Sec. 303. additions to existing refuges
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## Sec. 303 additions to existing refuges The following areas, consisting of existing refuges and the additions made thereto, are established or redesignated as units of the National Wildlife Refuge System: ####
(1)Alaska maritime national wildlife refuge #####
(A)The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of eleven existing refuges, including all lands (including submerged lands), waters and interests therein which were a part of such refuges and are hereby redesignated as subunits of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; approximately four hundred and sixty thousand acres of additional public lands on islands, islets, rocks, reefs, spires and designated capes and headlands in the coastal areas and adjacent seas of Alaska, and an undertermined quantity of submerged lands, if any, retained in Federal ownership at the time of statehood around Kodiak and Afognak Islands, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge”, dated October 1979, including the— ######
(i)Chukchi Sea Unit—including Cape Lisburne, Cape Thompson, the existing Chamisso National Wildlife Refuge, and all other public lands on islands, islets, rocks, reefs, spires, and designated capes and headlands in the Chukchi Sea, but excluding such other offshore public lands within the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. That portion of the public lands on Cape Lisburne shall be named and appropriately identified as the “Ann Stevens-Cape Lisburne” subunit of the Chukchi Sea Unit; ######
(ii)Bering Sea Unit—including the existing Bering Sea and Pribilof (Walrus and Otter Islands) National Wildlife Refuge, Hagemeister Island, Fairway Rock, Sledge Island, Bluff Unit, Besboro Island, Punuk Islands, Egg Island, King Island, and all other public lands on islands, islets, rocks, reefs, spires and designated capes and headlands in the Bering Sea. ######
(iii)Aleutian Island Unit—including the existing Aleutian Islands and Bogoslof National Wildlife Refuges, and all other public lands in the Aleutian Islands; ######
(iv)Alaska Peninsula Unit—including the existing Simeonof and Semidi National Wildlife Refuges, the Shumagin Islands, Sutwik Island, the islands and headlands of Puale Bay, and all other public lands and headlands south of the Alaska Peninsula from Katmai National Park of False Pass including such offshore lands incorporated in this unit under section 1427; and ######
(v)Gulf of Alaska Unit—including the existing Forrester Island, Hazy Islands, Saint Lazaria and Tuxedni National Wildlife Refuges, the Barren Islands, Latax Rocks, Harbor Island, Pye and Chiswell Islands, Ragged, Natoa, Chat, Chevel, Granite and Middleton Islands, the Trinity Islands, all named and unnamed islands, islets, rocks, reefs, spires, and whatever submerged lands, if any, were retained in Federal ownership at the time of statehood surrounding Kodiak and Afognak Islands and all other such public lands on islands, islets, rocks, reefs, spires and designated capes and headlands within the Gulf of Alaska, but excluding such lands within existing units of the National Park System, Nuka Island and lands within the National Forest System except as provided in section 1427 of this Act. #####
(B)The purposes for which the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is established and shall be managed include— ######
(i)to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to marine mammals, marine birds and other migratory birds, the marine resources upon which they rely, bears, caribou and other mammals; ######
(ii)to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their habitats; ######
(iii)to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in subparagraphs
(i)and (ii), the opportunity for continued subsistence by local residents; ######
(iv)to provide, in a manner consistent with subparagraphs
(i)and (ii), a program of national and international scientific research on marine resources; and ######
(v)to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph (i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the refuge. ####
(2)Arctic national wildlife refuge #####
(A)The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the existing Arctic National Wildlife Range including lands, waters, interests, and whatever submerged lands, if any, were retained in Federal ownership at the time of statehood and an additional of approximately nine million one hundred and sixty thousand acres of public lands, as generally depicted on a man entitled “Arctic National Wildlife Refuge”, dated August 1980. #####
(B)The purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is established and shall be managed include— ######
(i)to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to, the Porcupine caribou herd (including participation in coordinated ecological studies and management of this herd and muskox, Dall sheep, wolves, wolverines, snow geese, peregrine falcons and other migratory birds and Arctic char and grayling; ######
(ii)to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their habitats; ######
(iii)to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in subparagraphs
(i)and (ii), the opportunity for continued subsistence uses by local residents; ######
(iv)to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph (i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the refuge; and ######
(v)to provide for an oil and gas program on the Coastal Plain. ####
(3)Izembek national wildlife refuge #####
(A)The existing Izembek National Wildlife Rane including the lands, waters and interests of that unit which shall be redesignated as the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. #####
(B)The purposes for which the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is established and shall be managed include— ######
(i)conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to, waterfowl, shorebirds and other migratory birds, brown bears and salmonoids; ######
(ii)to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their habitats; ######
(iii)to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in subparagraphs
(i)and (ii), the opportunity for continued subsistence uses by local residents; and ######
(iv)to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph (i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the refuge. ####
