Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§460t–2 Administration
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXXVIII — BIGHORN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460t–2
Summary
The Secretary must run the Yellowtail Reservoir recreation area to give people outdoor recreation, protect scenic, scientific, historic, and other things people enjoy, and manage renewable natural resources in ways that do not significantly harm recreation or those values. The Secretary can use National Park Service authorities and any other legal powers available to conserve and manage resources and carry out these goals.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §460t–2
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(a)Coordination
The Secretary shall coordinate administration of the recreation area with the other purposes of the Yellowtail Reservoir project so that it will in his judgment best provide (1) for public outdoor recreation benefits, (2) for conservation of scenic, scientific, historic, and other values contributing to public enjoyment and (3) for management, utilization, and disposal of renewable natural resources in a manner that promotes, or is compatible with, and does not significantly impair, public recreation and conservation of scenic, scientific, historic, or other values contributing to public enjoyment.
(b)Utilization of statutory authorities
In the administration of the area for the purposes of this subchapter, the Secretary may utilize such statutory authorities relating to areas administered and supervised by the Secretary through the National Park Service and such statutory authorities otherwise available to him for the conservation and management of natural resources as he deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 460t–2
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110