§ 23-1-105 — Migratory bird refuge in Seedskadee area

Wyoming § 23-1-105

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 23: Game and Fish
• Ch. 1: ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a) The state consents to the acquisition by the United
States by purchase, gift, devise, or lease of land or land
covered by water in the amount of twenty thousand (20,000) acres
in the Seedskadee area in Sweetwater county where approved by
the commission and the state land board. The acquisition shall
be as the United States may deem necessary for the establishment
and maintenance of migratory bird refuges in accordance with and
for the purposes of the act of congress approved February 18,
1929 entitled "Migratory Bird Conservation Act," 16 U.S.C. §§
715 through 715s, and amendments thereto, and the act of
congress entitled "Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act," 16 U.S.C.
§§ 718 through 718k and amendments thereto.
(b) The land or land under water may be used by the United
States as refuge for migratory birds. Wyoming reserves full and
complete jurisdiction and authority over all such areas not
incompatible with the administration, maintenance, protection,
and control of the areas by the United States under the terms of
the acts of congress stated herein. If the land or land under
water is purchased by the United States, the deed shall contain
a clause that in the event the land or land under water ceases
to be used as a migratory bird refuge, it shall revert to the
state.
(c) The owner of any land to be acquired under this
section is entitled to reserve all oil, gas, coal or other
minerals owned by him in or upon the land together with the
right to enter upon the land for exploration, development, and
production of oil, gas, coal, or other minerals.