Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§7912 Federal Land Open to Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting
Title 16 › Chapter 98— SPORTSMEN’S ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND › Subchapter II— SPORTSMEN’S ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND › § 7912
Summary
Federal public land must be open for hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting under the law, unless the federal official in charge closes a specific area under the rules that allow closures. Nothing here opens any land that was not already open to those activities on March 12, 2019.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §7912
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(a)Subject to subsection (b), Federal land shall be open to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting, in accordance with applicable law, unless the Secretary concerned closes an area in accordance with section 7913 of this title.
(b)Nothing in this subchapter opens to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting any land that is not open to those activities as of March 12, 2019.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 7912
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60