§460lll–26 Cooperative authorities and gifts

Summary

The Secretary may give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special permission to manage specific lands and facilities if the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior agree. The Fish and Wildlife Service can charge reasonable entry and use fees for areas it runs, and those fees must be placed where the law requires. The two Secretaries can work together on things like counting and tracking fish and wildlife (especially migratory birds and endangered or threatened species), running education and visitor programs, doing conservation demos, and doing scientific research. Any areas run by the Fish and Wildlife Service must follow the overall rules for the Recreation Area set by the Secretary. The Secretary can make grants, contracts, and cooperative deals with other federal agencies, governments, nonprofits, companies, and people to help run and explain the Recreation Area. The Secretary can also accept gifts under the listed law even if the donor works with or is regulated by the Department of Agriculture. The Secretary may sign agreements with state or local governments, including police, to sort out who manages roads, policing, and similar tasks on or near the land, and those agreements can be posted on the Department of Agriculture’s public website.