(11) Coastal wetlands in the western basin of 
Lake Erie have been subjected to intense pressure 
for 150 years. Prior to 1850, the western basin was 
part of an extensive coastal marsh and swamp sys-
tem of approximately 122,000 hectares that com-
prised a portion of the Great Black Swamp. By 
1951, only 12,407 wetland hectares remained in the 
western basin. Half of that acreage was destroyed 
between 1972 and 1987. Therefore, today only ap-
proximately 5,000 hectares remain. Along the Michi-
gan shoreline, coastal wetlands were reduced by 62 
percent between 1916 and the early 1970s. The de-
velopment of the city of Monroe, Michigan, has had 
a particularly significant impact on the coastal wet-
lands at the mouth of the Raisin River: only ap-
proximately 
100 
hectares 
remain 
physically 
unaltered today in an area where 70 years ago 
marshes were 10 times more extensive. In addition 
to the actual loss of coastal wetland acreage along 
the shores of Lake Erie, the quality of many remain-
ing diked wetlands has been degraded by numerous 
stressors, especially excessive loadings of sediments 
and nutrients, contaminants, shoreline modification, 
exotic species, and the diking of wetlands. Protective 
peninsula beach systems, such as the former Bay
Point and Woodtick, at the border of Ohio and 
Michigan near the mouth of the Ottawa River and 
Maumee Bay, have been eroded over the years, exac-
erbating erosion along the shorelines and impacting 
the breeding and spawning grounds. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘Refuge Complex’’ means the Ot-
tawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex and the 
lands and waters therein, as described in the docu-
ment entitled ‘‘The Comprehensive Conservation 
Plan for the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Com-
plex’’ and dated September 22, 2000, including Ot-
tawa National Wildlife Refuge, West Sister Island 
National Wildlife Refuge, and Cedar Point National 
Wildlife Refuge. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
(3) The term ‘‘International Refuge’’ means the 
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge estab-
lished by the Detroit River International Wildlife 
Refuge Establishment Act (Public Law 107–91). 
SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF BOUNDARIES. 
(a) REFUGE COMPLEX BOUNDARIES.—
(1) EXPANSION.—The boundaries of the Refuge 
Complex are expanded to include lands and waters 
in the State of Ohio from the eastern boundary of 
Maumee Bay State Park to the eastern boundary of 
the Darby Unit, including the Bass Island archi-
pelago, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Ottawa Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge Complex Expansion and De-
troit River International Wildlife Refuge Expansion 
Act’’, dated September 6, 2002. 
(2) BOUNDARY REVISIONS.—The Secretary may 
make such revisions to the boundaries of the Refuge 
Complex as may be appropriate to carry out the pur-
poses of the Refuge Complex or to facilitate the ac-
quisition of property within the Refuge Complex. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL REFUGE BOUNDARIES.—The 
southern boundary of the International Refuge is extended 
south to include additional lands and waters in the State 
of Michigan east of Interstate Highway 75 from the south-
ern boundary of Sterling State Park to the Ohio State 
boundary, as depicted on the map referred to in subsection 
(a)(1). 
(c) AVAILABILITY
OF MAP.—The Secretary shall 
keep the map referred to in subsection (a)(1) available for 
inspection in appropriate offices of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service.
SEC. 5. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF LANDS FOR REF-
UGE COMPLEX. 
(a) ACQUISITIONS.—The Secretary may acquire by 
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, 
or exchange the lands and waters, or interests therein (in-
cluding conservation easements), within the boundaries of 
the Refuge Complex as expanded by this title. No such 
lands, waters, or interests therein may be acquired without 
the consent of the owner thereof. 
(b) TRANSFERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES.—Any Fed-
eral property located within the boundaries of the Refuge 
Complex, as expanded by this title, that is under the ad-
ministrative jurisdiction of a department or agency of the 
United States other than the Department of the Interior 
may, with the concurrence of the head of administering 
department or agency, be transferred without consider-
ation to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary 
for the purposes of this title. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF REFUGE COMPLEX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer all 
federally owned lands, waters, and interests therein that 
are within the boundaries of the Refuge Complex, as ex-
panded by this title, in accordance with the National Wild-
life Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 
668dd et seq.) and this title. The Secretary may use such 
additional statutory authority as may be available for the
conservation of fish and wildlife, and the provision of fish 
and wildlife dependent recreational opportunities as the 
Secretary considers appropriate to implement this title. 
(b) ADDITIONAL PURPOSES.—In addition to the pur-
poses of the Refuge Complex under other laws, regula-
tions, executive orders, and comprehensive conservation 
plans, the Refuge Complex shall be managed for the fol-
lowing purposes: 
(1) To strengthen and complement existing re-
source management, conservation, and education 
programs and activities at the Refuge Complex in a 
manner consistent with the primary purpose of the 
Refuge Complex to provide major resting, feeding, 
and wintering habitats for migratory birds and other 
wildlife, and to enhance national resource conserva-
tion and management in the western basin of Lake 
Erie. 
(2) To conserve, enhance, and restore the na-
tive aquatic and terrestrial community characteris-
tics of the western basin of Lake Erie (including as-
sociated fish, wildlife, and plant species), both in the 
United States and Canada in partnership with non-
governmental and private organizations, as well as 
private individuals dedicated to habitat enhance-
ment.
(3) To facilitate partnerships among the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian national 
and provincial authorities, State and local govern-
ments, local communities in the United States and 
in Canada, conservation organizations, and other 
non-Federal entities to promote public awareness of 
the resources of the western basin of Lake Erie. 
(4) To advance the collective goals and prior-
ities established in the ‘‘Great Lakes Strategy 
2002—A Plan for the New Millennium’’, by the 
United States Policy Committee comprised of var-
ious Federal agencies, including the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, the United States Geo-
logical Survey, the Forest Service, and the Great 
Lakes Fishery Commission, as well as the State gov-
ernments and tribal governments in the Great 
Lakes. These goals, broadly stated, include working 
together to protect and restore the chemical, phys-
ical, and biological integrity of the Great Lakes 
basin ecosystem. 
(c) PRIORITY USES.—In providing opportunities for 
compatible fish and wildlife dependent recreation, the Sec-
retary, in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) of sec-
tion 4(a) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Adminis-