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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§698u–2 Establishment of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Title 16 › CHAPTER 6 — GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 698u–2

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve to protect, restore, and explain the Spring Hill Ranch area of the Flint Hills in Kansas for people today and in the future. The Preserve includes about 10,894 acres shown on the June 1994 boundary map (NM–TGP 80,000) and described in the deed filed at 8:22 a.m. on June 3, 1994, in Chase County (Book L–106, pages 328–339). If the map and the legal description conflict, the legal description wins. The Secretary of the Interior may make small map fixes after a survey. The map is kept on file and open for public inspection at National Park Service offices.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §698u–2

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(a)In general
In order to provide for the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the Spring Hill Ranch area of the Flint Hills of Kansas, for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations, there is established the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
(b)Description
The Preserve shall consist of the lands and interests in land, including approximately 10,894 acres, generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Flint Hills Prairie National Monument” numbered NM–TGP 80,000 and dated June 1994, more particularly described in the deed filed at 8:22 a.m. on June 3, 1994, with the Office of the Register of Deeds in Chase County, Kansas, and recorded in Book L–106 at pages 328 through 339, inclusive. In the case of any difference between the map and the legal description, the legal description shall govern, except that if, as a result of a survey, the Secretary determines that there is a discrepancy with respect to the boundary of the Preserve that may be corrected by making minor changes to the map, the Secretary shall make changes to the map as appropriate, and the boundaries of the Preserve shall be adjusted accordingly. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior.

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Amendments

2000—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–176 substituted “on
June 3, 1994,” for “of
June 3, 1994,”.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 698u–2

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110