Number: 1987-24
WHEREAS, many important wildlife resource programs are funded wholly or in part through appropriations to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies; and
WHEREAS, the loss of federal funding to these agencies could jeopardize completion of such major projects as waterfowl and migratory bird mortality studies, habitat evaluation procedures including the development and verification of suitability models, reintroduction and recovery of endangered and threatened species, and assessing the impact of contaminants on fish and wildlife resources; and
WHEREAS, a myriad of other federal programs central to fish and wildlife management, such as the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units, research facilities housed at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, National Wildlife Health Laboratory, Columbia National Fishery Research Center, Great Lakes Fishery Laboratory, and others, can function only when adequate federal funding is provided; and
WHEREAS, appropriations to the various agencies responsible for managing and protecting the fish and wildlife resources of this nation should properly reflect their recreational, economic, and other values;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation in annual meeting assembled March 19-22, 1987, at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, urges the funding for federal fish and wildlife programs in the various natural resource management agencies be maintained at levels no less than those approved by Congress for FY 1987; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to all appropriate members of Congress; the Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Defense, and to the Directors and/or Chiefs of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Agricultural Plant Health Inspection Service, and the National Park Service.