PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Unless section 460nnn–92 says otherwise, any wilderness study area or part of one inside the Cooperative Management and Protection Area but not in the Wilderness Area must stay a wilderness study area. Those areas must be managed under section 1782(c) of title 43 so they stay suitable for preservation as wilderness. The Basque Hills Wilderness Study Area is expanded to include Federal lands in sections 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, and 27 of township 36 south, range 31 east, Willamette Meridian. Those lands must also be managed under section 1782(c) of title 43 to protect and enhance their wilderness values.

Title 16, §460nnn–64

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(a)Except as provided in section 460nnn–92 of this title, any wilderness study area, or portion of a wilderness study area, within the boundaries of the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, but not included in the Wilderness Area, shall remain a wilderness study area notwithstanding the enactment of this subchapter.

(b)The wilderness study areas referred to in subsection (a) shall continue to be managed under section 1782(c) of title 43 in a manner so as not to impair the suitability of the areas for preservation as wilderness.

(c)The boundaries of the Basque Hills Wilderness Study Area are hereby expanded to include the Federal lands within section 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, and 27 of township 36 south, range 31 east, Willamette Meridian. These lands shall be managed under section 1782(c) of title 43 to protect and enhance the wilderness values of these lands.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 106–399, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1655, known as the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 460nnn of this title and Tables.

§460nnn–64 Treatment of Wilderness Study Areas