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Show 329 life of every sort, protection is afforded in these areas.66 Like- wise, regulations limit hunting and fishing in national forests.67 Much broader in effect are provisions for protection of fish and wildlife in other statutes as implemented principally in 1946.68 In the interest of wildlife conservation and rehabilita- tion, the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior has authority to provide specified assistance to, and cooperate with federal, state, and public or private agencies.69 It is also empowered to make surveys and investigations of the "wildlife of the public domain, including lands and waters or interests therein acquired or controlled by any agency of the United States."70 Furthermore, whenever any federal agency or private agency under federal permit impounds, diverts, or otherwise controls waters, it must consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service and the head of the state agency concerned with wildlife resources "with a view to preventing loss of and damage to wildlife re- sources." 71 The reports and recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior and the state agency must be made an integral part of any report submitted by the federal agency responsible for engineering surveys and construction of water-control projects.72 The cost of planning for and construction and maintenance of facilities for protection of fish and wildlife shall be an integral part of the cost of such projects.73 Costs allocated to the preservation and propagation of fish and wild- life are made nonreimbursable specifically in the case of rec- lamation projects.74 M36O. F. R. 1.9. «T36C. F. R. 261.8, 261.9. 88 Act of August 14, 1946, 60 Stat. 1080, 16 U. S. 0. 661 et seq. The Tennessee Valley Authority is specifically exempted. § 9, 60 Stat. 1082, 16 U. S. 0. 666c. 69 § 1, 60 Stat. 1080,16 U. S. C. 661. 70 Act of August 14, 1946, § 1, 60 Stat. 1080, 16 U. S. C. 661. 71 § 2, 60 Stat. 1080,16 U. S. C. 662. nId. nId. M Id. Cf. the President's message vetoing the Vermejo Project, H. R. 3788, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949), printed in H. Doc. No. 316, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). |