CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES related term(s) Ecology; Natural Resources

Addresses

Dominion: Manley K. Fuller III, 25836 [25SE]

Environmental Quality: Gaylord Nelson, 9423 [3MY]

Amendments

Antarctic regions: protection and conservation (H.R. 3977), 33553, 33595 [24OC]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2061), 32714-32724 [23OC], 36601 [27OC]

Power resources: increase the effectiveness of State energy conservation programs (S. 247), 623-626 [25JA]

Public works: conservation and development of water resources, and infrastructure improvements (H.R. 5314), 26081, 26093, 26099, 26100, 26101, 26102, 26106, 26107, 26114, 26117, 26119, 26120, 26121, 26122, 26123, 26124, 26125, 26126, 26129, 26177 [26SE]

Analyses

National Forest Plan Implementation Act (S. 2762), 14826-14828 [20JN]

Wetlands Conservation Reserve Program Act (H.R. 4353), 4743 [21MR]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 2088, Energy Policy and Conservation Act amendments, 18472 [20JY]

———S. 2740, Water Resources Development Act, 31710 [21OC]

Articles and editorials

Beyond Folk Songs and Flowers, 9715 [8MY]

Coming Power Crunch, 11374 [21MY]

Earth Day, 7674 [20AP]

In a Race Against Time, Michael Stewartt Takes Wing on an Aerial Mission To Save America's Vanishing Forests, 33832 [26OC]

In the Eye of the Storm—DeeVon and Craig Quirolo, 23035 [3AU]

Loss of Tropical Forests Is Found Much Worse Than Was Thought, 15048 [20JN]

Oil Disarmament, 25283 [21SE]

Peaks, Valley of Two Decades at the Helm of the PIP, 8121 [24AP]

Seabrook Starts Up, 7347 [18AP]

This Is Next Year, 10106 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Conservation Reserve and Enhancement Act: enact (see S. 2302)

Agricultural Resources Conservation Act: enact (see H.R. 4713)

Agriculture: eligibility of land in the water bank for conservation reserve (see H.R. 4815)

———establish farmland resource conservation programs (see H.R. 4714)

Antarctic Environmental Protection Act: enact (see S. 2571)

Antarctic regions: protection and conservation (see H.R. 3977)

Bicycles: promote safe and increased use as a means of transportation (see H. Con. Res. 369)

Chesapeake Bay: restore (see H.R. 5858)

Conservation Promotion Act: enact (see S. 2409)

Conservation Reserve Program: establish a bid-back program for lands enrolled (see H.R. 4963)

———extend (see H.R. 4293)

Dept. of Defense: environmental activities (see H.R. 5202)

Ecology: address environmental issues (see S. 3182, 3187; H.R. 5827)

Farm Stewardship Act: enact (see S. 2392)

Fish and fisheries: place a moratorium on the fishing of Atlantic striped bass in U.S. waters (see H.R. 4718)

Forestry Conservation and Promotion Act: enact (see S. 2156)

Forests and forestry: establish tree planting programs (see H.R. 4465)

———preserve ancient forests (see S. 2713)

Grand Canyon Protection Act: enact (see S. 2807)

History: preservation of heritage and resources (see S. 3196)

Malaysia: preservation of tropical rainforests and the indigenous tribal culture (see S.J. Res. 387)

Montana Interim Roadless Lands Release and Conservation Act: enact (see S. 2403)

National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act: enact (see S. 2368)

National forests: land and resource management plans (see H.R. 5094)

Petroleum: Presidential allocation of supplies and limitation of prices during a severe shortage (see H.R. 5723)

———prevent the exportation of refined products except under certain circumstances (see H.R. 5701)

Power resources: commercialization of renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies (see H.R. 5469)

———conservation by farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood for energy (see H.R. 5621)

———encourage conservation and development of domestic sources (see H.R. 5735)

———funding for alternative fuel source and energy conservation programs (see H.R. 5586)

———national energy plan with consideration of oil and gas leasing (see H.R. 5573)

———national energy strategy reflecting ecological concerns (see H.R. 5767, 5786)

———promote energy efficiency and conservation (see S. Con. Res. 151)

Protection: strengthen (see S. 3105)

