[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR24.2]

[Page 446]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 24--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FISH AND WILDLIFE POLICY: STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONSHIPS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 24.2  Purpose.

    (a) The purpose of the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife 
Policy is to clarify and support the broad authorities and 
responsibilities of Federal\2\ and State agencies responsible for the 
management of the nation's fish and wildlife and to identify and promote 
cooperative agency management relationships which advance 
scientifically-based resource management programs. This policy is 
intended to reaffirm the basic role of the States in fish and resident 
wildlife management, especially where States have primary authority and 
responsibility, and to foster improved conservation of fish and 
wildlife.
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    \2\Hereinafter, the Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land 
Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service will be 
referred to collectively as ``Federal agencies.''
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    (b) In developing and implementing this policy, this Department will 
be furthering the manifest Congressional policy of Federal-State 
cooperation that pervades statutory enactments in the area of fish and 
wildlife conservation. Moreover, in recognition of the scope of its 
activities in managing hundreds of millions of acres of land within the 
several States, the Department of the Interior will continue to seek new 
opportunities to foster a ``good neighbor'' policy with the States.