Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§460v Establishment
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXXX— FLAMING GORGE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460v
Summary
Creates the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in Utah and Wyoming for public outdoor recreation and to conserve scenic and other values of Flaming Gorge Reservoir and surrounding lands, subject to valid existing rights; boundaries are on a Forest Service map on file and open to inspection.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §460v
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In order to provide, in furtherance of the purposes of the Colorado River storage project, for the public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir and surrounding lands in the States of Utah and Wyoming and the conservation of scenic, scientific, historic, and other values contributing to public enjoyment of such lands and waters, there is hereby established, subject to valid existing rights, the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in the States of Utah and Wyoming (hereinafter referred to as the “recreation area”). The boundaries of the recreation area shall be those shown on the map entitled “Proposed Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area,” which is on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and Assistance Pub. L. 105–326, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 3040, as amended by Pub. L. 106–176, title III, § 303, Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 32, related to disposition of certain Federal properties located in Dutch John, Utah, and to assistance to local government in interim delivery of basic services to Dutch John community.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 460v
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60