[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR35.2]

[Page 264]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                          INTERIOR--(Continued)
 
PART 35--WILDERNESS PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart A--General Rules
 
Sec. 35.2  Objectives.

    (a) Units of the National Wildlife Refuge System have been 
established by divers legal means and are administered for a variety of 
wildlife program purposes. The establishment of each wilderness unit is 
within and supplemental to the purposes for which a specific unit of the 
National Wildlife Refuge System was established and is administered. 
Each wilderness shall be administered for such other purposes for which 
the national wildlife refuge was established and shall be also 
administered to preserve its wilderness character.
    (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, wilderness areas shall be 
devoted to the public purposes of recreational, scenic, scientific, 
educational, conservation, and historical use and shall be administered 
in such a manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and 
enjoyment as wilderness.