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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§405 Reservation for Park and Camp Sites

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XLVIII — COOS COUNTY, OREGON › § 405

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Certain parcels of land in Coos County, Oregon (described by sections, townships, and ranges in the Willamette Meridian) that were once part of the Coos Bay military wagon road grant are set aside as public parks and campsites to protect rare myrtle groves and for recreation. These lands are subject to existing rights and to water-power withdrawals under the Federal Power Act. The merchantable timber on the NE¼ of the SW¼ of Section 35, T27S, R12W was already sold and may be cut. The county court of Coos County must manage the lands under rules the Secretary of the Interior sets, and the county must pay all management costs.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §405

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The northeast quarter northwest quarter, lot 1, section 7, township 28 south, range 9 west, the southwest quarter northeast quarter, north half southeast quarter, section 5, township 27 south, range 11 west, the west half southwest quarter, section 5, the south half northwest quarter, section 11, township 28 south, range 11 west, the south half southeast quarter and east half southwest quarter, section 35, township 27 south, range 12 west, Willamette Meridian, Coos County, Oregon, formerly a part of the Coos Bay military wagon road grant, subject to valid existing rights and as to lands withdrawn for water-power purposes to all the provisions of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.], and to the cutting and removal of the merchantable timber on the northeast quarter southwest quarter, section 35, township 27 south, range 12 west, pursuant to a sale thereof heretofore made, are reserved and set apart as public parks and camp sites for recreational purposes and to preserve the rare groves of myrtle trees thereon, such lands to be placed under the care, control, and management of the county court of Coos County, Oregon, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, That all the expense of such care, control, and management shall be paid by the said county court.

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References in Text

The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original “Federal water power Act of
June 10, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes At Large, page 1063)”, which was redesignated the Federal Power Act by section 791a of this title. The Federal Power Act is act
June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, and is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this title and Tables.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 405

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102