CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES see also Ecology

Addresses

Environmental Protection of Tropical Rain Forests: Barber B. Conable, Jr., 12745-12747 [18MY]

Amendments

Michigan: designate certain public lands as wilderness (H.R. 148), 32840, 32866 [19NO]

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act: enact (S. 1331), 14704 [4JN]

Analyses

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Amendments To Expand Forest Service Authority, 36657 [19DE]

National Acid Rain Control Act (S. 95), 561 [6JA]

Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Technology Competitiveness Act (S. 1554), 21260 [28JY]

Articles and editorials

Approve Clean Water Act, 1573 [21JA]

Bravo to the World Bank, 12748 [18MY]

Bucking the Clean Water Tide, 1573 [21JA]

Corps' Plan for Columbia River Meets Strong Resistance, 31137 [5NO]

Dredging Would Kill Columbia's Last Free Stretch, 31137 [5NO]

Drink and Be Merry, 23884 [14SE]

It's Time To Raise the Gas Tax, 9349 [22AP]

Legacy of Lava—Ancient Malpais Offers Landscape of Impressive Cones, Craters, Cliffs, 10360 [29AP]

Let's Avoid More Energy Hysteria—Why Gamble Our Resources on Hodel's Apocalyptic Visions?, 16574 [17JN]

Offshore Oil Chokes Air and Coastal Development, 25661 [29SE]

Oil Rights at Alaskan Refuge Auctioned Despite Environmental, Other Opposition, 19784 [14JY]

Playing Macho on Water Bill, 1575 [21JA]

Politics Dirties the Water, 1574 [21JA]

Preparing for the Next Energy Crisis, Senator Simon, 2648 [3FE]

President Asks for It, 1576 [21JA]

President's Ear Shut on Water Bill, 1574 [21JA]

Reagan Shouldn't Veto Clean Water Legislation, 1574 [21JA]

Reckless Veto by Mr. Reagan, 1575 [21JA]

Renewable Energy Concerns Begin Attracting Big Institutions Betting on Another Oil Crisis, 21260 [28JY]

Resuscitating Clean Water Bill, 1572 [21JA]

Time Is Running Out for Major Urban Areas, 1573 [21JA]

Trees Fell—And So Did the People, 5328 [11MR]

Veto Sets Back Cleanup, 1577 [21JA]

Water Act Veto an All-Count Loser, 1576 [21JA]

Water Veto Would Hurt Kansas, 1572 [21JA]

Water—Keep It Clean, 1573 [21JA]

Whopping Sentiment, 1574 [21JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act: enact (see H.R. 3069)

Agriculture: bonus rental incentives for placing certain land into conservation reserve (see H.R. 1096)

———international treaty (see S. Con. Res. 2)

———negotiate international conservation reserve treaty (see H. Con. Res. 12)

———nitrogen levels in groundwater (see S. 1767)

———use of program crop acreage to create wildlife sanctuaries (see H.R. 2752)

Alaska: designate wilderness areas (see H.R. 39)

American Conservation Corps: establish (see S. 27; H.R. 18)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: Sec. of the Interior authority to make land exchanges (see S. 1493; H.R. 2991)

California: disallow issuing of oil and gas leases for certain area off coastline (see H.R. 170)

Conservation Program Act: enact (see H.R. 2223)

Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay Sanctuary Act: enact (see S. 1607)

Dept. of Agriculture: plant stress and water conservation research laboratory (see S. 1652)

Dept. of the Interior: land exchange (see H.R. 2821)

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: amend (see H.R. 2780)

———standards for appliances (see S. 83)

Grand National Conservation Area, NM: establish (see S. 56; H.R. 401)

Heritage Preservation Commission: establish (see H.R. 3313)

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: amend (see S. 735; H.R. 1320, 3821)

———amend (H.R. 1320), consideration (see H. Res. 135)

———extend authorization for 25 years (see S. 84)

Leopold, Aldo: contributions (see H.J. Res. 50)

Michigan: designate certain public lands as wilderness (see H.R. 148)

Montana: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 2090)

National Estuarine and Coastal Waters Program: establish (see H.R. 2240)

