United States Code Title 16 — Conservation

§ 7101. Purposes

§ 7101.

The purposes of this chapter are—

(1)

to stabilize and transition payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds;

(2)

to make additional investments in, and create additional employment opportunities through, projects that—

(A)

(i)

improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure;

(ii)

implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems; and

(iii)

restore and improve land health and water quality;

(B)

enjoy broad-based support; and

(C)

have objectives that may include—

(i)

road, trail, and infrastructure maintenance or obliteration;

(ii)

soil productivity improvement;

(iii)

improvements in forest ecosystem health;

(iv)

watershed restoration and maintenance;

(v)

the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of wildlife and fish habitat;

(vi)

the control of noxious and exotic weeds; and

(vii)

the reestablishment of native species; and

(3)

to improve cooperative relationships among—

(A)

the people that use and care for Federal land; and

(B)

the agencies that manage the Federal land.