Endangered Species Act: the Platte River cooperative agreement and critical habitats : oversight field hearing before the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, February 16, 2002, in Grand Island, Nebraska, Volume 4

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Page 54 - The Secretary shall designate critical habitat, and make revisions thereto, under subsection (a)(3) on the basis of the best scientific data available and after taking into consideration the economic impact, and any other relevant impact, of specifying any particular area as critical habitat.
Page 38 - ... should be accorded protection in order to maintain and to the extent possible enhance their numbers; (c) That the State should assist in the protection of species or subspecies of wildlife which are deemed to be endangered elsewhere by prohibiting the taking, possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale or offer for sale or shipment within this State of species or subspecies of wildlife listed on the United States...
Page 1 - The CHAIRMAN. The Committee on Resources will come to order. The Committee is meeting today to hear testimony on the issue of Minimum Internal Control Standards for Indian Gaming.
Page 9 - Another example of how we can accomplish good water management through collaboration is the Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research and Other Efforts Relating to Endangered Species Habitats Along the Central Platte River, Nebraska that was signed in 1997.
Page 70 - I appreciate the opportunity to speak before you today. My name is Ron Bishop and I am General Manager of the Central Platte Natural Resources District located here in Grand Island.
Page 97 - Federal mandates from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to correct the problems associated with our diversions, our request for the full $25 million is critical if we are to prevent a "Klamath-type" occurrence from taking place elsewhere in our region.
Page 38 - ... ecosystems ; (b) That species or subspecies of wildlife indigenous to this State which may be found to be endangered within the State should be accorded protection in order to maintain and to the extent possible enhance their numbers ; (c) That the State should assist in the protection of...
Page 72 - Interior signed a Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research and Other Efforts Relating to Endangered Species along the Central Platte River, Nebraska (Cooperative Agreement).
Page 6 - I would ask that my full written statement be made part of the record for this hearing.

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