[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR2916.0-6]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2910_LEASES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart 2916_Alaska Fur Farm
 
Sec. 2916.0-6  Policy.

    (a) The authority to lease the public lands in Alaska for fur-
farming purposes was granted in order to promote the development of the 
production of furs in Alaska.
    (b) No lease for the purpose of raising beavers will be granted on 
any area already occupied by a beaver colony nor

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will any such lease be granted on streams or lakes where the activities 
of beavers may interfere with the run or spawning of salmon.
    (c) In order to offer more people an opportunity to lease lands, and 
to avoid tying up large areas of land unnecessarily, fur-farming leases 
on public lands will not be granted for areas greater than are justified 
by the needs and experience of the applicant.