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§698q Little River Canyon National Preserve; establishment

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 6— - GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 698q

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Little River Canyon National Preserve in DeKalb and Cherokee Counties, Alabama, to protect the area's natural, scenic, recreational, and cultural resources and to allow public enjoyment. The Preserve includes the lands and waters shown on the boundary map “Little River Canyon National Preserve,” number NA–LRNP–80,001C, dated March 1992, and the added area on the map “Little River Canyon National Preserve Proposed Boundary,” number 152/80,004, dated December 2007. Those maps must be kept for public viewing in the National Park Service offices in Washington, D.C., and in the county offices of DeKalb and Cherokee, Alabama. The Secretary of the Interior must publish a full boundary description in the Federal Register not later than 6 months after October 21, 1992.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §698q

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(a)In order to protect and preserve the natural, scenic, recreational, and cultural resources of the Little River Canyon area in DeKalb and Cherokee Counties, Alabama, and to provide for the protection and public enjoyment of the resources, there is established the Little River Canyon National Preserve (referred to in sections 698q to 698t of this title as the “Preserve”).
(b)(1)The Preserve shall consist of the lands, waters, and interests in lands and waters generally depicted on the boundary map entitled “Little River Canyon National Preserve”, numbered NA–LRNP–80,001C, and dated March 1992.
(2)The boundary of the Preserve is modified to include the land depicted on the map entitled “Little River Canyon National Preserve Proposed Boundary”, numbered 152/80,004, and dated December 2007.
(c)The maps referred to in subsection (b) shall—
(1)be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior in Washington, District of Columbia; and
(2)be filed with the appropriate offices of DeKalb and Cherokee Counties in the State of Alabama.
(d)Not later than 6 months after October 21, 1992, the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in sections 698q to 698t of this title as the “Secretary”) shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of the boundaries of the Preserve.

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Amendments

2009—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–11, § 7103(1), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–11, § 7103(2), substituted “maps” for “map” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 102–427, § 1, Oct. 21, 1992, 106 Stat. 2179, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section and sections 698r to 698t of this title] may be cited as the ‘Little River Canyon National Preserve Act of 1992’.”

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 698q

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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