SUMMARY OF PROJECTS CITED IN CHART ENTITLED
DIRECTOR'S OFFICE PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES
FUNDED WITH DOLLARS DIVERTED FROM GAS

Project: Spotted Owl (R1)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to the Service's Pacific Region to support Spotted Owl conservation activities.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1991 -$235,089 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1992 -$150,000 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Project: Sea Lions (R1)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to the Pacific Region to support inter-agency cooperative efforts addressing the problems of fish passage and sea lion predation on salmon runs at Chittenden Locks.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1994 -$207,433 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Project: Fairy Shrimp (R1)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to Pacific Region for surveying vernal pool habitat for fairy shrimp.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1994 -$50,000 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Project: Mexican Wolf (R2)

  1. Project Description: Funding to provided to Southwest Region to support the Mexican Wolf recovery program.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1991 -$69,173 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Wolf Monitoring Project (R6)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to Mountain-Prairie Region to support cooperative efforts with USDA-Forest Service for wolf monitoring and control, preparation of an EIS and public outreach.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1994 -$158,482 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1997 -$1,353 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Wolf Reintroduction Program (R6)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to Mountain-Prairie Region for wolf reintroduction activities, preparation of an EIS and public outreach.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1995 -$34,898 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Grizzly Bears (R6)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to Mountain-Prairie Region for recovery and delisting efforts of Grizzly Bear in the Yellowstone Ecosystem.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1997 -$75,000 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1998 -$74,987 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Blackfooted Ferret (R6)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to Mountain Prairie Region to support Black Footed Recovery program.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1996 -$40,000 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Atlantic Salmon (R5)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to Northeast Region for Atlantic Salmon restoration efforts in Maine
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1998 - $249,816 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1997 -$180,000 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Sea Turtle (R2)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to Southwest Region for Kemps Ridley sea turtle recovery efforts.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1998 - $150,246 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Habitat Conservation Planning (R6)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to Mountain-Prairie Region to support cooperative efforts with the State of Utah in habitat conservation.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1992 -$50,000 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Marine Mammals (R7)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to the Alaska Region to support marine mammal conservation projects.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1992 -$392,313 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1993 -$398,861 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Projects (R1)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to the Pacific Region for the development of the Natural Community Conservation Plan and for sage scrub conservation.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1992 - $100,000 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1996 -$75,000 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Projects (R5)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to the Northeast Region to support Regional operations.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1991 -$50,000 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Projects (R7)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to the Alaska Region to support Regional operations.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1991 -$62,816 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Projects (R8)

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to the Research program for operational support and projects.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1991 -$572,937 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Regional Projects

  1. Project Description: Funding provided to each of the Service's Regional Offices to support Regional projects and operations.
  2. Funding/Source: FY 1994 -$519,366 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Resource Opportunties (R7)

Retirement/Relocation Costs

FY 1994 -Funding provided to each of the Service's Regional Offices to centrally pay the costs associated with retiring employees who had accepted buyout entitlements which were authorized government-wide. Funds were allocated to pay the $25,000/employee payment, plus costs associated with employee benefits and relocations for qualifying senior executives. These costs were treated as a centralized administrative cost and distributed among Service appropriations and funds.

FY 1995 -Funding provided to the Southwest Region to pay relocation costs of employee selected for position in the Director's Office.

FY 1997 -Funding provided to the Southeast and Mountain-Prairie Regions to pay employee relocation costs, and to the Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region to cover costs of establishing a Budget and Administration management position.

FY 1994 -$1,290,150 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

$243,247 GAS Subactivities (As follows)

FY 1995 -Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1997 -Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Retirement Funding

FY 1996 -$568,080 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1997 -$562,880 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1998 -$583,920 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

AD- ES

Solicitor's Office

National Biological Survey

FY 1994 -$301,533 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Ecosystem Management Survey

NPS Agreement

Arctic Conference (R7)

NCTC - Impact/Heritage Training

American Rivers Conference

Wetlands International (International Affairs)

FY 1992 -Funding provided to the International Affairs program to participate in the Migratory Birds and International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' Conferences.

FY 1993 -Funding provided to the International Affairs program to participate in the International Wildlife Management Congress proceedings.

FY 1998 -Funding provided to the International Affairs program to participate in the 1998 Wetlands International Conference.

FY 1992 -$78, 696 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1993 -$15,197 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1998 -$27,138 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

RAMSAR Convention (International Affairs)

FY 1993 -$50,000 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

NAFTA (International Affairs)

Servicewide Accessibility Team

Drug Free Workplace

FY 1995 -$72,028 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

FY 1996 -$27,300 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation

Native American Education (R3)

FY 1992 -$30,000 Servicewide Administrative Support, Resource Management Appropriation


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