US Code
SUBCHAPTER I— ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
§ 536. Recording of instruments; furnishing of instruments affecting public domain lands to Secretary of the Interior

US Code

Title 16— CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 2— NATIONAL FORESTS

SUBCHAPTER I— ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

§ 471. Repealed. , ,

§ 471a. Forest reserves in New Mexico and Arizona restricted

§ 471b. Repealed. , ,

§ 471c. Lands in California set aside as reserved forest lands

§ 471d. Additional forest reserves in California

§ 471e. Extension of boundaries of Sequoia National Forest

§ 471f. Cradle of Forestry in America in Pisgah National Forest; establishment; statement of purposes; publication in Federal Register

§ 471g. Administration, protection, and development; use of natural resources

§ 471h. Cooperation with public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals; acceptance of contributions and gifts

§ 471i. Pinelands National Reserve

§ 471j. Headwaters Forest and Elk River Property acquisition

§ 472. Laws affecting national forest lands

§ 472a. Timber sales on National Forest System lands

§ 473. Revocation, modification, or vacation of orders or proclamations establishing national forests

§ 474. Surveys; plats and field notes; maps; effect under Act

§ 475. Purposes for which national forests may be established and administered

§ 476. Repealed. , ,

§ 477. Use of timber and stone by settlers

§ 478. Egress or ingress of actual settlers; prospecting

§ 478a. Townsites

§ 479. Sites for schools and churches

§ 479a. Conveyance of National Forest System lands for educational purposes

§ 480. Civil and criminal jurisdiction

§ 481. Use of waters

§ 482. Mineral lands; restoration to public domain; location and entry

§ 482a. Mining rights in Prescott National Forest

§ 482b. Mount Hood National Forest; mining rights

§ 482c. Patents affecting forest lands

§ 482d. Perfection of claims within forest

§ 482e. Lincoln National Forest; mining rights

§ 482f. Patents affecting forest lands

§ 482g. Perfection of claims within forest

§ 482h. Coronado National Forest; mining rights

§ 482h–1. Protection of scenic values of forest

§ 482h–2. Cutting of timber; reservation of patent rights

§ 482h–3. Perfection of mining claims

§ 482i. Plumas National Forest; offer of lands; additions; mining rights

§ 482j. Santa Fe National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values

§ 482k. Patents affecting forest lands

§ 482l. Perfection of mining claims within forest

§ 482m. Teton National Forest in Wyoming; additional lands

§ 482n. Coconino National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values

§ 482n–1. Cutting of timber within forest; reservation of patent rights

§ 482n–2. Perfection of mining claims within forest

§ 482n–3. Sedona-Oak Creek area

§ 482o. Kaibab National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values

§ 482p. Patents affecting lands within forest

§ 482q. Perfection of mining claims within forest

§§ 483, 484. Repealed. , ,

§ 484a. Exchange of lands in national forests; public schools; deposit of funds by school authority with insufficient exchange land; limitations on use

§ 485. Exchange of lands in national forests; cutting timber in national forests in exchange for lands therein

§ 485a. Omitted

§ 486. Exchange of lands in national forests; reservations of timber, minerals, or easements

§§ 486a to 486w. Omitted

§ 487. Cutting timber on land added to Siskiyou National Forest

§ 487a. Cutting timber on lands added to Rogue River National Forest

§ 488. Establishment of exterior boundaries of national forests

§ 489. Repealed. , ,

§ 490. Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of disposing of debris

§ 491. Omitted

§ 492. Earth, stone, and timber for Departments of the Army and Navy, and Government works in Alaska

§ 493. Omitted

§ 494. Calaveras Bigtree National Forest

§ 495. Leases of lands for sanitariums or hotels

§ 496. Disposition of funds

§ 497. Use and occupation of lands for hotels, resorts, summer homes, stores, and facilities for industrial, commercial, educational or public uses

§ 497a. Occupancy and use under permit of lands in Alaska for various purposes; period of permit; size of allotment; prohibitions; termination

§ 497b. Ski area permits

§ 497c. Ski area permit rental charge

§ 497d. Recreation residence fees

§ 497e. Enhancing Forest Service administration of rights-of-way and land uses

§ 498. Cooperative work agreements: disposal of moneys received; refund of excess; payment from appropriation; conflict of interest

§ 499. Disposal of money received by or on account of Forest Service; refund of excess and moneys erroneously collected; receipts from permits

§ 500. Payment and evaluation of receipts to State or Territory for schools and roads; moneys received; projections of revenues and estimated payments

§ 501. Expenditures from receipts for roads and trails; cooperation with State authorities; evaluation of receipts

§ 501a. Omitted

§ 502. Rental of property for Forest Service; forage, care, and housing of animals; storage of vehicles and other equipment; pack stock; loss, damage, or destruction of horses, vehicles, and other equipment

§ 503. Repealed. , ,

§ 503a. Omitted

§ 504. Purchases of tree seeds, cones, forage plant seed, and nursery stock for national forests

§ 504a. Sale of forest-tree seed and nursery stock to States and political subdivisions; disposition of moneys; exchanges; limitation

