§674a — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must manage Sullys Hill National Park in North Dakota as a big game preserve, refuge, and breeding area for wild animals and birds, and it will be called the White Horse Hill National Game Preserve. The preserve includes the lands set out in the proclamation of June 2, 1904 that created Sullys Hill Park, plus any unsurveyed or public land uncovered when Devils Lake’s water receded. The north and northwest boundary is Devils Lake, and the west and southwest boundary follows a stream through the lands revealed by the lake’s recession, roughly between the listed lots and sections in township 152 north, range 65 west, fifth principal meridian, as shown on the official survey plats approved June 23, 1904 and June 2, 1927. The public may use the preserve for recreation so long as that use is consistent with protecting the game, and hunting is not allowed.

Title 16, §674a

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary of the Interior shall administer Sullys Hill National Park, together with all improvements thereon, in the State of North Dakota, as a big game preserve, refuge, and breeding grounds for wild animals and birds, which shall be known as the White Horse Hill National Game Preserve and shall embrace within its boundaries the lands described in the proclamation of June 2, 1904, establishing Sullys Hill Park, together with all unsurveyed or public lands uncovered by the recession of the waters of Devils Lake in front of said reservation, the preserve to be bounded on the north and northwest by the waters of Devils Lake, and on the west and southwest by a stream which flows through lands uncovered by the recession of the waters of Devils Lake, approximately midway between lots 10 and 11, section 17; lots 1, 2, 6, and 8, section 16; and lot 2, section 9; lots 3, 4, and 5, section 16, township 152 north, range 65 west, fifth principal meridian, as meandered on the official plats of survey approved June 23, 1904, and June 2, 1927: Provided, That the said game preserve is to be made available to the public for recreational purposes insofar as consistent with the use of this area as a game preserve: Provided further, That hunting shall not be permitted on said game preserve.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2019—Pub. L. 116–94 substituted “White Horse Hill National Game Preserve” for “Sullys Hill National Game Preserve” in text.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title IV, § 402(c), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3191, provided that: “Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Sullys Hill National Game Preserve shall be considered to be a reference to the ‘White Horse Hill National Game Preserve’.”

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.

§674a Sullys Hill National Park; Transfer of Control; Change of Name to White Horse Hill National Game Preserve; Boundaries; Use by Public; Hunting