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16 U.S.C. § 3771 — Findings and purpose
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**(a) Findings** Congress finds that—
(1) approximately 60 percent of fish and wildlife in the United States are on private land;
(2) it is imperative to facilitate private landowner-centered and results-oriented efforts that promote efficient and innovative ways to protect and enhance natural resources;
(3) there is no readily available source of technical biological information that the public can access to assist with the application of state-of-the-art techniques to restore, enhance, and manage fish and wildlife habitats;
(4) a voluntary cost-effective program that leverages public and private funds to assist private landowners in the conduct of state-of-the-art fish and wildlife habitat restoration, enhancement, and management projects is needed;
(5) durable partnerships working collaboratively with willing private landowners to implement on-the-ground projects has lead to the reduction of endangered species listings;
(6) Executive Order No. 13352 (69 Fed. Reg. 52989) directs the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency to pursue new cooperative conservation programs involving the collaboration of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, private for-profit and non-profit institutions, non-governmental entities, and individuals;
(7) since 1987, the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program has exemplified cooperative conservation as an innovative, voluntary partnership program that helps private landowners restore wetland and other important fish and wildlife habitat; and
(8) through 33,103 agreements with private landowners, the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program has accomplished the restoration of 677,000 acres of wetland, 1,253,700 acres of prairie and native grasslands, and 5,560 miles
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**(a) Findings** Congress finds that—
(1) approximately 60 percent of fish and wildlife in the United States are on private land;
(2) it is imperative to facilitate private landowner-centered and results-oriented efforts that promote efficient and innovative ways to protect and enhance natural resources;
(3) there is no readily available source of technical biological information that the public can access to assist with the application of state-of-the-art techniques to restore, enhance, and manage fish and wildlife habitats;
(4) a voluntary cost-effective program that leverages public and private funds to assist private landowners in the conduct of state-of-the-art fish and wildlife habitat restoration, enhancement, and management projects is needed;
(5) durable partnerships working collaboratively with willing private landowners to implement on-the-ground projects has lead to the reduction of endangered species listings;
(6) Executive Order No. 13352 (69 Fed. Reg. 52989) directs the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency to pursue new cooperative conservation programs involving the collaboration of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, private for-profit and non-profit institutions, non-governmental entities, and individuals;
(7) since 1987, the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program has exemplified cooperative conservation as an innovative, voluntary partnership program that helps private landowners restore wetland and other important fish and wildlife habitat; and
(8) through 33,103 agreements with private landowners, the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program has accomplished the restoration of 677,000 acres of wetland, 1,253,700 acres of prairie and native grasslands, and 5,560 miles of riparian and in-stream habitat since 1987, demonstrating much of that success since only 2001.
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the restoration, enhancement, and management of fish and wildlife habitats on private land through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, a program that works with private landowners to conduct cost-effective habitat projects for the benefit of fish and wildlife resources in the United States.
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In this chapter—
(1) the term “African elephant” means any animal of the species loxodonta africana;
(2) the term “CITES” means the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora;
(3) the term “CITES Ivory Control System” means the ivory quota and marking system established by CITES to curtail illegal trade in African elephant ivory;
(4) the term “Fund” means the account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277 under the heading “multinational species conservation fund” [[16 U.S.C. 4246](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section4246&num=0&edition=prelim)];
(5) the terms “import” and “importation” have the meanings such terms have in the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ([16 U.S.C. 1531](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1531&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(6) the term “intermediary country” means a country that exports raw or worked ivory that does not originate in that country;
(7) the term “ivory producing country” means any African country within which is located any part of the range of a population of African elephants;
(8) the term “ivory quota” means a quota submitted by an ivory producing country to the CITES Secretariat in accordance with the CITES Ivory Control System;
(9) the term “personal effects” means articles which are not intended for sale and are part of a shipment of the household effects of a person who is moving his or her residence to or from the United States, or are included in personal accompanying baggage;
(10) the term “raw ivory” means any African elephant tusk, and any piece thereof, the surface of which, polished or unpolished, is unaltered or minimally carved;
(11) the term “Secretary”
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**(a)** The Congress, recognizing the profound impact of man’s activity on the interrelations of all components of the natural environment, particularly the profound influences of population growth, high-density urbanization, industrial expansion, resource exploitation, and new and expanding technological advances and recognizing further the critical importance of restoring and maintaining environmental quality to the overall welfare and development of man, declares that it is the continuing policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.
**(b)** In order to carry out the policy set forth in this chapter, it is the continuing responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of national policy, to improve and coordinate Federal plans, functions, programs, and resources to the end that the Nation may—
(1) fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations;
(2) assure for all Americans safe, healthful, productive, and esthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings;
(3) attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation, risk to health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended consequences;
(4) preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritag
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 3771
and appreciation project under subsection (a) of this
section, at least 50 percent shall have been donated to
the Fund by the National Fish and Wildlife Founda-
tion.’’
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 103–375, § 6(7), substituted ‘‘1998’’
for ‘‘1995’’ and struck out before period at end ‘‘to
match the amount of contributions made to the Fund
by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’’.
CHAPTER 57B—PARTNERS FOR FISH AND
WILDLIFE
Sec.
3771.
Findings and purpose.
3772.
Definitions.
3773.
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program.
3774.
Authorization of appropriations.
§ 3771. Findings and purpose
(a) Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) approximately 60 percent of fish and wild-
life in the United States are on private land;
(2) it is imperative to facilitate private land-
owner-centered and results-oriented efforts
that promote efficient and innovative ways to
protect and enhance natural resources;
(3) there is no readily available source of
technical biological information that the pub-
lic can access to assist with the application of
state-of-the-art techniques to restore, en-
hance, and manage fish and wildlife habitats;
(4) a voluntary cost-effective program that
leverages public and private funds to assist
private landowners in the conduct of state-of-
the-art fish and wildlife habitat restoration,
enhancement, and management projects is
needed;
(5) durable partnerships working collabo-
ratively with willing private landowners to
implement on-the-ground projects has lead to
the reduction of endangered species listings;
(6) Executive Order No. 13352 (69 Fed. Reg.
52989) directs the Departments of the Interior,
Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense and the
Environmental Protection Agency to pursue
new cooperati
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