Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§695n Leases of Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge Reserved Lands; Management of Other Reserved Public Lands for Waterfowl Purposes

Title 16 › CHAPTER 6 — GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 695n

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must keep leasing certain reserved lands — the Klamath Straits unit, Southwest Sump, League of Nations unit, Henzel lease, and Frog Pond unit — inside the executive-order boundaries of the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges, as shown on plate 4 of the April 1956 report "Plan for Wildlife Use of Federal Lands in the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon-California." Leases must be set to get the maximum lease revenues and must allow growing grain, forage, and soil‑building crops, with no more than 25% of leased land planted to row crops. Other reserved public lands listed in section 695l must keep being managed for waterfowl, including planting crops directly and using sharecropping agreements with local partners when needed.

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Title 16, §695n

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The Secretary shall, consistent with proper waterfowl management, continue the present pattern of leasing the reserved lands of the Klamath Straits unit, the Southwest Sump, the League of Nations unit, the Henzel lease, and the Frog Pond unit, all within the Executive order boundaries of the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges and shown in plate 4 of the report entitled “Plan for Wildlife Use of Federal Lands in the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon-California,” dated April 1956. Leases for these lands shall be at a price or prices designed to obtain the maximum lease revenues. The leases shall provide for the growing of grain, forage, and soil-building crops, except that not more than 25 per centum of the total leased lands may be planted to row crops. All other reserved public lands included in section 695l of this title shall continue to be managed by the Secretary for waterfowl purposes, including the growing of agricultural crops by direct planting and sharecrop agreements with local cooperators where necessary.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 695n

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102