Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§681 Erection of Fence by South Dakota for Game Animal and Bird Refuge
Title 16 › CHAPTER 6 — GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 681
Summary
South Dakota may build and keep a sturdy fence around all or part of areas the President sets aside under section 680. The State must put in gates when federal agents need access or to let people who live inside go in and out, and it can keep the fence while the area is protected by State law as a game refuge.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §681
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The State of South Dakota is authorized and permitted to erect and maintain a good, substantial fence inclosing in whole or in part such areas as may be designated and set aside by the President under the authority of section 680 of this title. The State shall erect and maintain such gates in this fence as may be required by the authorized agents of the Federal Government in the administration of the National forest lands embraced therein, or to provide ingress and egress to persons occupying lands within said inclosure. The right of the State to maintain said fence shall continue so long as the area designated by the President shall be given protection by the laws of the State of South Dakota as a game refuge.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 681
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102