# Gathering of Certain Plants or Plant Parts by Federally Recognized Indian Tribes for Traditional Purposes
> **National Park Service** · Final rule. · Published 2016-07-12 · Effective 2016-08-11 · 81 FR 45024
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-16434
- **Category:** park-regulation
- **Sub-agency:** National Park Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 45024
- **CFR reference:** 36 CFR 2
- **Publication date:** 2016-07-12
- **Effective date:** 2016-08-11
- **Interior docket:** NPS-WASO-AILO-15846
## Abstract

The National Park Service is establishing a management framework to allow the gathering and removal of plants or plant parts by enrolled members of federally recognized Indian tribes for traditional purposes. The rule authorizes agreements between the National Park Service and federally recognized tribes that will facilitate the continuation of tribal cultural practices on lands within areas of the National Park System where those practices traditionally occurred, without causing a significant adverse impact to park resources or values. This rule respects those tribal cultural practices, furthers the government-to-government relationship between the United States and the tribes, and provides system-wide consistency for this aspect of National Park Service-tribal relations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/07/12/2016-16434/gathering-of-certain-plants-or-plant-parts-by-federally-recognized-indian-tribes-for-traditional)
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