§ 460nn. — Findings and purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460nn]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XCIX--WHITE ROCKS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Sec. 460nn. Findings and purpose
(a) Congress finds that--
(1) Vermont is a beautiful but small and rural State, situated
near four large cities with combined metropolitan populations of
over fifteen million;
(2) geographic and topographic characteristics of Vermont
provide opportunities for large numbers of people to experience the
beauty of primitive areas, but also place unusual pressure to
provide options to maximize the availability of such lands for a
variety of forms of recreation;
(3) certain lands designated as the Big Branch and Peru Peak
Wilderness Areas by title I of this Act are suitable for inclusion
as part of the national recreation area; and
(4) certain other lands in the Green Mountain National Forest
not designated as wilderness by this Act are of a predominantly
roadless nature and possess outstanding wild values that are
important for primitive and semiprimitive recreation, watershed
protection, wildlife habitat, ecological study, education, and
historic and archeological resources, and are deemed suitable for
preservation and protection as part of a national recreation area.
(b) The purpose of this subchapter is to designate certain National
Forest System lands in the State of Vermont as the White Rocks National
Recreation Area in order to preserve and protect their existing
wilderness and wild values and to promote wild forest and aquatic
habitat for wildlife, watershed protection, opportunities for primitive
and semiprimitive recreation, and scenic, ecological, and scientific
values.
(Pub. L. 98-322, title II, Sec. 201, June 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 256.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), (4), is Pub. L. 98-322,
June 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 253. Lands in the Green Mountain National Forest
were designated as wilderness areas by title I of this Act, and are
listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under section 1132 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 460nn-3 of this title.
