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 105 STAT. 300 PUBLIC LAW 102-59—JUNE 18, 1991 Public Law 102-59 102d Congress An Act Entitled the "Taconic Mountains Protection Act of 1991". June 18, 1991 [S. 483] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Vermont. United States of America in Congress assembled, National Forest System. SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Congress finds that— (1) large tracts of undeveloped forest land in Vermont's Taconic Mountain Range are threatened by conversion to nonforest uses; (2) lands included in the Green Mountain National Forest are forever open to all Americans; (3) the Green Mountain National Forest permanently protects forests for their environmental and economic benefits through the management of range, recreation, timber, water, wilderness, and fish and wildlife resources; (4) the Bennington County Regional Commission supports expanding the Green Mountain National Forest boundary to include the Taconic Mountain Range; and (5) the Vermont General Assembly has enacted legislation consenting to the acquisition by the Federal Government of lands throughout the Taconic Mountain Range within Bennington County for inclusion in the Green Mountain National Forest. (b) It is the purpose of this Act to expand the boundaries of the Green Mountain National Forest to include the Taconic Mountain Range within Bennington County.

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