Federal legislation and executive orders relating to federal lands in California's Central Coast region

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An environmental summary by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.

Federal Legislation

The following acts relate to the following federal entities which in turn affect federal lands in California's Central Coast region that are under the control of the various entities.

National Park Service (NPS) and United States Bureau of Land Management

This law affects the National Park Service (NPS).

United States Forest Service (USFS)

  • Forest Reserve Act of 1891 [3]
    • Gives the President the authority to unilaterally set aside forest reserves from land in the public domain[4] which affects the management of Los Padres National Forest.
  • The Transfer Act of 1905 [5]
  • The Weeks Act of 1911 [6]
    • Authorized the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to "Examine, locate and recommend for purchase ... such lands within the watersheds of navigable streams as ... may be necessary to the regulation of flow of navigable streams....".
  • The Multiple Use - Sustained Yield Act of 1960 [7]
    • Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and administer the renewable resources of timber, range, water, recreation and wildlife on the national forests for multiple use and sustained yield of the products and services.
  • The Wilderness Act of 1964 [8]
    • A law that created the legal definition of wilderness in the U.S., which protects 9.1 million acres (37,000 km²) of federal land. The definition is as follows; "A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." - Howard Zahniser.

This law established the National Wilderness Preservation System which helped create the Ventana Wilderness.

  • Ventana Wilderness Act of 1964 [9]
  • The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1970 [10]
  • Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 [11]
    • authorizes long-range planning by the United States Forest Service to protect, develop, and enhance the productivity and other values of forest resources. It requires that a renewable resource assessment and a Forest Service plan be prepared every ten and five years, respectively, to plan and prepare for the future of natural resources.
  • The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 1976 [12]
  • The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 [13]
    • This law revised the authority of the United States Forest Service to provide financial and technical assistance to states and private landowners on a variety of forestry issues, including forest management and stewardship, fire protection, insect and disease control, reforestation and stand improvement, and urban forestry.
  • Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 [14]
    • Established ten new designated Wilderness Areas in the National Forests of several Western states. In California, it created the following;
      • 306,000 acre Golden Trout Wilderness in the Inyo and Sequoia National Forests
      • 21,250 acre Santa Lucia Wilderness in the Los Padres National Forest
      • 61,000 acre Ventana Wilderness in the Los Padres National Forest
  • California Wilderness Act of 1984 [15]
    • This act authorized the addition of over 3 million acres (12,000 km2) [1] within the state of California to the National Wilderness Preservation System.
  • The Los Padres Condor Range and River Protection Act of 1992 [16]
    • Established five new designated Wilderness Areas and three new designated Wild and Scenic Rivers in the Los Padres National Forest and Angeles National Forest in California.
  • Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act of 2002 [17]
    • This law designated specific lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, or the National Park Service in California as wilderness, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and as additions to the Ventana, Silver Peak, or Pinnacles Wilderness areas.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The following federal lands affected by this legislation are as follows:

Related links

References

  1. https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/anti1906.htm
  2. https://wilderness.net/learn-about-wilderness/key-laws/wilderness-act/default.php
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20100217050446/http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/forest-research/heritage/early1.html#top
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20100217050446/http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/forest-research/heritage/early1.html#top
  5. https://foresthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Transfer_Act_1905.pdf
  6. https://foresthistory.org/research-explore/us-forest-service-history/policy-and-law/the-weeks-act/
  7. https://www.fs.fed.us/emc/nfma/includes/musya60.pdf
  8. https://wilderness.net/learn-about-wilderness/key-laws/wilderness-act/default.php
  9. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-bill-designating-the-ventana-wilderness-california
  10. https://ceq.doe.gov/#:~:text=Congress%20enacted%20NEPA%20to%20establish,Carta%22%20of%20Federal%20environmental%20laws.
  11. https://www.fs.fed.us/emc/nfma/includes/range74.pdf
  12. https://www.sierraforestlegacy.org/FC_LawsPolicyRegulations/FPP_NFMA.php
  13. https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Cooperative%20Forestry%20Assistance%20Act%20Of%201978.pdf
  14. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/95/hr3454
  15. https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/1437
  16. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-106/pdf/STATUTE-106-Pg242.pdf
  17. https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4750
  18. https://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/nwrsact.html
  19. https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Salinas_River/1997Act.html

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