---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460ccc–2"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460ccc–2"
heading: "Management"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460ccc-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CXIV — Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area"
---

# §460ccc–2. Management

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=c), acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall, subject to valid existing rights, manage the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) to conserve, protect, and enhance the resources described in [section 460ccc–1 of this title](/usc/16/460ccc–1.md), in accordance with this subchapter, the [Federal Land](/usc/16/3102.md?p=2) Policy and Management Act of 1976 [[43 U.S.C. 1701](/usc/43/1701.md) et seq.], and other applicable laws. The [Secretary](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=c) shall only allow such uses of the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) as he finds will further the purposes for which the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) is established.
- (b) **Hunting—**
  - (1) Subject to [paragraph (2)](#b-2), the [Secretary](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=c) shall permit hunting within the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) in accordance with the laws of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Nevada.
  - (2) The [Secretary](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=c), after consultation with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, may issue regulations designating zones where and establishing when hunting shall not be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment.
- (c) **Preventive measures—** Nothing in this subchapter shall preclude such measures as the [Secretary](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=c) deems necessary to prevent devastating fire or infestation of insects or disease within the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a).
- (d) **Mechanized vehicles—** Except when needed for administrative or emergency purposes, the use of mechanized vehicles in the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) shall be allowed only on roads and trails specifically designated for such use as provided in the [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) prepared pursuant to [section 460ccc–3 of this title](/usc/16/460ccc–3.md).
- (e) **Limits on visitation and use—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=c) may limit visitation and use of the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a) as the [Secretary](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=c) finds appropriate for the protection of the resources of the [conservation area](/usc/16/460ccc.md?p=a).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–621, § 4, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3343.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of Title 43 and Tables.