16 U.S.C. § 521

Lands acquired to be reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands; designation

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Subject to the provisions of section 519 of this title the lands acquired under this Act shall be permanently reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands under the provisions of section 471 11 See References in Text note below. of this title and acts supplemental to and amendatory thereof. And the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time divide the lands acquired under this Act into such specific national forests and so designate the same as he may deem best for administrative purposes.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1979–2020 · leading case: Jacobson v. Gulbransen, 2001 SD 33 (S.D. 2001).
Jacobson v. Gulbransen, 2001 SD 33 (S.D. 2001). · cites it 2× “The Forest Service sold the property to Gulbransens in July 1997 in accordance with 16 USC § 521 (c) et seq. These provisions permit the sale of small, difficult to manage parcels of land when the sale is in the public interest.”
United States Forest Serv. v. Cowpasture River Pres. Assn., 140 S. Ct. 1837 (2020). “" 16 U.S.C. § 521 . The Trails Act further provides that "[n]othing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to transfer among Federal agencies any management responsibilities established under any other law for federally administered lands which are components of the National…”
United States v. Gabrion, 517 F.3d 839 (6th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “21, 1976), or the Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to the Weeks Act, 16 U.S.C. § 521 , 36 Stat. 963 , § 11 (Mar.”
Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Serv., 670 F.3d 236 (3rd Cir. 2011). “It provides that land acquired under the Act “shall be permanently reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands under the provisions of section 471 of this title,” 16 U.S.C. § 521 . This provision “arguably requires treating such land as if it had been reserved…”
Tulare Cnty. v. Bush, 185 F. Supp. 2d 18 (D.D.C. 2001). “See 16 U.S.C. § 521 . With the Weeks Act, Congress required that certain lands be permanently reserved and administered as national forest lands.”
United States v. Tommy A. Srnsky David M. Srnsky, 271 F.3d 595 (4th Cir. 2001). “And while the land surrounding the inhold-ing entered the national forest system by operation of the Weeks Act, part of the Weeks Act, 16 U.S.C. § 521 , arguably requires treating such land as if it had been reserved under section 471.”
Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Serv., 894 F. Supp. 2d 642 (W.D. Pa. 2012). “It provides *657 that land acquired under the Act “shall be permanently reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands under the provisions of section 471 of this title,” 16 U.S.C. § 521 . This provision “arguably requires treating such land as if it had been reserved…”
Ramex Mining Corp. v. Watt, 753 F.2d 521 (6th Cir. 1985). “Land acquired as forest land under the Weeks Act, as distinguished from land set aside under the Creative Act of 1891, need not be formally set aside and proclaimed as national forest by the President.”
Transfer of Mgmt. Functions Over Nat'l Monuments in Adm. & Misty Fiords, Alaska (OLC 1979). · cites it 2× “§ 515 (1976), expressly ( 16 U.S.C. § 521 ) provides that such lands: [S]hall be permanently reserved, held, and administered as na­ tional forest lands under the provisions o f section 471 o f this title and acts supplemental to and am endatory thereof.”
United States v. Srnsky (4th Cir. 2001). “And while the land surrounding the inholding entered the national forest system by operation of the Weeks Act, part of the Weeks Act, 16 U.S.C. § 521 , arguably requires treating such land as if it had been reserved under section 471.”
United States v. Gabrion (6th Cir. 2008). “21, 1976), or the Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to the Weeks Act, 16 U.S.C. § 521 , 36 Stat. 963 , § 11 (Mar.”
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