Number: 2014-13 WHEREAS, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), which affects captive and wild Cervidae (e.g., deer, elk and moose); and WHEREAS, CWD is highly transmissible by fluids, including saliva and blood; and WHEREAS, CWD is fatal to the affected animal and long-lived in soils; and WHEREAS, captive cervid herds are unnaturally concentrated, increa ...[Read More]

Number: 2014-03 WHEREAS, the most direct route to caring for the environment as an adult is participating in “wild nature activities” before age 11 and also childhood nature experiences while in the company of family members or significant adults fosters a bond with the natural world as a place of positive meaning that justifies persistent efforts to protect it; and WHEREAS, National Wildlife Fede ...[Read More]

Number: 2014-09 WHEREAS, public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service and other federal agencies represent a birthright of the American people, provide invaluable habitat for fish and wildlife, afford opportunities for hunting, fishing, and other recreation, and support sustainable local economic activity; and WHEREAS, the first thirteen col ...[Read More]

Number: 2014-11 WHEREAS, the National Wildlife Federation is fully committed to protecting fish and wildlife and their habitats; and WHEREAS, two visually identical species of lionfish (Pterois miles and P. volitans) were introduced into the Atlantic via the U.S. aquarium trade beginning in the 1980s; and as of 2014, the lionfish invaded range is North Carolina to South America including the Gulf ...[Read More]

Number: 2014-07 WHEREAS, tropical rainforests cover only about 5% of the land area of the Earth and yet harbor more species of wildlife and plants than any other terrestrial ecosystem; and WHEREAS, tropical forests are a source of products that are important to us right now, such as vitamin rich fruits, Brazil nuts and natural rubber; and in addition tropical forests still harbor many unidentified ...[Read More]

Number: 2014-04 WHEREAS, one of the founders of the National Wildlife Federation, Ding Darling, was the creator of the first Duck Stamp (Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp); and WHEREAS, this nation’s wetlands provide productive habitat for fish and wildlife, and contain biologically rich ecosystems, support numerous recreational activities, provide commercial fishery and fur reso ...[Read More]

Number: 2014-14 WHEREAS, the Mexican gray wolf originally listed as an Endangered subspecies (Canis lupus baileyi) in 1976 (41FR 17736, April 28, 1976) and later designated as a “nonessential experimental population” under the 10J Rule provisions of the Endangered Species Act as amended in Arizona and New Mexico (63 FR 1752, January 12, 1998) is still imperiled in the current established reintrodu ...[Read More]

Number: 2014-12 WHEREAS, the National Wildlife Federation is fully committed to protecting fish and wildlife and their habitats; and WHEREAS, the National Wildlife Federation has consistently promoted a vision that the Nation should protect existing ecological treasures including apex predators, restore damaged ecosystems, and re-establish and maintain populations of key species; and WHEREAS, over ...[Read More]

Number: 2014-08 WHEREAS, large concentrated animal feeding operations (“CAFOs”) confine large numbers of livestock (e.g., 1,000 or more cattle, 2,500 or more hogs weighing over 55 pounds, 55,000 or more turkeys) along with their feed, manure, and urine, on a much smaller land area than traditional pasture operations; and WHEREAS, manure production from CAFOs can range between 2,800 tons and 1.6 mi ...[Read More]

Number: 2014-10 WHEREAS, the Public Trust Doctrine is the keystone legal component of fish and wildlife conservation in the United States; and WHEREAS, the Public Trust Doctrine legally mandates that fish and wildlife resources are held in trust by the government(s) for the benefit of the present and future generations of all citizens; and WHEREAS, the Public Trust Doctrine is well-established in ...[Read More]