National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Oversight Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans of the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, on the Effectiveness of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Projects that They are Funding, May 16, 1996--Washington, DC. |
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Page 3 - ... Foundation is established by the Congress; funded by the Congress; endowed with the sole purpose of furthering the activities and services of a Federal agency, the Environmental Protection Agency; and by the fact that the Foundation's Directors are appointed by the Administrator of the EPA. Entities that are neither clearly governmental nor clearly private should not be created. The establishment of such entities is unwise. It undermines the separation of powers principles of our Constitution,...
Page 46 - Foundation promotes conservation solutions by awarding matching grants using its federally appropriated funds to match private sector funds. We have a statutory requirement to match federal funds with at least an equal amount of non-federal funds, which we consistently exceed. No federal Interior Subcommittee appropriations meet our administrative expenses.
Page 1 - Service; and (2) to undertake and conduct such other activities as will further the conservation and management of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources of the United States, and its territories and possessions, for present and future generations of Americans.
Page 46 - ... philanthropic, and conservation communities; all with a tenacious commitment to fish and wildlife conservation. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation continues to be one of, if not the, most cost-effective conservation program funded in part by the Federal Government. By implementing real-world solutions with the private sector while avoiding regulatory or advocacy activity, our approach is more consistent with this Congress philosophy than ever before.
Page 6 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am happy to have the opportunity to learn about the operations of the Commission and I am pleased to find that you are taking a very broad look at the question of use and disposition of public lands. Obviously the results of your work, to the extent they are made a part of the law and policy of the United States, have implications not...
Page 90 - I do not know if it was a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand was doing...
Page 41 - All potential grants are subject to a peer review process, involving state and federal agency staff, academics, commodity and environmental interests, and other recognized experts. The review process examines the project's technical merit, the degree of interest in the local community, the variety of partners who are willing to participate, and the amount of non-Federal cost-share that is proposed If the proponent of an otherwise highly meritorious project is unable to provide the minimum necessary...
Page 46 - ... non-partisan basis, and currently has a roughly equal number of Democrats and Republicans. Directors do not receive any financial compensation for service on the Board; in fact all of our Directors make financial contributions to the Foundation. It is a diverse Board representing corporate America, the philanthropic, and conservation communities; their only common characteristic is a tenacious commitment to fish and wildlife conservation. In less than a decade, NFWF has awarded 1,171 grants,...
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