§696 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land or land interests in townships 65 and 66 south, ranges 28, 29, and 30 east in Monroe County, Florida, by purchase, lease, exchange, or donation (including donated funds) when the land is suitable to protect key deer and other wildlife. The Secretary may trade non‑Federal land there for federally owned Florida land he finds suitable; the values must be roughly equal or made equal by cash paid to the owner or to the government. Land within a 1,000‑foot zone on each side of U.S. Highway 1 in Monroe County may not be taken by condemnation for the refuge. Lands acquired will become the National Key Deer Refuge and be managed by the Secretary under the national wildlife refuge laws, including sections 664, 666a, and 666b.

Title 16, §696

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In order to protect and preserve in the national interest the key deer and other wildlife resources in the Florida Keys, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase, lease, exchange, and donations, including the use of donated funds, such lands or interests therein in townships 65 and 66 south, ranges 28, 29, and 30 east, Monroe County, Florida, as he shall find to be suitable for the conservation and management of the said key deer and other wildlife: Provided, That no lands within a one thousand-foot zone adjacent to either side of United States Highway Numbered 1 in Monroe County shall be acquired for the Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge by condemnation. The Secretary, in the exercise of his exchange authority, may accept title to any non-Federal property in townships 65 and 66 south, ranges 28, 29, and 30 east, Monroe County, Florida, and in exchange therefor convey to the grantor of such property any federally owned property in the State of Florida under his jurisdiction which he classifies as suitable for exchange or other disposal. The values of the properties so exchanged either shall be approximately equal, or if they are not approximately equal the values shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor or to the Secretary as the circumstances require. The properties so acquired shall constitute the National Key Deer Refuge, and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the laws and regulations relating to the national wildlife refuges, including, but not limited to, section 664, 666a, and 666b of this title, relating to the conservation of wildlife, fish, and game.

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1966—Pub. L. 89–669 struck out one thousand acres limitation on acquisition of property, substituted prohibition against condemnation of lands within a one thousand-foot zone adjacent to either side of U.S. Highway Numbered 1 for the Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge for former prohibition against condemnation of lands on an island that is traversed at any point by U.S. Highway Numbered 1, and required cash equalization payment when making unequal exchanges of properties.

§696 National Key Deer Refuge; establishment; acquisition of property: exchanges, cash equalization payments; administration

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Title 16, §696

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