Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§479 Sites for Schools and Churches
Title 16 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL FORESTS › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 479
Summary
People living inside or near a national forest can have schools and churches there and may use up to two acres for each schoolhouse and one acre for each church.
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Title 16, §479
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The settlers residing within the exterior boundaries of national forests, or in the vicinity thereof, may maintain schools and churches within such national forest, and for that purpose may occupy any part of the said national forest, not exceeding two acres for each schoolhouse and one acre for a church.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification “National forests” substituted in text for “forest reservations”, and “national forest” substituted for “reservation” and “forest reservation” 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. § 479
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102