Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§111a Authorization for Acquisition of Additional Lands
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XII— MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK › § 111a
Summary
The President may, after the Secretary of the Interior recommends it, add land to Mesa Verde National Park by presidential proclamation. This can include a strip 260 feet wide along Point Lookout Road from the park’s north boundary to its junction with the Cortez‑Mancos Road, the triangle at the road fork, and nearby public land received by gift or exchange. Those lands become part of the park and follow the same park laws and rules.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §111a
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For the purpose of protecting the scenery along the Point Lookout Road between the north boundary of the Mesa Verde National Park and this road’s juncture with the Cortez-Mancos Road, the President of the United States is authorized, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, to add to the said Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, by executive proclamation, a strip of land two hundred and sixty feet wide along and including said Point Lookout Road, and the triangle formed by the fork in said road and such other public land along or adjacent to said road and right-of-way and lands as may be acquired by gift or by exchanges as hereinafter provided, which lands shall thereupon become and be a part of said park subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 111a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60