Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§460t Establishment

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXXVIII — BIGHORN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460t

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area so the public can use Yellowtail Reservoir and nearby lands in Wyoming and Montana for outdoor recreation and to protect their scenic, scientific, and historic features. The area follows the map LNPMW–010A–BC (November 1964) on file with the National Park Service. As soon as practicable after October 15, 1966, the Secretary of the Interior must publish detailed boundaries in the Federal Register to match that map as closely as possible and may later publish changes, subject to other legal limits.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460t

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(a)In general; description of area

In order to provide for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of the proposed Yellowtail Reservoir and lands adjacent thereto in the States of Wyoming and Montana by the people of the United States and for preservation of the scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing to public enjoyment of such lands and waters, there is hereby established the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area to comprise the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled “Proposed Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area”, LNPMW–010A–BC, November 1964, which is on file in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

(b)Publication in Federal Register; boundary descriptions and adjustments

As soon as practicable after October 15, 1966, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of the boundaries of the area which shall encompass, to the extent practicable, the lands and waters shown on the drawing referred to in subsection (a) of this section. The Secretary may subsequently make adjustments in the boundary of the area, subject to the provisions of section 460t–1(b) of this title, by publication of an amended description in the Federal Register.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460t

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110