Federal

Title 16 — Conservation

5,095 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 656 — Agents; administering oaths and taking testimony
• § 657 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 632
• § 6571 — Establishment of healthy forests reserve program
• § 6572 — Eligibility and enrollment of lands in program
• § 6573 — Restoration plans
• § 6574 — Financial assistance
• § 6575 — Technical assistance
• § 6576 — Protections and measures
• § 6577 — Involvement by other agencies and organizations
• § 6578 — Funding
• § 658 — Repealed. Feb. 26, 1944, ch. 65, § 18 , 58 Stat. 104
• § 659 — Sea lions; acts prohibiting killing repealed
• § 6591 — Forest stands inventory and monitoring program to improve detection of and response to environmental threats
• § 6591a — Designation of treatment areas
• § 6591b — Administrative review
• § 6591c — Stewardship end result contracting projects
• § 6591d — Wildfire resilience projects
• § 6591e — Categorical exclusion for greater sage-grouse and mule deer habitat
• § 6592 — Wildfire risk reduction
• § 6592a — Ecosystem restoration
• § 6592b — Establishment of fuel breaks in forests and other wildland vegetation
• § 6592c — Emergency actions
• § 6592d — Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program
• § 66 to 77 — Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39 , 62 Stat. 992 , eff. Sept. 1, 1948
• § 6601 — Findings and purposes
• § 6602 — Definitions
• § 6603 — Conservation assistance
• § 6604 — Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
• § 6605 — Advisory group
• § 6606 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 6607 — Report to Congress
• § 661 — Short title; authorization
• § 662 — Impounding, diverting, or controlling of waters
• § 663 — Impoundment or diversion of waters
• § 664 — Administration; rules and regulations; availability of lands to State agencies
• § 665 — Investigations as to effect of sewage, industrial wastes; reports
• § 665a — Maintenance of adequate water levels in upper Mississippi River
• § 666 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 666a — Penalties
• § 666b — Definitions
• § 666c — Applicability to Tennessee Valley Authority
• § 666c–1 — Protection of water, oceans, coasts, and wildlife from invasive species
• § 666d — Skagit National Wildlife Refuge; exchange of lands
• § 666e — Administration of acquired lands
• § 666f — Wildlife conservation and agricultural, industrial, recreational, and related uses for certain Federal lands; transfer of lands to Secretary of the Interior; administration, development, and disposition
• § 666g — Classification of lands; industrial leases; moneys subject to section 715s of this title ; administration; jurisdiction of Federal agencies
• § 667 — Game management supply depots; appropriations
• § 667a — Omitted
• § 667b — Transfer of certain real property for wildlife conservation purposes; reservation of rights
• § 667c — Publication of designating order
• § 667d — Reports to Congress
• § 667e — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–79, § 9(b)(2) , Nov. 16, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1079
• § 667f — Availability of grain to prevent waterfowl depredations; payment of packaging, transporting, handling, and other charges
• § 667f–1 — Requisition of grain to prevent crop depredation by migratory waterfowl
• § 667f–2 — Reimbursement of packaging and transporting expenses
• § 667f–3 — Authorization of appropriations for mitigating losses caused by waterfowl depredation
• § 667g — Requisition of surplus grain; prevention of starvation of resident game birds and other resident wildlife; utilization by State agencies; reimbursement for packaging and transporting
• § 667g–1 — Requisition and use of grain for prevention of starvation of migratory birds; reimbursement for packaging and transporting
• § 667g–2 — Authorization of appropriations for reimbursement of Commodity Credit Corporation
• § 667h — Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force
• § 667i — Chronic wasting disease research and management program
• § 668 — Bald and golden eagles
• § 668a — Taking and using of the bald and golden eagle for scientific, exhibition, and religious purposes
• § 668aa to 668cc–6 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–205, § 14 , Dec. 28, 1973 , 87 Stat. 903
