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THE SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE 



San Carlos Avenue 



P,0^ Box 



San Carlos, Arizona 85550 



(602) 475-2361 



Fax (602) 475-2567 



HamsonTalgo.Sr. .^«B^^ Raymond Stanley 



Tribal Chairman .^^^StjJ!^. Tnbal V.ce Chairman 



STATEMENT OF HARRISON TALGO SR, CHAIRMAN, SAN CARLOS APACHE 

 TRIBE, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS, 

 COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, REGARDING FISH AND WILDLIFE 

 ACTIVITIES 



FEBRUARY 18, 1993 



Mr. Chairman, my name is Harrison Talgo, Sr. I am Chairman of the 

 San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona. I appreciate this opportunity 

 to comment on problems encountered by the San Carlos Apache Tribe 

 in its efforts to manage its wildlife populations for protection 

 of endangered or threatened species and for subsistence hunting 

 by members of the Tribe and sports hunting by visitors to our 

 Reservation. This hearing will focus attention on one of the most 

 neglected subjects of Federal trust management of Indian lands 

 and their resources. 



The San Carlos Apache Tribe recommends that legislation be 

 enacted to (1) establish realistic funding levels for wildlife 

 management activities; (2) improve coordination of wildlife 

 management of nearby Federal and state lands with tribal 

 management plans; and (3) provide scholarships and training to 

 enable tribes to employ their own members in wildlife management 

 activities. I will direct ray remarks today to the need for 

 equitable levels of funding. 



The Bureau of Indian Affairs funding for FY 1993 provides S28 

 million for Wildlife and Parks. Of this amount approximately two- 

 thirds is dedicated for use off-reservation in connection with 

 treaty fishing-rights obligations, chiefly in the Northwest and 

 Great Lakes regions. Of the remaining S9.5 million, $2.5 million 

 is for tribal hatchery O&M, leaving ST.O million for Tribal 

 Management/ Development Programs (TMDP I . TMDP funds are 

 available, under 638 contracts, to enable tribes to: develop 

 codes, ordinances, and regulations for conserving fish and 

 wildlife resources on millions of acres of trust land; develop 

 the mul t idisc ipl inary competence and professional expertise of 

 tribes and intertribal fish and wildlife organizations; create 



