§460l–12 Recreation and Fish and Wildlife Benefits of Federal Multiple-purpose Water Resources Projects; Congressional Declaration of Policy

Summary

Federal planners must look for chances to provide outdoor recreation and to help fish and wildlife when they study, design, or build navigation, flood control, reclamation, hydroelectric, or other multi‑purpose water projects. If a project can reasonably support recreation or wildlife along with its main goals, it must be built, run, and kept to support those uses. Recreation planning must be coordinated with existing or planned Federal, State, and local public recreation. Agencies should urge non‑Federal public bodies to manage, operate, maintain, and replace recreation and wildlife facilities on project lands and waters, unless those lands are made part of a national recreation area, handled by the national forest system, kept in Federal ownership, or placed under an authorized Federal fish and wildlife program.