• § 668b — Enforcement provisions
• § 668c — Definitions
• § 668d — Availability of appropriations for Migratory Bird Treaty Act
• § 668dd — National Wildlife Refuge System
• § 668ee — Definitions
• § 668ff to 668jj — Omitted
• § 668kk to 668ss — Omitted
• § 669 — Cooperation of Secretary of the Interior with States; conditions
• § 669a — Definitions
• § 669b — Authorization of appropriations
• § 669b–1 — Authorization of appropriation of accumulated unappropriated receipts
• § 669c — Allocation and apportionment of available amounts
• § 669d — Apportionment; certification to States and Secretary of the Treasury; acceptance by States; disposition of funds not accepted
• § 669e — Submission and approval of plans and projects
• § 669f — Payment of funds to States; laws governing construction and labor
• § 669g — Maintenance of projects; expenditures for management of wildlife areas and resources
• § 669g–1 — Payment of funds to and cooperation with Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands
• § 669h — Requirements and restrictions concerning use of amounts for expenses for administration
• § 669h–1 — Firearm and bow hunter education and safety program grants
• § 669h–2 — Multistate conservation grant program
• § 669i — Rules and regulations
• § 669j — Repealed. Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1(14) , 60 Stat. 867
• § 669k — Reports and certifications
• § 669l — Value of land
• § 670 — Definitions
• § 6701 — Findings
• § 6702 — Purposes
• § 6703 — Definitions
• § 6704 — Establishment of Institutes
• § 6705 — Cooperation between Institutes and Federal agencies
• § 6706 — Monitoring and evaluation
• § 6707 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 670a — Cooperative plan for conservation and rehabilitation
• § 670a–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–85, div. B, title XXIX, § 2912 , Nov. 18, 1997 , 111 Stat. 2022
• § 670b — Migratory game birds; hunting permits
• § 670c — Program for public outdoor recreation
• § 670c–1 — Cooperative and interagency agreements for land management on installations
• § 670d — Liability for funds; accounting to Comptroller General
• § 670e — Applicability to other laws; national forest lands
• § 670e–1 — Federal enforcement of other laws
• § 670e–2 — Natural resources management services
• § 670f — Appropriations and expenditures
• § 670g — Wildlife, fish, and game conservation and rehabilitation programs
• § 670h — Comprehensive plans for conservation and rehabilitation programs
• § 670i — Public land management area stamps for hunting, trapping, and fishing on public lands subject to programs
• § 670j — Enforcement provisions
• § 670k — Definitions
• § 670l — Stamp requirements not applicable to Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands; authorized fees
• § 670m — Indian rights; State or Federal jurisdiction regulating Indian rights
• § 670n — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, § 312(d) , Dec. 31, 2011 , 125 Stat. 1355
• § 670o — Authorization of appropriations
• § 671 — Repealed and Omitted
• § 672 — Omitted
• § 673 — Wyoming Elk Reserve
• § 673a — Addition to the Wyoming Elk Reserve
• § 673b — National Elk Refuge in Wyoming
• § 673c — Conservation of elk in Wyoming
• § 673d — Restoration and conservation of elk in California
• § 673e — Cooperation of Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture and Defense with State of California
• § 673f — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title IX, § 901(b)(1) , Nov. 10, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3289
• § 673g — Plan for elk restoration and conservation; coordination of Secretary of the Interior with Federal, State and other officers; integration with State plans
• § 674 — White Horse Hill National Game Preserve
• § 674a — Sullys Hill National Park; transfer of control; change of name to White Horse Hill National Game Preserve; boundaries; use by public; hunting
• § 674b — White Horse Hill National Game Preserve; acquisition of additional lands
• § 674c — Boundary and division fences for White Horse Hill National Game Preserve; buildings and improvements; supplies; employees
• § 674d — Authorization of appropriations
• § 675 — Norbeck Wildlife Preserve; establishment
