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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82726</law_id><section_number>29.1-106</section_number><catch_line>Forest and watershed areas</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="29.1">Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Administration of Wildlife Resources</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Board of Game and Inland Fisheries</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> is authorized to exercise full control of the hunting and <span class="dictionary">fishing</span> rights and <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> in and on all impounded water areas in this Commonwealth resulting from power development; and in all forest and watershed areas in this Commonwealth which are now owned, or which may hereafter be acquired, by the United States government, subject to the rights and power of the United States <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Agriculture. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall have the power to establish refuges, sanctuaries and public shooting and <span class="dictionary">fishing</span> preserves in these areas, under such <span class="dictionary">regulations</span> as it may deem proper.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 29-12; 1987, c. 488.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
