§460ppp–3 Management

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, must run the conservation area to protect, keep safe, and improve its important resources and values, including the ones named in subsection 460ppp–2(a), and must follow federal land laws like the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. The Secretary must keep reasonable public access and allow owners to reach private land inside the area. Existing public roads may be kept open if that fits the area’s goals. Only uses that help the conservation area’s purposes are allowed. Motorized vehicles are allowed only on roads, trails, or places the management plan designates, except for emergencies or official work. Large events can continue in defined low-impact parts of the playa under the plan. The State of Nevada keeps its authority over fish and wildlife rules, including hunting and fishing. Within three years after December 21, 2000, the Secretary had to prepare a public, comprehensive resource management plan, which may use earlier plans and studies. Current grazing that is already allowed may continue under the usual laws. The Secretary may set up visitor information facilities with partners and may use gravel pits for road upkeep under the Materials Act of 1947, if done consistently with these rules.