Number: 1979-13   WHEREAS, the adverse impact of increased human activities is causing declines in marine fisheries resources and overfishing can result; and WHEREAS, there is a growing awareness of the value of marine recreational fishing; and WHEREAS, studies, environmental impact statements, and other reports are being developed to determine comparative values between commercial and recrea ...[Read More]

Number: 1979-22   WHEREAS, the U.S. District Court trial on the Grayrocks Dam and Laramie River Power Project and the Nebraska Water Resources Department hearings on the proposed diversion of Platte River water to the Little Blue River Basin have focused unprecedented attention on proposed water resources development in the Platte River System; and WHEREAS, testimony from expert witnesses on ...[Read More]

Number: 1979-18   WHEREAS, wildlife and other international resources have increasingly become the subject of world conservation and political concern; and WHEREAS, the parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora are presently meeting to consider the protection, and import and export regulations for certain U.S. species such as the bobcat, ly ...[Read More]

Number: 1979-09   WHEREAS, in order for government agencies to adopt fair rules for environmental protection, there must be citizen participation in agency proceedings; and WHEREAS, the high cost of participation frequently keeps non-profit citizen groups from becoming effectively involved in proceedings affecting health, welfare, safety, and the environment; WHEREAS, in a time of growing gov ...[Read More]

Number: 1979-08   WHEREAS, all wildlife, including those species listed as endangered or threatened, are interesting and important members of natural ecosystems; and WHEREAS, some rare species, particularly raptors, have economic value and occasionally enter into domestic and international trade despite laws prohibiting such activity; and WHEREAS, even those individuals interested only in obs ...[Read More]

Number: 1979-19   WHEREAS, free-roaming feral horses and burros have been increasing to excessive numbers on certain western lands administered by federal agencies since enactment of the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971 (P.L. 92-195); and WHEREAS, these increased numbers, in many instances, have created serious competition with indigenous wildlife and domestic livestock for forag ...[Read More]

Number: 1979-12   WHEREAS, the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, has agreed to satisfy a court order by developing environmental impact statements to cover 145 grazing districts on nearly 174 million acres of land in the eleven contiguous western states over the next ten years; and WHEREAS, the environmental impact statements, in effect, will constitute land plans fo ...[Read More]

Number: 1979-23   WHEREAS, current and projected annual demands for water exceed existing and potential renewable yields from surface and groundwater supplies in many basins in the United States; and WHEREAS, several agencies have advocated the construction of new inter-basin water transfer facilities in order to meet projected demands for water; WHEREAS, interests and rights of the states to ...[Read More]

Number: 1979-30   WHEREAS, new information has come to light regarding the health and safety aspects of nuclear generators, specifically NRC’s repudiation of significant portions of the Rassmussen report and the recent findings regarding the health hazards of low levels of irradiation which debunk safety assurances made previously by the AEC; and WHEREAS, energy bureaucrats and nuclear ...[Read More]

Number: 1979-37   WHEREAS, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing to begin comprehensive resource planning in its administered western lands, including the identification and designation of “areas of critical environmental concern,” forage allocations, and other multiple-use decisions; and WHEREAS, this review will also determine which BLM-administered lands are unsuitab ...[Read More]