Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460mm Establishment of Conservation Area

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XCVIII— STEESE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA AND WHITE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460mm

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Steese National Conservation Area is created to protect federally owned lands now and in the future. It must be managed so people can use the land in different ways while keeping the environment healthy over time. It covers approximately one million two hundred twenty thousand acres of public land, as shown on the map titled “Steese National Conservation Area—proposed,” dated October 1978. Planning and management must consider special values, including caribou range and Birch Creek.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460mm

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In order to provide for the immediate and future protection of the lands in Federal ownership within the framework of a program of multiple use and sustained yield and for the maintenance of environmental quality, the Steese National Conservation Area is hereby established.

(b)The Steese National Conservation Area shall include approximately one million two hundred twenty thousand acres of public lands, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Steese National Conservation Area—proposed”, and dated October 1978. Special values to be considered in planning and management of the area are: caribou range and Birch Creek.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460mm

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60