FEDERAL · 16 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Conserving shore line beauty for recreational use of public lands in northern Minnesota; regulation of logging
16 U.S.C. § 577a
Title16 — Conservation
ChapterSUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
This text of 16 U.S.C. § 577a (Conserving shore line beauty for recreational use of public lands in northern Minnesota; regulation of logging) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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16 U.S.C. § 577a.
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The principle of conserving the natural beauty of shore lines for recreational use shall apply to all Federal lands which border upon any boundary lake or stream contiguous to this area, or any other lake or stream within this area which is now or eventually to be in general use for boat or canoe travel, and that for the purpose of carrying out this principle logging of all such shores to a depth of four hundred feet from the natural water line is forbidden except as the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture may see fit in particular instances to vary the distance for practical reasons: Provided, That in no case shall logging of any timber other than diseased, insect infested, dying, or dead be permitted closer to the natural shore line than two hundred feet, except where necessa
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Related
Minnesota Public Interest Research Group v. Butz
358 F. Supp. 584 (D. Minnesota, 1973)
Izaak Walton League of America v. St. Clair
353 F. Supp. 698 (D. Minnesota, 1973)
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History
(July 10, 1930, ch. 881, §2, 46 Stat. 1021.)
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Transfer of Functions
Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, §1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Transfer of Functions
Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, §1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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