National Forests and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act: enact (see S. 59)

National Institute for New Agricultural and Forestry Industrial Materials: establish (see H.R. 1197)

National Week for Worldwide Conservation: designate (see H.J. Res. 348)

Nevada: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 1138; H.R. 708, 2142)

NOAA: program consolidation and support (see S. 1487)

Ozone: international negotiations to protect (see S. Res. 226)

Power resources: research, development and demonstration of renewable energy and energy conservation (see S. 1554)

Reclamation States Ground Water Act: enact (see H.R. 2320)

Renewable Resources Extension Act: reauthorizing (see S. 1279)

Soil conservation: crop rotation (see S. 515)

Soil Conservation Service: funding (see H. Res. 68)

Solar Energy and Conservation Bank Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1104)

Solid Waste Ocean Transportation Act: enact (see S. 1465)

Tongass National Forest, AK: timber management and conservation (see H.R. 1516)

Upper Mississippi River Management Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 3649)

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act: enact (see S. 1331)

Wetlands: classification and inventory resources (see H.R. 765)

Wood County, TX: U.S. rights and interests under conservation easement (see H.R. 2382)

Brochures

Endangered Fish Species: Corps of Engineers, 36088 [17DE]

Court decisions

Milwaukee v. Illinois: Supreme Court, 987 [8JA]

NRDC v. EPA, 986 [8JA]

Documents

Agreement on Chlorofluorocarbons, 14821 [5JN]

Denver Declaration for Worldwide Conservation, 28160 [15OC]

Factsheets

Toxic Hotspots and Sources of Pollution for Great Lakes, 1595 [21JA]

Wilderness Myths and Answers, 27662 [13OC]

Hearings

Committee on Agriculture: Federal soil and water resource conservation activities and implementation of Food Security Act resource conservation programs (testimony from Milton J. Hertz and Wilson Scaling), D130 [10MR]

Committee on Energy and Commerce, National Appliance and Energy Conservation Act (H.R. 87), D95 [26FE]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK (testimony), D306 [30AP]

———Michigan Wilderness Heritage Act (H.R. 148) and Land and Water Conservation Fund Act amendments (H.R. 1320) (testimony), D176 [19MR]

Committee on Rules: Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (H.R. 1320) (testimony), D215 [31MR]

History

National Acid Rain Control Act (S. 95), 561 [6JA]

Letters

Administration substitute for Water Quality Act: Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, 1577 [21JA]

———Executive Office of the President, 1577 [21JA]

CBO cost estimate for Big Cypress National Preserve Addition Act (S. 90): Edward M. Gramlich, CBO, 9455 [23AP]

Cost estimate for the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act authorization: CBO, 16669 [18JN]

Depletion of ozone layer: Donald P. Hodel, Sec. of the Interior, 14820 [5JN]

Flattery Rocks and Quillayite Needles: Representative Udall, 31360 [9NO]

———Representative Walter B. Jones, 31360 [9NO]

Memorandums

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1589 [21JA]

Indian Provisions of the Clean Water Bill: Ducheneaux/Broken Rope, 999 [8JA]

Water Rights of Indians, 1281 [14JA]

Memorials of legislature

California, 25417 [28SE]

Delaware, 15222 [10JN]

Indiana, 9772 [27AP]

Louisiana, 13737 [27MY], 14187 [1JN]

Washington, 18948 [8JY]

Messages

Federal Energy Conservation Programs: President Reagan, 23566 [9SE]

National Program for Soil and Water Conservation: President Reagan, 26152 [1OC]

Newsletters

Earth's Future Habitability Threatened, 4722 [3MR]

Papers

Monitoring the Effectiveness of the Conservation Provisions—A Congressional Perspective: Jeffrey A. Zinns, 31703, 31704 [10NO]

Stratospheric Ozone: U.N. scientific working group, 18008 [29JN]

Remarks in House

Acid rain: control emissions, 24319 [17SE]

Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act: enact (H.R. 3069), 21616 [30JY]

Agriculture: use of program crop acreage to create wildlife sanctuaries (H.R. 2752), 17129 [23JN], 17133 [24JN], 31315, 31393 [9NO]

