This Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to close areas of public or private land to the hunting of migratory birds. See 50 CFR 32.4 for a list of areas closed. By regulation, the Secretary has restricted oil, gas, and coal leasing within the National Wildlife Refuge System. Provides the Secretary with the authority to lease minerals on acquired lands. By regulation, the Secretary has restricted oil, gas, and coal leasing within the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Receipts go into the revenue sharing fund.
Contracts may be entered into for public accommodations and donations of funds may be accepted for land acquisition and management. Exceptions are provided for areas administered as part of the system pursuant to cooperative agreements and for transfer or disposal and exchange of acquired lands. This Act provides funding and administrative direction for implementation of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan and the Tripartite Agreement on wetlands between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Funds may be expended, upon approval by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, for cost sharing payments for wetlands conservation projects in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Act created the North American Wetlands Conservation Council to recommend projects to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission.