What are the Services realty responsibilities and procedures for fee title transfers and easement properties?
We accept fee title and easement interests in properties transferred from FSA inventory for management and administration in the National Wildlife Refuge System. We must take certain steps to facilitate the acceptance of such transfers into the National Wildlife Refuge System. A. Acquisition policy. The Service’s policies, authorities, and responsibilities for ownership and management of its interests in real property, including acquiring properties to be added to the National Wildlife Refuge System such as FSA inventory properties and other easements and fee title transfers, is set forth in Parts 340 – 343 of the Service Manual. Regional Partners for Fish and Wildlife coordinators must work with Regional realty officers to ensure that Service policies are adhered to, in order to facilitate acceptance of FSA inventory properties or interests in such properties into the National Wildlife Refuge System. B. Surveys. We will offer assistance to FSA in surveying easement areas and/or fee ti
