Watershed Management.
Section 23
SEC. 23. Watershed Management. — In addition to the responsibilities relative to watershed reservations, the Bureau is responsible for the design and, application of measures to minimize soil erosion, regulate or modify water yield, minimize pollution of water by users of forest and water resources and rehabilitate and improve deteriorating watersheds. Among other activities, the Bureau shall prescribe watershed protection and restoration measures to be incorporated in license agreements, leases, permits, work orders, and contracts which involve serious disturbance of the soil and water resources, with particular attention to road construction, mining, shifting cultivation, and burning; and it shall establish a monitoring system to see to it that the activities authorized by the Bureau are accomplished in line with prescribed water quality standards. It shall also adopt standards and criteria by which it will be able to determine whether or not logging and other land use practices shall be allowed or suspended in a watershed or portion thereof.