In administering programs of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service related to the Great Lakes Basin, the Director shall seek to achieve the following goals:
Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fish and wildlife resources.
Minimizing the impacts of contaminants on fishery and wildlife resources.
Protecting, maintaining, and, where degraded and destroyed, restoring fish and wildlife habitat, including the enhancement and creation of wetlands that result in a net gain in the amount of those habitats.
Stopping illegal activities adversely impacting fishery and wildlife resources.
Restoring threatened and endangered species to viable, self-sustaining levels.
Protecting, managing, and conserving migratory birds.
Pub. L. 101–537, title I, § 1006104 Stat. 2373 Pub. L. 101–646, title II, § 2006104 Stat. 4777 Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(h)(1)110 Stat. 4091 Pub. L. 105–265, § 3(b)112 Stat. 2358 Pub. L. 109–326, § 5120 Stat. 1764 (, , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 101–537Pub. L. 101–646Pub. L. 101–646Pub. L. 105–265Title I of and title II of enacted identical sections. Title II of was repealed by .
Amendments
Pub. L. 109–3262006—Par. (1). added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fishery resource populations.”
Pub. L. 104–332Pub. L. 101–646, § 20061996— made technical amendment to , which enacted this section.