---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 3122"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "3122"
heading: "Research"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/3122"
units:
  - "Chapter 51 — Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation"
  - "Subchapter II — Subsistence Management and Use"
---

# §3122. Research


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), in cooperation with the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall undertake research on [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) and subsistence uses on the [public lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=7); seek data from, consult with and make use of, the special knowledge of local residents engaged in subsistence uses; and make the results of such research available to the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), the local and regional councils established by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) or [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) pursuant to [section 3115 of this title](/usc/16/3115.md), and other appropriate [persons](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) and organizations.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–487, title VIII, § 812, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2428.)