Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§471f Cradle of Forestry in America in Pisgah National Forest; Establishment; Statement of Purposes; Publication in Federal Register
Title 16 › Chapter 2— NATIONAL FORESTS › Subchapter I— ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 471f
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture may create the Cradle of Forestry in America in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina to protect and teach the birthplace of forestry and to promote multiple-use, long-term (sustained-yield) forest management. As soon as possible after July 11, 1968, the Secretary must publish a notice in the Federal Register with a boundary map dated April 12, 1967, which is kept on file at the Forest Service for the public to see.
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Title 16, §471f
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In order to preserve, develop, and make available to this and future generations the birthplace of forestry and forestry education in America and to promote, demonstrate, and stimulate interest in and knowledge of the management of forest lands under principles of multiple use and sustained yield and the development and progress of management of forest lands in America, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to establish the Cradle of Forestry in America in the Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina. As soon as possible after July 11, 1968, the Secretary of Agriculture shall publish notice of the designation thereof in the Federal Register together with a map showing the boundaries which shall be those shown on the map entitled “Cradle of Forestry in America” dated April 12, 1967, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
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16 U.S.C. § 471f
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60