Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§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 be in charge of Denali National Park. The Secretary must, as soon as possible, write and publish rules that follow federal law to look after, protect, run, and improve the park. Those rules should mainly let the public use the park for recreation while protecting animals, birds, fish, and the park’s natural features and scenery.
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
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60