Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§941d Goals of United States Fish and Wildlife Service programs related to Great Lakes fish and wildlife resources
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 15B— - GREAT LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION › § 941d
Summary
The Director must work so Great Lakes fish and wildlife can survive on their own. They must cut pollution, protect and increase habitats (including wetlands), stop illegal harms, recover threatened species, and safeguard migratory birds.
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Title 16, §941d
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In administering programs of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service related to the Great Lakes Basin, the Director shall seek to achieve the following goals:
(1)Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fish and wildlife resources.
(2)Minimizing the impacts of contaminants on fishery and wildlife resources.
(3)Protecting, maintaining, and, where degraded and destroyed, restoring fish and wildlife habitat, including the enhancement and creation of wetlands that result in a net gain in the amount of those habitats.
(4)Stopping illegal activities adversely impacting fishery and wildlife resources.
(5)Restoring threatened and endangered species to viable, self-sustaining levels.
(6)Protecting, managing, and conserving migratory birds.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Title I of Pub. L. 101–537 and title II of Pub. L. 101–646 enacted identical sections. Title II of Pub. L. 101–646 was repealed by Pub. L. 105–265.
Amendments
2006—Par. (1). Pub. L. 109–326 added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fishery resource populations.” 1996—Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 2006, which enacted this section.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 941d
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73