Land Withdrawals from the Public Domain for Military Purposes: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water, and Resource Conservation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2412 ... July 17, 1986, Volume 4 |
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Page 67 - ... therefore for the Secretary to determine whether units of the System shall be open to public uses, such as hunting and fishing, and on what terms such access shall be granted. However, in recognition of the existing jurisdictional relationship between the States and the Federal Government, Congress, in the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 USC 668dd), has explicitly stated that nothing therein shall be construed as affecting the authority of the several States to...
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Page 249 - All national wildlife refuges are maintained for the primary purpose of developing a national program of wildlife and ecological conservation and rehabilitation. These refuges are established for the restoration, preservation, development and management of wildlife and wildlands habitat; for the protection and preservation of endangered or threatened species and their habitat: and for the management of wildlife and wildlands to obtain the maximum benefits from these resources.
Page 58 - Range would be managed by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, except to the extent that other uses are required for purposes of national defense.
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Page 69 - Mountain area until December 31, 1987, and reserved the lands for use by the Secretary of the Air Force until that time for training for electronic warfare, tactical maneuvering, and air support and for other defense-related purposes consistent with, and involving no greater adverse Impact on the withdrawn lands and their resources than, such training. The Act also required the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Air Force to issue, not later than January 1, 1987, an environmental...
Page 72 - Refuge is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 USC 6688dd et seq.).