Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§583c Agreements Between Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, or with Other Federal Agencies Having Jurisdiction Over Forest Land
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER IV — SUSTAINED-YIELD FOREST MANAGEMENT › § 583c
Summary
Each Secretary may agree with other federal, state, or local agencies, including the other Secretary, to include their forest lands in a joint management plan when it helps carry out the law. Lands not under a Secretary’s control can only be added to a plan by such an agreement.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §583c
Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Each of the said Secretaries is further authorized in his discretion to enter into cooperative agreements with the other Secretary, or with any Federal agency having jurisdiction over federally owned or administered forest land, or with any State or local agency having jurisdiction over publicly owned or administered forest land, providing for the inclusion of such land in any coordinated plan of management otherwise authorized by the provisions of this subchapter when by such a cooperative agreement he may be aided in accomplishing the purposes of this subchapter; but no federally or publicly owned or administered forest land not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary establishing the sustained-yield unit concerned shall be included in any such plan except in pursuance of a cooperative agreement made under this section.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
16 U.S.C. § 583c
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102