Interior Department Review and Budget: Oversight Hearing Before the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session ... April 24, 1996--Washington, DC. |
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Page 49 - Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.
Page 68 - Bay, and the degradation of water quality. region must make a long-term commitment to ensure that restoration efforts will support the health of Florida's environment and economy. — The State of Florida has committed major resources to restoration of the Everglades. In this budget, the Administration requests Everglades funding of $155.8 million for the Department to pay for critical land acquisition to improve water storage and water quality and for accelerated hydrologic and biological research,...
Page 69 - ... Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management and to preserve our parks, refuges, and public lands so that future generations may have the same opportunity to experience our natural and cultural heritage that we have had. The increases requested in the budget reflect the continuing popularity of national park and wildlife refuge systems, as well as the public lands in the West;, park visitation is projected at over 275 million people in 1998, and hunting, recreation, and other visits to the...
Page 74 - I've never felt that being an environmentalist means saying "no" to necessity, the National Academy of Sciences says It's safe, so I'm prepared to go ahead with it. Too bad that Interior has not listened to the scientists (the NAS and their own USGS) and followed through on Secretary Babbitt's statement. These are the last public words we have heard from Secretary Babbitt on Ward Valley. Attached to these comments is a memorandum with excerpts from the soil science...
Page 72 - TPA and education programs together comprise 83 percent of the BIA operating budget. Other reservation-based programs account for eight percent. Only nine percent of the operating budget pays for administration. In 1997, Central and Area Offices and other support functions are funded at a level almost $28 million lower than two years ago. Central Office staffing will be one third below two years ago; only critical trust and inherently Federal functions remain. Office of the Special Trustee. To provide...
Page 71 - The budget restores adequate funding for the candidate conservation program to pay for partnership efforts with Federal and State landowners and the private sector to arrest the decline of species that are candidates for listing under the ESA. Relatively modest preemptive expenditures on these species now could avoid the need to list them in the future. The budget also restores the funding required for an orderly listing program. For the past year, final listings have been prohibited by the moratorium...
Page 70 - ... Service will train a new generation of specialists to take over the task of preserving this unique cultural heritage as many of the current specialists retire over the next few years. For the Fish and Wildlife Service, proposed increases in the Resource Management account include $13.2 million over 1997 for operation and maintenance of the highest priority units of the National Wildlife Refuge system. This will allow greater opportunities for compatible, wildlife-dependent recreation, reduce...
Page 74 - Academy report provides a qualified clean bill of health in relation to concerns about the site, and an additional measure of confidence that the land transfer is in the public interest.
Page 40 - I think it is an exaggeration to belic\e that our falling behind is simply due to that kind of development. I think if you look at the record, you will see that the US companies have been adding and continuing to add in the technological advance of companies of other countries through licensing and patent arrangements, which, as we put it, is the export of American technology and. furthermore, through the export of American...
Page 66 - The other employees took buy-outs, resigned or retired, or took lower graded positions. Between 1993 and 1997, staffing in headquarters and central offices will have been reduced by about 2,800 FTEs, or 26 percent, enabling bureaus to redirect funds and staff to on-the-ground work in the field. We have also made good progress In reducing higher graded and administrative support positions. By devoting a...