Federal · Title 16 — Conservation

16 U.S.C. § 682: Game refuge in Ozark National Forest

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What this law says, in plain English

The President may designate parts of the Ozark National Forest as game refuges. Hunting, trapping, disturbing, or killing game animals, birds, fish, or taking bird eggs in these areas is prohibited without Secretary of Agriculture approval.

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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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