Public: strengthen involvement (see S. 2508)

Public works: conservation and development of water resources, and infrastructure improvements (H.R. 5314), consideration (see H. Res. 469)

Recycling of waste products: promote recycling of municipal refuse (see H.R. 4942)

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, NV: establish (see S. 2464)

Strategic petroleum reserve: drawdown (see H. Con. Res. 364)

Swampbuster Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2562)

Taxation: exclude from the gross estate the value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 5726)

———increase the fuel economy standards used to determine the gas guzzler tax (see H.R. 4301)

Water resources: development and conservation (see S. 2740)

Wetlands: conservation of resources and wildlife (see S. 3252)

———ecological management (see H.R. 4738)

———enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4353)

———identification and preservation system (see H.R. 4640)

———modify the exemptions from conservation requirements (see S. 2503)

———promote conservation and enhancement (see H.R. 4528)

———protect and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 5768)

———restore and conserve (see H.R. 4703)

Year of the Wetlands: designate (see S.J. Res. 299)

Essays

Adopt-a-Wetland Service Project (sundry), 2836, 2837 [27FE]

Explanations

Preservation of Farmland and Other Open Space, 26186 [27SE]

Letters

Conservation Service Award to Timms Fowler: Manuel Lujan, Jr., Sec. of the Interior, 13140 [6JN]

Environmental concerns: Francis Moul, 24524 [14SE]

Grand Canyon Protection Act: Grand Canyon Trust, 16448 [28JN]

National Environmental Education Act report: Representative Dingell, 26621 [28SE]

———Representative Hawkins, 26621 [28SE]

Oil production on federally leased lands: Senators Chafee and Baucus, 26484 [28SE]

———several Senators, 26483 [28SE]

Protection of Antarctica: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 29171 [15OC]

Renewable energy sources: David C. Rinebolt, National Wood Energy Association, 5611 [28MR]

———Randall Swisher, American Wind Energy Association, 5610 [28MR]

———Roger Little, U.S. Export Council for Renewable Energy, 5610 [28MR]

———Scott Sklar, Solar Energy Industries Association, 5611 [28MR]

Soil conservation programs: several environmental organizations, 19838 [27JY]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 8070 [24AP], 23477 [5SE]

Louisiana, 16185, 16186 [28JN], 18203 [19JY]

Motions

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend (H.R. 3193), 17536 [16JY]

Power resources: effectiveness of State energy conservation programs (S. 247), pass in lieu of H.R. 711, 26828 [1OC]

Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 2740), insert H.R. 5314 language in lieu, 26130 [26SE]

———enact (S. 2740), insist on House amendment and request a conference, 26150 [26SE]

Petitions

National Order of Women Legislators, 683 [29JA]

Press releases

Australia to legislate ban on Antarctic mining, 29168-29171 [15OC]

Programs

Earth Day events planned in foreign countries, 5793 [28MR]

Proposals

Federal land management: Northwest Forest Resource Council, 14823 [20JN]

Remarks in House

Agricultural Resources Conservation Act: enact (H.R. 4713), 9430 [3MY]

Animals: end use of steel jaw leghold traps (H.R. 4604), 8148 [24AP]

Antarctic regions: encourage negotiations toward a new treaty (H.J. Res. 418), 26764-26769 [1OC]

———protection and conservation (H.R. 3977), 1726 [7FE], 29164, 29166-29174 [15OC]

Bush, President: leadership in conservation effort, 23958 [12SE]

Coastal Zone Management Act: amend and reauthorize (H.R. 4030), 3589-3590 [6MR], 4403 [14MR]

Colorado: authorizing operation of Platoro Reservoir, 37112 [27OC]

Commercialization of Alternative Energy Sources and Energy Conservation Technology Act: enact (H.R. 5586), 23787, 23788, 23789 [11SE]

Conservation Reserve Program: extend (H.R. 4293), 4416 [15MR]

Dept. of Defense: environmental activities, 24982-24985 [18SE], 25142 [19SE]

———environmental activities (H.R. 5202), 16628 [28JN]

Earth Day: Bush administration's environmental policies, 7275, 7276, 7277 [18AP], 7401, 7402 [19AP]

