§ 460vv-8. — Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife 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-8]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CVII--WINDING STAIR MOUNTAIN NATIONAL RECREATION AND
WILDERNESS AREA
Sec. 460vv-8. Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area
(a) Designation
In order to protect and enhance certain scenery and wildlife within
the Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma, certain lands within such
national forest, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Indian
Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area--Proposed'', dated March 1988,
are hereby designated as the ``Indian Nations National Scenic and
Wildlife Area'' (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the
``national scenic and wildlife area'').
(b) Map 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 national scenic and
wildlife 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. 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.
(c) Administration
The Secretary shall administer the national scenic and wildlife 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
practices within the national scenic and wildlife area that would
detract from the scenic quality and natural beauty of the Talimena Drive
and Holson Valley Road viewsheds shall be prohibited. Timber management
practices within the national scenic and wildlife area shall promote a
mixed hardwood and conifer forest with species and age class diversity
approximating natural succession and with significant mast production
and den trees for wildlife. Unevenaged timber management shall be the
timber management practice in the national scenic and wildlife 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 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. 10, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2496.)
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.
