16 U.S.C. § 3204: Allowed uses

Summary

The Secretary must allow people to keep using and to set up temporary camps, tent platforms, shelters, and other short‑term gear that are directly needed for fishing or hunting on public lands where those activities are allowed by law. These uses must follow reasonable rules to protect the area. New structures must be built and maintained so they do not harm the place and should use materials that blend with the nearby landscape. When the activity ends permanently (not just for a season), the permit holder must remove the structures if asked in writing. The Secretary can refuse a proposed new facility after giving notice if it would be a big increase in use and would harm the conservation unit’s purpose, including the wilderness character of any wilderness area there.

Title 16, §3204

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(a)Establishment and use of new facilities

On all public lands where the taking of fish and wildlife is permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act or other applicable State and Federal law the Secretary shall permit, subject to reasonable regulation to insure compatibility, the continuance of existing uses, and the future establishment, and use, of temporary campsites, tent platforms, shelters, and other temporary facilities and equipment directly and necessarily related to such activities. Such facilities and equipment shall be constructed, used, and maintained in a manner consistent with the protection of the area in which they are located. All new facilities shall be constructed of materials which blend with, and are compatible with, the immediately surrounding landscape. Upon termination of such activities and uses (but not upon regular or seasonal cessation), such structures or facilities shall, upon written request, be removed from the area by the permittee.

(b)Denial of proposed use or establishment

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Secretary may determine, after adequate notice, that the establishment and use of such new facilities or equipment would constitute a significant expansion of existing facilities or uses which would be detrimental to the purposes for which the affected conservation system unit was established, including the wilderness character of any wilderness area within such unit, and may thereupon deny such proposed use or establishment.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 96–487, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, known as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables.

§3204 Allowed Uses