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 PUBLIC LAW 100-406—AUG. 19, 1988

Public Law 100-406 100th Congress

102 STAT. 1041

An Act To establish the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that— (1) Grays Harbor, a ninety-four-square-mile estuary on the coast of the State of Washington, is of critical importance to certain migratory shorebirds and waterfowl and provides important habitat for many types of fish and wildlife, including threatened and endangered species; (2) the area known as Bowerman Basin is a tidal mudflat within the Grays Harbor estuary which attracts hundreds of thousands of migratory shorebirds during spring and fall migrations as well as peregrine falcons and other raptors; (3) the Bowerman Basin provides extraordinary recreational, research, and educational opportunities for students, scientists, birdwatchers, nature photographers, the physically handicapped, and others; (4) the Bowerman Basin is an internationaly significant environmental resource that is unprotected and may require active management to prevent vegetative encroachment and to otherwise protect and enhance its habitat values; and (5) the Bowerman Basin has been identified in the Grays Harbor Estuary Management Plan, prepared by Grays Harbor Regional Planning Commission, as an area deserving permanent protection.

Aug. 19, 1988 [S. 1979] Birds. Conservation. Washington. 16 USC 668dd note.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

The purposes for which the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge is established and shall be managed for include— (1) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and their habitats, including but not limited to those of western sandpiper, dunlin, red knot, long-billed dowitcher, short-billed dowitcher, other shorebirds, and other migratory birds, including birds of prey; (2) to fulfill international treaty obligations of the United States with regard to fish and wildlife and their habitats; (3) to ccytiserve those species known to be threatened with extinction; and (4) to provide an opportunity, consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), for wildlife-oriented recreation, education, and research. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act— (1) The term "refuge' means the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge.

Fish and fishing.

International agreements.

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