Natural Resources Law and Legal Definition
According to 42 USCS § 9601 the term natural resources means "land, fish, wildlife, biota, air, water, ground water, drinking water supplies, and other such resources belonging to, managed by, held in trust by, appertaining to, or otherwise controlled by the United States (including the resources of the fishery conservation zone established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act [16 USCS §§ 1801 et seq.]), any State or local government, any foreign government, any Indian tribe, or, if such resources are subject to a trust restriction on alienation, any member of an Indian tribe."
According to 36 CFR 6.3 [Title 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property; Chapter I National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Part 6 Solid Waste Disposal Sites in Units of the National Park System.] Natural resource means “the components of a park, both biotic and abiotic, including but not limited to, vegetation, wildlife, fish, water, including surface and ground water, air, soils, geological features, including subsurface strata, the natural processes and interrelationships that perpetuate such resources, and attributes that contribute to visitor enjoyment.”
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Related Legal Terms
- Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Project
- Antarctic Marine Living Resources
- Bureau of Human Resources [Department of State]
- Certificate of Naturalization
- Conservation of Resources
- Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
- County Program Committee [Natural Resources Conservation Service]
- Educational Resources Information Center [ERIC]
- Emergency Natural Gas
- Emergency Natural Gas Transaction