---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 3773"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "3773"
heading: "Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/3773"
units:
  - "Chapter 57B — Partners for Fish and Wildlife"
---

# §3773. Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program


The [Secretary](/usc/16/3772.md?p=8) shall carry out the Partners for [Fish and Wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) Program within the United States [Fish and Wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) Service to provide—

- (1) technical and financial assistance to private landowners for the conduct of voluntary [projects](/usc/16/3772.md?p=7) to benefit [Federal trust species](/usc/16/3772.md?p=1) by promoting [habitat improvement](/usc/16/3772.md?p=4), [habitat restoration](/usc/16/3772.md?p=5-A), [habitat enhancement](/usc/16/3772.md?p=2-A), and [habitat establishment](/usc/16/3772.md?p=3); and
- (2) technical assistance to other public and private entities regarding [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) [habitat restoration](/usc/16/3772.md?p=5-A) on [private land](/usc/16/3772.md?p=6-A).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–294, § 4, Oct. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 1354.)