Download or read book National Wildlife Refuge System History Laws and Abuses of Power written by Harry Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 14, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt signed an Executive Order designating the five acres of Pelican Island, Florida as our nation's 1st national wildlife refuge. Today, there are 563 refuges in all fifty states and the U.S. territories. This unique system of federal lands not only protects fish and wildlife species but also provides wildlife dependent recreational opportunities such as hunting, fishing, and wildlife observation to more than forty million visitors each year. During my thirty-seven years working in the House of Representatives, I visited dozens of wildlife refuges, participated in the drafting of the historic National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, and the National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Act. I also coordinated the legislative action on numerous bills to establish or improve units within the refuge system. This book describes how the refuge system has matured over the past 100 years; the three federal laws providing the guidance, mission, and uses of the system; and how decisions by the Fish and Wildlife Service adversely affected the descendants of former Civil War slaves, model airplane enthusiasts, and a World War II historic site. This book is perfect for anyone interested in the national wildlife refuge system and it provides a rare unique behind-the-scenes look on how one of our nation's most important conservation law was written and what motivated the decisions of the Fish and Wildlife Service at Shawangunk, Harris Neck, Chincoteague, Western Tennessee, and the Midway Atoll refuges.
Download or read book The National Wildlife Refuges written by Robert L. Fischman and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Wildlife Refuges provides a comprehensive examination of the laws and policies governing management of the national wildlife refuges, offering for the first time a practical description and analysis of the management regime outlined in the 1997 National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act. The 1997 act is the first new statute governing a system of federal public lands enacted since the 1970s. The evolution of law governing the refuge system parallels broader trends in public land management and environmental protection, making the refuge system a valuable case study for those interested in environmental management, policy, and law. The book: describes the National Wildlife Refuge System and its legal history offers a detailed breakdown of the 1997 act, including its purpose, designated uses, comprehensive planning provisions, substantive management criteria, and public participation aspects considers individual refuges and specific issues that apply to only certain refuges discusses oil and gas development in refuges offers observations about how well the refuge system law resolves historic tensions and achieves modern conservation goals A separate chapter examines the special rules governing refuges in Alaska and considers the contentious debate over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Appendixes offer a reference of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology of the refuge system's development, key statutory provisions (including the full text of the 1997 act), and basic information about each national wildlife refuge. With an approach to conservation that is increasingly prevalent around the world, the National Wildlife Refuge System is an important model for sustainable resource management, and the book's analyses of the refuge system's ecological management criteria, conflicts between primary and subsidiary uses, and tension between site-specific standards and uniform national goals all offer important lessons for environmental governance generally.
Download or read book Recommendations on the Management of the National Wildlife Refuge System written by United States. National Wildlife Refuge Study Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The National Wildlife Refuge System Management and Policy Act of 1993 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Download or read book National Wildlife Refuge System Management and Policy Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Clean Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The National Wildlife Refuge System Act of 1990 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of the Management of the National Wildlife Refuge System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The National Wildlife Refuge System written by United States. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management of the National Wildlife Refuge System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book National Wildlife Refuge System Management and Policy Act written by Environment and Public Works Committee and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from National Wildlife Refuge System Management and Policy Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Clean Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session The Department of Defense is the predominant Federal entity with secondary jurisdiction. The Department was invited to testify, but their newly appointed lead environmental Official, the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security, wrote the subcommittee today that she did not have adequate time to pre pare for this hearing. She expressed concern about the provision of the bill that would affect Refuges with joint jurisdiction, and re quested that the hearing record remain open, pending submission of written testimony by June 30. By its very title, the gao calls on Congress to take bold action. That is what is needed and that is what this legislation provides. The bill before the subcommittee today is a comprehensive, organic act for the Refuge System, designed to accomplish the following. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Management of the National Wildlife Refuge System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Operation of the National Wildlife Refuge System written by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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