Chapter 3. North Carolina Species
Appendix 3 Table 3-15
Table 3-15 Selected Federal and North Carolina laws that protect wildlife. Federal Resource Laws 1
NC General Statutes 2
• Chapter 19A : Protection of Animals (includes protection of black bears)
• Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act • Endangered Species Act • Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act • Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act (Dingell–Johnson Act, Wallop–Breaux Act) • Federal Aid in Wildlife Conservation Act (Pittman–Robertson Act) • Fish & Wildlife Act • Fish & Wildlife Conservation Act (Nongame Act) • Fisheries Conservation & Management Act • Lacey Act • Land & Water Conservation Act • Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act • Marine Mammal Protection Act • Migratory Bird Conservation Act • Migratory Bird Treaty Act • Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act • Protection of Migratory Game & Insectivorous Birds Migratory Bird Treaty
• Chapter 77 : Rivers, Creeks, and Coastal Waters (defines river basins, covers obstructions in streams, various lake management commissions, and clean water regulation) • Chapter 104: US Lands (covers inland waterways, forest reserves, migratory bird sanctuaries, wildlife refuges, National Park system lands) • Chapter 106 : Agriculture (covers pest control, forestry services and development, prescribed burning) • Chapter 113 : Conservation and Development (covers state forests and park topics, fire control, game laws, trapping, conservation agencies, coastal fisheries,
regulation of wildlife and fisheries, endangered and threatened species, species of special concern)
• Chapter 146 : State Lands (covers land acquisition topics including wetland mitigation, public parks and forests, public waters access) 2 See http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/Statutes/Statut esTOC.pl for enacted and revision dates
• Whaling Convention Act • Wild Bird Conservation Act
1 See http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/Resourcelaws.ht ml for enacted and revision dates
2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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