Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§453 Donations of Land for Park Purposes Near or Adjacent to National Forest Reserve in North Carolina
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXII — MISCELLANEOUS › § 453
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can accept land and rights-of-way to use as parks. This can include Grandfather Mountain and other land next to the federal national forest in western North Carolina.
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Title 16, §453
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept for park purposes any lands and rights-of-way, including the Grandfather Mountain, near or adjacent to the Government national forest in western North Carolina.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification “Government national forest” substituted in text for “Government forest reserve” on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 453
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102