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§351 Control; rules and regulations

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXXIX— - DENALI NATIONAL PARK › § 351

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior runs Denali National Park. The Secretary must, as soon as possible, make and publish rules that follow federal law to care for, protect, manage, and improve the park while allowing public recreation and protecting wildlife and natural scenery.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §351

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Denali National Park shall be under the executive control of the Secretary of the Interior, and it shall be the duty of the said executive authority, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the United States as the said authority may deem necessary or proper for the care, protection, management, and improvement of the same, the said regulations being primarily aimed at the freest use of the said park for recreation purposes by the public and for the preservation of animals, birds, and fish and for the preservation of the natural curiosities and scenic beauties thereof.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Denali National Park” substituted in text for “Mount McKinley National Park” pursuant to Pub. L. 96–487, § 202(3)(a), which is classified to section 410hh–1(3)(a) of this title and which added lands to the park, established additional land as the Denali National Preserve, and redesignated the whole as the Denali National Park and Preserve.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 351

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73