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§689 Tahquitz National Game Preserve

Title 16 › Chapter 6— GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 689

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Tahquitz National Game Preserve inside the San Bernardino National Forest in Riverside County, California to protect game animals and to serve as their breeding area. It covers these lands: township 3 south, range 3 east — sections 28–35; township 4 south, range 3 east — sections 1–4, 9–16, 21–28, 33–36; and township 5 south, range 3 east — sections 1–4, 9–14, and 24. Setting up the preserve must not affect any existing rights or withdrawals made before July 3, 1926. All land inside the outside boundary must first become United States property. If the government survey is not finished, the boundaries will be determined by projecting lines from the official survey.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §689

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There is created within the San Bernardino National Forest in Riverside County, California, for the protection of game animals, and as the recognized breeding place therefor, the Tahquitz National Game Preserve, which shall include the following lands: section 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35, township 3 south, range 3 east, San Bernardino meridian; section 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, and 36, township 4 south, range 3 east, San Bernardino meridian; and section 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 24, township 5 south, range 3 east, San Bernardino meridian; but the establishment of this reservation shall not interfere with any existing right or withdrawals made prior to July 3, 1926: Provided, That all the land with 11 So in original. Probably should be “within”. the exterior boundary of the aforesaid tract shall first become the property of the United States. That where the Government survey has not been completed the aforesaid description shall be deemed to refer to and be determined by lines projected from the official survey.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 689

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60