§ 505. Use of national forests established on land reserved for purposes of national defense; maintenance available

§ 505a. Interchange of lands between Department of Agriculture and military departments of Department of Defense; report to Congress

§ 505b. Laws applicable

§§ 506 to 508. Repealed. , ,

§ 508a. Omitted

§ 508b. National forests in Minnesota; authority to prospect, develop, mine, remove, and utilize mineral resources

§ 509. Repealed. , ,

§§ 510, 510a. Omitted

§ 511. Reinstatement of entries canceled or relinquished

§ 512. Omitted

§ 513. Repealed. , (2), ,

§ 514. Repealed. , ,

§ 515. Examination, location, and purchase of forested, cut-over, or denuded lands; consent of State legislature to acquisition of land by the United States

§ 516. Exchange of lands in the public interest; equal value; cutting and removing timber; publication of contemplated exchange

§ 517. Title to lands to be acquired

§ 517a. Payment of awards in condemnation proceedings

§ 518. Acquisition of lands not defeated by rights-of-way, easements, and reservations

§ 519. Agricultural lands included in tracts acquired; sale for homesteads

§ 519a. Transfer of forest reservation lands for military purposes

§ 520. Regulations as to mineral resources

§ 521. Lands acquired to be reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands; designation

§ 521a. Administration, management, and consolidation of certain lands

§ 521b. Report of Secretary of Agriculture prior to purchase or exchange of land; contents; waiting period

§ 521c. Definitions

§ 521d. Sale, exchange, or interchange of National Forest System land

§ 521e. Small parcels and road rights-of-way

§ 521f. Costs of conveyance and value of improvements

§ 521g. Road rights-of-way subject to State or local law

§ 521h. Regulations; contents

§ 521i. Unaffected lands

§ 522. Omitted

§ 523. Omitted

§ 524. Rights-of-way for dams, reservoirs, or water plants for municipal, mining, and milling purposes

§ 525. Rights-of-way for wagon roads or railroads

§ 526. Establishment and protection of water rights

§ 527. Use of Forest Service funds for administration of certain lands

§ 528. Development and administration of renewable surface resources for multiple use and sustained yield of products and services; Congressional declaration of policy and purpose

§ 529. Authorization of development and administration consideration to relative values of resources; areas of wilderness

§ 530. Cooperation for purposes of development and administration with State and local governmental agencies and others

§ 531. Definitions

§ 532. Roads and trails system; Congressional findings and declaration of policy

§ 533. Grant of easements for road rights-of-way; authority of Secretary of Agriculture; regulations

§ 534. Termination and cancellation of easements; notice; hearing

§ 535. Forest development roads; acquisition, construction, and maintenance; maximum economy; methods of financing; cost arrangements for construction standards; transfer of unused effective purchaser credit for road construction

§ 535a. Forest development roads: prohibition on credits; inclusion of construction costs in notice of sale; special election by small business concerns; construction standards; authorization of harvesting; treatment of road value

§ 536. Recording of instruments; furnishing of instruments affecting public domain lands to Secretary of the Interior

§ 537. Maintenance and reconstruction by road users; funds for maintenance and reconstruction; availability of deposits until expended, transfer of funds, and refunds

§ 538. User fees fund for delayed payments to grantors

§ 538a. Forest Service Legacy Road and Trail Remediation Program

§ 539. Additions to existing national forests; administration

§ 539a. Mining and mineral leasing on certain national forest lands

§ 539b. Fisheries on national forest lands in Alaska

§ 539c. Cooperative fisheries planning; report to Congress

§ 539d. National forest timber utilization program

§ 539e. Reports

§ 539f. Nonprofit organization user of national forest lands

§ 539g. Kings River Special Management Area

§ 539h. Greer Spring Special Management Area

§ 539i. Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area

§ 539j. Bowen Gulch Protection Area

§ 539k. Kelly Butte Special Management Area

§ 539l. Designation of James Peak Protection Area, Colorado

§ 539l–1. Inholdings

§ 539l–2. James Peak Fall River trailhead

§ 539l–3. Loop trail study; authorization

§ 539l–4. Other administrative provisions

§ 539l–5. Wilderness potential

§ 539m. Findings and purposes

§ 539m–1. Definitions

§ 539m–2. T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area

§ 539m–3. Pueblo rights and interests in the Area

§ 539m–4. Limitations on Pueblo rights and interests in the Area

§ 539m–5. Management of the Area

§ 539m–6. Jurisdiction over the Area

§ 539m–7. Subdivisions and other property interests

§ 539m–8. Extinguishment of claims

§ 539m–9. Construction

§ 539m–10. Judicial review

§ 539m–11. Provisions relating to contributions and land exchange

§ 539m–12. Authorization of appropriations

§ 539n. Crystal Springs Watershed Special Resources Management Unit

§ 539o. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest

§ 539p. Southeast Arizona land exchange and conservation

§ 539q. Hermosa Creek watershed protection

§ 539r. Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area and wilderness additions

§ 539s. Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area