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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§460xx–2 Management Plan

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER CIX — SAN PEDRO RIPARIAN NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA › § 460xx–2

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create a long-term management plan for the conservation area no later than 2 years after November 18, 1988. The plan must be made with public input and must protect the riparian area and the area’s aquatic, wildlife, archaeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources and values. The plan must include recommendations to Congress about adding lands. The Secretary may make cooperative agreements with state and local agencies to carry out the plan and may allow research on environmental, biological, water (hydrological), and cultural resources to help guide management.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460xx–2

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(a)Development of plan
No later than 2 years after November 18, 1988, the Secretary shall develop a comprehensive plan for the long-range management and protection of the conservation area. The plan shall be developed with full opportunity for public participation and comment, and shall contain provisions designed to assure protection of the riparian area and the aquatic, wildlife, archeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreation resources and values of the conservation area.
(b)Recommendations
The Secretary shall, in the comprehensive plan referred to in subsection (a), develop recommendations to Congress on whether additional lands should be included in the conservation area.
(c)Cooperative agreements
The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate State and local agencies, pursuant to section 1737(b) of title 43, to better implement the plan developed pursuant to subsection (a).
(d)Research
In order to assist in the development of appropriate management strategies for the conservation area, the Secretary may authorize research on matters including the environmental, biological, hydrological, and cultural resources of the conservation area, pursuant to section 1737(a) of title 43.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460xx–2

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110