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Finally, we hope that we can get increased support from Con- 

 gress for more money. We feel that we are only scratching the sur- 

 face of the non-Federal sector that will contribute through the 

 Foundation to support good problem-solving fish and wildlife con- 

 servation projects. 



I think I will close with that. I would just emphasize to the Com- 

 mittee the Foundation I think is one of the most quietly successful 

 programs ever funded by the Congress, and we are your baby. 

 Thank you. 



Mr. HocHBRUECKNER. Mr. Eno, and for my colleague from Dela- 

 ware, I would like to advise I have relaxed the time requirements, 

 although I must advise the witnesses I have been told by staff that 

 when the red light comes on after five minutes if it stays on too 

 long it will eventually explode. So it is good you are all wearing 

 glasses. 



Mr. Eno. Could I have my full statement put in the record? I ac- 

 tually didn't read the whole thing. 



Mr. HocHBRUECKNER. Without objection, we will have your state- 

 ment put in the record. 



[The statement of Mr. Eno may be found at end of hearing.] 



Mr. HocHBRUECKNER. At this point, we would be happy to hear 

 from Mr. Gary Myers, Executive Director of the Tennessee Wildlife 

 Resources Agency on behalf of the International Association of 

 Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 



Mr. Myers. 



STATEMENT OF GARY MYERS 



Mr. Myers. Thank you Mr. Chairman. We are pleased to have 

 the opportunity to provide input. 



With your permission I would like to enter the written testimony 

 into the record and then elaborate on specific points. 



I represented the States in an effort to implement the North 

 American waterfowl management plans starting in 1986. We raised 

 $1 million from the States, matched that with $1 million from 

 Ducks Unlimited, secured a $2 million Federal match, $4 million 

 from Canada to match that American dollars were converted to Ca- 

 nadian dollars and spent in Canada on habitats that benefit water- 

 fowl which comes back to the United States. 



It was a very complicated endeavor. 



The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation was involved in that 

 initiative from the very beginning. We worked closely with them as 

 we tried to secure the Federal funds to match the DU dollars and 

 State dollars. We were successful. 



In subsequent years we still did not have dependable revenue to 

 fund the North American plan so we again turned to the National 

 Fish and Wildlife Foundation for assistance, matching State dol- 

 lars, DU dollars etc. We did that for a couple more years, and final- 

 ly were able to institutionalize things. Now the North American 

 Waterfowl Management plan is a pretty permanent fixture. I am 

 eminently familiar with that process. 



It is my view that the North American Waterfowl Management 

 plan would still be sitting on the shelf had it not been for the work 

 of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. 



