and a resultant underproductivity for large acreages of the public lands; contribute significantly to unacceptable levels of siltation and salinity in major western watersheds including the Colorado River; negatively impact the quality and availability of scarce western water supplies; threaten important and frequently critical fish and wildlife habitat; prevent expansion of the forage resource and resulting benefits to livestock and wildlife production; increase surface runoff and flood danger; reduce the value of such lands for recreational and esthetic purposes; and may ultimately lead to unpredictable and undesirable long-term local and regional climatic and economic changes;
References in Text
Act of December 15, 1971, referred to in subsec. (a)(6), is Puspan. L. 92–195, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 649, popularly known as the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, which is classified generally to chapter 30 (§ 1331 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1331 of Title 16 and Tables.
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Puspan. L. 95–514, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1803, which enacted this chapter and amended sections 1739 and 1751 to 1753 of this title and sections 1332 and 1333 of Title 16. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
Short Title
Puspan. L. 95–514, § 1, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1803, provided:
“That this Act [enacting this chapter and amending sections 1739 and 1751 to 1753 of this title and sections 1332 and 1333 of Title 16, Conservation] may be cited as the ‘Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978’.”
