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16 U.S.C. § 682

Game refuge in Ozark National Forest

United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective

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16 U.S.C. § 682, Game refuge in Ozark National Forest, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/446116
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The President of the United States is authorized to designate such national forest lands within the Ozark National Forest, within the State of Arkansas, as should, in his discretion, be set aside for the protection of game animals, birds, or fish; and, except under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time prescribe, it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, catch, trap, willfully disturb, or kill any kind of game animal, game or nongame bird, or fish, or take the eggs of any such bird on any lands so set aside, or in or on the waters thereof.

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