Number: 1980-47
WHEREAS, fish and wildlife resources are essential components of the environment and their aesthetic, economic, educational, recreational, scientific, and social importance must be maintained and integrated with other national goals; and
WHEREAS, fish and wildlife populations are fundamentally dependent upon habitats involving both private, public, and treaty lands of all kinds; and
WHEREAS, the conservation of all fish and wildlife resources is dependent upon the successful implementation of scientifically based management programs; and
WHEREAS, it is imperative that State, Commonwealth, Territorial and Federal Governments work in cooperative partnership for the mutual objective of conserving these valuable renewable natural resources and their associated values;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation, in annual meeting assembled March 20-23, 1980, in Miami Beach, Fla., hereby supports efforts initiated by the U.S. Department of the Interior to develop a comprehensive National Fish and Wildlife Policy; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation supports and encourages the development of a program of specific fish and wildlife policies by all relevant federal departments; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, except where inconsistent with Federal laws all such policies provide clear recognition that each state, each commonwealth, and each territory has jurisdictional responsibilities to manage, control and regulate fish and wildlife.