Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960

Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960
Great Seal of the United States
Long title An Act to authorize and direct that the national forests be managed under principles of multiple use and to produce a sustained yield of products and services, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial) MUSYA
Nicknames Sustained Yield Act of 1960
Enacted by the 86th United States Congress
Effective June 12, 1960
Citations
Public law 86-517
Statutes at Large 74 Stat. 215
Codification
Titles amended 16 U.S.C.: Conservation
U.S.C. sections amended 16 U.S.C. ch. 3, subch. IV § 583 et seq.
Legislative history

The Multiple Use - Sustained Yield Act of 1960 (or MUSYA) (Public Law 86-517) is a federal law passed by the United States Congress on June 12, 1960. This law 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.

This is the first law to have the five major uses of national forests contained in one law equally, with no use greater than any other.[1]

By the 1950s, the national forests no longer held enough resources to meet the growing needs of an increasing population and expanding economy. The U.S. Forest Service had operated within broad authorities since Gifford Pinchot's time as Chief Forester. Now, for the first time the agency had a specific congressional directive which stipulated that economic return was not in all cases to be the limiting factor.[2]

MUSYA defines the terms "multiple use" and "sustained yield" as follows:

The 1960 law was amended by the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Godfrey, Anthony The Ever-Changing View-A History of the National Forests in California USDA Forest Service Publishers, 2005 p. 399
  2. ↑ Steen, Harold K. The United States Forest Service, A History University of Washington Press 1976 pp. 199-200
  3. ↑ Multiple-Use and Sustained Yield Act of 1960, Public Law 86-517, 86th Congress (June 12, 1960), § 4(a)
  4. ↑ Multiple-Use and Sustained Yield Act of 1960, Public Law 86-517, 86th Congress (June 12, 1960), § 4(b)
  5. ↑ "Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 ~ P.L. 104-333" (PDF). 110 Stat. 4093 ~ House Bill 4236. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 12, 1996.
  6. ↑ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "William J. Clinton: "Statement on Signing the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996," November 12, 1996". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.


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