---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 24.6"
title: "43"
number: "24.6"
heading: "Cooperative agreements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/24.6"
---

# §24.6. Cooperative agreements.

- (a) By reason of the Congressional policy (e.g., Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1956) of State-Federal cooperation and coordination in the area of fish and wildlife conservation, State and Federal agencies have implemented cooperative agreements for a variety of fish and wildlife programs on Federal lands. This practice shall be continued and encouraged. Appropriate topics for such cooperative agreements include but are not limited to:
  - (1) Protection, maintenance, and development of fish and wildlife habitat;
  - (2) Fish and wildlife reintroduction and propagation;
  - (3) Research and other field study programs including those involving the taking or possession of fish and wildlife;
  - (4) Fish and wildlife resource inventories and data collection;
  - (5) Law enforcement;
  - (6) Educational programs;
  - (7) Toxicity/mortality investigations and monitoring;
  - (8) Animal damage management;
  - (9) Endangered and threatened species;
  - (10) Habitat preservation;
  - (11) Joint processing of State and Federal permit applications for activities involving fish, wildlife and plants;
  - (12) Road management activities affecting fish and wildlife and their habitat;
  - (13) Management activities involving fish and wildlife; and,
  - (14) **Disposition of fish and wildlife taken in conjunction with the activities listed in this paragraph.**
- (b) The cooperating parties shall periodically review such cooperative agreements and adjust them to reflect changed circumstances.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1201.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 11642, Mar. 18, 1983, unless otherwise noted.