16 U.S.C. § 410vv: Purposes

Summary

Aims to explain how conservation developed in America, honor George Perkins Marsh (author of Man and Nature) and Frederick Billings (an early reforestation and land-management leader), and protect the Marsh‑Billings‑Rockefeller Mansion and its lands. It also honors Julia Billings, Mary Billings French, Mary French Rockefeller, and Laurance Spelman Rockefeller for preserving that heritage.

Title 16, §410vv

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The purposes of this subchapter are—

(1)to interpret the history and evolution of conservation stewardship in America;

(2)to recognize and interpret the contributions and birthplace of George Perkins Marsh, pioneering environmentalist, author of Man and Nature, statesman, lawyer, and linguist;

(3)to recognize and interpret the contributions of Frederick Billings, conservationist, pioneer in reforestation and scientific farm management, lawyer, philanthropist, and railroad builder, who extended the principles of land management introduced by Marsh;

(4)to preserve the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Mansion and its surrounding lands; and

(5)to recognize the significant contributions of Julia Billings, Mary Billings French, Mary French Rockefeller, and Laurance Spelman Rockefeller in perpetuating the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller heritage.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1998—Pars. (4), (5). Pub. L. 105–277 substituted “Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller” for “Marsh-Billings”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 102–350, § 1, Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 934, as amended by Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title I, § 143], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–267, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act’.”

§410vv Purposes