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§698w Special management requirements for Federal lands recently added to Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

About 410,000 acres added to Craters of the Moon by Presidential Proclamation 7373 of November 9, 2000, and shown on the proclamation map for National Park Service management, will be called the "Craters of the Moon National Preserve" starting August 21, 2002. The preserve must be run under Proclamation 7373, the Act of June 8, 1906 (the Antiquities Act), and the usual National Park Service laws. Hunting is allowed on preserve lands under U.S. and Idaho law. The Secretary of the Interior, after talking with the State of Idaho, may set no-hunting zones or times for safety, resource protection, management, or visitor use. Except in emergencies, such hunting limits must be put in place only after consultation with Idaho.

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Title 16, §698w

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(a)The approximately 410,000 acres of land added to the Craters of the Moon National Monument by Presidential Proclamation 7373 of November 9, 2000, and identified on the map accompanying the Proclamation for administration by the National Park Service, shall, on and after August 21, 2002, be known as the “Craters of the Moon National Preserve”.
(b)(1)Except as provided by paragraph (2), the Craters of the Moon National Preserve shall be administered in accordance with—
(A)Presidential Proclamation 7373 of November 9, 2000;
(B)the Act of June 8, 1906,11 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. (commonly referred to as the “Antiquities Act”; 34 Stat. 225; 16 U.S.C. 431); 22 See References in Text note below. and
(C)the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).2
(2)The Secretary of the Interior shall permit hunting on lands within the Craters of the Moon National Preserve in accordance with the applicable laws of the United States and the State of Idaho. The Secretary, in consultation with the State of Idaho, may designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting may be permitted for reasons of public safety, protection of the area’s resources, administration, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulations prescribing such restrictions relating to hunting shall be put into effect only after consultation with the State of Idaho.

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Presidential Proclamation 7373, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(1)(A), appears in the item for Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, in the table under the heading “National Monuments Established Under Presidential Proclamation”, set out as a note under section 320301 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Act of
June 8, 1906, (commonly referred to as the “Antiquities Act”; 34 Stat. 225; 16 U.S.C. 431), referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(B), is act
June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225, which was classified generally to section 431, 432, and 433 of this title. The Act was repealed and restated as section 1866(b) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 320301(a) to (c), 320302, and 320303 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54. The Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved
August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(C), is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted section 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and section 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54. Codification Section is comprised of section 1 of Pub. L. 107–213. section 1 also enacted provisions listed in a table of National Monuments Established Under Presidential Proclamation set out under section 320301 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.

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16 U.S.C. § 698w

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Apr 6, 2026

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