———observance, 268, 272 [24JA], 704 [29JA], 1707 [7FE], 2645 [27FE], 3824 [7MR], 4273 [13MR], 4389 [14MR], 4533 [20MR], 4978 [22MR], 4988 [22MR], 5443 [27MR], 5700 [28MR], 5793 [28MR], 6597, 6602 [3AP], 6854 [4AP], 7274, 7280, 7281 [18AP], 7347, 7365, 7368, 7384 [18AP], 7400, 7401, 7406, 7409, 7423 [19AP], 7656, 7657, 7659 [19AP], 7674, 7677, 7680, 7690, 7694 [20AP], 7903, 7904 [23AP], 8121 [24AP], 8326 [25AP], 8549 [27AP], 9423 [3MY], 10107 [10MY], 11405 [21MY]

Ecology: addressing problems affecting environmental cleanup activities (S. 3187), 35097-35099 [26OC]

———environmental education and training (H.R. 3684), 26614-26623 [28SE]

———public awareness, 7435 [19AP]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend (H.R. 3193), 17531-17536 [16JY]

———extend (H.R. 3193), S. 2088 passed in lieu, 17536 [16JY]

Fish and fisheries: place a moratorium on the fishing of Atlantic striped bass in U.S. waters (H.R. 4718), 9203 [2MY]

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5254), 25456 [24SE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2061), 32714, 32724-32729 [23OC]

Government: waste reduction, 34081 [25OC]

Green Bay Packaging Co.: development of compost compatible products, 31090 [19OC]

International Business Machines Corp.: development of compost compatible products, 31090 [19OC]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5255), 25457 [24SE]

National Recycling Month: designate (S.J. Res. 250), 8555 [27AP]

Natural resources: development, 25588 [25SE]

———national policy for the conservation of biological diversity (H.R. 1268), 23503 [6SE]

Nebeker, Eugene B., and family: selection as Good Earth Family by National Endowment for Soil and Water Conservation, 23694 [10SE]

Petroleum: Presidential allocation of supplies and limitation of prices during a severe shortage (H.R. 5723), 26013 [26SE]

Pollution: environmental taxes, 4513 [19MR]

Power resources: commercialization of renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies (H.R. 5469), 23034, 23043 [3AU]

———conservation by farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood for energy (H.R. 5621), 24526 [14SE]

———effectiveness of State energy conservation programs (H.R. 711)-26785, 26818 [1OC]

———effectiveness of State energy conservation programs (S. 247), 26824 [1OC]

———encourage conservation and development of domestic sources (H.R. 5735), 26451 [27SE]

———national energy plan with consideration of oil and gas leasing (H.R. 5573), 23789 [11SE]

———national energy policy, 33615 [24OC], 34103 [25OC]

———promote energy conservation and efficiency (H. Con. Res. 371), 24762 [17SE]

Proctor & Gamble Co.: development of compost compatible products, 31427 [20OC]

Public works: conservation and development of water resources, and infrastructure improvements (H.R. 5314), 24207 [13SE], 26067 [26SE], 26124 [3OC], 26461 [27SE]

———conservation and development of water resources, and infrastructure improvements (H.R. 5314), consideration (H. Res. 469), 25461-25463 [24SE]

———conservation and development of water resources, and infrastructure improvements (H.R. 5314), corrections in engrossment, 26150 [26SE]

Quirolo, DeeVon and Craig: commend efforts to save coral reefs, 23034 [3AU]

Raystown Lake, PA: allocations of storage, 26100 [26SE]

Recycling of waste products: promote recycling of plastics and use of degradable plastics (H.R. 5632), 24765 [17SE]

Taxation: exclude from the gross estate the value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (H.R. 5726), 26186 [27SE]

———imposition of excise tax on the cutting of old-growth redwood timber (H.R. 4168), 3261 [1MR]

———increase the fuel economy standards used to determine the gas guzzler tax (H.R. 4301), 4470 [15MR]

Tropical forests: destruction, 15048 [20JN]

Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 2740), insert H.R. 5314 language in lieu, 26130 [26SE]

Wetlands: conservation of resources and wildlife, 26117-26119 [26SE]

———enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (H.R. 4353), 4743 [21MR]

