16 U.S.C. § 594 : US Code - Section 594: Protection of timber owned by United States from fire, disease, or insect ravages

Search 16 U.S.C. § 594 : US Code - Section 594: Protection of timber owned by United States from fire, disease, or insect ravages

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to protect and
preserve, from fire, disease, or the ravages of beetles, or other
insects, timber owned by the United States upon the public lands,
national parks, national monuments, Indian reservations, or other
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior
owned by the United States, either directly or in cooperation with
other departments of the Federal Government, with States, or with
owners of timber; and appropriations are authorized to be made for
such purposes.