§ 460vv-6. — Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460vv-6]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CVII--WINDING STAIR MOUNTAIN NATIONAL RECREATION AND
WILDERNESS AREA
Sec. 460vv-6. Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area
(a) Establishment
In order to ensure the conservation and protection of certain
natural, scenic, historic, pastoral, and fish and wildlife values and to
provide for the enhancement of the recreational values associated
therewith, there is hereby established the Winding Stair Mountain
National Recreation Area located in the Ouachita National Forest,
Oklahoma.
(b) Area included
The Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area (hereafter in
this subchapter referred to as the ``recreation area'') shall comprise
approximately 26,445 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
``Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area--Proposed'', dated
March 1988, which shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
(c) Maps and description
The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this section referred
to as the ``Secretary'') shall, as soon as practicable after October 18,
1988, file a map and a legal description of the recreation area with the
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on
Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States
Senate and each such map and legal description shall have the same force
and effect as if included in this subchapter; except that correction of
clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and map may
be made. The map and legal description shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture.
(d) Administration
The Secretary shall administer the recreation area in accordance
with the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the national forests
in such manner as will best further the purposes of this section, as set
forth in subsection (a) of this section. Management and utilization of
natural resources within the recreation area shall be permitted to the
extent such management and utilization is compatible with and does not
impair the purposes for which the recreation area is established.
(e) Timber management
Any sales of timber from within the recreation area shall be
designed so as to not detract from the scenic values of the recreation
area. Management practices that would detract from the scenic quality
and natural beauty within view from the Talimena Drive or the Holson
Valley Road shall not be conducted in the recreation area. Unevenaged
timber management shall be the timber management practice in the
recreation area, except that the Secretary may use evenaged management
practices in order to promote public safety, mitigate the effects of
fire, insects, and disease, or allow scenic vistas and recreational
development or if such practices result in irregular cuts behind
geographic barriers blocking the view from the Talimena Drive and the
Holson Valley Road.
(Pub. L. 100-499, Sec. 8, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2494.)
Change of Name
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of
Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House
of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One
Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
