PUBLIC LAW 96-288—JUNE 28, 1980
94 STAT. 603
Public Law 96-288 96th Congress An Act To establish the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge.
June 28, 1980 [H.R. 6169]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Bogue Chitto United States of America in Congress assembled, National DECLARATION OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE SECTION 1. (a) The Congress finds that—
(1) thousands of acres of bottomland hardwoods are being cleared each year in the Mississippi River Delta; (2) these forested wetlands represent one of the most valuable and productive wildlife habitat types in the United States and have extremely high recreational value for hunters, fishermen, birdwatchers, nature photographers, and others; and (3) the Bogue Chitto area is a bottomland hardwood swamp which harbors over one hundred fifty species of birds and many types of other wildlife, including several species imperiled with extinction. (b) The purpose of this Act is to establish the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge.
Wildlife Refuge, establishment. 16 USC 668dd note.
DEFINITIONS
SEC. 2. For purposes of this Act— (1) the term "refuge" means the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge; (2) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior; and (3) the term "selection area" means those lands and waters near the juncture of the Pearl River and its tributary, the Bogue Chitto, in Saint Tammany and Washington Parishes, Louisiana, and Pearl River County, Mississippi, depicted on the map entitled "Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge, Selection Area", dated and on file at the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. ESTABLISHMENT OF REFUGE
SEC. 3. (a)(1) Within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary shall— (A) designate approximately forty thousand acres of land and water within the selection area as land which the Secretary considers appropriate for the refuge; and (B) publish in the Federal Register a detailed map depicting Publication in the boundaries of the land designated under subparagraph (A), Federal which map shall be on file and available for public inspection at Register. offices of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. (2) The Secretary may make such minor revisions in the boundaries designated under paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection as may be
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