| Deputy
Interior Secretary Announces President to Seek More
Than $2.1 Million for Ivory-billed Woodpecker in
2007 Budget;
Interior also announces three groups from Arkansas and Mississippi
to receive nearly $800,000 for private lands conservation
MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 22, 2006
Contacts:
Tom MacKenzie, 404-679-7291 (mobile) 678-296-6400
Joan Moody, 202-208-6416
Who:
Lynn Scarlett, deputy secretary,
Department of Interior
Scott Simon, state director, The Nature Conservancy, Arkansas
Ken Smith, executive director, Audubon Arkansas
James Cummins, executive director, Mississippi River Trust
What:
Interior Deputy Secretary
will announce the President’s
FY07 Budget request for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker recovery effort following
a meeting of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker recovery team executive committee
in Brinkley, Ark. At the same time, she will present the $800,000 in
grants to be awarded from FY06 monies.
When:
Friday February 24, 2006 1:00
p.m. Central
Where:
Brinkley Convention Center,
1501 Weatherby Drive
Brinkley, AR 72021
870-734-7332
Background:
Scarlett will announce the
President’s FY-07 Budget request for
the Ivory-billed Woodpecker recovery effort for the next fiscal year,
which begins October 1, 2006.
She will also announce $800,000 in Private Stewardship Grants to three
different organizations with four projects on private lands to improve
forest habitat to benefit the endangered Ivory-billed woodpecker.
Lynn Scarlett’s biography:
http://www.doi.gov/bio/bioscarlett.htm
|
