16 U.S.C. § 460hhh–4: Management plan

Summary

Within 3 full fiscal years after August 4, 1993, the Secretary must create a general management plan for the Recreation Area as an amendment to the Toiyabe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. The parts of the forest plan that apply to the Recreation Area must also be made available to the public in a separate document. The Secretary does not have to redo the whole forest plan under section 1604. The plan must be made with public input and must cover several topics. It must include a continuing program for education and interpretation of the area’s resources; proposals for public facilities, including one or more visitor centers; plans to protect natural and cultural resources with a focus on archaeology and enforcement of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act and the National Historic Preservation Act; wildlife and fish plans developed with Nevada agencies; recreation plans and wild horse and burro herd plans developed with Nevada officials; and an inventory of lands inside the Recreation Area that are not now National Forest lands for possible future purchase. The resource protection plans must be prepared with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and Nevada’s historic preservation office. The plan must also include the Bureau of Land Management’s recommendations on whether the Mt. Stirling, La Madre Mountains, and Pine Creek Wilderness Study Areas (per the BLM Wilderness Status Map dated March 1990) are suitable for wilderness. Until a recommendation is sent or Congress decides otherwise, the Secretary must manage those study areas to keep their potential for wilderness.

Title 16, §460hhh–4

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(a)In general

(1)Procedures

Not later than 3 full fiscal years after August 4, 1993, the Secretary shall develop a general management plan for the Recreation Area as an amendment to the Toiyabe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. Such an amendment shall reflect the establishment of the Recreation Area and be consistent with the provisions of this subchapter, except that nothing in this subchapter shall require the Secretary to revise the Toiyabe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan pursuant to section 1604 of this title. The provisions of the national forest land and resource management plan relating to the recreation area shall also be available to the public in a document separate from the rest of the forest plan.

(2)Contents

The management plan described in paragraph (1) shall be developed with full public participation and shall include—

(A)implementation plans for a continuing program of interpretation and public education about the resources and values of the Recreation Area;

(B)proposals for public facilities to be developed, expanded, or improved for the Recreation Area, including one or more visitor centers to accommodate both local and out-of-State visitors;

(C)plans for the management of natural and cultural resources in the Recreation Area, with emphasis on the preservation and long-term scientific use of archaeological resources, with priority in development given to the enforcement of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.) and the National Historic Preservation Act within the Recreation Area;

(D)wildlife and fish resource management plans for the Recreation Area prepared in consultation with appropriate departments of the State of Nevada and using other available studies of the Recreation Area;

(E)recreation management plans for the Recreation Area in consultation with appropriate departments of the State of Nevada;

(F)wild horse and burro herd management plans for the Recreation Area prepared in consultation with appropriate departments and commissions of the State of Nevada; and

(G)an inventory of all lands within the Recreation Area not presently managed as National Forest lands that will permit the Secretary to evaluate possible future acquisitions.

(3)Consultation

The plans for the management of natural and cultural resources described in paragraph (2)(C) shall be prepared in consultation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation established by chapter 3041 of title 54 and the Nevada State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.

(b)Wilderness study areas

(1)Recommendations

The general management plan for the Recreation Area shall include the recommendations of the Bureau of Land Management as to the suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness those lands within the Recreation Area identified as the Mt. Stirling, La Madre Mountains, and Pine Creek Wilderness Study Areas on the Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Status Map, dated March 1990.

(2)Management

Pending submission of a recommendation and until otherwise directed by Act of Congress, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall manage the lands and waters within the wilderness study areas referred to in paragraph (1) so as to maintain their potential for inclusion within the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(C), is Pub. L. 96–95, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 721, which is classified generally to chapter 1B (§ 470aa et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 470aa of this title and Tables. The National Historic Preservation Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(C), is Pub. L. 89–665, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 915, which was classified generally to subchapter II (§ 470 et seq.) of chapter 1A of this title. The Act, except for section 1, was repealed and restated in division A (§ 300101 et seq.) of subtitle III of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54. Codification In subsec. (a)(3), “chapter 3041 of title 54” substituted for “title II of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470i et seq.)” on authority of Pub. L. 113–287, § 6(e), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272, which Act enacted Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.

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