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NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION 



RESOLUTION NO. 13 

 1996 



INTERPRETATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE LAWS 



WHEREAS, the strong enforcement of fish and wildlife laws is 

 an essential component of fish and wildlife conservation; and 



WHEREAS, the complexity of fish and wildlife laws and the 

 involvement of many agencies in fish and wildlife enforcement can 

 lead to misunderstanding and difficulty for the law-abiding 

 sportspersons to comply with; and 



WHEREAS, the joint management and enforcement of migratory 

 birds by both federal and state agencies increases this 

 complexity even more; and 



WHEREAS, sportspersons may be abandoning hunting and fishing 

 activities for fear of unwittingly violating fish and wildlife 

 laws or policy; and 



WHEREAS, the public has the right to expect that fish and 

 wildlife regulations will be unambiguous, relatively easy to 

 interpret, and applied consistently in all areas of the country; 



NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife 

 Federation in its Annual Meeting assembled March 1-3, 1996 in 

 West Palm Beach, Florida, urges federal and state agencies 

 charged with the responsibility for conserving, managing, and 

 protecting fish and wildlife resources to develop clear, concise, 

 easily interpreted and uniformly enforceable fish and wildlife 

 regulations within their respective jurisdictions. 