(4)Kenai national wildlife refuge #####
(A)The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the existing Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, including lands, water, interests, and whatever submerged lands, if any, were retained in Federal ownership at the time of statehood, which shall be redesignated as the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, and an addition of approximately two hundred and forty thousand acres of public lands as generally depicted on the map entitled “Kenai National Wildlife Refuge”, dated October 1978, excluding lands described in P.L.O. 3953, March 21, 1966, and P.L.O. 4056, July 22, 1966, withdrawing lands for the Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project. #####
(B)The purposes for which the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is established and shall be managed, include— ######
(i)to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to, moose, bears, mountain goats, Dall sheep, wolves and other furbearers, salmonoids and other fish, waterfowl and other migratory and nonmigratory birds; ######
(ii)to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their habitats; ######
(iii)to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph (1), water quality and necessary water quantity within the refuge; ######
(iv)to provide in a manner consistent with subparagraphs
(i)and (ii), opportunities for scientific research, interpretation, environmental education, and land management training; and ######
(v)to provide, in a manner compatible with these purposes, opportunities for fish and wildlife-oriented recreation. ####
(5)Kodiak national wildlife refuge #####
(A)The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the existing Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, including lands, waters, interests, and whatever submerged lands, if any, were retained in Federal ownership at the time of statehood, which is redeisgnated as the Kodiak Island Unit of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, and the addition of all public lands on Afognak and Ban Islands of approximately fifty thousand acres as generally depicted on the map entitled “Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge”, dated October 1978. The described public lands on Afognak Island are those incorporated in this refuge from section 1427 of this Act. #####
(B)The purposes for which the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge is established and shall be managed include— ######
(i)to conserve fish and wildlife populations habitats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to, Kodiak brown bears, salmonoids, sea otters, sea lions and other marine mammals and migratory birds; ######
(ii)to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their habitats; ######
(iii)to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in subparagraphs
(i)and (ii), the opportunity for continued subsistence uses by local residents; and ######
(iv)to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph (i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the refuge. ####
(6)Togiak national wildlife refuge #####
(A)The Togiak National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the existing Cape Newenham National Wildlife Refuge, including lands, waters, and interests therein, which shall be redesignated as a unit of the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, and an addition of approximately three million eight hundred and forty thousand acres of public lands, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Togiak National Wildlife Refuge”, dated April 1980. #####
(B)The purposes for which the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge is established and shall be managed include— ######
(i)to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to, salmonoids, marine birds and mammals, migratory birds and large mammals (including their restoration to historic levels); ######
(ii)to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their habitats; ######
(iii)to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in subparagraphs
(i)and (ii), the opportunity for continued subsistence uses by local residents; and ######
(iv)to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a manner consistent with the purposes set set forth in paragraph (i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the refuge. ####
(7)Yukon delta national wildlife refuge #####
(A)The Yukon National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the existing Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range, Hazen Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and Nunivak National Wildlife Refuge, including lands, waters, interests, and whatever submerged lands, if any, were retained in Federal ownership at the time of statehood, which shall be redesignated as units of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge and the addition of approximately thirteen million four hundred thousand acres of public lands, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge”, dated April 1980. #####
(B)The purposes for which the Yukon Delta National Wildlife is established and shall be managed include— ######
(i)to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to, shorebirds, seabirds, whistling swans, emperor, white-fronted and Canada geese, black brant and other migratory birds, salmon, muskox, and marine mammals; ######
(ii)to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their habitats; ######
(iii)to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in subparagraphs
(i)and (ii), the opportunity for continued subsistence uses by local residents; and ######
(iv)to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph (i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the refuge. #####
(C)Subject to such reasonable regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, reindeer grazing, including necessary facilities and equipment, shall be permitted within areas where such use is, and in a manner which is, compatible with the purposes of this refuge. #####
(D)Subject to reasonable regulation, the Secretary shall administer the refuge so as to impede the passage navigation and access by boat on the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers.