Laws and Regulations
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 directs Federal agencies to preserve, restore, and maintain historic cultural environments.
National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act
The National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act authorizes cooperative agreements with nonprofit partner organizations, academic institutions, or State and local governments to construct, operate, maintain, or improve refuge facilities and services, and to promote volunteer, outreach, and education programs.
National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act
The National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act provides authority, guidelines, and directives for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to improve the National Wildlife Refuge System; administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and restoration of fish, wildlife and plant resources and habitat; ensure the biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health of refuges is maintained; define compatible wildlife- dependent recreation as appropriate general public use of refuges; establish hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, and environmental education as priority uses; establish a...