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[Background] [The Act]The Lacey Act of 1894
(U.S., Statutes at Large, vol.28, p.73)
CHAP. 72.
—An Act to protect the birds and animals in Yellowstone National park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Yellowstone National Park, as its boundaries are now defined, or as they may be hereafter defined or extended, shall be under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States; and that all the laws applicable to places under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall have force and effect in said park: Provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to forbid the service in the park of any civil or criminal process of any court having jurisdiction in the States of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. All fugitives from justice taking refuge in said park shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from justice found in the state of Wyoming.
SEC. 2. That said park, for all the purposes of this Act, shall constitute a part of the United States judicial district of Wyoming, and the district and circuit courts of the United States in and for said district shall have jurisdiction of all offenses committed within said park.
SEC. 3. That if any offense shall be committed in said Yellowstone National Park, which offense is not prohibited or the punishment is not specially provided for by any law of the United States or by any regulation of the Secretary of the Interior, the offender shall be subject to the same punishment as the laws of the State of Wyoming in force at the time of the commission of the offense may provide for a like offense in the said State; and no subsequent repeal of any such law of the State of Wyoming shall affect any prosecution for said offense committed within said park.
SEC. 4. That all hunting, or the killing or wounding, or capturing at any time of any bird or wild animal, except dangerous animals, when it is necessary to prevent them from destroying human life or inflicting an injury, is prohibited within the limits of said park; nor shall any fish be taken out of the waters of the park by means of seines, nets, traps, or by use of drugs or any explosive substances or compounds, or in any other way than by hook and line, and then only at such seasons and in such times and manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior. That the Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary and proper for the management and care of the park and for the protection of the property therein, especially for the preservation from injury or spoilation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonderful objects within said park; and for the protection of the animals and birds in the park, from capture or destruction, or to prevent their being frightened or driven from the park; and he shall make rules governing the taking of fish from the streams or lakes in the park. Possession within said park of the dead bodies, or any part thereof, of any wild bird or animal shall be prima facie evidence that the person or persons having the same are guilty of violating this Act. Any person or persons, or stage or express company or railway company, receiving for transportation any of the said animals, birds, or fish so killed, taken or caught shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined for every such offense not exceeding three hundred dollars. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation that may be promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior with reference to the management and care of the park, or for the protection of the property therein, for the preservation from injury or spoilation of timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonderful objects within said park, or for the protection of the animals, birds and fish in the said park, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subjected to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, and be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings.
That all guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation of every nature or description used by any person or persons within said park limits when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such wild beasts, birds, or wild animals shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized by the officers in said park and held pending the prosecution of any person or persons arrested under charge of violating the provisions of this Act, and upon conviction under this Act of such person or persons using said guns, traps, teams, horses, or other means of transportation such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to the other punishment provided in this Act. Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior.
SEC.5. That the United States circuit court in said district shall appoint a commissioner, who shall reside in said park, who shall have jurisdiction to hear and act upon al complaints made, of any and all violations of the law, or of the rules and regulations made by the Secretary of the Interior for the government of the park, and for the protection of the animals, birds, and fish and objects of interest therein, and, for other purposes authorized by this Act. Such commissioner shall have power, upon sworn information, to issue process in the name of the United States for the arrest of any person charged with the commission of any misdemeanor, or charged with the violation of the rules and regulations, or with the violation of any provisions of this Act prescribed for the government of said park, and to try the person so charged, and if found guilty, to impose the punishment and adjudge the forfeiture prescribed. In all cases of conviction an appeal shall lie from the judgment of said commissioner to the United States district court for the district of Wyoming, said appeal to be governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming providing for appeals in cases of misdemeanor from justices of the peace to the district court of said State; but the United States circuit court in said district may prescribe rules of procedure and practice for said commissioner in the trial of cases and for appeal to said United States district court. Said commissioner shall also have power to issue process as herein before provided for the arrest of any person charged with the commission of any felony within the park, and to summarily hear the evidence introduced, and, if he shall determine that probable cause is shown for holding the person so charged for the trial, shall cause such person to be safely conveyed to a secure place for confinement, within the jurisdiction of the United States district court in the said State of Wyoming, and shall certify a transcript of the record of his proceedings and the testimony in the case to the said court, which court shall have jurisdiction of the case: Provided, that the said commissioner shall grant bail in all cases bailable under the laws of the United States or of said State. All process issued by the commissioner shall be directed to the marshal of the United States for the district of Wyoming; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the arrest by any officer of the Government or employee of the United States in the park without process of any person taken in the act of violating the law or any regulation of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, that the said commissioner shall only exercise such authority and powers as are conferred in this Act.
