Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§666d Skagit National Wildlife Refuge; Exchange of Lands
Title 16 › CHAPTER 5A — PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE › SUBCHAPTER I — GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH › § 666d
Summary
Within ten years from October 6, 1949, the Secretary may accept, for the U.S., lands in Washington he finds valuable for a wildlife refuge if they equal in value U.S. lands in the Skagit refuge, and transfer Skagit lands to Washington.
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Title 16, §666d
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, at any time within ten years from October 6, 1949, to accept from the State of Washington on behalf of the United States title to any lands in the State of Washington which he deems chiefly valuable for wildlife refuge purposes, and which are equivalent in value to the lands of the United States within the Skagit National Wildlife Refuge, and in exchange therefor to convey by deed on behalf of the United States to the State of Washington the said lands of the United States in the Skagit National Wildlife Refuge.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 666d
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102