uses when practical and compatible with the project.
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Title 16, §580m
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It is declared to be the policy of the United States to provide that reservoir areas of projects for flood control, navigation, hydroelectric power development, and other related purposes owned in fee and under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers shall be developed and maintained so as to encourage, promote, and assure fully adequate and dependable future resources of readily available timber, through sustained yield programs, reforestation, and accepted conservation practices, and to increase the value of such areas for conservation, recreation, and other beneficial uses: Provided, That such development and management shall be accomplished to the extent practicable and compatible with other uses of the project.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 580m
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73