50 CFR § 26.31 - General provisions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s26.31"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 26.31 - General provisions."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "26.31"
section_name: "General provisions."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM"
part_number: "26"
part_name: "PUBLIC ENTRY AND USE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd-668ee, and 715i; Pub. L. 96-315 (94 Stat. 958) and Pub. L. 98-146 (97 Stat. 955)."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 9167, Mar. 3, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "26"
---


# 26.31 General provisions.

Public recreation will be permitted on national wildlife refuges as an appropriate incidental or secondary use, only after it has been determined that such recreational use is practicable and not inconsistent with the primary objectives for which each particular area was established or with other authorized Federal operations.