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  • Sec.  471. Repealed.
  • Sec.  471a. Forest reserves in New Mexico and Arizona restricted.
  • Sec.  471b. Repealed.
  • Sec.  471c. Lands in California set aside as reserved forest lands.
  • Sec.  471d. Additional forest reserves in California.
  • Sec.  471e. Extension of boundaries of Sequoia National Forest.
  • Sec.  471f. Cradle of Forestry in America in Pisgah National Forest; establishment; statement of purposes; publication in Federal Register.
  • Sec.  471g. Administration, protection, and development; use of natural resources.
  • Sec.  471h. Cooperation with public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals; acceptance of contributions and gifts.
  • Sec.  471i. Pine Barrens Area, New Jersey.
  • Sec.  471j. Headwaters Forest and Elk River Property acquisition.
  • Sec.  472. Laws affecting national forest lands.
  • Sec.  472a. Timber sales on National Forest System lands.
  • Sec.  473. Revocation, modification, or vacation of orders or proclamations establishing national forests.
  • Sec.  474. Surveys; plats and field notes; maps; effect under Act June 4, 1897.
  • Sec.  475. Purposes for which national forests may be established and administered.
  • Sec.  476. Repealed.
  • Sec.  477. Use of timber and stone by settlers.
  • Sec.  478. Egress or ingress of actual settlers; prospecting.
  • Sec.  478a. Townsites.
  • Sec.  479. Sites for schools and churches.
  • Sec.  479a. Conveyance of National Forest System lands for educational purposes.
  • Sec.  480. Civil and criminal jurisdiction.
  • Sec.  481. Use of waters.
  • Sec.  482. Mineral lands; restoration to public domain; location and entry.
  • Sec.  482a. Mining rights in Prescott National Forest.
  • Sec.  482b. Mount Hood National Forest; mining rights.
  • Sec.  482c. Patents affecting forest lands.
  • Sec.  482d. Perfection of claims within forest.
  • Sec.  482e. Lincoln National Forest; mining rights.
  • Sec.  482f. Patents affecting forest lands.
  • Sec.  482g. Perfection of claims within forest.
  • Sec.  482h. Coronado National Forest; mining rights.
  • Sec.  482h-1. Protection of scenic values of forest.
  • Sec.  482h-2. Cutting of timber; reservation of patent rights.
  • Sec.  482h-3. Perfection of mining claims.
  • Sec.  482i. Plumas National Forest; offer of lands; additions; mining rights.
  • Sec.  482j. Santa Fe National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values.
  • Sec.  482k. Patents affecting forest lands.
  • Sec.  482l. Perfection of mining claims within forest.
  • Sec.  482m. Teton National Forest in Wyoming; additional lands.
  • Sec.  482n. Coconino National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values.
  • Sec.  482n-1. Cutting of timber within forest; reservation of patent rights.
  • Sec.  482n-2. Perfection of mining claims within forest.
  • Sec.  482n-3. Sedona-Oak Creek area.
  • Sec.  482o. Kaibab National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values.
  • Sec.  482p. Patents affecting lands within forest.
  • Sec.  482q. Perfection of mining claims within forest.
  • Sec.  483, 484. Repealed.
  • Sec.  484a. Exchange of lands in national forests; public schools; deposit of funds by school authority with insufficient exchange land; limitations on use.
  • Sec.  485. Exchange of lands in national forests; cutting timber in national forests in exchange for lands therein.
  • Sec.  485a. Omitted.
  • Sec.  486. Exchange of lands in national forests; reservations of timber, minerals, or easements.
  • Sec.  486a to 486w. Omitted.
  • Sec.  487. Cutting timber on land added to Siskiyou National Forest.
  • Sec.  487a. Cutting timber on lands added to Rogue River National Forest.
  • Sec.  488. Establishment of exterior boundaries of national forests.
  • Sec.  489. Repealed.
  • Sec.  490. Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of disposing of debris.
  • Sec.  491. Omitted.
  • Sec.  492. Earth, stone, and timber for Departments of the Army and Navy, and Government works in Alaska.
  • Sec.  493. Omitted.
  • Sec.  494. Calaveras Bigtree National Forest.
  • Sec.  495. Leases of lands for sanitariums or hotels.
  • Sec.  496. Disposition of funds.
  • Sec.  497. Use and occupation of lands for hotels, resorts, summer homes, stores, and facilities for industrial, commercial, educational or public uses.
  • Sec.  497a. Occupancy and use under permit of lands in Alaska for various purposes; period of permit; size of allotment; prohibitions; termination.
  • Sec.  497b. Ski area permits.
  • Sec.  497c. Ski area permit rental charge.
  • Sec.  497d. Recreation residence fees.
  • Sec.  498. Cooperative work agreements: disposal of moneys received; refund of excess; payment from appropriation; conflict of interest.
