PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Creates the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area in the State and sets its size at about 209,610 acres as shown on the official map. The area must be kept to benefit people now and in the future by protecting many important things, like geology, cultural and archaeological sites, fossils, wildlife, rivers and riparian areas, recreation, education, and scenic and scientific resources. It also protects stream water flows needed for aquatic, riparian, and land species. The Secretary of the Interior must manage the area as part of the National Landscape Conservation System, to conserve and improve those resources and follow the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and other laws. Only uses that help those goals are allowed. Motor vehicles may be used only on roads and trails that were designated for vehicles in the management plan that applied on March 30, 2009, until a new plan takes effect; after the new plan takes effect, vehicles are allowed only on roads and trails the new plan allows. Vehicles can be used for administrative work or emergencies. Those vehicle rules do not apply to any designated Wilderness within the area.

Title 16, §460zzz–1

Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)(1)There is established the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area in the State.

(2)The Conservation Area shall consist of approximately 209,610 acres of public land, as generally depicted on the Map.

(b)The purposes of the Conservation Area are to conserve and protect for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations—

(1)the unique and important resources and values of the land, including the geological, cultural, archaeological, paleontological, natural, scientific, recreational, wilderness, wildlife, riparian, historical, educational, and scenic resources of the public land; and

(2)the water resources of area streams, based on seasonally available flows, that are necessary to support aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial species and communities.

(c)(1)The Secretary shall manage the Conservation Area—

(A)as a component of the National Landscape Conservation System;

(B)in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the resources and values of the Conservation Area described in subsection (b); and

(C)in accordance with—

(i)the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);

(ii)this subchapter; and

(iii)any other applicable laws.

(2)(A)The Secretary shall allow only such uses of the Conservation Area as the Secretary determines would further the purposes for which the Conservation Area is established.

(B)(i)Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), use of motorized vehicles in the Conservation Area shall be allowed—

(I)before the effective date of the management plan, only on roads and trails designated for use of motor vehicles in the management plan that applies on March 30, 2009, to the public land in the Conservation Area; and

(II)after the effective date of the management plan, only on roads and trails designated in the management plan for the use of motor vehicles.

(ii)Clause (i) shall not limit the use of motor vehicles in the Conservation Area for administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency.

(iii)This subparagraph shall not apply to the Wilderness.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in subsec. (c)(1)(C)(i), is Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1701 of Title 43 and Tables.

§460zzz–1 Dominguez-escalante National Conservation Area