50 CFR § 35.8 - Forest management.

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title: "50 CFR § 35.8 - Forest management."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "35.8"
section_name: "Forest management."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM"
part_number: "35"
part_name: "WILDERNESS PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131-1136; 43 U.S.C. 1201."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 25426, Dec. 31, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
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# 35.8 Forest management.

Forest management activities in a wilderness unit will be directed toward allowing natural ecological processes to operate freely. Commercial harvesting of timber shall not be permitted except where necessary to control attacks of insects or disease as prescribed in § 35.7.