[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: 43CFR24.6]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 24--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FISH AND WILDLIFE POLICY: STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONSHIPS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 24.6  Cooperative agreements.

    (a) By reason of the Congressional policy (e.g., Fish and Wildlife 
Coordination Act of 1956) of State-Federal cooperation and coordination 
in the area of fish and wildlife conservation, State and Federal 
agencies have implemented cooperative agreements for a variety of fish 
and wildlife programs on Federal lands. This practice shall be continued 
and encouraged. Appropriate topics for such cooperative agreements 
include but are not limited to:
    (1) Protection, maintenance, and development of fish and wildlife 
habitat;
    (2) Fish and wildlife reintroduction and propagation;
    (3) Research and other field study programs including those 
involving the taking or possession of fish and wildlife;
    (4) Fish and wildlife resource inventories and data collection;
    (5) Law enforcement;
    (6) Educational programs;
    (7) Toxicity/mortality investigations and monitoring;
    (8) Animal damage management;
    (9) Endangered and threatened species;
    (10) Habitat preservation;
    (11) Joint processing of State and Federal permit applications for 
activities involving fish, wildlife and plants;
    (12) Road management activities affecting fish and wildlife and 
their habitat;
    (13) Management activities involving fish and wildlife; and,
    (14) Disposition of fish and wildlife taken in conjunction with the 
activities listed in this paragraph.
    (b) The cooperating parties shall periodically review such 
cooperative agreements and adjust them to reflect changed circumstances.

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