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16 USC § 545 - Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area; purposes 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s545"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 545 - Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area; purposes"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "545"
section_name: "Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area; purposes"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FORESTS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SCENIC AREAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–314, § 2, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1703; Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 915, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1187.)"
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# § 545. Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area; purposes

The purposes of sections 545 and 545a of this title with respect to the Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area are to—

**(1)** ensure appropriate protection and preservation of the scenic quality, water quality, natural characteristics, and water resources;

**(2)** protect and manage vegetation to provide wildlife and fish habitat, consistent with paragraph (1);

**(3)** provide areas that may develop characteristics of old-growth forests; and

**(4)** provide a variety of recreation opportunities that are not inconsistent with the preceding purposes.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–314, § 2, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1703; Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 915, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1187.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996— substituted “Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area” for “George Washington National Forest Mount Pleasant Scenic Area” in introductory provisions.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting sections 545 and 545a of this title] may be cited as the ‘Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area Act’.”

, , , as amended by , , , provided that: