CITE

    16 USC Sec. 668ee                                           01/08/2008

EXPCITE

    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 5A - PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE
    SUBCHAPTER III - ENDANGERED SPECIES OF FISH AND WILDLIFE

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    Sec. 668ee. Definitions

STATUTE

      For purposes of this Act:
        (1) The term "compatible use" means a wildlife-dependent
      recreational use or any other use of a refuge that, in the sound
      professional judgment of the Director, will not materially
      interfere with or detract from the fulfillment of the mission of
      the System or the purposes of the refuge.
        (2) The terms "wildlife-dependent recreation" and "wildlife-
      dependent recreational use" mean a use of a refuge involving
      hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, or
      environmental education and interpretation.
        (3) The term "sound professional judgment" means a finding,
      determination, or decision that is consistent with principles of
      sound fish and wildlife management and administration, available
      science and resources, and adherence to the requirements of this
      Act and other applicable laws.
        (4) The terms "conserving", "conservation", "manage",
      "managing", and "management", mean to sustain and, where
      appropriate, restore and enhance, healthy populations of fish,
      wildlife, and plants utilizing, in accordance with applicable
      Federal and State laws, methods and procedures associated with
      modern scientific resource programs. Such methods and procedures
      include, consistent with the provisions of this Act, protection,
      research, census, law enforcement, habitat management,
      propagation, live trapping and transplantation, and regulated
      taking.
        (5) The term "Coordination Area" means a wildlife management
      area that is made available to a State -
          (A) by cooperative agreement between the United States Fish
        and Wildlife Service and a State agency having control over
        wildlife resources pursuant to section 664 of this title; or
          (B) by long-term leases or agreements pursuant to title III
        of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (50 Stat. 525; 7 U.S.C.
        1010 et seq.).
        (6) The term "Director" means the Director of the United States
      Fish and Wildlife Service or a designee of that Director.
        (7) The terms "fish", "wildlife", and "fish and wildlife" mean
      any wild member of the animal kingdom whether alive or dead, and
      regardless of whether the member was bred, hatched, or born in
      captivity, including a part, product, egg, or offspring of the
      member.
        (8) The term "person" means any individual, partnership,
      corporation, or association.
        (9) The term "plant" means any member of the plant kingdom in a
      wild, unconfined state, including any plant community, seed,
      root, or other part of a plant.
        (10) The terms "purposes of the refuge" and "purposes of each
      refuge" mean the purposes specified in or derived from the law,
      proclamation, executive order, agreement, public land order,
      donation document, or administrative memorandum establishing,
      authorizing, or expanding a refuge, refuge unit, or refuge
      subunit.
        (11) The term "refuge" means a designated area of land, water,
      or an interest in land or water within the System, but does not
      include Coordination Areas.
        (12) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.
        (13) The terms "State" and "United States" mean the several
      States of the United States, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the
      Virgin Islands, Guam, and the territories and possessions of the
      United States.
        (14) The term "System" means the National Wildlife Refuge
      System designated under section 668dd(a)(1) of this title.
        (15) The terms "take", "taking", and "taken" mean to pursue,
      hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill, or to attempt to pursue,
      hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 89-669, Sec. 5, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 929; Pub. L. 105-
    57, Sec. 3(a), Oct. 9, 1997, 111 Stat. 1253.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

      This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 89-669, Oct. 15,
    1966, 80 Stat. 927, as amended, which enacted sections 668aa to
    668ee, amended sections 460k, 696, 696b, 715c, 715i to 715k, 718d,
    and repealed sections 715d-1, 715d-2, 715l, 715m of this title. For
    complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
      The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, referred to in par. (5)(B),
    is act July 22, 1937, ch. 517, 50 Stat. 522, as amended. Title III
    of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (Sec. 1010 et
    seq.) of chapter 33 of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete
    classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
    out under section 1000 of Title 7 and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

      1997 - Pub. L. 105-57 inserted section catchline and amended text
    generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
      "(a) The term 'person' as used in this Act means any individual,
    partnership, corporation, or association.
      "(b) The terms 'take' or 'taking' or 'taken' as used in this Act
    mean to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, kill, or attempt to
    pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill.
      "(c) The terms 'State' and the 'United States' as used in this
    Act mean the several States of the United States, the Commonwealth
    of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and Guam."