16 U.S.C. § 686
Operation of local game laws not affected
It is the purpose of sections 684 and 685 of this title to protect from trespass the public lands of the United States and the game animals and birds which may be thereon, and not to interfere with the operation of the local game laws as affecting private, State, or Territorial lands.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1958–1958 · leading case: State v. Cline, 322 P.2d 208 (Okla. Crim. App. 1958).
State v. Cline, 322 P.2d 208 (Okla. Crim. App. 1958). “Thus, § 686 itself constitutes a recognition of the jurisdiction of the state over violations of its game laws within the area. Although the United States by this Act asserted its right to regulate matters of Federal concern relative to wildlife therein, it did not intimate that…”
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