USC Subpart 3

in effect

16 U.S.C. § 460nnn–41 Cooperative management agreements

(a) Cooperative effortsTo further the purposes and objectives for which the Cooperative Management and Protection Area is designated, the Secretary may work with non-Federal landowners and other parties who voluntarily agree to participate in the cooperative management of Federal and non-Federal lands in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area. (b) Agreements authorizedThe Secretary may enter into a cooperative management agreement with any party to provide for the cooperative conservation and management of the Federal and non-Federal lands subject to the agreement. (c) Other participantsWith the consent of the landowners involved, the Secretary may permit permittees, special-use permit holders, other Federal and State agencies, and interested members of the public to participate in a cooperative management agreement as appropriate to achieve the resource or land use management objectives of the agreement. (d) Tribal cultural site protectionThe Secretary may enter into agreements with the Burns Paiute Tribe to protect cultural sites in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area of importance to the tribe.

16 U.S.C. § 460nnn–42 Cooperative efforts to control development and encourage conservation

(a) PolicyDevelopment on public and private lands within the boundaries of the Cooperative Management and Protection Area which is different from the current character and uses of the lands is inconsistent with the purposes of this subchapter. (b) Use of nondevelopment and conservation easementsThe Secretary may enter into a nondevelopment easement or conservation easement with willing landowners to further the purposes of this subchapter. (c) Conservation incentive paymentsThe Secretary may provide technical assistance, cost-share payments, incentive payments, and education to a private landowner in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area who enters into a contract with the Secretary to protect or enhance ecological resources on the private land covered by the contract if those protections or enhancements benefit public lands. (d) Relation to property rights and State and local lawNothing in this subchapter is intended to affect rights or interests in real property or supersede State law.