U.S.C. Title 16 - CONSERVATION 16 U.S.C. United States Code, 2020 Edition Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 5A - PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE SUBCHAPTER I - GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH Sec. 665a - Maintenance of adequate water levels in upper Mississippi River From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §665a. Maintenance of adequate water levels in upper Mississippi River In the management of existing facilities (including locks, dams, and pools) in the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, administered by the United States Corps of Engineers of the Department of the Army, that Department is directed to give full consideration and recognition to the needs of fish and other wildlife resources and their habitat dependent on such waters, without increasing additional liability to the Government, and, to the maximum extent possible without causing damage to levee and drainage districts, adjacent railroads and highways, farm lands, and dam structures, shall generally operate and maintain pool levels as though navigation was carried on throughout the year. (Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, §5A, as added June 19, 1948, ch. 528, 62 Stat. 497.)
16 U.S.C. § 665a
§665a. Maintenance of adequate water levels in upper Mississippi River
Edition 2020