Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§460vv–5 Adjacent Management
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER CVII — WINDING STAIR MOUNTAIN NATIONAL RECREATION AND WILDERNESS AREA › § 460vv–5
Summary
No protective buffer areas should be created around wilderness areas in Oklahoma when they are designated. If people inside the wilderness can see or hear activities happening outside, that alone does not stop those activities from occurring right up to the wilderness boundary.
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Title 16, §460vv–5
Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Congress does not intend that designation of wilderness areas in the State of Oklahoma lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around each wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within the wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 460vv–5
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102