Army-Interior Reservoir Land Acquisition Policy

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Page 424 - Interior is authorized (1) to provide assistance to, and cooperate with. Federal, State, and public or private agencies and organizations in the development, protection, rearing, and stocking of all species of wildlife, resources thereof, and their habitat, in controlling losses of the same from disease or other causes, in...
Page 392 - The water areas of all such reservoirs shall be open to public use generally, without charge, for boating, swimming, bathing, fishing, and other recreational purposes, and ready access to and exit from such water areas along the shores of such reservoirs shall be maintained for general public use...
Page 112 - ... agency of the United States, adequate provision, consistent with the primary purposes of such impoundment, diversion, or other control, shall be made for the use thereof, together with any areas of land, water, or interests therein, acquired or administered by a Federal agency in connection therewith, for the conservation, maintenance, and management of wildlife resources thereof, and its habitat thereon, including the development and improvement of such wildlife resources pursuant to the provisions...
Page 343 - ... flood frequency rather than 300 feet horizontally. (d) Additional lands which may be needed to provide for limited public use and reasonable access in accordance with applicable laws, or for operation and maintenance of the project.
Page 342 - ... easement-held lands ; the final easement taking line thereof should generally follow the upper flood line when elevation differences are not significant. Tangents will not be refined to the point they are economically disadvantageous. If more economical, easements may be secured on the basis of the right to flood to a prescribed elevation rather than to block out the upper flood line.
Page 269 - Except as authorized by law, no title to land will be acquired for purposes of preservation of wildlife or forests, restoration or replacement of such values destroyed by reservoirs or for creating additional values of like nature, or for recreational purposes.
Page 342 - In land acquired in fee, blocking out will be accomplished in accordance with sound real estate practices, for example, on minor sectional subdivision lines: and, normally, land will not be acquired to avoid severance damage if the owner will waive such damage. For lands acquired in easement, close tangents may be used in the upper limit of the easement-held lands; the final easement taking line thereof should generally follow the upper flood line when elevation differences are not significant.
Page 238 - Army determines such action to be in the public interest, and for such periods of time and upon such conditions as he may find advisable: And provided further, That in any such lease or license to a Federal, State, or local governmental agency which involves lands to be utilized for the development and conservation of fish and wildlife, forests...
Page 148 - ... by any department or agency of the United States, adequate provision consistent with the primary purposes of such impoundment, diversion, or other control shall be made for the use thereof, together with any areas of land, or interest therein, acquired or administered in connection therewith, for the conservation, maintenance, and management of wildlife, resources thereof, and its habitat thereon.
Page 148 - Except as hereafter stated in subsection (h) of this section, whenever the waters of any stream or other body of water are proposed or authorized to be impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the stream or other body of water otherwise controlled or modified for any purpose whatever...

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