Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§583 Establishment of Sustained-yield Units to Stabilize Forest Industries, Employment, Communities and Taxable Wealth

Title 16 › Chapter 3— FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter IV— SUSTAINED-YIELD FOREST MANAGEMENT › § 583

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior create cooperative sustained-yield units by official declaration when they think it will help the public. These units combine federal forest land they manage and other land that can be added under cooperative agreements with private landowners authorized by section 583a, to keep timber supplies and forest benefits (water, stream flow, soil protection, climate improvement, and wildlife) steady for industries, jobs, communities, and taxable forest wealth.

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Title 16, §583

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In order to promote the stability of forest industries, of employment, of communities, and of taxable forest wealth, through continuous supplies of timber; in order to provide for a continuous and ample supply of forest products; and in order to secure the benefits of forests in maintenance of water supply, regulation of stream flow, prevention of soil erosion, amelioration of climate, and preservation of wildlife, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are severally authorized to establish by formal declaration, when in their respective judgments such action would be in the public interest, cooperative sustained-yield units which shall consist of federally owned or administered forest land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary establishing the unit and, in addition thereto, land which reasonably may be expected to be made the subject of one or more of the cooperative agreements with private landowners authorized by section 583a of this title.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 583

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60