WETLANDS

Articles and editorials

Celebrating the Resourceful Earth, E743 [22AP]

Pfiesteria Found in 5 Md. Rivers—Presence Widespread in Rivers, Streams but Not Always Harmful, S2102 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: permit use of certain lands (see H.R. 1578), H2372 [27AP]

Alaska: regulation of wetlands (see S. 49), S339 [19JA]

Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act: funding (see S. 1119), S5954 [25MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see S. 25), S338 [19JA] (see H.R. 3245), H11702 [8NO]

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement a plan for Atlantic coastal States to address problems with toxic microorganisms in wetlands and waters (see S. 493), S2095 [2MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative to relative to wetlands mitigation banking (see H.R. 1290), H1799 [25MR]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see S. 1448), S9529 [28JY] (see H.R. 2066), H3858 [8JN]

Hawaii: conduct a study to determine ways of restoring the natural wetlands conditions in the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 3176), H11144 [28OC]

Louisiana: authorize water quality restoration projects for Lake Pontchartrain Basin (see S. 1621), S11255 [22SE] (see H.R. 2957), H8872 [27SE]

Minnesota: temporary exception for certain counties from limitation on percentage of cropland that may be enrolled in the conservation reserve and wetlands reserve programs (see H.R. 2583), H6199 [21JY]

National parks and recreation areas: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to preserve and protect threatened habitats within the national park system (see S. 819), S3776 [15AP]

Natural resources: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund acquisition, improvement, and maintenance of public resources (see S. 446), S1802 [23FE] (see H.R. 798), H715 [23FE]

North American Wetlands Conservation Council: appointment of additional members (see H.R. 2821), H8098 [9SE]

Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 1998), S15089 [19NO] (see H.R. 2833), H8099 [9SE]

Excerpts

Letters supporting S. 446, Resources 2000 Act, S1820 [23FE]

Letters

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor of North Carolina, S11031 [16SE]

———Jim Hodges, Governor of South Carolina, S11030 [16SE]

———Roy Barnes, Governor of Georgia, S11030 [16SE]

Resources 2000 Act: Betsy Reifsnider, Friends of the River (organization), S1821 [23FE]

———Brian Huse, National Parks and Conservation Association, S1821 [23FE]

———Eric Hertfelder, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, S1821 [23FE]

———Joe Wilson, National Association of Police Athletic Leagues, S1822 [23FE]

———John Woodbury, Bay Area Open Space Council, S1822 [23FE]

———Melanie L. Griffin, Sierra Club, S1821 [23FE]

———Susan West Montgomery, Preservation Action (organization), S1821 [23FE]

———Vin Steponaitis, Society of American Archaeology, S1821 [23FE]

Upper Mississippi River Environmental Management Program funding: Robert L. Delaney, H6533 [27JY]

Use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local coastal conservation programs: several Governors, S11914 [5OC]

Use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S13927 [4NO]

———several Governors, S13927 [4NO]

———several Senators, S14677 [17NO]

———several individuals and organizations, S13926 [4NO], S14677 [17NO]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 446, Resources 2000 Act, S1820 [23FE], S8853 [20JY]

Remarks in House

Arntz, Dee: National Wetlands Award recipient, E1512 [12JY]

Brookfield, IL: tribute to Brookfield Zoo Salt Creek Wilderness exhibit, E1753 [5AU]

Coast Guard: investigation of Garden Grove, CA, oil spill in the Bolsa Chica wetlands, H1372 [17MR]

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement a plan for Atlantic coastal States to address problems with toxic microorganisms in wetlands and waters, H2483 [29AP]

———reform wetland permit programs relative to appeal of jurisdictional determinations, H6513, H6514, H6521, H6526-H6536 [27JY]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (H.R. 2066), E1172 [9JN]

Natural resources: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund acquisition, improvement, and maintenance of public resources (H.R. 798), E256 [23FE]

North American Wetlands Conservation Council: appointment of additional members (H.R. 2821), H10134-H10136 [18OC], E1839 [9SE]

Preservation, H6506 [27JY]

Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 2833), E1831 [9SE]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: regulation of wetlands (S. 49), S443 [19JA]

Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act: funding (S. 1119), S14914 [19NO]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, S11065 [16SE], S13925-S13928 [4NO], S14237, S14280-S14283 [8NO], S14676-S14678, S14692 [17NO]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (S. 25), S413-S422 [19JA], S8835-S8842, S8853 [20JY], S9337 [27JY], S10713-S10715 [10SE], S11029-S11032 [16SE], S11914 [5OC], S13001 [21OC]

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement a plan for Atlantic coastal States to address problems with toxic microorganisms in wetlands and waters (S. 493), S2101 [2MR]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (S. 1448), S9941 [30JY]

Louisiana: authorize water quality restoration projects for Lake Pontchartrain Basin (S. 1621), S11263 [22SE], S11358 [23SE]

National parks and recreation areas: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to preserve and protect threatened habitats within the national park system (S. 819), S3791 [15AP], S3975 [21AP], S11320 [23SE], S13329-S13331 [27OC], S14600 [16NO]

Natural resources: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund acquisition, improvement, and maintenance of public resources (S. 446), S1809 [23FE], S8853 [20JY]

South Carolina: Congaree Swamp National Monument operational funding, S10343 [5AU]

Reports filed

Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act Funding: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1119) (S. Rept. 106-193), S12783 [18OC]

North American Wetlands Conservation Council Expansion Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2821) (H. Rept. 106-388), H10173 [18OC]

Summaries

Resources 2000 Act (H.R. 798), E257 [23FE]

Resources 2000 Act (S. 446), S1810 [23FE]

Tables

Federal offshore mineral revenue collections, S13927 [4NO]

Testimonies

State and Local Government Land and Natural Resources Conservation: Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey, S11031 [16SE]

Texts of

H.R. 2821, North American Wetlands Conservation Council Expansion Act, H10134 [18OC]

S. 25, Conservation and Reinvestment Act, S414-S419 [19JA]

S. 446, Resources 2000 Act, S1811-S1820 [23FE]

S. 493, Toxic Microorganism Abatement Pilot Project Act, S2101 [2MR]

S. 819, Act To Sustain the National Parks, S3792 [15AP]

S. 1119, Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act funding, S14914 [19NO]