Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§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
The Secretary of the Interior may, within ten years after October 6, 1949, trade United States Skagit Refuge lands for Washington lands that are equally valuable and useful for wildlife.
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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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16 U.S.C. § 666d
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60