---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460v–6"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460v–6"
heading: "Addition of lands to Forest; administration of land for Colorado River storage project by Secretary of the Interior"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460v-6"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXX — Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area"
---

# §460v–6. Addition of lands to Forest; administration of land for Colorado River storage project by Secretary of the Interior


Subject to any valid claim or entry now existing and hereafter legally maintained, all [public lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=7) of the United States and all lands of the United States heretofore or hereafter acquired or reserved for use in connection with the Colorado River storage [project](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) within the exterior boundaries of the recreation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) which have not heretofore been added to and made a part of the Ashley National Forest, and all lands of the United States acquired for the purpose of the recreation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A), are hereby added to and made a part of the Ashley National Forest: Provided, That lands within the flow lines of any reservoir operated and maintained by the Department of the Interior or otherwise needed or used for the operation of the Colorado River storage [project](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) shall continue to be administered by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior to the extent he determines to be required for such operation.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–540, § 7, Oct. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 905.)