§8412 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The official in charge must make and keep up an inventory and review of recreation resources on federal lands and water. The review must be made with public input and updated as needed. It must note special recreation values and places with heavy use. It must list and map sites by the kind of activity and the type of facilities or natural features, show how much they are used if known, and note any use trends when possible. For each site, the official must evaluate maintenance needs and costs, whether it could be developed or improved, and whether current management is adequate. When possible, the official should use existing research and plans.

Title 16, §8412

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(a)(1)The Secretary concerned shall—

(A)conduct an inventory and assessment of recreation resources for Federal recreational lands and waters;

(B)develop the inventory and assessment with support from public comment; and

(C)update the inventory and assessment as the Secretary concerned determines appropriate.

(2)An inventory and assessment conducted under paragraph (1) shall—

(A)recognize—

(i)any unique recreation values and recreation opportunities; and

(ii)areas of concentrated recreational use; and

(B)identify, list, and map recreation resources by—

(i)type of recreation opportunity and type of natural or artificial recreation infrastructure;

(ii)to the extent available, the level of use of the recreation resource as of the date of the inventory; and

(iii)identifying, to the extent practicable, any trend relating to recreation opportunities or use at a recreation resource identified under subparagraph (A).

(3)For any recreation resource inventoried under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall assess—

(A)the maintenance needs of, and expenses necessary to administer, the recreation resource;

(B)the suitability for developing, expanding, or enhancing the recreation resource; and

(C)the adequacy of the current management of the recreation resource.

(b)To the extent practicable, the Secretary concerned shall use or incorporate existing applicable research and planning decisions and processes in carrying out this section.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of section 112 of Pub. L. 118–234. Subsec. (c) of section 112 of Pub. L. 118–234 amended section 200103 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.

§8412 Identifying Opportunities for Recreation

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Title 16, §8412

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