Re: Farm Bill recommendations?

x1pease@exnet.iastate.edu
Fri, 10 Feb 1995 10:55:45 -0600

I was a part of a group of wildlife biologists who wrote a position paper
for the national organization of wildlife professionals, The Wildlife
Society. As far as I know, the paper is still under review. The intent,
however, was to use it as a basis for testimony to Congress for the '95
bill. It has a considerable amount of background on past Farm Bills and
specific recommendations for several parts of the bill, not just
CRP--although CRP is certainly an important part of the recommendations. I
have been using our committee's final draft as the basis for several talks
I have been giving about the implications of the Farm Bill for fish and
wildlife. I cannot, however, send out copies of that draft since it is in
review by TWS.

I suggest you contact Harry Hodgdon, The Wildlife Society, 5410 Grosvenor
Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814-2197 or by phone at 301/897-9770. He should be
able to give you a current status of the technical paper.

James Pease, Ph.D.
Extension Wildlife Specialist
Dept. of Animal Ecology
124 Science II
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-3221

> I teach a class on sustainable agriculture at Carleton College in
>Northfield Minnesota and am looking for position papers/recomendations on the
>1995 Farm Bill. I would be interested in recommendations from all types of
>groups - conservative to liberal, pro-subsidy to free market, pro-industrial to
>pro-family farm, property rights to environomentalist, etc.
>
> Also, are there recommendations from any of the SAWG groups?
>
> - Thanks
>
>David Hougen-Eitzman
>Biology Department
>Carleton College
>Northfield, MN 55053
>deitzman@carleton.edu
Jim Pease
Extension Wildlife Specialist
124 Science II
Department of Animal Ecology
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-3221
Phone: 515/294-7429
FAX: 515/294-7874