Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§37 Provision of Feed and Range Facilities for Game Animals

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter V— YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK › § 37

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Provide and protect winter range and feeding areas for elk, antelope, and other game animals of Yellowstone National Park and nearby lands in township 8 south, ranges 7 and 8 east, and township 9 south, ranges 7, 8, and 9 east, Montana principal meridian. The Secretary of the Interior may take private donations, put them in a special Treasury fund, and spend them to buy land. He may also buy or accept gifts or bequests of private or State-owned land in those townships as needed to carry out sections 37 to 40.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §37

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As a means of providing within township 8 south, ranges 7 and 8 east, and township 9 south, ranges 7, 8, and 9 east, Montana principal meridian, the winter range and winter feed facilities indispensable for the adequate and proper protection, preservation, and propagation of the elk, antelope, and other game animals of the Yellowstone National Park and adjacent lands, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, and subject to the limitation hereinafter prescribed may, and is, authorized to perform the following acts:

(a)Accept and deposit in a special fund in the Treasury, and expend for the acquisition of lands as herein authorized, private funds donated for such purpose.

(b)Acquire by purchase, or by acceptance of donations or bequests, such lands in private or State ownership within the townships above described as he may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of sections 37 to 40 of this title.

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 37

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60