National parks are regulated per the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 36, Chapter 1. Specifically, 36 CFR 1.5 makes provision for closures in national parks: there is nothing written anywhere that says public ownership of the land necessarily entitles full and unimpeded rights of access; indeed, the CFR recognizes that sometimes closures are necessary for the protection of park resources. Of course, the 1916 Organic Act that created the National Park Service does charge the agency with both preserving and protecting the resources of national parks and ”providing for the public enjoyment of the same,” but this is a balancing act.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 01:51:51 +0000
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