---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 545"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "545"
heading: "Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area; purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/545"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — National Forests"
  - "Subchapter II — Scenic Areas"
---

# §545. Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area; purposes


The purposes of sections 545 and [545a](/usc/16/545a.md) of this title with respect to the Mount Pleasant National [Scenic Area](/usc/16/544.md?p=o) are to—

- (1) ensure appropriate protection and preservation of the scenic quality, water quality, natural characteristics, and water resources;
- (2) protect and manage vegetation to provide wildlife and fish habitat, consistent with [paragraph (1)](#1);
- (3) provide [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) that may develop characteristics of old-growth forests; and
- (4) provide a variety of recreation opportunities that are not inconsistent with the preceding purposes.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–314, § 2, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1703; Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 915, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1187.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–127 substituted “Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area” for “George Washington National Forest Mount Pleasant Scenic Area” in introductory provisions.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Pub. L. 103–314, § 1, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1703, as amended by Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 915, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1187, provided that: “This Act [enacting sections 545 and 545a of this title] may be cited as the ‘Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area Act’.”