Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§690 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; Establishment; Acquisition of Lands
Title 16 › Chapter 6— GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 690
Summary
Secretary may build dikes, spillways, and other works at Bear River Bay, Utah, to create a refuge and feeding and breeding areas for migratory birds. He may buy, accept, or lease needed water rights and private land, or pay owners for flooding.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §690
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, at Bear River Bay and vicinity, Utah, such dikes, ditches, spillways, buildings, and improvements as may be necessary, in his judgment, for the establishment of a suitable refuge and feeding and breeding grounds for migratory wild fowl; also to acquire, by purchase, gift, or lease, water rights and privately owned lands, including the improvements thereon, deemed necessary by him for the purpose, or, in lieu of purchase, to compensate any owner for any damage sustained by reason of the submergence of his lands.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 690
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60