43 USC 1785 - Fossil Forest Research Natural Area

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 1785.

Fossil Forest Research Natural Area

(a)

Establishment

(b)

Map and legal description

(1)

In general

(2)

Force and effect

(3)

Technical corrections

(4)

Public inspection

(c)

Management

(1)

In general

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall manage the Area—

(A)

to protect the resources within the Area; and

(B)

in accordance with this Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and other applicable provisions of law.

(2)

Mining

(A)

Withdrawal

(B)

Coal preference rights

(C)

Oil and gas leases

(3)

Grazing

(d)

Inventory

(e)

Management plan

(1)

In general

(2)

Contents

The management plan shall include—

(A)

a plan for the implementation of a continuing cooperative program with other agencies and groups for—

(i)

laboratory and field interpretation; and

(ii)

public education about the resources and values of the Area (including vertebrate fossils);

(B)

provisions for vehicle management that are consistent with the purpose of the Area and that provide for the use of vehicles to the minimum extent necessary to accomplish an individual scientific project;

(C)

procedures for the excavation and collection of fossil remains, including botanical fossils, and the use of motorized and mechanical equipment to the minimum extent necessary to accomplish an individual scientific project; and

(D)

mitigation and reclamation standards for activities that disturb the surface to the detriment of scenic and environmental values.

(Pub. L. 98–603, title I, § 103, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3156; Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title X, § 1022(e), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4213; Pub. L. 106–176, title I, § 124, Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 30.)

cite as: 43 USC 1785