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'''The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966''' provided guidelines and directives for administration and management of all areas in [[National Wildlife Refuge]] system including "wildlife refuges, areas for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife that are threatened with extinction, wildlife ranges, game ranges, wildlife management areas, and waterfowl production areas."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/nwrsact.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041107124803/http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/nwrsact.html| archive-date = 2004-11-07| title = National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2022}}

==References==
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==External links==
===Text of the Act===
* From US Fish and Wildlife Service [http://www.fws.gov/refuges/policyMakers/mandates/16USCSec668dd.html National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act], or
* From Cornell Law's US Code Collection [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/668dd- National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act]

===Summary of the Act===
* From NOAA Coastal Services Center [http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cmfp/reference/National_Wildlife_Refuge_System_Administration_Act_1966.htm]
* Fischman, Robert, "The Significance of National Wildlife Refuges in the Development of U.S. Conservation Policy" . Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, Vol. 21, p.&nbsp;1, Fall 2005. {{SSRN|699482}}


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