The Natural Reserve of the High Jura was created by ministerial decree on February 26^th 1993.

Its regulations are enforceable and have legal priority over all other official documents. This is why the SCOT (Schéma de cohérence territorial – overall territorial plan), the forestry management plans, Natura 2000, the hunting plans, the Interreg files, the agro-environmental measures, the territorial pastoral plans and, more generally, all planning or research projects concerning this territory must be vetted by the administration.