[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 36, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 36CFR294.1]



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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY

 

          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 294_SPECIAL AREAS--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart A_Miscellaneous Provisions

 

Sec. 294.1  Recreation areas.









Sec.



                   Subpart A-Miscellaneous Provisions



294.1 Recreation areas.

294.2 Navigation of aircraft within airspace reservation over the 

          Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Superior National 

          Forest, Minnesota.

294.3-294.9 [Reserved]



   Subpart B_State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless Area Management



294.10 Purpose.

294.11 Definition.

294.12 State petitions.

294.13 Petition process.

294.14 Petition contents.

294.15 Advisory committee review.

294.16 State-specific rulemaking.

294.17 Scope and applicability.

294.18 Severability.





    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 472, 551, and 1131.





    Suitable areas of national forest land, other than wilderness or 

wild areas, which should be managed principally for recreation use may 

be given special classification as follows:

    (a) Areas which should be managed principally for recreation use 

substantially in their natural condition and on which, in the discretion 

of the officer making the classification, certain other uses may or may 

not be permitted may be approved and classified by the Chief of the 

Forest Service or by such officers as he may designate if the particular 

area is less than 100,000 acres. Areas of 100,000 acres or more will be 

approved and classified by the Secretary of Agriculture.

    (b) Areas which should be managed for public recreation requiring 

development and substantial improvements may be given special 

classification as public recreation areas. Areas in single tracts of not 

more than 160 acres may be approved and classified by the Chief of the 

Forest Service or by such officers as he may designate. Areas in excess 

of 160 acres will be classified by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

Classification hereunder may include areas used or selected to be used 

for the development and maintenance as camp grounds, picnic grounds, 

organization camps, resorts, public service sites (such as for 

restaurants, filling stations, stores, horse and boat liveries, garages, 

and similar types of public service accommodations), bathing beaches, 

winter sports areas, lodges, and similar facilities and appurtenant 

structures needed by the public to enjoy the recreation resources of the 

national forests. The boundaries of all areas so classified shall be 

clearly marked on the ground and notices of such classification shall be 

posted at



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conspicuous places thereon. Areas classified under this section shall 

thereby be set apart and reserved for public recreation use and such 

classification shall constitute a formal closing of the area to any use 

or occupancy inconsistent with the classification.



[38 FR 5859, Mar. 5, 1973, as amended at 66 FR 3272, Jan. 12, 2001]