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§460q–7 Shasta and Trinity National Forests; Additions of Lands

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXXV — WHISKEYTOWN-SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460q–7

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Adds land to the Shasta and Trinity National Forests. Shasta gets the lands named in the Act of March 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 83) and sections 22 and 27, township 35 north, range 1 west, Mount Diablo base and meridian. Trinity gets sections 4, 5, and 8; the east half and northwest quarter of section 6; the east half of section 7; the northwest quarter of section 17; and the northeast quarter of section 18, township 33 north, range 8 west, Mount Diablo base and meridian. Valid existing claims and entries stay in effect. U.S. public lands and lands the United States owns or later acquires for the Shasta, Clair Engle, or Lewiston Reservoirs inside those forest borders, and lands bought for recreation in the Shasta or Clair Engle‑Lewiston units, are made part of the national forests where they lie. Lands inside reservoir flow lines or needed for Central Valley Project operation remain managed by the Secretary of the Interior as the Secretary decides is required.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460q–7

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The exterior boundaries of the Shasta National Forest in the State of California are hereby extended to include the lands described in the Act of March 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 83), and section 22 and 27, township 35 north, range 1 west, Mount Diablo base and meridian. The exterior boundaries of the Trinity National Forest in the State of California are hereby extended to include all of section 4, 5, and 8, the east half and the northwest quarter of section 6, the east half of section 7, the northwest quarter of section 17, and the northeast quarter of section 18, township 33 north, range 8 west, Mount Diablo base and meridian. Subject to any valid claim or entry now existing and hereafter legally maintained, all public lands of the United States and all lands of the United States heretofore or hereafter acquired or reserved for use in connection with the Shasta, Clair Engle, or Lewiston Reservoirs of the Central Valley project within the exterior boundaries of the Shasta and Trinity National Forests which have not heretofore been added to and made a part of such forests, and all lands of the United States acquired for the purposes of the recreation area in the Shasta or Clair Engle-Lewiston units are hereby added to and made a part of the respective national forests within which they are situated: Provided, That lands within the flow lines of any reservoir operated and maintained by the Department of the Interior or otherwise needed or used for the operation of the Central Valley project shall continue to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior to the extent he determines to be required for such operation.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Act of March 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 83), referred to in text, is act Mar. 19, 1948, ch. 139, 62 Stat. 83. See paragraph entitled “Shasta National Forest” set out in the Codification note under sections 486a to 486w of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Clair Engle Reservoir, referred to in text, redesignated “Trinity Lake” by section 1 of Pub. L. 105–44, set out as a note under section 460q of this title.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460q–7

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102