Air pollution: control acid rain, 7759 [2AP], 14208 [2JN], 15603 [11JN], 24319 [17SE]

———control emissions (H.R. 2787), 23018 [6AU], 23880 [14SE]

———encourage international negotiations on setting standards for protection of the stratosphere (H. Con. Res. 50), 18000-18036 [29JN]

Alaska: designate wilderness lands (H.R. 39), 965 [7JA]

American Conservation Corps: establish (H.R. 18), 871 [7JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: Sec. of the Interior authority to make land exchanges (H.R. 2991), 20816 [22JY]

Brazil: flooding of Balbina Dam reservoir, 26254 [1OC]

California Ocean Sanctuary Act: enact (H.R. 920), 3178 [5FE]

Chesapeake Bay: soil conservation programs, 3962 [24FE]

Clean Water Day: designate (S.J. Res. 160), 20315 [21JY]

Coal: alternative power resource, 30957 [5NO]

Coastal zones: control erosion and flooding (H.R. 2807), 17891 [26JN]

Ecology: impact of ocean dumping, 25670 [29SE]

Environmental engineering: depletion of ozone layer, 4722 [3MR]

F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co.: tree planting project, 14106 [28MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 1), 836, 840 [7JA], 899, 908 [7JA], 983 [8JA], 1005 [20JA]-1034 [8JA], 1422 [20JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), debate procedure, 976-982 [8JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), enrollment corrections (H. Con. Res. 24), 1423-1428 [20JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), veto, 2499, 2500, 2505-2515 [3FE], 2676 [4FE]

———amend (H.R. 1), veto—debate procedure, 2206 [29JA]

FERC: licensing of Keating project construction on Merced River, CA, 944 [7JA]

Friends of the Mojave Road (organization): tribute, 25663 [29SE]

Gale, Larry R.: tribute, 28350 [19OC]

Grand National Conservation Area, NM: establish (H.R. 403), 896 [7JA]

Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge, WA: establish (H.R. 3423), 26718, 26725 [6OC]

Gulf of Mexico: marine and coastal resources (H.R. 1970), 8094 [7AP]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: amend (H.R. 1320), 7683-7702 [1AP]

———amend (H.R. 3821), 36657 [19DE]

Leopold, Aldo: tribute, 920 [7JA]

Michigan: designate certain public lands as wilderness (H.R. 148), 8084-8090 [7AP], 33041-33043 [20NO]

Mississippi National River and Recreation Area: establish (H.R. 2530), 13829 [27MY], 25450-25454 [29SE]

Montana: designate certain lands as wilderness (H.R. 2090), 8552 [8AP], 27656-27663 [13OC]

National Estuarine and Coastal Waters Program: establish (H.R. 2240), 11579 [6MY]

National Oceans Policy Commission: establish (H.R. 1171), 25458-25463 [29SE]

National Week for Worldwide Conservation: designate (H.J. Res. 348), 28160 [15OC]

Nevada: designate certain lands as wilderness (H.R. 2142), 9682 [23AP]

Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, NY: pollution cleanup, 1109 [8JA]

Pollution: acid rain, 6616 [24MR]

Power resources: domestic energy policy, 4938 [5MR]

Reagan, President: energy policies, 16574 [17JN]

Reclamation States Ground Water Protection and Management Act: enact (H.R. 2320), 23883 [14SE]

Refuse and refuse disposal: study environmental impact of plastic waste, 14095 [28MY]

Strategic petroleum reserve: increase (H.R. 2780), 17602 [25JN]

Texas Tech University: Plant Stress and Water Conservation Laboratory, 15627 [11JN]

Tongass National Forest, AK: timber management and conservation (H.R. 1516), 5274 [10MR], 29216 [26OC]

Upper Mississippi River Management Act: extend authorization (H.R. 3649), 32699 [18NO]

Water Quality Act: chemical drainage from farmlands, 2510 [3FE]

———marine life, 2510 [3FE]

———toxic substances, 2510 [3FE]

World Bank: African, Brazilian, Mediterranean, and Asian environmental initiatives, 12748 [18MY]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act: enact, 22962 [6AU]

