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in the Navajo Nation. The interest of the Navajo Nation nnust include our own 

 independent studies and evaluation. Otherwise we are dependent on the state or 

 outsiders as to the status of our own tribal species. 



Also, the guidelines under the Endangered Species Act for the nnanagement of 

 threatened and endangered species are not site specific and do not address the 

 conditions found on nnany Indian reservations. In 1977, the Navajo Nation enacted 

 it's own endangered species code in an effort to address the particular conditions of 

 threatened and endangered species indigenous to the Navajo reservation, including 

 other federally listed species. However, funding is needed to further develop 

 individual species management plans which recognizes those unique factors found on 

 the Navajo reservation. Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act must be amended 

 to authorize tribes to receive funds directly for development of their threatened and 

 endangered species management plans. 



Land and Water Conservation Fund 



Legislation should also redress the current inequities existing in federal funding 

 of outdoor recreation programs under the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965 

 (LWCA). The LWCA is a fund, drawn primarily from federal offshore oil and gas 

 revenues, that is to be used towards the development of federal and state outdoor 

 recreational resources and facilities. As is the case with federal aid programs for fish 

 and wildlife restoration programs, tribes are systematically excluded from receiving 

 funding under LWCA. Congress should amend the Act to make tribes eligible to 

 receive direct federal funding for the development and/or restoration of tribal 



