Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§577c Acquisition of Additional Lands in Northern Minnesota
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 577c
Summary
Secretary of Agriculture must acquire lands or land interests within the area defined elsewhere in the law when development, or its possibility, would harm the wilderness canoe country's unique natural features; this is to protect public lands and carry out goals in other parts of the law.
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Title 16, §577c
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To protect and administer more effectively the publicly owned lands within certain parts of the area described in section 577 of this title, and to accomplish certain public purposes explicit and implicit in section 577a and 577b of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to acquire any lands or interest in lands, and appurtenances thereto, situated within the area described in section 577d of this title, where in his opinion development or exploitation, or the potentialities for development or exploitation, impair or threaten to impair the unique qualities and natural features of the remaining wilderness canoe country.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1961—Pub. L. 87–351 removed the restriction on condemnation of contiguous tracts of land in one ownership, not exceeding five hundred acres in the aggregate, if the lands were encumbered with structures of a permanent type suitable for human occupancy and if the owners thereof filed written objections before expiration of the time for answering the petition in the proceedings.
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Short Title
The act of June 22, 1948, ch. 593, 62 Stat. 568, as amended, which is classified to section 577c, 577d, and 577e to 577h of this title, is popularly known as the “Thye-Blatnik Act”.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 577c
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102