Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§162 Control; Regulations; Leases; Sale and Removal of Timber

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XX— GLACIER NATIONAL PARK › § 162

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior has exclusive control of Glacier National Park. The Secretary must, as soon as practicable, make and publish rules that follow U.S. law to care for, protect, manage, and improve the park, keep it as natural as its purposes and section 161 allow, and protect the fish and game inside it. The Secretary may lease parcels up to 10 acres for visitor buildings and up to 1 acre for summer homes or cottages, each lease not more than 20 years, and may sell or allow the removal of matured, dead, or down timber when needed for the park’s protection or improvement.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §162

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Glacier National Park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duties it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the United States as he may deem necessary or proper for the care, protection, management, and improvement of the same, which regulations shall provide for the preservation of the park in a state of nature so far as is consistent with the purposes of this section and section 161 of this title, and for the care and protection of the fish and game within the boundaries thereof. Said Secretary may, in his discretion, execute leases to parcels of ground not exceeding ten acres in extent at any one place to any one person or company, for not to exceed twenty years, when such ground is necessary for the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors, and to parcels of ground not exceeding one acre in extent and for not to exceed twenty years to persons who have heretofore erected or whom he may hereafter authorize to erect summer homes or cottages; he may also sell and permit the removal of such matured,11 So in original. or dead or down timber as he may deem necessary or advisable for the protection or improvement of the park.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 162

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60