16 U.S.C. § 272c — Livestock trails, watering rights; driveway designation and regulation

submitted 55 years ago by Pub. L. 92-155 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 90 words · no verdicts yet

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This law protects existing rights to trail livestock and water them through Arches National Park. Cattle and sheep owners who used traditional trails before November 12, 1971 can keep using them, even inside the park. The Secretary may designate specific driveways and set reasonable rules for using them.

This law does not take away any rights that owners and operators of cattle and sheep herds already had, immediately before November 12, 1971, to move their herds along traditional trails they had used before that date, and to water their stock along the way. This protection applies even though the land where those trails and watering spots sit is now part of the park. However, the Secretary of the Interior may designate specific driveways for this trailing and watering, and may make reasonable regulations governing how those driveways are used.

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Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as affecting in any way any rights of owners and operators of cattle and sheep herds, existing on the date immediately prior to November 12, 1971, to trail their herds on traditional courses used by them prior to November 12, 1971, and to water their stock, notwithstanding the fact that the lands involving such trails and watering are situated within the park: Provided, That the Secretary may designate driveways and promulgate reasonable regulations providing for the use of such driveways.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 92–155, § 4, Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 422.)

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1971Enacted · Pub. L. 92-155 · 85 Stat. 422

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