Agriculture: conservation reserve contracts, 9225 [22AP]

———international agreement on conservation reserve treaty (S. Con. Res. 2), 773 [6JA]

———nitrogen levels in groundwater (S. 1767), 26911 [7OC]

———soil conservation (S. 515), 3124 [5FE]

Air pollution: acid rain partnership project, 15487 [11JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: Sec. of the Interior authority to make land exchanges (S. 1493), 19783 [14JY]

Carlson, Rachel: tribute, 25336 [25SE]

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 1894), 33121 [20NO], 35985 [17DE]

Clean Water Day: designate (S.J. Res. 160), 16179 [16JN]

Climate: greenhouse effect, 27053 [8OC]

Coastal Zone Management Act: amend (S. 1412), 17019-17021 [23JN], 17441 [25JN]

Conservation Reserve Program: clarify certain provisions, 9214 [22AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: plant stress and water conservation laboratory (S. 1652), 23243 [7AU]

Dept. of Energy: compliance of certain operations with Federal environmental standards (H.R. 783), 9798 [27AP]

Federal Energy Management Improvement Act: enact (S. 1382), 16396 [17JN], 36245 [18DE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 1), 1250, 1251, 1252, 1260-1298 [14JA], 1419 [16JA], 1463-1466 [20JA], 1568-1572, 1577-1599, 1613, 1682 [21JA], 2227 [29JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), enrollment corrections (H. Con. Res. 24), 1599 [21JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), enrollment corrections (S. Con. Res. 10), 1656 [21JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), time-limitation agreement on amendment in nature of substitute, 1460, 1469 [20JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), veto, 2795-2809, 2812 [4FE]

———amend (S. 1), 210 [6JA]

Forests and forestry: effect on civilizations, 5328 [11MR]

Grand National Conservation Area, NM: establish (S. 56), 10360 [29AP]

Groundwater Protection Act: enact (S. 20), 438-441 [6JA]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: amend (S. 735), 5590, 5592 [12MR], 23352 [7AU]

———extend authorization for 25 years (S. 84), 16669 [18JN]

———extend (S. 84), 546 [6JA]

———reauthorize, 21247 [28JY]

Michigan: designate certain public lands as wilderness (H.R. 148), 32864-32868 [19NO]

Nevada: designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 1138), 11517-11519 [6MY]

Outdoor America Conservation Fund: establish, 15069-16987 [23JN]

Ozone: international negotiations to protect (S. Res. 226), 14818-14831 [5JN]

———international negotiations to protect (S. Res. 226), unanimous-consent agreement, 14822 [5JN]

Petroleum: exploration in Alaska, 4173 [26FE]

Power resources: research, development and demonstration of renewable energy and energy conservation (S. 1554), 21253-21255 [28JY]

Renewable Resources Extension Act: reauthorizing (S. 1279), 13746 [27MY]

Soil conservation: crop rotation (S. 515), 5911 [17MR]

Soil Conservation Service: budget proposal, 1616 [21JA]

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act: enact (S. 1331), 14695 [4JN]

West Virginia National Interest River Conservation Act: enact (S. 1720), 25311 [25SE]

Reports

Acid Rain Partnership: Carolyn Baldwin and other delegates, 15488-15491 [11JN]

Forest Service Recreation Fees Legislation, 36658 [19DE]

Global Climate Changes: National Academy of Sciences, 27054 [8OC]

Special Envoys on Acid Rain: Drew Lewis and William Davis, 7970-7977 [3AP]

Stratospheric Ozone: U.N. scientific working group, 18003 [29JN]

Superfund 1987—Public Health Remains at Risk—A One-Year Report on EPA's Cleanup Program Under the New Superfund Law: Clean Water Action Project, 36673 [19DE]

Tax Issues Concerning the Abandoned Mine Land Program: Dept. of the Interior, 3766, 3767 [19FE]

Reports filed

Clean Air Act Amendment: Committee Environment and Public Works (S. 1894) (S. Rept. 100-231), 33121 [20NO]

Establishment of Plant Stress and Water Conservation Research Laboratory and Program in Lubbock, TX: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 2663) (H. Rept. 100-240), 21185 [27JY]

