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the funding and the means to fund Tribal professional management 

 programs within the context of existing and future federal fish, wildlife 

 and recreation management initiatives, acts and programs to insure a 

 government-to-government relationship between Tribes and the 

 federal government, into perpetuity. 



The following Titles are to be enacted to provide the 

 authorization for Tribal Government fish, wildlife and recreation 

 management programs to participate in the professional management of 

 their Tribal resources. 



Wetlands Protection and Waterfowl Management : 



This Title will provide for direct involvement of Tribes in the 

 protection and preservation of Tribal wetlands by their specific 

 inclusion in all current or plaimed federal wetlands or waterfowl 

 programs. 



Subsistence and Recreational Fisheries : 



This Title will provide for direct involvement by Tribes in all 

 current or planned federal fisheries management programs. The Tribes 

 will be authorized to participate on an equal basis in national and 

 international anadromous fisheries management, inland sport and 

 subsistence fisheries management decision making process and in the 

 development of Tribal Aquaculture Economic Development 

 opportunities. 



Endangered Species : 



This Title wUl provide for Tribal professional management of 

 endangered species of plants and animcds occurring on or around 

 Tribal reservation lands, ceded territories and /or usual and accustomed 

 areas of Tribal interest by opening the Endangered Species Act to 

 Tribal participation. 



