---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch8"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 8"
heading: "Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch8"
sections_count: 11
---

# Chapter 8 — Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge

Title 16 — Conservation

## Sections

- [§721. Short title; “person” defined](/usc/16/721.md)
- [§722. Acquisition of lands and water](/usc/16/722.md)
- [§723. Purposes of refuge; regulations by Secretary of the Interior](/usc/16/723.md)
- [§724. Consent of States to acquisition; existing rights-of-way, easements, etc.](/usc/16/724.md)
- [§725. Regulations, etc., by Secretary of the Interior](/usc/16/725.md)
- [§726. Acts prohibited in refuge; commercial fishing](/usc/16/726.md)
- [§727. Powers of employees of Department of the Interior](/usc/16/727.md)
- [§728. Expenditures](/usc/16/728.md)
- [§729. Price per acre](/usc/16/729.md)
- [§730. Violations of law or regulations; punishment](/usc/16/730.md)
- [§731. Effect on other laws](/usc/16/731.md)