U.S. Code » Title 16 » Chapter CHAPTER 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CIX— SAN PEDRO RIPARIAN NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

16 U.S.C. § 460xx

Establishment

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(a) In general

In order to protect the riparian area and the aquatic, wildlife, archeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the public lands surrounding the San Pedro River in Cochise County, Arizona, there is hereby established the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “conservation area”).

(b) Area included

The conservation area shall consist of public lands as generally depicted on a map entitled “San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area—Proposed” numbered AZ–040–OZ, dated January 1988, and consisting of approximately 56,431 acres.

(c) Map

As soon as is practicable after November 18, 1988, a map and legal description of the conservation area shall be filed by the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Secretary”) with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. Each such map shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter. Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, and in the Bureau of Land Management offices of the State Director for Arizona, and the district office responsible for the management of the conservation area.

(Pub. L. 100–696, title I, § 101, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4571.)Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesChange 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.

Short Title

Pub. L. 100–696, § 1, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4571, provided: “That this Act [enacting this section, sections 460xx–1 to 460xx–6, 460yy, 460yy–1, 460zz to 460zz–11 of this title, sections 2081 to 2086, 2101 to 2106, 2121, and 2122 of Title 2, The Congress, and section 640d–31 of Title 25, Indians, amending sections 2101, 2102, and 2106 of Title 2 and section 640d–11 of Title 25, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 431 of this title and section 2101 of Title 2] be cited as the ‘Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988’.”

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2008–2026 · leading case: Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Salazar, 804 F. Supp. 2d 987 (D. Ariz. 2011).
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Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Salazar, 804 F. Supp. 2d 987 (D. Ariz. 2011). “” 16 U.S.C. § 460xx(a). Among the many species found in the San Pedro River and surrounding habitat are two endangered species: the Huachuca Water Umbel and the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.”
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev., 541 F. Supp. 2d 1091 (D. Ariz. 2008). “16 U.S.C. § 460xx states the SPRNCA was created “[i]n order to protect the riparian area and the aquatic, wildlife, archeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the public lands surrounding the San Pedro River in Cochise…”
Silver v. Pueblo Del Sol Water Co., 384 P.3d 814 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2016). “” 16 U.S.C. §§ 460xx, (a), (l)(d); Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988, Pub.”
Robin Silver v. Pueblo Del Sol Water Co, 423 P.3d 348 (Ariz. 2018). · cites it 2× “See 16 U.S.C. §§ 460xx, 460xx-1. ¶ 67 ADWR-our state's department of water resources -has the expertise and resources necessary to analyze the physical interactions of water withdrawals and the legal interactions between water rights.”
Ctr. for Biological v. Hobbs (Ariz. Ct. App. 2026). “” 16 U.S.C. § 460xx (1988). Congress reserved water “sufficient to fulfill the purposes” of the Conservation Area, 16 U.”
— 16 U.S.C. § 460xx(a) — 2 cases
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Salazar, 804 F. Supp. 2d 987 (D. Ariz. 2011). “” 16 U.S.C. § 460xx(a). Among the many species found in the San Pedro River and surrounding habitat are two endangered species: the Huachuca Water Umbel and the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.”
Robin Silver v. Pueblo Del Sol Water Co, 423 P.3d 348 (Ariz. 2018). “See 16 U.S.C. §§ 460xx, 460xx-1. ¶ 67 ADWR-our state's department of water resources -has the expertise and resources necessary to analyze the physical interactions of water withdrawals and the legal interactions between water rights.”
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