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TESTIMONY OF DONALD BARRY, ACTING DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 

 FISH AND WILDLIFE AND PARKS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BEFORE THE 

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, COMMITTEE ON 

 MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

 CONCERNING REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 

 FOUNDATION 



July 13, 1993 



Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to testify on 

 reauthorization of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. 

 Secretary Babbitt and Assistant Secretary Frampton have each had an 

 opportunity to review the work of the Foundation. Both believe 

 that the Foundation is an effective, flexible, and cost-effective 

 vehicle to foster the conservation of fish and wildlife, and the 

 critical habitats on which they depend. 



We at the Department of the Interior are very pleased to be able to 

 endorse this important program, to support its reauthorization, and 

 to tell you that we believe it has significant potential for 

 providing greater assistance to this Administration in realizing 

 our conservation objectives. Among these objectives are enhanced 

 partnerships between private interests and the State and Federal 

 governments, a greater reliance on science, and creative new ways 

 to approach preservation of imperilled species and habitats. 



First, considering all of the competing demands on the Federal 

 budget, it is imperative that we leverage every dollar for the 

 maximum benefit; that is the essence of this program. Second, not 

 only does it multiply the effect of the available Federal funding, 

 but it also has great potential to provide "seed money" to 