SEC. 6. That the marshal of the United States for the district of Wyoming may appoint one or more deputy marshals for said park, who shall reside in said park, and the said United States district and circuit courts shall hold one session of said courts annually at the town of Sheridan in the State of Wyoming, and may also hold other sessions at any other place in said State of Wyoming or in said National Park at such dates as the said courts may order.
SEC. 7. That the said commissioner provided for in this Act shall, in addition to the fees allowed by law to commissioners of the circuit courts of the United States, be paid an annual salary of one thousand dollars, payable quarterly, and the marshal of the United States and his deputies, and the attorney of the United States and his assistants in said district, shall be paid the same compensation and fees as are now provided by law for like services in said district.
SEC. 8. That all costs and expenses arising in cases under this Act, and properly chargeable to the United States, shall be certified, approved, and paid as like costs and expenses in the courts of the United States are certified, approved, and paid under the laws of the United States.
SEC. 9. That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be erected in the Park a suitable building to be used as a jail, and also having in said building an office for the use of the commissioner, the cost of such building not to exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated upon the certificate of the Secretary as a voucher there for.
SEC. 10. That this Act shall not be construed to repeal existing laws conferring upon the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of War certain powers with reference to the protection, improvement, and control of the said Yellowstone National Park.
Approved, May 7, 1894.
[Background] [The Act]
[Mammals] [Birds] [Supplement]
Mammals
1. Carnivore/Omnivores
Wolf/Grizzly Bear in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Wolf/Grizzly Bear/Coyote in Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Wolf: Lamar Canyon Pack, Yellowstone National Park, WY
White Wolf of Canyon Pack, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Wolf: Wapiti Lake Pack, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Grizzly Bear at Dunraven Pass, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Young Grizzly Bear at Obsidian Creek, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Young Grizzly Bear vs Bison at Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Grizzly Bear, Glacier National Park, MT
Black Bear, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Black Bear, Grand Teton National Park, WY
Black Bear, Yosemite National Park, CA
Black Bear at Crescent Meadow, Sequoia National Park, CA
Black Bear Cub, Sequoia National Park, CA
Black Bear at Zumwalt Meadow, Kings Canyon National Park, CA
Black Bear, Glacier National Park, MT
Coyote at Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Coyote from Snowcoach, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Coyote, Gallatin National Forest, MT
Coyote, Yosemite National Park, CA
Coyote, Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Coyote on Badwater Road, Death Valley National Park, CA
Coyote from Winter Sleigh Ride, National Elk Refuge, WY
Coyote, San Luis National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Coyote on Tomales Point Trail, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA
Wildlife Tour, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Red Fox, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Red Fox, Grand Teton National Park, WY
Island Fox, Channel Islands National Park, CA
2. Herbivores
Elk, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Elk, Grand Teton National Park, WY
Elk, Wind Cave National Park, SD
Elk, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
Elk, Gallatin National Forest, MT
Elk, Custer State Park, SD
Elk, National Bison Range, MT
Elk from Winter Sleigh Ride, National Elk Refuge, WY
Elk in Rut at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Bull Elk at Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Tule Elk, Tule Elk State Reserve, CA
Tule Elk, San Luis National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Tule Elk on Tomales Point Trail, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA
Roosevelt Elk, Redwood National and State Parks, CA
Bighorn Sheep at Gardner River Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Bighorn Sheep at Yellowstone River Picnic Area, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Bighorn Sheep, National Elk Refuge, WY
Bighorn Sheep, Gallatin National Forest, MT
Bighorn Sheep, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Bighorn Sheep, Badlands National Park, SD
Bighorn Sheep at Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, MT
Bighorn Sheep on Grinnell Glacier Viewpoint Trail, Glacier National Park, MT
Bighorn Sheep, Custer State Park, SD
Desert Bighorn Sheep, Whitewater Preserve, CA
Desert Bighorn Sheep, Zion National Park, UT
