Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§351 Control; Rules and Regulations
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XXXIX — DENALI NATIONAL PARK › § 351
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must control Denali National Park and promptly publish rules under U.S. law to care for and improve it. Those rules should mostly allow public recreation while protecting wildlife (animals, birds, fish) and the park’s natural scenery and features.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §351
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Denali National Park shall be under the executive control of the Secretary of the Interior, and it shall be the duty of the said executive authority, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the United States as the said authority may deem necessary or proper for the care, protection, management, and improvement of the same, the said regulations being primarily aimed at the freest use of the said park for recreation purposes by the public and for the preservation of animals, birds, and fish and for the preservation of the natural curiosities and scenic beauties thereof.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Denali National Park” substituted in text for “Mount McKinley National Park” pursuant to Pub. L. 96–487, § 202(3)(a), which is classified to section 410hh–1(3)(a) of this title and which added lands to the park, established additional land as the Denali National Preserve, and redesignated the whole as the Denali National Park and Preserve.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 351
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102