---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1674b"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1674b"
heading: "Sustainable Forestry Outreach Initiative"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1674b"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning"
  - "Subchapter III — Extension Programs"
---

# §1674b. Sustainable Forestry Outreach Initiative


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall establish a program, to be known as the “Sustainable Forestry Outreach Initiative”, to educate landowners concerning the following:

- (1) The value and benefits of practicing sustainable forestry.
- (2) The importance of professional forestry advice in achieving sustainable forestry objectives.
- (3) The variety of public and private sector resources available to assist the landowners in planning for and practicing sustainable forestry.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–306, § 5B, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title VIII, § 8101(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 474.)