Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§562 Forest Experiment Station in California
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 562
Summary
Requires the Secretary to set up and run a forest experiment station in California, with California and nearby states, to study and show ways to manage and protect forests and timber, alone or with governments, schools, and businesses.
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Title 16, §562
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In order to determine and demonstrate the best methods for the conservative management of forest and forest lands and the protection of timber and other forest products, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed (1) to establish and maintain, in cooperation with the State of California and with the surrounding States, a forest experiment station at such place or places as he may determine to be most suitable, and (2) to conduct, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, the States, universities, colleges, county and municipal agencies, business organizations, and individuals, such silvicultural, dendrological, forest fire, economic, and other experiments and investigations as may be necessary.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 562
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102