Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§160e Payment of Value Differential by Secretary to Owner of Commercial Timberlands Exchanging Lands for State Lands Outside of Park; Determination of Value; Prerequisites
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XIX — VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK › § 160e
Summary
The Secretary may pay a landowner inside the park a value difference when Minnesota trades that commercial timberland to the United States for State land outside the park. If the swap uses timber-only values, the payment is the extra recreational value (only if that value isn’t caused by creating or authorizing the park) and is paid only after full ownership of the acquired lands is transferred to the United States.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §160e
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The Secretary is authorized to pay a differential in value, as hereinafter set forth, to any owner of commercial timberlands within the park with whom the State of Minnesota has negotiated, for the purpose of conveyance to the United States, an exchange of lands for State lands outside the park. Payment hereunder may be made when an exchange is based upon valuations for timber purposes only, and shall be the difference between the value of such lands for timber purposes, as agreeable to the State, the Secretary, and any owner, and the higher value, if any, of such lands for recreational purposes not attributable to establishment or authorization of the park: Provided, That any payment shall be made only at such time as fee title of lands so acquired within the boundaries is conveyed to the United States.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 160e
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102