• § 676 — Hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing game on Norbeck Wildlife Preserve unlawful
• § 677 — Inclosure of Norbeck Wildlife Preserve
• § 678 — Exchange of lands with State of South Dakota and Norbeck Wildlife Preserve
• § 678a — Mining locations in Norbeck Wildlife Preserve; rules and regulations
• § 678b — Redefinition of western boundary of Norbeck Wildlife Preserve
• § 679 — Patents to State of South Dakota of certain lands in Custer State Park; reservation of coal, oil, gas, and other mineral rights
• § 680 — Game animal and bird refuge in South Dakota; establishment
• § 6801 — Definitions
• § 6802 — Recreation fee authority
• § 6803 — Public participation
• § 6804 — Recreation passes
• § 6804a — Availability of Federal, State, and local recreation passes
• § 6805 — Cooperative agreements
• § 6806 — Special account and distribution of fees and revenues
• § 6807 — Expenditures
• § 6808 — Reports
• § 6809 — Sunset provision
• § 681 — Erection of fence by South Dakota for game animal and bird refuge
• § 6810 — Volunteers
• § 6811 — Enforcement and protection of receipts
• § 6812 — Repeal of superseded admission and use fee authorities
• § 6813 — Relation to other laws and fee collection authorities
• § 6814 — Limitation on use of fees for employee bonuses
• § 682 — Game refuge in Ozark National Forest
• § 683 — Areas set aside for protection of game and fish; unlawfully taking game or fish
• § 684 — Game breeding areas in Wichita and Grand Canyon National Forests
• § 685 — Hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing game in designated breeding areas unlawful
• § 6851 — Definitions
• § 6852 — Interagency data standardization
• § 6853 — Digitization and publication of easements
• § 6854 — Data consolidation and publication of route and area data for public recreational use
• § 6855 — Cooperation and coordination
• § 6856 — Reports
• § 6857 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 686 — Operation of local game laws not affected
• § 687 — Grand Canyon Game Preserve included in park
• § 6871 — Definitions
• § 6872 — Interagency data standardization
• § 6873 — Data consolidation and publication
• § 6874 — Cooperation and coordination
• § 6875 — Reports
• § 6876 — Effect
• § 688 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–625, title III, § 314(g) , Nov. 10, 1978 , 92 Stat. 3483
• § 689 — Tahquitz National Game Preserve
• § 689a — Other uses of land permitted in Tahquitz National Game Preserve
• § 689b — Hunting, pursuing, capturing in Tahquitz National Game Preserve unlawful
• § 689c — Rules and regulations for administration of the Tahquitz Preserve; predatory animals
• § 689d — Acceptance of title to privately owned lands within Tahquitz Preserve
• § 690 — Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; establishment; acquisition of lands
• § 6901 — Definitions
• § 6902 — Appointment of United States Commissioners
• § 6903 — Authority and responsibility of the Secretary of State
• § 6904 — Rulemaking authority of the Secretary of Commerce
• § 6905 — Enforcement
• § 6906 — Prohibited acts
• § 6907 — Cooperation in carrying out convention
• § 6908 — Territorial participation
• § 6909 — Exclusive Economic Zone notification
• § 6909a — United States conservation, management, and enforcement objectives
• § 690a — Maintenance of lands acquired as refuge and breeding place for migratory birds
• § 690b — Consent of Utah to acquisition of lands for Bear River Refuge; approval of title to lands acquired
• § 690c — Existence of easements, reservations, or exceptions as barring acquisition of lands
• § 690d — Injuries to property on Bear River Refuge; disturbance of birds, etc.; violation of regulations for use of refuge
• § 690e — Enforcement of laws and regulations; warrants and processes; jurisdiction of courts; forfeiture of property captured, injured, killed or removed
• § 690f — Expenditures by Secretary of the Interior for construction, maintenance, etc., of Bear River Refuge; employment of necessary means to execute functions imposed on him
• § 690g — Violation of laws and regulations; penalties
• § 690h — “Person” defined
• § 690i — Omitted
• § 691 — Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge; location; acquisition of land