36 C.F.R. § 1.1
Purpose
(a) The regulations in this chapter provide for the proper use, management, government, and protection of persons, property, and natural and cultural resources within areas under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service.
(b) These regulations will be utilized to fulfill the statutory purposes of units of the National Park System: to conserve scenery, natural and historic objects, and wildlife, and to provide for the enjoyment of those resources in a manner that will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1972–2026 · leading case: United States Forest Serv. v. Cowpasture River Pres. Assn., 140 S. Ct. 1837 (2020).
United States Forest Serv. v. Cowpasture River Pres. Assn., 140 S. Ct. 1837 (2020). “" 36 C.F.R. § 1.1 ; 48 Fed. Reg. 30275 . All those terms-land, area, administer, recreation, unit of the National Park System-trace the Organic Act's definition of land in the Park System.”
United States v. Garfield Cnty., 122 F. Supp. 2d 1201 (D. Utah 2000). “Exercising the power delegated by Congress, the Secretary of the Interior has made rules “for the proper use, management, government, and protection of persons, property, and natural and cultural resources within areas under the jurisdiction of the national park service,” 36…”
John Sturgeon v. Sue Masica, 768 F.3d 1066 (9th Cir. 2014). “” 36 C.F.R. § 1.1 (a). Within the chapter of the Code of Federal Regulations containing those regulations, parts 1 through 5 “apply to all persons entering, using, visiting, or otherwise within” federally owned lands and waters administered by NPS and “[w]aters subject to the…”
United States v. Carter, 339 F. Supp. 1394 (D. Ariz. 1972). “The regulations are made applicable to the recreation area by 36 C.F.R. §§ 1.1 , 1.2(i). In October of 1968, the defendant was advised by the National Park Service personnel that business operations could only be conducted within the boundaries of the recreation area with…”
Klein v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing Vessel, 568 F. Supp. 1562 (S.D. Fla. 1983). “36 C.F.R. § 1.1 (a). 24 . 36 C.F.R. § 2.20 (a)(1).”
United States v. Chad E. Taylor, 258 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir. 2001). “” 36 C.F.R. § 1.1 (b). The government’s main argument, with which the district court agreed, is that the word “public” in section 2.”
United States v. Brown, 431 F. Supp. 56 (D. Minnesota 1976). “See, 36 C.F.R. § 1.1 (b). The Property Clause gives Congress authority to regulate the waters for the protection of the park lands and to prevent interference with the purpose for which the lands were acquired.”
Cameron Reed v. United States, 734 F.3d 881 (9th Cir. 2013). “” 36 C.F.R. § 1.1 (a). Part 4 of Title 36 (“Part 4”) regulates vehicles and traffic safety within park areas.”
Gallardo v. United States, 29 F. Supp. 2d 572 (E.D. Mo. 1998). “" This passage does not eliminate or restrict the Park Service's discretion as to particular decisions of any kind, and plaintiffs fail to identify any specific code or regulatory provision violated by those elements of the steps' design which are alleged to be negligent.”
Lunsford v. US Nat'l Park Serv. (D. Utah 2024). “”) with 36 C.F.R. § 1.1 (b) (describing the purpose of the General Regulations as “provid[ing] for the proper use, management, government, and protection of persons, property, and natural and cultural resources within areas under the jurisdiction of [NPS]”).”
Alley Cat Allies Inc. v. United States Nat'l Park Serv. (D.D.C. 2026). “36 C.F.R. § 1.1 et seq. These regulations define the “boundary” of a national park unit to include “the limits of lands or waters administered by the [NPS] as .”
Dc Pres. League v. Bd. of Trs. of the John F. Kennedy Ctr. for the Performing Arts (D.D.C. 2026). “See 36 C.F.R. § 1.1 et seq. To the extent that the Defendants suggest these regulations do not apply because the Kennedy Center is not a “park area” under NPS’s jurisdiction within the definition of the regulations, see Defs.”
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