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<br />lts Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 24/ Reserved lands are lands
<br />that have been expressly withdrawn from the public domain by
<br />statute, executive order, or treaty, and dedicated to a
<br />specific federal purpose. Federal statutes authorize reservation
<br />of public domain land for a variety of purposes~such as
<br />national parks and monuments, 25/ national forests, refuges
<br />and wilderness areas, 26/ reclamation projects, 27/ hydroelectric
<br />dams, 28/ and military~acilities. 29/ Other withdrawals have
<br />been made by executive order, pursuant to the general authority
<br />of the Executive Branch to manage and administer federal lands,
<br />subject- to congressional authorization or assent. See United
<br />States v. Midwest Oil Co., 236 U.S. 459, 474 (1915):--As a
<br />general rule, land that has been withdrawn from the public
<br />domain is no longer subject to laws governing the disposition
<br />or sale of public lands. See, ~.~., United States v. Minnesota,
<br />supra, 270 U.S. at 206.
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<br />24/ The two major statutes authorizing management of the
<br />public domain by the BLM are the Taylor Grazing Act,
<br />June 28, 1934, 48 Stat. 1269, as amended, 43 U.S.C. S 315 et
<br />~., which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to manage
<br />the public domain for grazing purposes, and the Federal Land
<br />Policy and Management Act, supra n.22, which directs the
<br />Secretary of Interior to manage the public domain on the
<br />basis of "multiple uses. and for "sustained yield." See
<br />43 U.S.C. S 1702(c), (h). ---
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<br />~/ See, ~.~., National Park Service Act of August 25,1916,
<br />39 Stat. 535. as amended, 16 U.S.C. S 1 et ~.; American
<br />Antiquities Preservation Act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225,
<br />16 U.S.C. S 431.
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<br />26/ See, ~.~., Forest Service Creative Act of March 3, 1891,
<br />26 Stat. 1103, 16 U.S.C. S 471 (1976); Forest Service Organic
<br />Administration Act of June 4, 1897. 30 Stat. 34. 36, as amended,
<br />16 U.S.C. S 473; National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act
<br />of 1966, Pub. L. 89-669, 80 Stat. 927, 16 U.S.C. S 668dd;
<br />Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Pub. L. 90-542, 82 Stat. 906,
<br />16 U.S.C. SS 1271 et ~.; Wilderness Act of 1964, Pub. L.
<br />88-577, 78 Stat. 890, 16 U~S.C. S 1131 ~~.
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<br />27/ See Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 390, ~
<br />amend~ 43 U.S.C. S 371 et seq.
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<br />28/ See Federal Power Act, June 10, 1920, 41 Stat. 1075, ~
<br />amended, 16 U.S.C. S 818.
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<br />29/ See state of Nevada ex reI. Shamberger v. United States,
<br />165 F:-5uPP. 600 (D. Nev. 1958), rev'd on sovereign immunity
<br />grounds, 279 F.2d 699 (9th Cir. 1960); Act of Feb. 28, 1958,
<br />Pub. L. 85-337, 72 Stat. 27, 43 U.S.C. S 155 (withdrawal,
<br />reservation or restriction of public lands for defense purposes).
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