Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460nnn–91 Wildlands Juniper Management Area

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter CXXV— STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AREA › Part E— Establishment of Wildlands Juniper Management Area › § 460nnn–91

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must set up a special area of certain federal lands inside the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, shown on the map already referenced, and call it the Wildlands Juniper Management Area. That area must use special land-management methods for testing, teaching, explaining, and showing both active and passive ways to bring back the old natural fire patterns and the native plant communities on Steens Mountain. Besides funds already authorized elsewhere, up to $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out these actions and the related juniper management in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area.

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Title 16, §460nnn–91

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(a)To further the purposes of section 460nnn–23(c) of this title, the Secretary shall establish a special management area consisting of certain Federal lands in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, as depicted on the map referred to in section 460nnn–11(a) of this title, which shall be known as the Wildlands Juniper Management Area.

(b)Special management practices shall be adopted for the Wildlands Juniper Management Area for the purposes of experimentation, education, interpretation, and demonstration of active and passive management intended to restore the historic fire regime and native vegetation communities on Steens Mountain.

(c)In addition to the authorization of appropriations in section 460nnn–121 of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out this part and section 460nnn–23(c) of this title regarding juniper management in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area.

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16 U.S.C. § 460nnn–91

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60