  • Sec.  499. Disposal of money received by or on account of Forest Service; refund of excess and moneys erroneously collected; receipts from permits.
  • Sec.  500. Payment and evaluation of receipts to State or Territory for schools and roads; moneys received; projections of revenues and estimated payments.
  • Sec.  501. Expenditures from receipts for roads and trails; cooperation with State authorities; evaluation of receipts.
  • Sec.  501a. Omitted.
  • Sec.  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.
  • Sec.  503, 503a. Repealed or Omitted.
  • Sec.  504. Purchases of tree seeds, cones, forage plant seed, and nursery stock for national forests.
  • Sec.  504a. Sale of forest-tree seed and nursery stock to States and political subdivisions; disposition of moneys; exchanges; limitation.
  • Sec.  505. Use of national forests established on land reserved for purposes of national defense; maintenance available.
  • Sec.  505a. Interchange of lands between Department of Agriculture and military departments of Department of Defense; report to Congress.
  • Sec.  505b. Laws applicable.
  • Sec.  506 to 508a. Repealed or Omitted.
  • Sec.  508b. National forests in Minnesota; authority to prospect, develop, mine, remove, and utilize mineral resources.
  • Sec.  509 to 510a. Repealed or Omitted.
  • Sec.  511. Reinstatement of entries canceled or relinquished.
  • Sec.  512 to 514. Omitted or Repealed.
  • Sec.  515. Examination, location, and purchase of forested, cut-over, or denuded lands; consent of State legislature to acquisition of land by the United States.
  • Sec.  516. Exchange of lands in the public interest; equal value; cutting and removing timber; publication of contemplated exchange.
  • Sec.  517. Title to lands to be acquired.
  • Sec.  517a. Payment of awards in condemnation proceedings.
  • Sec.  518. Acquisition of lands not defeated by rights-of-way, easements, and reservations.
  • Sec.  519. Agricultural lands included in tracts acquired; sale for homesteads.
  • Sec.  519a. Transfer of forest reservation lands for military purposes.
  • Sec.  520. Regulations as to mineral resources.
  • Sec.  521. Lands acquired to be reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands; designation.
  • Sec.  521a. Administration, management, and consolidation of certain lands.
  • Sec.  521b. Report of Secretary of Agriculture prior to purchase or exchange of land; contents; waiting period.
  • Sec.  521c. Definitions.
  • Sec.  521d. Sale, exchange, or interchange of National Forest System land.
  • Sec.  521e. Small parcels and road rights-of-way.
  • Sec.  521f. Costs of conveyance and value of improvements.
  • Sec.  521g. Road rights-of-way subject to State or local law.
  • Sec.  521h. Regulations; contents.
  • Sec.  521i. Unaffected lands.
  • Sec.  522. Omitted.
  • Sec.  523. Rights-of-way through national forests for power and communications facilities.
  • Sec.  524. Rights-of-way for dams, reservoirs, or water plants for municipal, mining, and milling purposes.
  • Sec.  525. Rights-of-way for wagon roads or railroads.
  • Sec.  526. Establishment and protection of water rights.
  • Sec.  527. Use of Forest Service funds for administration of certain lands.
  • Sec.  528. Development and administration of renewable surface resources for multiple use and sustained yield of products and services; Congressional declaration of policy and purpose.
  • Sec.  529. Authorization of development and administration consideration to relative values of resources; areas of wilderness.
  • Sec.  530. Cooperation for purposes of development and administration with State and local governmental agencies and others.
  • Sec.  531. Definitions.
  • Sec.  532. Roads and trails system; Congressional findings and declaration of policy.
  • Sec.  533. Grant of easements for road rights-of-way; authority of Secretary of Agriculture; regulations.
  • Sec.  534. Termination and cancellation of easements; notice; hearing.
  • Sec.  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.
  • Sec.  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.
  • Sec.  536. Recording of instruments; furnishing of instruments affecting public domain lands to Secretary of the Interior.
  • Sec.  537. Maintenance and reconstruction by road users; funds for maintenance and reconstruction; availability of deposits until expended, transfer of funds, and refunds.
  • Sec.  538. User fees fund for delayed payments to grantors.
  • Sec.  539. Additions to existing national forests; administration.
  • Sec.  539a. Mining and mineral leasing on certain national forest lands.
  • Sec.  539b. Fisheries on national forest lands in Alaska.
  • Sec.  539c. Cooperative fisheries planning; report to Congress.
  • Sec.  539d. National forest timber utilization program.
  • Sec.  539e. Reports.
  • Sec.  539f. Nonprofit organization user of national forest lands.
  • Sec.  539g. Kings River Special Management Area.
  • Sec.  539h. Greer Spring Special Management Area.
  • Sec.  539i. Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area.
  • Sec.  539j. Bowen Gulch Protection Area.
  • Sec.  539k. Kelly Butte Special Management Area.
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