16 U.S.C. § 480 : US Code - Section 480: Civil and criminal jurisdiction

Search 16 U.S.C. § 480 : US Code - Section 480: Civil and criminal jurisdiction

The jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over persons within
national forests shall not be affected or changed by reason of
their existence, except so far as the punishment of offenses
against the United States therein is concerned; the intent and
meaning of this provision being that the State wherein any such
national forest is situated shall not, by reason of the
establishment thereof, lose its jurisdiction, nor the inhabitants
thereof their rights and privileges as citizens, or be absolved
from their duties as citizens of the State.