Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§695n Leases of Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge reserved lands; management of other reserved public lands for waterfowl purposes
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 6— - GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 695n
Summary
Secretary must lease five areas of the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake refuges — Klamath Straits, Southwest Sump, League of Nations, Henzel, and Frog Pond — per plate 4 of the April 1956 plan. Leases must try to get the most revenue, allow grain, forage, and soil‑building crops, and limit row crops to 25%. Other lands in section 695l must be managed for waterfowl and may be planted directly or farmed under sharecrop agreements.
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Title 16, §695n
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The Secretary shall, consistent with proper waterfowl management, continue the present pattern of leasing the reserved lands of the Klamath Straits unit, the Southwest Sump, the League of Nations unit, the Henzel lease, and the Frog Pond unit, all within the Executive order boundaries of the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges and shown in plate 4 of the report entitled “Plan for Wildlife Use of Federal Lands in the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon-California,” dated April 1956. Leases for these lands shall be at a price or prices designed to obtain the maximum lease revenues. The leases shall provide for the growing of grain, forage, and soil-building crops, except that not more than 25 per centum of the total leased lands may be planted to row crops. All other reserved public lands included in section 695l of this title shall continue to be managed by the Secretary for waterfowl purposes, including the growing of agricultural crops by direct planting and sharecrop agreements with local cooperators where necessary.
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16 U.S.C. § 695n
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73