Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§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
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior may create cooperative sustained-yield units of federal forest land and private lands expected to join under section 583a to ensure steady timber and forest products, stabilize forest industries, jobs, communities, and taxable forest wealth, and protect water, soil, climate, and wildlife.
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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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16 U.S.C. § 583
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102