Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§1711 Continuing Inventory and Identification of Public Lands; Preparation and Maintenance
Title 43 › Chapter 35— FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT › Subchapter II— LAND USE PLANNING AND LAND ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION › § 1711
Summary
Create and keep an up-to-date list of all public lands and what they provide (for example, recreation and scenic value), giving priority to areas of critical environmental concern. Keeping or updating the list does not by itself change how the lands are managed or used. When money and staff are available, identify and mark land boundaries and give inventory data to state and local governments to help plan nearby non-Federal land uses.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §1711
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(a)The Secretary shall prepare and maintain on a continuing basis an inventory of all public lands and their resource and other values (including, but not limited to, outdoor recreation and scenic values), giving priority to areas of critical environmental concern. This inventory shall be kept current so as to reflect changes in conditions and to identify new and emerging resource and other values. The preparation and maintenance of such inventory or the identification of such areas shall not, of itself, change or prevent change of the management or use of public lands.
(b)As funds and manpower are made available, the Secretary shall ascertain the boundaries of the public lands; provide means of public identification thereof including, where appropriate, signs and maps; and provide State and local governments with data from the inventory for the purpose of planning and regulating the uses of non-Federal lands in proximity of such public lands.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 1711
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60