---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch1/schXII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter XII"
heading: "Mesa Verde National Park"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch1-schXII"
sections_count: 18
---

# Subchapter XII — Mesa Verde National Park

Title 16 — Conservation › Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

## Sections

- [§111. Establishment; boundaries](/usc/16/111.md)
- [§111a. Authorization for acquisition of additional lands](/usc/16/111a.md)
- [§111b. Donations or exchanges of lands](/usc/16/111b.md)
- [§111c. Revision of boundaries; vested rights; administration](/usc/16/111c.md)
- [§111d. Acquisition of lands within boundaries of park](/usc/16/111d.md)
- [§111e. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/16/111e.md)
- [§112. Control; regulations; prehistoric ruins](/usc/16/112.md)
- [§113. Examinations, excavations, and gathering objects of interest](/usc/16/113.md)
- [§114. Removal, disturbance, destruction, or molestation of ruins](/usc/16/114.md)
- [§115. Leases and permits; prehistoric ruins not included](/usc/16/115.md)
- [§115a. Mineral resources; exploitation](/usc/16/115a.md)
- [§116. Repealed.](/usc/16/116.md)
- [§117. Exclusive jurisdiction ceded to United States by Colorado; saving provisions; fugitives from justice](/usc/16/117.md)
- [§117b. Repealed.](/usc/16/117b.md)
- [§117c. Hunting and fishing; general rules and regulations; protection of property; violation of statutes and rules; penalties](/usc/16/117c.md)
- [§117d. Forfeiture of property used for unlawful purpose](/usc/16/117d.md)
- [§117e...117j. Repealed.](/usc/16/117e...117j.md)
- [§118. Appropriations; availability for operation of Aileen Nusbaum Hospital](/usc/16/118.md)