Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§167 Removal of Timber

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XX — GLACIER NATIONAL PARK › § 167

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

All timber on Government land inside the park must be cut and removed under rules made by the Secretary of the Interior. If cutting and removal cause damage to roads, park areas, or national forests, the owners of patented lands must pay for that damage and must give bonds that both the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture accept. The Interior Secretary decides damages for park lands and the Agriculture Secretary decides damages for national forests. The two Secretaries must report to Congress the details of how they calculated those values.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §167

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All timber on Government lands in the park must be cut and removed under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and any damage which may result to the roads or any part of the park or the national forests in consequence of the cutting and removal of the timber therefrom shall be borne by the owners of the patented lands, and bonds satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, jointly, must be given for the payment of such damages, if any, as shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior so far as the same relates to lands within a national park and by the Secretary of Agriculture where the same relates to lands in the national forests. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly report to Congress in detail the factors upon which valuations were made.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 167

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102