SJ0001 - Grizzly Bear & Gray Wolf National Conservation Trust.
2001 |
State of
Wyoming |
01LSO-0132.E1 Substitute
No. 1 |
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. SJ0001
Grizzly Bear
& Gray Wolf National Conservation Trust.
Sponsored by: Joint
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and
Cultural Resources Interim Committee
A Bill
for
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
requesting Congress to establish a
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Northern Rocky Mountain Grizzly Bear and Gray Wolf
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Management Trust to fund management of these wildlife
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populations.
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6 WHEREAS, the United
States government has adopted and is
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implementing a plan for the recovery of the grizzly bear
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and gray wolf in the Northern Rocky Mountain region; and
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WHEREAS, the federal policy to restore the grizzly bear and
11 gray wolf in the Northern Rocky
Mountain region has a
12 continuing financial obligation
which should be borne by
13 the same broad segment of the United
States population
14 which imposed the policy in order to
continue the effective
15 management of these species; and
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1 WHEREAS, significant
portions of the range of the grizzly
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bear and gray wolf are located within the Northern Rocky
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Mountain region on lands managed by the United States
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Department of the Interior and the United States Department
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of Agriculture; and
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7 WHEREAS, the management
of resident wildlife species not
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listed under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
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amended, is the responsibility of the states; and
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WHEREAS, grizzly bear and gray wolf populations are
12 increasing and should therefore be
removed from the federal
13 list of endangered species, thereby
shifting a substantial
14 responsibility for management of
these wildlife species to
15 the state of Wyoming; and
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WHEREAS, the state of Wyoming acknowledges its
18 responsibility and authority for the
management of the
19 grizzly bear and gray wolf in the
Northern Rocky Mountain
20 region after those species have been
removed from the list
21 of endangered species; and
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WHEREAS, providing a substantial permanent and stable
24 source of funding to help pay for
the continuing costs of
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1 managing these unique
species is essential for the
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successful management of the grizzly bear and gray wolf in
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the Northern Rocky Mountain region; and
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5 WHEREAS, the costs to
manage these wildlife species in the
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Northern Rocky Mountain region will be significantly
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greater than can be sustained through the existing budgets
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of the responsible state and federal agencies; and
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WHEREAS, a national trust should be established for the
11 management of these wildlife species
with the understanding
12 that the responsible state and
federal agencies will
13 continue to seek necessary
appropriations from their
14 respective legislative bodies for
the continuing management
15 of these wildlife species,
consistent with their respective
16 statutory mandates.
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18 Now,
Therefore, Be It Resolved By The Members of the
19 Legislature
of the State of Wyoming, a majority
of all the
20 members of each house, voting
separately, concurring
21 therein:
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23 Section 1. That the
Wyoming State Legislature
24 endorses the establishment of the
Northern Rocky Mountain
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1 Grizzly Bear and Gray
Wolf Management Trust as a special
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fund within the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to
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provide funding for the management and payment of
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compensation by state and federal entities arising out of
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the continuing management of grizzly bear and gray wolf
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populations in the Northern Rocky Mountain region.
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8 Section
2. That
the Wyoming State Legislature
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requests that the United States Congress fund the corpus of
10 the Management Trust with a minimum
of forty million
11 dollars ($40,000,000.00) by January
1, 2003, which is the
12 minimum amount presently anticipated
to be required to fund
13 the obligations resulting from the
continuing management of
14 these unique species.
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16 Section 3. That the
Wyoming State Legislature
17 encourages individuals, businesses,
corporations and
18 organizations across the United
States to contribute to the
19 corpus of the Management Trust to
ensure the continuing
20 management of the grizzly bear and
gray wolf in the
21 Northern Rocky Mountain region of
the United States.
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1 Section 4. The Secretary
of State of Wyoming is
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directed to transmit copies of this resolution and a copy
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of the list of members voting for this proposal to the
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President of the United States, to the President of the
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Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of
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the United States Congress, to the United States Secretary
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of Interior and the United States Secretary of Agriculture
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and to the Wyoming Congressional Delegation.
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