Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§552b Administration of Withdrawn Lands; Rules and Regulations
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 552b
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture must manage lands set aside under sections 552a–552d under agreements with the local municipality to protect the watershed. The Secretary may add rules beyond national forest rules, including banning anyone except forest officers and municipal representatives from entering or using the reserved land.
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Title 16, §552b
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Lands withdrawn under the provisions of sections 552a to 552d of this title shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture under such agreements for the protection of the watershed as he may make with the municipality concerned, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in addition to the rules and regulations adopted for the administration of the national forests, to adopt and prescribe such further rules and regulations as he considers necessary to effect the adequate protection of the watershed, including a rule or regulation forbidding persons other than forest officers and representatives of the municipality from going on the lands so reserved or making any use whatever thereof.
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16 U.S.C. § 552b
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102