---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 698q"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "698q"
heading: "Little River Canyon National Preserve; establishment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/698q"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection"
---

# §698q. Little River Canyon National Preserve; establishment

- (a) **In general—** In order to protect and [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) the natural, scenic, recreational, and cultural resources of the Little River Canyon [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) in DeKalb and Cherokee [Counties](/usc/16/544.md?p=d), Alabama, and to provide for the protection and public enjoyment of the resources, there is established the Little River Canyon National [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) (referred to in sections 698q to [698t](/usc/16/698t.md) of this title as the “[Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2)”).
- (b) **Area included—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) shall consist of the lands, waters, and interests in lands and waters generally depicted on the boundary [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) entitled “Little River Canyon National [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2)”, numbered NA–LRNP–80,001C, and dated March 1992.
  - (2) **Boundary expansion—** The boundary of the [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) is modified to include the land depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) entitled “Little River Canyon National [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) Proposed Boundary”, numbered 152/80,004, and dated December 2007.
- (c) **Map—** The [maps](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) referred to in [subsection (b)](#b) shall—
  - (1) be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service of the Department of the Interior in Washington, District of Columbia; and
  - (2) be filed with the appropriate offices of DeKalb and Cherokee [Counties](/usc/16/544.md?p=d) in the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Alabama.
- (d) **Publication of description—** Not later than 6 months after October 21, 1992, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior (referred to in sections 698q to [698t](/usc/16/698t.md) of this title as the “[Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1)”) shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of the boundaries of the [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–427, § 2, Oct. 21, 1992, 106 Stat. 2179; Pub. L. 111–11, title VII, § 7103, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1190.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2009—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–11, § 7103(1), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–11, § 7103(2), substituted “maps” for “map” in introductory provisions.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Pub. L. 102–427, § 1, Oct. 21, 1992, 106 Stat. 2179, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section and sections 698r to 698t of this title] may be cited as the ‘Little River Canyon National Preserve Act of 1992’.”