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From Words to Action: The Impact and Legal Status of the 2006 National Wildlife Refuge System Management Policies


Robert Fischman


Indiana University Maurer School of Law


Stanford Environmental Law Journal, 2007
Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 59

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On June 26, 2006, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued three new final policies governing the conservation of the national wildlife refuge system. These new agency manual provisions nearly complete an implementation project that began shortly after Congress enacted an organic statute in 1997 for management of the refuges. This article briefly reviews the significance of the 1997 legislation and places the new policies in the context of the statutory framework. It then discusses the most important aspects of the policies in terms of both practical refuge management and broader trends in natural resources law. The article evaluates the legal status of the policies with a special focus on whether the judiciary would bind the FWS to follow them. The article concludes with suggestions for the next round of FWS policymaking for refuge conservation.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 60

Keywords: wildlife refuges, Fish and Wildlife Service, public lands, conservation, ecosystem management

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Date posted: July 31, 2006  

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Fischman, Robert, From Words to Action: The Impact and Legal Status of the 2006 National Wildlife Refuge System Management Policies. Stanford Environmental Law Journal, 2007; Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 59. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=921073

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Robert Fischman (Contact Author)
Indiana University Maurer School of Law ( email )
211 S. Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
United States
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