Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460t Establishment

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXXVIII— - BIGHORN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460t

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area so people can use and enjoy Yellowtail Reservoir and nearby lands in Wyoming and Montana, and so the scenic, scientific, and historic features there are protected. The area is based on a map kept by the National Park Service (map number LNPMW–010A–BC, dated November 1964). As soon as practicable after October 15, 1966, the Secretary of the Interior must publish a detailed boundary description in the Federal Register that, as much as possible, matches that map. The Secretary may later change the boundary by publishing an amended description in the Federal Register, subject to section 460t–1(b).

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460t

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(a)In order to provide for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of the proposed Yellowtail Reservoir and lands adjacent thereto in the States of Wyoming and Montana by the people of the United States and for preservation of the scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing to public enjoyment of such lands and waters, there is hereby established the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area to comprise the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled “Proposed Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area”, LNPMW–010A–BC, November 1964, which is on file in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

(b)As soon as practicable after October 15, 1966, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of the boundaries of the area which shall encompass, to the extent practicable, the lands and waters shown on the drawing referred to in subsection (a) of this section. The Secretary may subsequently make adjustments in the boundary of the area, subject to the provisions of section 460t–1(b) of this title, by publication of an amended description in the Federal Register.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460t

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73