Desert Bighorn Sheep, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
Desert Bighorn Sheep, Colorado National Monument, CO
Desert Bighorn Sheep, Hemenway Park (Boulder City), NV
Desert Bighorn Sheep, Valley of Fire State Park, NV
Peninsular Desert Bighorn Sheep, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA
Peninsular Desert Bighorn Sheep, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, CA
Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep, John Muir Wilderness, CA
Moose at Fishercap Lake, Glacier National Park, MT
Moose at Round Prairie, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Moose at Moose, Grand Teton National Park, WY
Moose on Moose-Wilson Road, Grand Teton National Park, WY
Moose, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Moose, Wasatch National Forest, UT
Moose, Caribou National Forest, ID
Bison, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Bison, Gallatin National Forest, MT
Bison at Antelope Flats, Grand Teton National Park, WY
Bison, Wind Cave National Park, SD
Bison, Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, CO
Bison, National Bison Range, MT
Bison, Custer State Park, SD
Bison, Antelope Island State Park, UT
Burro, Death Valley National Park, CA
Burro, Custer State Park, SD
Burro, Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, NV
Mountain Goat at Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, MT
Mountain Goat on Mount Evans, Arapaho National Forest, CO
Mountain Goat on US-26, Targhee National Forest, ID
Mountain Goat, Mount Rainier National Park, WA
Mountain Goat at Cascade Pass, North Cascades National Park, WA
Mountain Goat near Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Mountain Goat at Emerald Lake, Uinta National Forest, UT
Mountain Goat on Beartooth Highway, Shoshone National Forest, WY
Pronghorn in Rut, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Pronghorn, Grand Teton National Park, WY
Pronghorn, Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
Pronghorn, Wind Cave National Park, SD
Pronghorn, Badlands National Park, SD
Pronghorn, Custer State Park, SD
Pronghorn, Gallatin National Forest, MT
Pronghorn, Antelope Island State Park, UT
Pronghorn, National Bison Range, MT
Pronghorn, Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, WY
Pronghorn, Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA
Pronghorn, Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Pronghorn on US-395, Lassen County, CA
Pronghorn, Ash Creek Wildlife Area, CA
White-Tailed Deer, National Bison Range, MT
White-Tailed Deer, Glacier National Park, MT
White-Tailed Deer, Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, CO
White-Tailed Deer, Custer State Park, SD
Black-Tailed Deer, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Black-Tailed Deer, Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Mule Deer, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Mule Deer, Yosemite National Park, CA
Mule Deer Doe and Fawn, Sequoia National Park, CA
Mule Deer, Zion National Park, UT
Mule Deer, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Mule Deer, Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
Mule Deer, Badlands National Park, SD
Mule Deer, Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, CO
Mule Deer, Wind Wolves Preserve, CA
3. Small Mammals
American Pika, Grand Teton National Park, WY
American Pika, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Yellow-Bellied Marmot, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Yellow-Bellied Marmot, Yosemite National Park, CA
Yellow-Bellied Marmot, Sequoia National Park, CA
Yellow-Bellied Marmot, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Hoary Marmot, Glacier National Park, MT
Hoary Marmot at Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park, WA
Belding's Ground Squirrel, Yosemite National Park, CA
Long-Tailed Weasel, Sequoia National Park, CA
Black-Tailed Jackrabbit, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Black-Tailed Jackrabbit, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Black-Tailed Jackrabbit, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA
River Otter, National Elk Refuge, WY
Muskrat, National Elk Refuge, WY
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, Badlands National Park, SD
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, Wind Cave National Park, SD
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, Custer State Park, SD
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, CO
Utah Prairie Dog, Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
Cottontail Rabbit, Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, CO
Cottontail Rabbit, Badlands National Park, SD
Cottontail Rabbit, Custer State Park, SD
Skunk, Mountain View Shoreline Park, CA
4. Marine Mammals
Elephant Seal, Año Nuevo State Park, CA
Elephant Seal at Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, CA
Harbor Seal at La Jolla, San Diego, CA
California Sea Lion at La Jolla, San Diego, CA
Sea Lion, Channel Islands National Park, CA
