Number: 1975-21   WHEREAS, the Charles M. Russell National Game Range offers potentially excellent habitat for native mammals and birds, including many endangered and threatened species; and WHEREAS, the 125-mile Fort Peck Reservoir with the Range has 1500 miles of shoreline; and WHEREAS, the Range offers outstanding opportunities for hunting, fishing, nature photography, and other outdoor re ...[Read More]

Number: 1975-27   WHEREAS, the Chamberlain Basin in the Idaho Primitive Area contains the State’s outstanding elk range; and WHEREAS, it also is inhabited by more than 190 species of wildlife; and WHEREAS, the Basin contributes vitally to the water quality of the Middle Fork of the Salmon and the Salmon River and greatly affects anadromous and resident fisheries; and WHEREAS, this area ...[Read More]

Number: 1975-29   WHEREAS, the wildlife bestowed by Nature upon our world has ever been a source of beauty, inspiration, and enjoyment to the people of the United States; and WHEREAS, this same wildlife brings many other benefits to man and his civilization; and WHEREAS, many forms of wildlife are prospering while many others need our help; and WHEREAS, the preservation of wildlife habitat is ...[Read More]

Number: 1975-05   WHEREAS, marine sanctuaries may be established in ocean areas as far seaward as the edge of the Continental Shelf or other coastal waters where the tide ebbs and flows, or of the Great Lakes and their connecting waters; and WHEREAS, these areas provide habitat for many species of fish, shellfish, and water birds as well as a basic food resource for man; and WHEREAS, sanctuar ...[Read More]

Number: 1975-12   WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to issue $18 billion in grants for the construction of municipal waste water treatment plants; and WHEREAS, the construction of such plants, sewers, and interceptor lines for excessive reserve capacity has been found to stimulate additional land use and development which, when unplanned, leads to increase environment ...[Read More]

Number: 1975-28   WHEREAS, the St. John River watershed in northern Maine is a significant wildlife and fisheries habitat, a wilderness area with little access, and is highly productive in forest products which are renewable resources; and WHEREAS, the proposed Dickey-Lincoln hydroelectric project would destroy forever this unique resource by flooding 89,000 acres of the watershed; and WHEREA ...[Read More]

Number: 1975-15   WHEREAS, the President’s Advisory Panel on Timber and the Environment recommends that public and private practices to increase timber production be concentrated on lands which are most responsive to intensified management; and WHEREAS, intensive forestry management can result in conflicts with other of the multiple uses when applied to areas which are least capable of ...[Read More]

Number: 1975-03   WHEREAS, the Nation’s mounting dual economic crisis of inflation and recession is stimulating critical review of Federal, state, and local expenditures for pollution controls and environmental protection; and WHEREAS, studies contracted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Council on Environmental Quality have found that current environmental expenditure ...[Read More]

Number: 1975-13   WHEREAS, accomplishments of conservationists in one era frequently are built upon sound foundations of efforts laid down by pioneers who preceded them; and WHEREAS, from the time of its inception in 1936 until the present, the success of the National Wildlife Federation can be attributed to the dedicated and devoted efforts of national, state, and local conservation leaders, ...[Read More]

Number: 1975-22   WHEREAS, the Yellowstone River is of vital importance to Montana and the Nation as a free-flowing stream which produces high quality water for agricultural, recreational, and municipal and industrial purposes; and WHEREAS, the value of the Yellowstone River and its watershed would be diminished greatly if the free-flowing character of the stream is altered; NOW, THEREFORE, B ...[Read More]