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the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The Foundation is known 

 for forging partnerships between the public and private sectors and 

 by supporting conservation activities that pinpoint the root causes 

 of environmental problems. Speaking from personal experience the 

 Foundation has provided much for the nation's fish and wildlife 

 resources and it is with great pleasure that I am here to try and 

 address some of the questions put forth in your letter of 

 invitation to testify here today. 



First, there was a question regarding the effectiveness of 

 Foundation, partnerships in conserving and restoring our nation's 

 fish and wildlife resources. The Foundation invests in the best 

 possible solutions to environmental problems by awarding challenge 

 grants. The combined resources from Foundation partnerships fuel 

 effective conservation projects. Simply put, the Foundation 

 probably exhibits the partnership concept better than the many 

 other "partnerships" which have become so fashionable today. Let 

 me just give you a few numbers which should speak to the 

 effectiveness; since 1984 the Foundation has conferred 723 grants 

 that have totalled more than $85 million for conservation projects. 

 In fiscal year 1993 alone, the Foundation will obligate more than 

 $19 million for 191 conservation projects, committing more than 

 $6.2 million in federal matching funds that will be leveraged by 

 $13.1 million raised in cooperation with 126 conservation partners. 

 In the burdened and cash strapped world of state fish and wildlife 

 agencies, this represents a crucially important avenue for getting 

 important conservation work done that would unlikely be done 



