Title 16 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL FORESTS › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 471f
The Secretary of Agriculture may create the Cradle of Forestry in America in the Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina, to save the birthplace of American forestry, teach forestry, and promote forest management using multiple use and sustained yield. As soon as possible after July 11, 1968, the Secretary must publish a notice in the Federal Register with a map showing the boundaries. The boundaries are those on the map titled "Cradle of Forestry in America," dated April 12, 1967, which is kept on file and available for public inspection in the Forest Service Chief’s office at the Department of Agriculture.
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16 U.S.C. § 471f
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
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