Greer Spring Acquisition and Protection Act of 1991
PL 102-220 (H.R.3604), enacted 12/11/1991

105 STAT. 1674 
PUBLIC LAW 102-220—DEC. 11, 1991 
Public Law 102-220 
102d Congress 
An Act 
Dec. 11,1991 
[H.R. 3604] 
Greer Spring 
Acquisition and 
Protection Act of 
1991. 
Conservation. 
16 u s e 539h 
note. 
16 u s e 539h 
note. 
16 u s e 539h 
note. 
16 u s e 539h. 
To direct acquisitions within the Eleven Point Wild and Scenic River, to establish the 
Greer Spring Special Management Area in Missouri, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Greer Spring Acquisition and 
Protection Act of 1991". 
SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF THE DENNIG TRACT. 
(a) The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the 
"Secretary") is hereby authorized and directed, subject to appropria-
tions, to acquire all of the lands, waters, and interests therein, on a 
willing seller basis only, within the area generally depicted on a 
map entitled "Dennig Tract", dated November 5, 1991 (hereinafter 
referred to as "the map"). The map, together with a legal descrip-
tion of such lands, shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in the offices of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. The 
boundaries of the Mark Twain National Forest are hereby modified 
to include the area denoted "Dennig Property Outside of National 
Forest Boundary" on the map. Such map and legal description shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that 
the correction of clerical and typographical errors in such map and 
legal description may be made by the Secretary. 
(b) Such modified boundaries shall be considered as the bound-
aries in existence as of January 1, 1965, for the purposes of section 7 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (16 U.S.C. 4601-9). 
SEC. 3. ELEVEN POINT WILD AND SCENIC RIVER. 
The Secretary shall manage the lands, waters, and interests 
therein within the area referred to on the map as "The Eleven Point 
Wild and Scenic Corridor" (hereinafter referred to as "the cor-
ridor"), pursuant to the provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1271-1287). Lands acquired pursuant to section 2 of this 
Act within the corridor shall not be counted against the average 
one-hundred-acre-per-mile fee limitation of Section 6(a)(1) of the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, nor shall such lands outside the cor-
ridor be subject to the provisions of Section 6(a)(2) of the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act. 
SEC. 4. GREER SPRING SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. 
(a) OBJECTIVES AND ESTABLISHMENTS.—In order to provide for 
public outdoor recreation use, including fishing and hunting, in a 
natural setting, and the enjoyment of certain areas within the Mark 
Twain National Forest, to protect those areas' natural, archaeologi-
cal, and scenic resources, and to provide for appropriate resource 
management of those areas, there is hereby established the Greer 
Spring Special Management Area (hereinafter referred to as "the 
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105 STAT. 1675 
special management area"). The Secretary shall manage the special 
management area in accordance with this Act, and with provisions 
of law generally applicable to units of the National Forest System to 
the extent consistent with this Act. 
(b) AREA INCLUDED.—The special management area shall consist 
of lands, waters, and interests therein within the area referred to on 
the map as "The Greer Spring Special Management Area". The 
Secretary is authorized to make minor revisions to the boundary of 
the special management area. 
(c) TIMBER HARVESTING.—The Secretary shall permit the harvest-
ing of timber within the specisd management area only in those 
cases where, in the judgment of the Secretary, the harvesting of 
timber is required in order to control insects or disease, for public 
safety, for salvage sales, or to accomplish the objectives of the 
special management area as described in subsection (a). To the 
extent practicable, timber harvesting shall be conducted only by the 
individual tree selection method. 
(d) HUNTING AND FISHING.—The Secretary shall permit hunting 
and fishing on lands and waters within the special management 
area in accordance with applicable Federal and State law. 
(e) MINING AND MINERAL LEASING.—Subject to valid, existing 
rights, lands within the special management areas are withdrawn 
from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws of the 
United States, and from the operation of the mineral and geo-
thermal leasing laws of the United States. 
(f) VEHICULAR ACCESS.—The Secretary shall construct and main-
tain only those roads within the special management area and 
corridor which are indicated on the map: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall provide access to such roads, or to timber harvesting 
pursuant to subsection (c), in such a manner as to minimize environ-
mental impact. 
SEC. 5. APPROPRIATIONS. 
16 USC 539h 
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved December 11, 1991. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3604: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 102-346, Pt. 1 {Comm. on Agriculture) and Pt. 2 (Comm. 
on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 137 (1991): 
Nov. 22, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 26, considered and passed Senate.