---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 677"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "677"
heading: "Inclosure of Norbeck Wildlife Preserve"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/677"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection"
---

# §677. Inclosure of Norbeck Wildlife Preserve


The [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of South Dakota is authorized and permitted to erect and maintain a good substantial fence, inclosing in whole or in part Norbeck Wildlife [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2). The [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) shall erect and maintain such gates in this fence as may be required by the authorized agents of the Federal Government in administering this wildlife [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) and the adjoining national [forest lands](/usc/16/544.md?p=f), and may erect and maintain such additional inclosures as may be agreed upon with the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Agriculture. The right of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) to maintain this fence shall continue so long as Norbeck Wildlife [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) is also given similar protection by the laws of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of South Dakota.


## Source credit

(June 5, 1920, ch. 247, § 4, 41 Stat. 986; Oct. 6, 1949, ch. 620, § 1, 63 Stat. 708.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Custer State Park Game Sanctuary” changed to “Norbeck Wildlife Preserve” by act Oct. 6, 1949.