Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102

§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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create and keep an ongoing list of all public lands and their resources and values (for example, outdoor recreation and scenic qualities), with special focus on areas important for the environment. The list must be updated to show changes and new values. Making the list does not by itself change how lands are managed. When money and staff are available, the Secretary must determine land boundaries, help the public identify them (for example with signs or maps), and give inventory data to State and local governments so they can plan and regulate nearby non-Federal lands.

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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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102