NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM - PUBLIC LAW
§ 1243. (Sec. 4) NATIONAL RECREATION TRAILS
- (a) The Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Agriculture where lands
administered by him are involved, may establish and designate national recreation trails, with
the consent of the Federal agency, State, or political subdivision having jurisdiction over the
lands involved, upon finding that -
- (i) such trails are reasonably accessible to urban areas, and, or
- (ii) such trails meet the criteria established in this chapter and such supplementary
criteria as he may prescribe.
- (b) As provided in this section, trails within park, forest, and other recreation areas
administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture or in other
federally administered areas may be established and designated as ''National Recreation
Trails'' by the appropriate Secretary and, when no Federal land acquisition is involved -
- (i) trails in or reasonably accessible to urban areas may be designated as ''National
Recreation Trails'' by the appropriate Secretary with the consent of the States, their political
subdivisions, or other appropriate administering agencies;
- (ii) trails within park, forest, and other recreation areas owned or administered by
States may be designated as ''National Recreation Trails'' by the appropriate Secretary with the
consent of the State; and
- (iii) trails on privately owned lands may be designated ''National Recreation Trails'' by
the appropriate Secretary with the written consent of the owner of the property involved.
Author: Steve F. Russell / sfrussel@iastate.edu
Last Updated: Mon, Mar 11, 1996
Created: Mon, Mar 11, 1996