The provided guidelines and directives for administration and management of all areas in National Wildlife Refuge

National Wildlife Refuge

National Wildlife Refuge is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is the world's premiere system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants...

system including "wildlife refuges, areas for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife that are threatened with extinction, wildlife ranges, game ranges, wildlife management areas, and waterfowl production areas."

Text of the Act

• From US Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act, or
• From Cornell Law's US Code Collection National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act

Summary of the Act

• From NOAA Coastal Services Center http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cmfp/reference/National_Wildlife_Refuge_System_Administration_Act_1966.htm
• Fischman, Robert, "The Significance of National Wildlife Refuges in the Development of U.S. Conservation Policy" . Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, Vol. 21, p. 1, Fall 2005.