Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§410aaa–53 Granite Mountains Natural Reserve

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIX–Y — CALIFORNIA DESERT LANDS PARKS, PRESERVE, AND OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREAS › Part C — Mojave National Preserve › § 410aaa–53

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

About 9,000 acres are set aside as the Granite Mountains Natural Reserve inside the preserve. The area is shown on a May 1991 map of Mojave National Park boundaries and proposed wilderness (map 6). By October 31, 1994, the Secretary must sign a cooperative agreement with the University of California to manage the reserve. The deal must keep the University's dry‑land research and teaching programs running and must follow this part and the laws that apply to national park units.

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Title 16, §410aaa–53

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(a)Establishment

There is hereby designated the Granite Mountains Natural Reserve within the preserve comprising approximately nine thousand acres as generally depicted on a map entitled “Mojave National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Proposed 6”, dated May 1991.

(b)Cooperative management agreement

On October 31, 1994, the Secretary shall enter into a cooperative management agreement with the University of California for the purposes of managing the lands within the Granite Mountains Natural Reserve. Such cooperative agreement shall ensure continuation of arid lands research and educational activities of the University of California, consistent with the provisions of this part and laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System.

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16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–53

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110