Federal Energy Management Improvement Act (S. 1382) (S. Rept. 100-256), 35631 [15DE]

International Negotiations on Setting Air pollution Standards for Protection of the Stratosphere: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H. Con. Res. 50) (H. Rept. 100-176), 16958 [22JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Amendments (H.R. 1320) (H. Rept. 100-33), 7238 [30MR]

———Committee on Rules (H. Res. 135) (H. Rept. 100-35), 7391 [31MR]

Michigan wilderness (H.R. 148) (H. Rept. 100-29), 7238 [30MR]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (H.R. 148) (S. Rept. 100-206), 28974 [22OC]

Montana Wilderness: (H.R. 2090) (H. Rept. 100-369), 27715 [13OC]

National Oceans Policy Commission: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 1171) (H. Rept. 100-300), 23876 [14SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Syracuse, NY, Common Council, 2370 [29JA]

Statements

Acid rain: U.S. Shamrock Summit envoy, 7966 [3AP]

Clean Air Hearing—Subcommittee on Environmental Protection: Senator Stafford, 6979 [26MR]

Clean Water Act: Senator Moynihan, 1286 [14JA]

Clean Water Program Funding: William Ruckelshaus, 1295 [14JA]

Construction Grants Program: William Ruckelshaus, 1275 [14JA]

Ecology: Canada, 7967 [3AP]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Senator Burdick, 1589 [21JA]

———Senator Simpson, 1591 [21JA]

Goals for the Legislative and Executive Branches, 1987: Population Institute, 6593 [23MR]

Natural Resources: Theodore Roosevelt, 17202 [24JN]

Stratospheric Ozone: Representative Dingell, 18003 [29JN]

Summaries

National Acid Rain Control Act (S. 95), 561 [6JA]

Synopses

California Desert Protection Act (S. 7): BLM, 24020 [15SE]

Tables

Comparison of authorizations (S. 1, 1128; H.R. 8), 1273 [14JA]

Federal contribution to priority water treatment facilities in New York State, 1595 [21JA]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 50, encourage international negotiations on setting standards for protection of the stratosphere, 18000 [29JN]

H.J. Res. 50, tribute to Aldo Leopold, 921 [7JA]

H.R. 1, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 1008-1033 [8JA], 1292 [14JA]

H.R. 87, National Appliance Energy Conservation Act amendments, 4492 [3MR]

H.R. 148, designate certain public lands as wilderness areas in Michigan, 8084 [7AP], 32865 [19NO]

H.R. 1320, Land and Water Conservation Fund Act amendments, 7683, 7693 [1AP]

H.R. 2090, designate certain Montana lands as wilderness, 27656-27660 [13OC]

H.R. 2142, Nevada Wilderness Designation Act, 9682 [23AP]

H.R. 2752, use of program crop acreage to create wildlife sanctuaries, 31315 [9NO]

S. 1, Water Quality Act, 222-248 [6JA]

S. 95, National Acid Rain Control Act, 558 [6JA]

S. 253, Forest Service land transfer to Flagstaff AZ, 705 [6JA]

S. 735, Land and Water Conservation Fund Act amendment, 5591 [12MR]

S. 1138, Nevada Wilderness Protection Act, 11518, 11519 [6MY]

S. 1279, reauthorizing the Renewable Resources Extension Act, 13746 [27MY]

S. 1331, Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act, 14697 [4JN]

S. 1382, Federal Energy Management Improvement Act, 16397 [17JN]

S. 1412, amend Coastal Zone Management Act, 17020 [23JN]

S. 1554, research, development and demonstration of renewable energy and energy conservation, 21255-21260 [28JY]

S. Con. Res. 2, international agreement on agricultural conservation reserve treaty, 772 [6JA]

S. Con. Res. 10, enrollment corrections in Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 1), 1656 [21JA]

S. Con. Res. 19, reduce use of chlorofluorocarbons to protect ozone layer, 3804 [19FE]

S. Res. 226, international negotiations to protect ozone, 14830, 14864 [5JN]

S.J. Res. 160, Clean Water Day, 16180 [16JN], 17447 [25JN], 20316 [21JY]