Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§161d Elimination of fish hatchery; transfer of administration of hatchery to Fish and Wildlife Service
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XX— - GLACIER NATIONAL PARK › § 161d
Summary
The United States removed the Creston, Montana fish hatchery, with its buildings and equipment, from Glacier National Park. The National Park Service no longer runs it; the Fish and Wildlife Service now manages the hatchery to restock the park, and any extra fish beyond what the park needs to maintain an optimum population may be used to restock other waters.
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Title 16, §161d
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The property at Creston, Montana, acquired by the United States for the establishment of a fish hatchery for restocking the waters of Glacier National Park and administered as a part of the park pursuant to section 161c of this title, together with the improvements and equipment utilized in connection with the hatchery property, is eliminated from the park. The functions of the National Park Service with regard to the administration of the aforesaid properties for the benefit of the park are transferred to and shall be exercised by the Fish and Wildlife Service for the same purposes: Provided, however, That such fish propagated at the hatchery as may be in excess of the number necessary to restock and maintain an optimum fish population in the waters of the park at all times may be utilized for the restocking of other waters.
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Transfer of Functions
Fish and Wildlife Service, created by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231, succeeded by United States Fish and Wildlife Service established by act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 3, 70 Stat. 1120. See section 742b of this title. For
Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 161d
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73