Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§690a Maintenance of Lands Acquired as Refuge and Breeding Place for Migratory Birds

Title 16 › CHAPTER 6 — GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 690a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lands bought under sections 690–690i, plus any U.S. lands set aside by presidential proclamations or Executive orders, make up the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Those lands must be kept as a refuge and breeding area for the migratory birds protected by the U.S.–Great Britain convention signed August 16, 1916.

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Title 16, §690a

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Such lands, when acquired in accordance with the provisions of sections 690 to 690i of this title, together with such lands of the United States as may be designated for the purpose by proclamations or Executive orders of the President, shall constitute the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and shall be maintained as a refuge and breeding place for migratory birds included in the terms of the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916.

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section 690i, included within the reference to sections 690 to 690i, was omitted from the Code.

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16 U.S.C. § 690a

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102