Subchapter I - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Section 471 - Repealed
Section 471a - Forest reserves in New Mexico and Arizona restricted
Section 471b - Repealed
Section 471c - Lands in California set aside as reserved forest lands
Section 471d - Additional forest reserves in California
Section 471e - Extension of boundaries of Sequoia National Forest
Section 471f - Cradle of Forestry in America in Pisgah National Forest; establishment; statement of purposes; publication in Federal Register
Section 471g - Administration, protection, and development; use of natural resources
Section 471h - Cooperation with public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals; acceptance of contributions and gifts
Section 471i - Pinelands National Reserve
Section 471j - Headwaters Forest and Elk River Property acquisition
Section 472 - Laws affecting national forest lands
Section 472a - Timber sales on National Forest System lands
Section 473 - Revocation, modification, or vacation of orders or proclamations establishing national forests
Section 474 - Surveys; plats and field notes; maps; effect under Act June 4, 1897
Section 475 - Purposes for which national forests may be established and administered
Section 476 - Repealed
Section 477 - Use of timber and stone by settlers
Section 478 - Egress or ingress of actual settlers; prospecting
Section 478a - Townsites
Section 479 - Sites for schools and churches
Section 479a - Conveyance of National Forest System lands for educational purposes
Section 480 - Civil and criminal jurisdiction
Section 481 - Use of waters
Section 482 - Mineral lands; restoration to public domain; location and entry
Section 482a - Mining rights in Prescott National Forest
Section 482b - Mount Hood National Forest; mining rights
Section 482c - Patents affecting forest lands
Section 482d - Perfection of claims within forest
Section 482e - Lincoln National Forest; mining rights
Section 482f - Patents affecting forest lands
Section 482g - Perfection of claims within forest
Section 482h - Coronado National Forest; mining rights
Section 482h-1 - Protection of scenic values of forest
Section 482h-2 - Cutting of timber; reservation of patent rights
Section 482h-3 - Perfection of mining claims
Section 482i - Plumas National Forest; offer of lands; additions; mining rights
Section 482j - Santa Fe National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values
Section 482k - Patents affecting forest lands
Section 482l - Perfection of mining claims within forest
Section 482m - Teton National Forest in Wyoming; additional lands
Section 482n - Coconino National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values
Section 482n-1 - Cutting of timber within forest; reservation of patent rights
Section 482n-2 - Perfection of mining claims within forest
Section 482n-3 - Sedona-Oak Creek area
Section 482o - Kaibab National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values
Section 482p - Patents affecting lands within forest
Section 482q - Perfection of mining claims within forest
Section 483, 484 - Repealed
Section 484a - Exchange of lands in national forests; public schools; deposit of funds by school authority with insufficient exchange land; limitations on use
Section 485 - Exchange of lands in national forests; cutting timber in national forests in exchange for lands therein
Section 485a - Omitted
Section 486 - Exchange of lands in national forests; reservations of timber, minerals, or easements
Section 486a to 486w - Omitted
Section 487 - Cutting timber on land added to Siskiyou National Forest
Section 487a - Cutting timber on lands added to Rogue River National Forest
Section 488 - Establishment of exterior boundaries of national forests
Section 489 - Repealed
Section 490 - Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of disposing of debris
Section 491 - Omitted
Section 492 - Earth, stone, and timber for Departments of the Army and Navy, and Government works in Alaska
Section 493 - Omitted
Section 494 - Calaveras Bigtree National Forest
Section 495 - Leases of lands for sanitariums or hotels
Section 496 - Disposition of funds
Section 497 - Use and occupation of lands for hotels, resorts, summer homes, stores, and facilities for industrial, commercial, educational or public uses
Section 497a - Occupancy and use under permit of lands in Alaska for various purposes; period of permit; size of allotment; prohibitions; termination
Section 497b - Ski area permits
Section 497c - Ski area permit rental charge
Section 497d - Recreation residence fees
Section 497e - Enhancing Forest Service administration of rights-of-way and land uses
Section 498 - Cooperative work agreements: disposal of moneys received; refund of excess; payment from appropriation; conflict of interest
Section 499 - Disposal of money received by or on account of Forest Service; refund of excess and moneys erroneously collected; receipts from permits
Section 500 - Payment and evaluation of receipts to State or Territory for schools and roads; moneys received; projections of revenues and estimated payments
Section 501 - Expenditures from receipts for roads and trails; cooperation with State authorities; evaluation of receipts
Section 501a - Omitted
Section 502 - Rental of property for Forest Service; forage, care, and housing of animals; storage of vehicles and other equipment; pack stock; loss, damage, or destruction of horses, vehicles, and other equipment
Section 503 - Repealed
Section 503a - Omitted
Section 504 - Purchases of tree seeds, cones, forage plant seed, and nursery stock for national forests
Section 504a - Sale of forest-tree seed and nursery stock to States and political subdivisions; disposition of moneys; exchanges; limitation
Section 505 - Use of national forests established on land reserved for purposes of national defense; maintenance available
