Number: 1980-21
WHEREAS, federal expenditures for water resources development are currently in excess of $4 billion per year; and
WHEREAS, state governments do not adequately share in either the prerogatives or the responsibilities of federal water project planning and development; and
WHEREAS, the President of the United States has proposed a comprehensive water policy for the nation, including water conservation, environmental protection, independent review of project planning, and cost-sharing for water projects with state governments;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation in annual meeting assembled March 20-23, 1980, in Miami Beach, Fla., hereby urges that state governments be required to furnish a minimum of 10 percent of water resource project construction costs from state funds, concurrently with the appropriation of construction funds by the federal government.