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16 U.S.C. § 539h — Greer Spring Special Management Area
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**(a) Objectives and establishments** In order to provide for public outdoor recreation use, including fishing and hunting, in a natural setting, and the enjoyment of certain areas within the Mark Twain National Forest, to protect those areas’ natural, archaeological, and scenic resources, and to provide for appropriate resource management of those areas, there is hereby established the Greer Spring Special Management Area (hereinafter referred to as “the special management area”). The Secretary shall manage the special management area in accordance with this Act, and with provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Forest System to the extent consistent with this Act.
**(b) Area included** The special management area shall consist of lands, waters, and interests therein within the area referred to on the map as “The Greer Spring Special Management Area”. The Secretary is authorized to make minor revisions to the boundary of the special management area.
**(c) Timber harvesting** The Secretary shall permit the harvesting of timber within the special management area only in those cases where, in the judgment of the Secretary, the harvesting of timber is required in order to control insects or disease, for public safety, for salvage sales, or to accomplish the objectives of the special management area as described in subsection (a). To the extent practicable, timber harvesting shall be conducted only by the individual tree selection method.
**(d) Hunting and fishing** The Secretary shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and waters within the special management area in accordance with applicable Federal and State law.
**(e) Mining and mineral leasing** Subject to valid, existing rights, lands within the special management areas are withdrawn from
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**(a) Objectives and establishments** In order to provide for public outdoor recreation use, including fishing and hunting, in a natural setting, and the enjoyment of certain areas within the Mark Twain National Forest, to protect those areas’ natural, archaeological, and scenic resources, and to provide for appropriate resource management of those areas, there is hereby established the Greer Spring Special Management Area (hereinafter referred to as “the special management area”). The Secretary shall manage the special management area in accordance with this Act, and with provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Forest System to the extent consistent with this Act.
**(b) Area included** The special management area shall consist of lands, waters, and interests therein within the area referred to on the map as “The Greer Spring Special Management Area”. The Secretary is authorized to make minor revisions to the boundary of the special management area.
**(c) Timber harvesting** The Secretary shall permit the harvesting of timber within the special management area only in those cases where, in the judgment of the Secretary, the harvesting of timber is required in order to control insects or disease, for public safety, for salvage sales, or to accomplish the objectives of the special management area as described in subsection (a). To the extent practicable, timber harvesting shall be conducted only by the individual tree selection method.
**(d) Hunting and fishing** The Secretary shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and waters within the special management area in accordance with applicable Federal and State law.
**(e) Mining and mineral leasing** Subject to valid, existing rights, lands within the special management areas are withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws of the United States, and from the operation of the mineral and geothermal leasing laws of the United States.
**(f) Vehicular access** The Secretary shall construct and maintain only those roads within the special management area and corridor which are indicated on the map: Provided, That the Secretary shall provide access to such roads, or to timber harvesting pursuant to subsection (c), in such a manner as to minimize environmental impact.
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All lands and easements heretofore and hereafter conveyed to the United States by the States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee for the right-of-way for the projected parkway between Natchez, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee, together with sites acquired or to be acquired for recreational areas in connection therewith, and a right-of-way for said parkway of a width sufficient to include the highway and all bridges, ditches, cuts, and fills appurtenant thereto, but not exceeding a maximum of two hundred feet through Government-owned lands (except that where small parcels of Government-owned lands would otherwise be isolated, or where topographic conditions or scenic requirements are such that bridges, ditches, cuts, fills, parking overlooks, and landscape development could not reasonably be confined to a width of two hundred feet, the said maximum may be increased to such width as may be necessary, with the written approval of the department or agency having jurisdiction over such lands) as designated on maps heretofore or hereafter approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be known as the Natchez Trace Parkway and shall be administered and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior through the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”,11 See References in Text note below. the provisions of which Act, as amended and supplemented, are extended over and made applicable to said parkway: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, to connect with said parkway such roads and trails as may be necessary for the protection, administration, or uti
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**(a) Criteria for Evaluation.—** The Secretary shall maintain criteria to evaluate any proposed changes to the boundaries of System units, including—
(1) analysis of whether or not an existing boundary provides for the adequate protection and preservation of the natural, historic, cultural, scenic and recreational resources integral to the System unit;
(2) an evaluation of each parcel proposed for addition or deletion to a System unit based on the analysis under paragraph (1); and
(3) an assessment of the impact of potential boundary adjustments taking into consideration the factors in [section 100505(c)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section100505/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim) and the effect of the adjustments on the local communities and surrounding area.
