BEATTIE, 49, EX-HEAD OF U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Mollie mollie or molly, New World fish of the genus Mollienesia, in the same family as the guppy (see killifish). Mollies are found from the E and central United States to Argentina. Beattie, who as director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the past three years defended the Endangered Species Act The federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C.A. §§ 1531 et seq.) was enacted to protect animal and plant species from extinction by preserving the ecosystems in which they survive and by providing programs for their conservation. against attacks from Republicans in Congress, has died at 49. Beattie, who died in Townshend on Thursday of brain cancer, was the first woman to head the federal agency, which oversees wildlife refuges and 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. . She resigned earlier this month because of ill health. ``Mollie was a person who believed in the value of life and wildlife so deeply that she dedicated her many talents to preserving God's gracious Earth,'' President Clinton said in a statement issued at the White House. ``She was the No. 1 advocate for our national wildlife refuges, forever fighting to keep the system strong and growing,'' the statement said. ``Her passion for wildlife and her compassion for people touched all who knew her,'' Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt Bruce Edward Babbitt (born June 27, 1938), a Democrat, served as United States Secretary of the Interior and as Governor of Arizona. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Babbitt graduated from the University of Notre Dame, and attended the University of Newcastle said. ``She guided us with a steady hand through a difficult time when our fundamental mission to conserve wildlife for future generations was challenged.'' Beattie also fought to expand the federal refuge system at a time of budget cuts. Some of the congressional leaders most opposed to her stands honored her this week by introducing legislation that would name 8 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) covers 19,049,236 acres (79,318 km²) in northeastern Alaska, in the North Slope region. It was originally protected in 1960 by order of Fred A. Seaton, the Secretary of the Interior under U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. in Alaska after Beattie. Beattie is survived by her husband, Rick Schwolsky; her mother and a sister. |
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