### Question
Can you define what experimental population means?


### Answer
**Experimental population** is defined as the following in *16 U.S.C. § 1539*:

> any population (including any offspring arising solely therefrom) authorized by the Secretary for release under paragraph (2), but only when, and at such times as, the population is wholly separate geographically from nonexperimental populations of the same species

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 1539*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 35-ENDANGERED SPECIES**

