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16 U.S.C. § 472

Laws affecting national forest lands

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The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall execute or cause to be executed all laws affecting public lands reserved under the provisions of section 471 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, or sections supplemental to and amendatory thereof, after such lands have been so reserved, excepting such laws as affect the surveying, prospecting, locating, appropriating, entering, relinquishing, reconveying, certifying, or patenting of any of such lands.

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Cited in 33 cases, 1969–2014 · leading case: Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727 (1972).
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Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727 (1972). · cites it 2× “628 , 16 U. S. C. § 472 . The phrase "occupancy and use" has been the cornerstone for the concept of "multiple use" of national forests, that is, the policy that uses other than logging were also to be taken into consideration in managing our 154 national forests.”
Wyoming v. United States Dep't of Agric., 661 F.3d 1209 (10th Cir. 2011). “The Forest Service was further authorized to manage NFS lands through MUS-YA, which reaffirmed the Forest Service’s authority to manage national forests for a wide range of uses. Specifically, MUSYA directs the Forest Service to manage the national forests for “multiple uses,”…”
United States v. Rainbow Fam., 695 F. Supp. 294 (E.D. Tex. 1988). · cites it 2× “See 16 U.S.C. § 472 ; 16 U.S.C. § 551 ; 43 U.”
Avondale Irrigation Dist. v. North Idaho Props., Inc., 577 P.2d 9 (Idaho 1978). · cites it 2× “628 (1905) (codified at 16 U.S.C. § 472 ). [13] "The Secretary of [Agriculture] shall make provisions for the protection against destruction by fire and depredations upon the public forests and forest reservations which may have been set aside or which may be hereafter set aside…”
Ark Initiative v. Tidwell, 64 F. Supp. 3d 81 (D.D.C. 2014). · cites it 2× “at 39,602 (citing 16 U.S.C. §§ 472 , 529, 551, 1608, 1613; 23 U.”
Wyoming v. United States Dep't of Agric., 277 F. Supp. 2d 1197 (D. Wyo. 2003). “See 16 U.S.C. § 472 . 3 . Available at: www.fs.”
Pub. Lands for the People, Inc. v. United States Dep't of Agric., 697 F.3d 1192 (9th Cir. 2012). “The only specific argument the Miners make is that 16 U.S.C. § 472 restricts the Secretary’s discretion because the “Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall execute or cause to be executed all laws affecting public lands .”
Tulare Cnty. v. Bush, 185 F. Supp. 2d 18 (D.D.C. 2001). “¶¶ 169-75; 16 U.S.C. §§ 472 (a) and 1600 et seq. This Count fails to state a claim on which relief could be granted because the Proclamation does not remove the Monument land from the National Forest System.”
Wyoming v. United States Dep't of Agric., 570 F. Supp. 2d 1309 (D. Wyo. 2008). “See 16 U.S.C. § 472 . 4 . Available at: www.fs.”
Clearwater Forest Indus., Inc. v. United States, 227 Ct. Cl. 386 (Ct. Cl. 1981). “§ 476 (now 16 U.S.C. § 472 (a)), in advance of sale.”
City & Cnty. of Denver, Etc. v. Bergland, 517 F. Supp. 155 (D. Colo. 1981). “See 16 U.S.C. § 472 . Section 3 of the Act initiated the creation of a specific arm within the Department of Agriculture to be known as the “Forest Service.”
United States v. Clifford Gardner Bertha Gardner, 107 F.3d 1314 (9th Cir. 1997). “16 U.S.C. § 472 . The Granger-Thye Act provides independent authority for the Secretary of Agriculture to issue permits for grazing on national forest land.”
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