Bob Misso Oral History Transcript (Partners For Fish and Wildlife)

Bob describes how the 1985 Food Security Act (the Farm Bill) brought the Fish and Wildlife Service into working on agricultural lands to protect and restore wetlands. He describes how the program was implemented in the regions, how the program was approved by Director Frank Dunkle and key testimony to support the program provided by Director John Turner. He describes how Executive Order 11990 helped the Fish and Wildlife Service protect wetlands on Farmers Home Administration inventory lands through easements and fee title transfers. FWS responsibilities through the Farm Bills also included Swampbuster and Conservation Reserve Program consultation. Bob describes the development and importance of the Wetland Reserve Program. Lastly, he describes how the private lands habitat restoration work being done in Regions 3 and 6 became a national initiative which grew to include dense nesting cover plantings, and grassland, riparian riparian
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