Defenders' Experts
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT OF 1965
(16 U.S.C. 460)
This Act regulates admission and special recreation user fees at certain recreational areas and establishes a fund to subsidize state and federal acquisition of lands and waters for recreational and conservation purposes.
PURPOSE
"The purposes of the Act are to assist in preserving, developing and assuring accessibility to outdoor recreation resources and to strengthen the health and vitality of U.S. citizens by providing funds and authorizing federal assistance to states in planning, acquiring and developing land and water areas and facilities, and by providing funds for federal acquisition and development of lands and other areas."
LINKS
Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
