Appropriations Ruling: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Steller's and Spectacled Eiders Conservation Plan.B-318386 August 12, 2009 Because considerable conservation efforts over several years have not halted the decline of two threatened eider species, GAO will not object to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) proposed use of appropriated funds to purchase and distribute caps and other items to residents of Alaska North Slope Alaska North Slope or Arctic North Slope, region, N Alaska, sloping from the Brooks Range N to the Arctic Ocean. In 1968 large petroleum reserves were found in the Prudhoe Bay area. communities in furtherance of the agency's eider conservation plan. FWS will print images of the threatened eiders on these items and, for some items, include eider conservation messages. The items, which FWS will distribute as part of agency outreach events, will help residents identify the threatened species and serve as reminders of the agency's conservation message. Categories: Appropriations Decison, Appropriated funds, Conservation, Conservation practices, Conservation programs, Eider Conservation Plan, Endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. , Environmental education, Federal funds, Funds management, Gifts or gratuities, Strategic planning, Waterfowl waterfowl, common term for members of the order Anseriformes, wild, aquatic, typically freshwater birds including ducks, geese, and screamers. In Great Britain the term is also used to designate species kept for ornamental purposes on private lakes or ponds, while in , Wildlife, Wildlife conservation |
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