Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§79a Establishment; Statement of Purposes
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER VII — REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK › § 79a
Summary
Creates Redwood National Park in Del Norte, Humboldt Counties protecting redwoods and nearby waters for public use and study.
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Title 16, §79a
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In order to preserve significant examples of the primeval coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests and the streams and seashores with which they are associated for purposes of public inspiration, enjoyment, and scientific study, there is hereby established a Redwood National Park in Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, California.
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Short Title
of 2005 Amendment Pub. L. 109–131, title III, § 301, Dec. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 2569, provided that: “This title [amending section 79b of this title] may be cited as the ‘Redwood National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005’.” Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title I, § 146], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–267, provided that: “The Redwood Information Center located at 119231 Highway 101 in Orick, California is hereby named the ‘Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center’ and shall be referred to in any law, document or record of the United States as the ‘Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center’.”
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16 U.S.C. § 79a
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102