16 U.S.C. § 694 : US Code - Section 694: Fish and game sanctuaries in national forests; establishment by President

Search 16 U.S.C. § 694 : US Code - Section 694: Fish and game sanctuaries in national forests; establishment by President

For the purpose of providing breeding places for game birds, game
animals, and fish on lands and waters in the national forests not
chiefly suitable for agriculture, the President of the United
States is authorized, upon recommendation of the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce and with the approval of
the State legislatures of the respective States in which said
national forests are situated, to establish by public proclamation
certain specified and limited areas within said forests as fish and
game sanctuaries or refuges which shall be devoted to the increase
of game birds, game animals, and fish of all kinds naturally
adapted thereto, but it is not intended that the lands included in
such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges shall cease to be parts
of the national forests wherein they are located, and the
establishment of such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges shall
not prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from permitting other uses
of the national forests under and in conformity with the laws and
the rules and regulations applicable thereto so far as such uses
may be consistent with the purposes for which such fish and game
sanctuaries or refuges are authorized to be established.