Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460zz Findings and Purposes

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter CXI— MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL RIVER AND RECREATION AREA › Part A— Mississippi National River and Recreation Area › § 460zz

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Protect and manage the Mississippi River Corridor in the Saint Paul‑Minneapolis metro area. Congress found the corridor is nationally important for history, recreation, scenic views, culture, nature, the economy, and science. It said the country should keep and improve those resources for everyone. State and local plans already exist and can help guide federal action. Current federal programs are not well coordinated or funded with state and local efforts. Congress decided that working together at the federal, state, and local levels can protect and improve the corridor. The goals are to protect and improve the corridor’s land and water, to get government programs working together, and to give Minnesota and its local governments a management plan to guide orderly public and private development.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460zz

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(a)The Congress finds that:

(1)The Mississippi River Corridor within the Saint Paul-Minneapolis Metropolitan Area represents a nationally significant historical, recreational, scenic, cultural, natural, economic, and scientific resource.

(2)There is a national interest in the preservation, protection and enhancement of these resources for the benefit of the people of the United States.

(3)State and local planning efforts along the River Corridor provide a unique foundation for coordinating Federal, State, and local planning and management processes.

(4)Existing Federal agency programs lack sufficient coordination and financial participation with State and local planning and regulatory authorities to provide for adequate and comprehensive resource management and economic development consistent with the protection of the Mississippi River Corridor’s nationally significant resources, and the public use and enjoyment of the area.

(5)The preservation, enhancement, enjoyment, and utilization of the nationally significant resources of the Mississippi River Corridor can be accomplished by a cooperative Federal, State, and local comprehensive planning and management effort.

(b)The purposes of this part are:

(1)To protect, preserve and enhance the significant values of the waters and land of the Mississippi River Corridor within the Saint Paul-Minneapolis Metropolitan Area.

(2)To encourage adequate coordination of all governmental programs affecting the land and water resources of the Mississippi River Corridor.

(3)To provide a management framework to assist the State of Minnesota and its units of local government in the development and implementation of integrated resource management programs for the Mississippi River Corridor in order to assure orderly public and private development in the area consistent with the findings of this part.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460zz

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60