———exempt agricultural wetlands from Federal pollution control requirements, 26101, 26102 [26SE]

———identification and preservation system (H.R. 4640), 8394 [26AP]

———promote conservation and enhancement (H.R. 4528), 7278 [18AP]

———restore and conserve (H.R. 4703), 9248-9250 [2MY]

Wetlands No Net Loss Act: enact (H.R. 1746), 4273 [13MR]

Xerox Corp.: development of compost compatible products, 31090 [19OC]

Remarks in Senate

ACE river basin project, SC: tribute, 8522 [26AP]

Agricultural Conservation Reserve and Enhancement Act: enact (S. 2302), 4672-4673 [20MR], 8521 [26AP]

Antarctic regions: protection and conservation (H.R. 3977), 33594 [24OC]

Civilian Conservation Corps: anniversary, 7492 [19AP]

Conservation Promotion Act: enact (S. 2409), 6532-6537 [3AP]

Earth Day: Bush administration's environmental policies, 7838 [20AP]

———Maine's schoolchildren contest, 10932 [17MY]

———observance, 4700 [20MR], 7030-7033 [5AP], 7489, 7533, 7548 [19AP], 7720-7723, 7731, 7732, 7735, 7736-7740, 7741-7743, 7769, 7770, 7772, 7776, 7777, 7830 [20AP], 7896 [23AP], 10206 [11MY]

Ecology: address environmental issues (S. 3187), 28570 [11OC]

———addressing environmental issues (S. 3182), 36253 [27OC]

———impact of population growth, 15541 [28JN], 15542 [26JN]

Executive departments: separation of solid waste for recycling purposes (S. 3232), 33555 [24OC]

Farm Stewardship Act: enact (S. 2392), 6231 [2AP]

Forestry Conservation and Promotion Act: enact (S. 2156), 2220 [21FE]

Grand Canyon Protection Act: enact (S. 2807), 16447-16450 [28JN]

Malaysia: preservation of tropical rainforests and the indigenous tribal culture (S.J. Res. 387), 35860 [26OC]

Montana Interim Roadless Lands Release and Conservation Act: enact (S. 2403), 6521 [3AP], 7174 [5AP]

National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act: enact (S. 2368), 5916 [29MR]

National Commission on Natural Resources Disasters: establish (H.R. 1011), 8533 [26AP]

National Ducks and Wetlands Day: designate (S.J. Res. 338), 16580 [28JN]

National Energy Conservation Act: amend (S. 2191), 4213 [9MR]

National Water, Air, and Soil Technologies Evaluation Center: establish (S. 2162), 2412 [22FE]

Power resources: increase the effectiveness of State energy conservation programs (S. 247), 623-627 [25JA]

———replacing certain ingredients of gasoline with ethanol, 25952 [26SE]

Protection: strengthen (S. 3105), 25791 [25SE]

Public: strengthen involvement (S. 2508), 8091 [24AP]

Public lands: logging in national forests, 7722 [20AP]

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, NV: establish (S. 2464), 7590 [19AP]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: reauthorizing, 11613, 11614 [22MY]

Swampbuster Improvement Act: enact (S. 2562), 9176 [2MY]

Taxation: treatment of payments by public utilities to customers to subsidize the cost of conservation measures (S. 2312), 4916 [21MR]

Wetlands: conservation, 35936 [26OC]

———educational tool, 2836 [27FE]

———modify the exemptions from conservation requirements (S. 2503), 8082 [24AP]

Wilderness Areas—Their Impacts: symposium, 7840 [20AP]

Year of the Wetlands: designate (S.J. Res. 299), 8092 [24AP]

Reports

Ancient Forest Protection Campaign: Audubon Society, 14816-14818 [20JN]

Ancient Forest Protection—A Plan of Action for Washington, Oregon, and Northern California: Wilderness Society, 14818-14822 [20JN]

Environmental Quality: Council on Environmental Quality, 7831 [20AP]

Justification for a Senior Environment Corps and Senior Environmental Education: John T. Grupenhoff, 26621-26622 [28SE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 5314, Conservation and Development of Water and Related Resources: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 469) (H. Rept. 101-719), 25176 [19SE]