**(b) Proposal of Secretary.—** In proposing a boundary change to a System unit, the Secretary shall—
(1) consult with affected agencies of State and local governments, surrounding communities, affected landowners, and private national, regional, and local organizations;
(2) apply the criteria developed pursuant to subsection (a) and accompany the proposal with a statement reflecting the results of the application of the criteria; and
(3) include with the proposal an estimate of the cost for acquiring any parcels proposed for acquisition, the basis for the estimate, and a statement on the relative priority for the acquisition of each parcel within the priorities for acquisition of other parcels for the System unit and for the System.
**(c) Minor Boundary Changes.—**
(1) **In general.—** — When the Secretary determines that to do so will contribute to, and is necessary for, the proper preservation, protection, interpretation, or management of a System unit,
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**(a) Designation** The following rivers and the land adjacent thereto are hereby designated as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system:
(1) **Clearwater, Middle Fork, Idaho—** — The Middle Fork from the town of Kooskia upstream to the town of Lowell; the Lochsa River from its junction with the Selway at Lowell forming the Middle Fork, upstream to the Powell Ranger Station; and the Selway River from Lowell upstream to its origin; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(2) **Eleventh Point, Missouri—** — The segment of the river extending downstream from Thomasville to State Highway 142; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) **Feather, California—** — The entire Middle Fork downstream from the confluence of its tributary streams one kilometer south of Beckwourth, California; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(4) **Rio Grande, New Mexico—** — The segment extending from the Colorado State line downstream to the State Highway 96 crossing, and the lower four miles of the Red River; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
(5) **Rogue, oregon.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The segment of the river extending from the mouth of the Applegate River downstream to the Lobster Creek Bridge, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as agreed to by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture or as directed by the President.
(B) *Additions.—* — In addition to the segment described in subparagraph (A), there are designated the following segments in the Rogue River:
(i) *Kelsey creek.—* — The approximately 6.8-mile segment of Kelsey Creek from the Wild Rogue Wilderness boundary in T. 32 S., R. 9 W., sec. 25, Willamette Meridian, to the confluence with th
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 539h
lands within the special management area, the
Secretary shall provide the State or private
owner, claimant, or occupier and their succes-
sors in interest such rights as may be necessary
to assure adequate and feasible access for eco-
nomic and other purposes to the site concerned.
Such rights shall be subject to reasonable regu-
lations issued by the Secretary to protect the
natural and other values of the special manage-
ment area, taking into account the traditional
and customary means of access used prior to No-
vember 3, 1987.
(h) Specific protections
In recognition of the dispute that exists over
whether a dam project should be constructed in
the segment of the Main Stem of the Kings
River from the point at elevation 1,595 feet
above mean sea level downstream to the point
at elevation 990 feet above mean sea level, Con-
gress declares its intention at this time not to
designate that segment of the Kings River as a
component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Sys-
tem. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no Federal lands may be used for the con-
struction of any dam or diversion within the
boundaries of the special management area
without specific authority of the Congress. In
order to protect the natural, cultural, rec-
reational, fishery, and wildlife values of the
river segment referred to in this subsection,
that segment shall be subject to the provisions
of section 1278(a) of this title, in the same man-
ner as if it were designated. Nothing in this Act
shall preclude the Kings River Conservation Dis-
trict from conducting studies as it may deem
appropriate.
(Pub. L. 100–150, § 2, Nov. 3, 1987, 101 Stat. 881.)
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This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a), (c), and
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