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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 545"
+description: "Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area; purposes"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "2"
+chapter_name: "NATIONAL FORESTS"
+section: "545"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 545"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 545 - Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area; purposes
+
+## Text
+
+The purposes of sections 545 and 545a of this title with respect to the Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area 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);
+
+(3) provide areas that may develop characteristics of old-growth forests; and
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+(4) provide a variety of recreation opportunities that are not inconsistent with the preceding purposes.
+
+(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
+
+Amendments1996—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 TitlePub. 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’.”