---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 104909"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "104909"
heading: "Wildlife management in parks"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/104909"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1049 — Miscellaneous"
---

# §104909. Wildlife management in parks

- (a) **Use of Qualified Volunteers.—** If the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) determines it is necessary to reduce the size of a wildlife population on [System](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5) land in accordance with applicable law (including regulations), the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may use qualified volunteers to assist in carrying out wildlife management on [System](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5) land.
- (b) **Requirements for Qualified Volunteers.—** Qualified volunteers providing assistance under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be subject to—
  - (1) any training requirements or qualifications established by the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3); and
  - (2) any other terms and conditions that the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may require.
- (c) **Donations.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may authorize the donation and distribution of meat and any other part of an animal removed pursuant to wildlife management activities carried out under this section, including the donation and distribution to Indian Tribes, qualified volunteers, food banks, and other organizations that work to address hunger, in accordance with applicable health guidelines and such terms and conditions as the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may require.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–9, title II, § 2410(a), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 752; amended Pub. L. 118–234, title I, § 126, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2855.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–234 substituted “meat and any other part of an animal removed pursuant to” for “meat from”.