Effectiveness of State Energy Conservation Programs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 711) (H. Rept. 101-646), 20548 [30JY]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act Extension: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3193) (H. Rept. 101-604), 17588 [16JY]

Environmental Education and Training: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 3684) (H. Rept. 101-671), 22526 [3AU]

Government rights and interest relative to a conservation easement affecting certain land in Wood County, TX: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 188) (H. Rept. 101-702), 24628 [14SE]

Great Lakes and Coastal Environmental Protection and Preservation: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 2647) (H. Rept. 101-605), 17588 [16JY]

Method of Locating Private and Government Research on Environmental Issues by Geographic Location: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 3069) (S. Rept. 101-541), 31339 [19OC]

National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 1268) (H. Rept. 101-901), 31178 [19OC]

Office of Take Pride in America: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 3068), 25918 [26SE]

Promote Conservation of Fisheries and Wildlife: Committee on Merchant Marines and Fisheries (H.R. 132) (H. Rept. 101-580), 16688 [10JY]

Protection and Conservation of Continent of Antarctica: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 3977) (H. Rept. 101-692), 23677 [10SE]

Year of the Wetlands: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 299), 14230 [14JN]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Crafting a National Energy Plan, 24191 [12SE]

Statements

Earth Day: Representative Cox, 8326 [25AP]

Use of Federal Tax System To Improve the Environment: World Resources Institute, 4513-4516 [19MR]

Wetlands Conservation: Frank Popoff, 13031 [6JN]

———James D. Range, 13031 [6JN]

———John E. Walker, 13031 [6JN]

———John Sawhill, 13032 [6JN]

———Matthew B. Connolly, Jr., 13030 [6JN]

Summaries

Antarctic Protection and Conservation Act (H.R. 3977), 1726 [7FE]

National Historic Preservation Act Amendments (S. 3196)-36476 [27OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 371, promote energy conservation and efficiency, 24762 [17SE]

H. Res. 469, consideration of H.R. 5314, conservation and development of water resources, and infrastructure improvements, 25461 [24SE]

H.J. Res. 418, encourage negotiations toward a new treaty among the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties, 26764 [1OC]

H.R. 711, effectiveness of State energy conservation programs, 26818 [1OC]

H.R. 3193, Energy Policy and Conservation Act extension, 17531-17533 [16JY]

H.R. 3684, environmental education and training, 26614-26619 [28SE]

H.R. 3977, Antarctic Protection Act, 29164 [15OC]

H.R. 4301, fuel economy standards, 4470 [15MR]

H.R. 5254, authorizing appropriations for the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 25456 [24SE]

H.R. 5255, authorizing appropriations for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 25457 [24SE]

S. 247, effectiveness of State energy conservation programs, 26824-26828 [1OC]

S. 2088, Energy Policy and Conservation Act extension, 17534-17536 [16JY]

S. 2156, Forestry Conservation and Promotion Act, 2220-2224 [21FE]

S. 2162, establishing National Water, Air, and Soil Technologies Evaluation Center, 2413 [22FE]

S. 2368, National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act, 5916-5920 [29MR]

S. 2403, Montana Interim Roadless Lands Release and Conservation Act, 6522-6527 [3AP]

S. 2464, establish Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, NV, 7591 [19AP]

S. 2503, modify wetlands exemptions from conservation requirements, 8083 [24AP]

S. 2562, Swampbuster Improvement Act, 9177 [2MY]

S. 2740, Water Resources Development Act, 26130-26650 [28SE]

S. 2762, National Forest Plan Implementation Act, 14824-14826 [20JN]

S. 2807, Grand Canyon Protection Act, 16449 [28JN]

S. 3068, establish Office of Take Pride in America, 27492 [4OC]

S. 3105, National Heritage Conservation Act, 25792-25795 [25SE]

S. Con. Res. 151, promote energy efficiency and conservation, 27249 [3OC]

S.J. Res. 240, Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Week, 608 [25JA]

S.J. Res. 299, Year of the Wetlands, 14472 [18JN]

S.J. Res. 338, National Ducks and Wetlands Day, 16580 [28JN]

S.J. Res. 387, preservation of tropical rainforests and the indigenous tribal culture in Malaysia, 35860 [26OC]