§ 577c. — Acquisition of additional lands in northern Minnesota.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC577c]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 577c. Acquisition of additional lands in northern Minnesota
To protect and administer more effectively the publicly owned lands
within certain parts of the area described in section 577 of this title,
and to accomplish certain public purposes explicit and implicit in
sections 577a and 577b of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized and directed to acquire any lands or interest in lands, and
appurtenances thereto, situated within the area described in section
577d of this title, where in his opinion development or exploitation, or
the potentialities for development or exploitation, impair or threaten
to impair the unique qualities and natural features of the remaining
wilderness canoe country.
(June 22, 1948, ch. 593, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 568; Pub. L. 87-351, Oct. 4,
1961, 75 Stat. 772.)
Amendments
1961--Pub. L. 87-351 removed the restriction on condemnation of
contiguous tracts of land in one ownership, not exceeding five hundred
acres in the aggregate, if the lands were encumbered with structures of
a permanent type suitable for human occupancy and if the owners thereof
filed written objections before expiration of the time for answering the
petition in the proceedings.
Short Title
The act of June 22, 1948, ch. 593, 62 Stat. 568, as amended, which
is classified to sections 577c, 577d, and 577e to 577h of this title, is
popularly known as the ``Thye-Blatnik Act''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 577d, 577d-1, 577e, 577h,
1133 of this title.