Section 505a - Interchange of lands between Department of Agriculture and military departments of Department of Defense; report to Congress
Section 505b - Laws applicable
Section 506 to 508 - Repealed
Section 508a - Omitted
Section 508b - National forests in Minnesota; authority to prospect, develop, mine, remove, and utilize mineral resources
Section 509 - Repealed
Section 510, 510a - Omitted
Section 511 - Reinstatement of entries canceled or relinquished
Section 512 - Omitted
Section 513 - Repealed
Section 514 - Repealed
Section 515 - Examination, location, and purchase of forested, cut-over, or denuded lands; consent of State legislature to acquisition of land by the United States
Section 516 - Exchange of lands in the public interest; equal value; cutting and removing timber; publication of contemplated exchange
Section 517 - Title to lands to be acquired
Section 517a - Payment of awards in condemnation proceedings
Section 518 - Acquisition of lands not defeated by rights-of-way, easements, and reservations
Section 519 - Agricultural lands included in tracts acquired; sale for homesteads
Section 519a - Transfer of forest reservation lands for military purposes
Section 520 - Regulations as to mineral resources
Section 521 - Lands acquired to be reserved, held, and administered as national forest lands; designation
Section 521a - Administration, management, and consolidation of certain lands
Section 521b - Report of Secretary of Agriculture prior to purchase or exchange of land; contents; waiting period
Section 521c - Definitions
Section 521d - Sale, exchange, or interchange of National Forest System land
Section 521e - Small parcels and road rights-of-way
Section 521f - Costs of conveyance and value of improvements
Section 521g - Road rights-of-way subject to State or local law
Section 521h - Regulations; contents
Section 521i - Unaffected lands
Section 522 - Omitted
Section 523 - Omitted
Section 524 - Rights-of-way for dams, reservoirs, or water plants for municipal, mining, and milling purposes
Section 525 - Rights-of-way for wagon roads or railroads
Section 526 - Establishment and protection of water rights
Section 527 - Use of Forest Service funds for administration of certain lands
Section 528 - Development and administration of renewable surface resources for multiple use and sustained yield of products and services; Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
Section 529 - Authorization of development and administration consideration to relative values of resources; areas of wilderness
Section 530 - Cooperation for purposes of development and administration with State and local governmental agencies and others
Section 531 - Definitions
Section 532 - Roads and trails system; Congressional findings and declaration of policy
Section 533 - Grant of easements for road rights-of-way; authority of Secretary of Agriculture; regulations
Section 534 - Termination and cancellation of easements; notice; hearing
Section 535 - Forest development roads; acquisition, construction, and maintenance; maximum economy; methods of financing; cost arrangements for construction standards; transfer of unused effective purchaser credit for road construction
Section 535a - Forest development roads: prohibition on credits; inclusion of construction costs in notice of sale; special election by small business concerns; construction standards; authorization of harvesting; treatment of road value
Section 536 - Recording of instruments; furnishing of instruments affecting public domain lands to Secretary of the Interior
Section 537 - Maintenance and reconstruction by road users; funds for maintenance and reconstruction; availability of deposits until expended, transfer of funds, and refunds
Section 538 - User fees fund for delayed payments to grantors
Section 538a - Forest Service Legacy Road and Trail Remediation Program
Section 539 - Additions to existing national forests; administration
Section 539a - Mining and mineral leasing on certain national forest lands
Section 539b - Fisheries on national forest lands in Alaska
Section 539c - Cooperative fisheries planning; report to Congress
Section 539d - National forest timber utilization program
Section 539e - Reports
Section 539f - Nonprofit organization user of national forest lands
Section 539g - Kings River Special Management Area
Section 539h - Greer Spring Special Management Area
Section 539i - Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area
Section 539j - Bowen Gulch Protection Area
Section 539k - Kelly Butte Special Management Area
Section 539l - Designation of James Peak Protection Area, Colorado
Section 539l-1 - Inholdings
Section 539l-2 - James Peak Fall River trailhead
Section 539l-3 - Loop trail study; authorization
Section 539l-4 - Other administrative provisions
Section 539l-5 - Wilderness potential
Section 539m - Findings and purposes
Section 539m-1 - Definitions
Section 539m-2 - T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area
Section 539m-3 - Pueblo rights and interests in the Area
Section 539m-4 - Limitations on Pueblo rights and interests in the Area
Section 539m-5 - Management of the Area
Section 539m-6 - Jurisdiction over the Area
Section 539m-7 - Subdivisions and other property interests
Section 539m-8 - Extinguishment of claims
Section 539m-9 - Construction
Section 539m-10 - Judicial review
Section 539m-11 - Provisions relating to contributions and land exchange
Section 539m-12 - Authorization of appropriations
Section 539n - Crystal Springs Watershed Special Resources Management Unit
Section 539o - Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
Section 539p - Southeast Arizona land exchange and conservation
Section 539q - Hermosa Creek watershed protection
Section 539r - Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area and wilderness additions
Section 539s - Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area