Hayden, former Governor of Kansas with strong interests in the environment and recreational fishing, has indicated his availability to discuss Great Lakes issues and other parks and wildlife topics with the media.
Hayden was appointed Interior Assistant Secretary June 1991. The mission of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission is to conserve, protect, enhance and restore fishery resources of the Great Lakes.
For details and to set up an appointment with Assistant Secretary Hayden, contact Phil Million or Mike Smith at 202-208-4131.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 93-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System which encompasses more than 530 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 66 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 78 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies. For further information about the programs and activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region, please visit our home page at: http://midwest.fws.gov
