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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 13:06:23 EST
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- From: "Norman C. Saunders" <NYS@NIHCU.BITNET>
- Subject: F&WS Sells Out To NRA
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- Fish and Wildlife Service
- For Release: December 17, 1992
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- Patricia Fisher 202-208-5634
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service And The National Rifle Association
- Sign Memorandum Of Understanding To Promote Wildlife Conservation
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- The interior Department's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today
- announced it has joined with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to
- promote cooperation in wildlife conservation and management efforts.
- Service Director John Turner and Wayne LaPierre, NRA's Executive Vice
- President, signed a memorandum of understanding providing a framework
- for the two organizations to plan and carry out projects and information
- efforts on national wildlife refuges and for other Service land
- management activities.
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- The signing ceremony took place in the Service's Washington, DC,
- headquarters. "This agreement will benefit many visitors to our
- national wildlife refuges," said Turner. "The Service and the NRA share
- the goals of enhancing wildlife habitat, improving access for the
- physically challenged, and ensuring safe and enjoyable hunting
- experiences."
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- The new partnership affords local NRA chapters across the country
- the opportunity to work with nearby Service national wildlife refuge
- personnel in planning and implementing mutually beneficial programs.
- For example, the NRA will soon be working with the Service to help make
- hunting on refuges accessible to physically challenged sportsmen and
- women. In addition, the Service and the NRA will cooperate on
- information programs about wildlife.
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- This press release has been brought to you compliments of The Osprey's
- Nest, a computer bulletin board for birders and other amateur natural-
- ists in the Washington, DC area. The Osprey's Nest may be reached 24
- hours per day at 301-989-9036 and answers the phone at 300 to 9600 baud.
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- The Osprey's Nest is not associated in any way with the U.S. Department
- of the Interior or with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Opinions
- expressed in these press releases are definitely not those of Norman
- Saunders, the system operator of The Osprey's Nest. This is by far the
- most appalling look yet at the true colors of our self-styled
- "conservation president." I am glad he has lost his bird for re-
- election and hope that President Clinton will see fit to straighten out
- the mess that has been made of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
-