Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/1116

 94 STAT. 2394

Cooperative management agreements.

Comprehensive conservation plan.

Post, p. 2457.

PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980

expansion of commercial fishing activities within such unit beyond the level of such activities during 1979. (e) Where compatible with the purposes of the refuge unit, the Secretary may permit, subject to reasonable regulations and in accord with sound fisheries management principles, scientifically acceptable means of maintaining, enhancing, and rehabilitating fish stock. (f)(1) The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative management agreements with any Native Corporation, the State, any political subdivision of the State, or any other person owning or occupying land which is located within, or adjacent or near to, any national wildlife refuge. Each cooperative management agreement (hereinafter in this section referred to as an "agreement") shall provide that the land subject to the agreement shall be managed by the owner or occupant in a manner compatible with the major purposes of the refuge to which such land pertains including the opportunity for continuation of subsistence uses by local rural residents. (2) Each agreement shall— (A) set forth such uses of the land subject to the agreement which are compatible with the management goals set forth in subsection (f)(1); (B) permit the Secretary reasonable access to such land for purposes relating to the administration of the refuge and to carry out the obligations of the Secretary under the agreement; (C) permit reasonable access to such land by officers of the State for purposesLof conserving fish and wildlife; (D) set forth those services or other consideration which the Secretary agrees to provide the owner or occupant in return for the owner or occupant entering into the agreement, which services may include technical and other assistance with respect to fire control, trespass control, law enforcement, resource and land use planning, the conserving of fish and wildlife and the protection, maintenance and enhancement of any special values of the land subject to the agreement; (E) set forth such additional terms and conditions as the Secretary and the owner or occupant may agree to as being necessary and appropriate to carry out the management goals as set forth in subsection (f)(1); and (F) specify the effective period of the agreement. (g)(1) The Secretary shall prepare, and from time to time, revise, a comprehensive conservation plan (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the "plan") for each refuge. (2) Before developing a plan for each refuge, the Secretary shall identify and describe— (A) the populations and habitats of the fish and wildlife resources of the refuge; (B) the special values of the refuge, as well as any other archeological, cultural, ecological, geological, historical, paleontological, scenic, or wilderness value of the refuge; (C) areas within the refuge that are suitable for use as administrative sites or visitor facilities, or for visitor services, as provided for in sections 1305 and 1306 of this Act; (D) present and potential requirements for access with respect to the refuge, as provided for in title XI; and (E) significant problems which may adversely affect the populations and habitats of fish and wildlife identified and described under subparagraph (A). (3) Each plan shall—

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