Sea Lion, Moss Landing State Beach, CA
Sea Otter, Moss Landing State Beach, CA
[Mammals] [Birds] [Supplement]
[Mammals] [Birds] [Supplement]
Birds
Sandhill Crane, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM
Sandhill Crane, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Sandhill Crane, Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, CO
Sandhill Crane at Swan Lake, Grand Teton National Park, WY
Sandhill Crane, Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Sandhill Crane, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Sandhill Crane, Ash Creek Wildlife Area, CA
Sandhill Crane, Woodbridge Ecological Reserve (Isenberg Sandhill Crane Reserve), CA
Great Egret, Mountain View Shoreline Park, CA
Great Egret, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Snowy Egret, Mountain View Shoreline Park, CA
Snowy Egret, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Snow Geese/Ross's Geese, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Snow Geese, Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Snow Geese, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM
Snow Geese, San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Snow Geese, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Ross's Geese, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Ross's Geese, Klamath Wildlife Area, OR
White-Fronted Geese, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
White-Fronted Geese, Klamath Wildlife Area, OR
White-Fronted Geese, Ash Creek Wildlife Area, CA
Bald Eagle, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Bald Eagle, Grand Teton National Park, WY
Bald Eagle, Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Bald Eagle, Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge, OR
Bald Eagle, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Bald Eagle, Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Golden Eagle, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Osprey at Cascade Lake, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Osprey above Lamar River, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Red-Tailed Hawk, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Red-Tailed Hawk, Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Swainson's Hawk, San Luis National Wildlife Refuge, CA
California Condor on Juniper Canyon Trail, Pinnacles National Park, CA
California Condor at Observation Point, Zion National Park, UT
California Condor at Big Bend, Zion National Park, UT
California Condor, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
Condor Tour, Big Sur, CA
Turkey Vulture at Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, CA
American White Pelican, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, CA
American White Pelican, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
American White Pelican, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, CA
American White Pelican, Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, CA
American White Pelican, Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, CA
American White Pelican, Salton Sea State Recreation Area, CA
California Brown Pelican, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, CA
California Brown Pelican, Channel Islands National Park, CA
California Brown Pelican, Moss Landing State Beach, CA
California Brown Pelican at La Jolla, San Diego, CA
Tundra Swan in Yuba County, CA
Tundra Swan/Trumpeter Swan, Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Trumpeter Swan, National Elk Refuge, WY
Trumpeter Swan in Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Trumpeter Swan at Mary Bay, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Clark's Nutcracker, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Clark's Nutcracker, Crater Lake National Park, OR
Acorn Woodpecker, Yosemite National Park, CA
Acorn Woodpecker, Pinnacles National Park, CA
Great Gray Owl, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Violet-Green Swallow, Yellowstone National Park, WY
American Dipper, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Forster's Tern, Mountain View Shoreline Park, CA
Night Heron, Mountain View Shoreline Park, CA
Canada Geese, Mountain View Shoreline Park, CA
Great Blue Heron, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Great Blue Heron, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, CA
American Coot, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
American Avocet, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, CA
American Avocet, Mountain View Shoreline Park, CA
Stilt, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Pheasant, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Aleutian Cackling Geese, San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Goldeneye Duck, National Elk Refuge, WY
Goldeneye Duck, Yellowstone National Park, WY
White-Faced Ibis, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Double-Crested Cormorant, Mountain View Shoreline Park, CA
Red-Winged Black Bird, Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, CA
[Mammals] [Birds] [Supplement]