---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch28"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 28"
heading: "Wild and Scenic Rivers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch28"
sections_count: 19
---

# Chapter 28 — Wild and Scenic Rivers

Title 16 — Conservation

## Sections

- [§1271. Congressional declaration of policy](/usc/16/1271.md)
- [§1272. Congressional declaration of purpose](/usc/16/1272.md)
- [§1273. National wild and scenic rivers system](/usc/16/1273.md)
- [§1274. Component rivers and adjacent lands](/usc/16/1274.md)
- [§1275. Additions to national wild and scenic rivers system](/usc/16/1275.md)
- [§1276. Rivers constituting potential additions to national wild and scenic rivers system](/usc/16/1276.md)
- [§1277. Land acquisition](/usc/16/1277.md)
- [§1278. Restrictions on water resources projects](/usc/16/1278.md)
- [§1279. Withdrawal of public lands from entry, sale, or other disposition under public land laws](/usc/16/1279.md)
- [§1280. Federal mining and mineral leasing laws](/usc/16/1280.md)
- [§1281. Administration](/usc/16/1281.md)
- [§1282. Assistance to State and local projects](/usc/16/1282.md)
- [§1283. Management policies](/usc/16/1283.md)
- [§1284. Existing State jurisdiction and responsibilities](/usc/16/1284.md)
- [§1285. Claim and allowance of charitable deduction for contribution or gift of easement](/usc/16/1285.md)
- [§1285a. Lease of Federal lands](/usc/16/1285a.md)
- [§1285b. Establishment of boundaries for certain component rivers in Alaska; withdrawal of minerals](/usc/16/1285b.md)
- [§1286. Definitions](/usc/16/1286.md)
- [§1287. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/16/1287.md)