§3204 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must allow people to keep using, and to set up new, temporary camps, tent platforms, shelters, and other short-term facilities and equipment that are directly needed for hunting or fishing on public lands where those activities are allowed. These uses can be reasonably regulated. New facilities must be built and maintained to protect the area and must use materials that blend with the nearby landscape. If the activity ends permanently, the permit holder must remove structures when asked in writing. After giving adequate notice, the Secretary can deny a proposed new facility if it would be a major expansion that would harm the unit’s conservation purposes or the wilderness character of any wilderness area there.

Title 16, §3204

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(a)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)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