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Southern Division Comments
on these resolutions are encouraged and welcomed. Previously published in
the Summer 2004 SDAFS Newsletter
and will
RESOLUTION PROTECTING THE NATIONALLY WHEREAS, the Mississippi River is the fourth largest river in the world and the largest river in North America; and WHEREAS, the Mississippi River flows for 954 river miles from the confluence of Illinois and Ohio Rivers at Cario, Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico; and WHEREAS, the aquatic natural resources of the Mississippi River are of significant recreational importance to the States of Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, and the Nation; and WHEREAS, these resources provide substantial input to the economies of the States of Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, and the Nation; and WHEREAS, many of the Lower
Mississippi River Ecosystem’s unique aquatic natural resources are
in substantial danger of being irreversibly altered or otherwise
lost; and RESOLVED, the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, assembled at its assembled at its annual meeting on this 11th day of February in the year 2005 at Virginia Beach, Virginia urges the States of Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and the United States Congress to appropriate funding in amount of $1,750,000 authorized by Section 402 of the Water Resource Development Act of 2000 to be appropriated for conducting the Lower Mississippi River Resource Assessment.
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