my name is lena moffatt and i matter for federal policy break the national wildlife federation. i will try not to repeat too much about my boss said. the national wildlife federation is the country's oldest and -- committed to safeguarding our wild outdoor heritage for future generations. nws has organizations announced every state across the country committed to protecting wildlife in the ecosystems they depend on. to that end their affiliate organizations are present at all for claim powerplant hearings happening across the country and are committed to seeing this rule over the finish line. this includes our affiliates in places like nebraska texas arkansas virginia north carolina maine montana and more. they have seen the devastating impacts of climate change on wildlife that they love and understand we must take action today to avoid increasing extinction of species we care about. our members and affiliate partners also understand the claim powerplant presents an unparalleled opportunity to chile foster the local renewable solutions to climate change their country as been wai

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s of the national wildlife federation, the theodore roosevelt conservation partnership, the isaac walton league of america and trout unlimited in one letter wrote this -- "the bipartisan sparts men's act of -- sportsmen's act of 2014 includes valuable provisions that conserve fish and wildlife habitat and expand the public access for the fishermen and the hunters. we know that time on the senate floor is extremely limited and precious but we believe that this bill is worthy of expedited floor consideration. it is a rare and splendid occurrence that such a large and diverse coalition of hunting, shooting, angling and other conservation organizations are so united behind this bill." and then a letter from jeff crane who is president of the congressional sportsmen foundation. and i know that i have -- lisa and i both, senator murkowski and i both have worked very closely with jeff crane, who is president of the congressional sportsmen foundation. in his letter, he said, "we thank congressional sportsmen's caucus cochair, senator hagan, and member senator murkowski for introducing this bipar

funding from the national fish and wildlife foundation consistently generates $3 in nonfederal funding for every $1 of federal funds. one priority that nfwf is currently working on is designed to introduce america's youth to careers in conservation. in addition to employing youth, nfwf is also exploring ways to expand conservation employment opportunities for our nation's veterans. our package also includes regulatory reforms and enhancementses that will benefit sportsmen and women across the country. another example: bipartisan legislation was introduced by senator mark udall from colorado. this is included, and it would enable states to allocate a greater portion of the federal pittman-robertson funding to create and maintain shooting ranges on public lands. there's currently a shortage of public shooting ranges across the country. in north carolina, a principal impediment to target range development is the initial cost of acquiring the land and then constructing the facility. by reducing the nonfederal match requirement from 25% currently to 10% and then allowing the states to access funds over a greater p

national park service banned the use of drones in more than 400 sites, spanning some 84 million acres including federal parks and waterways. the ban takes effect august 20. drones have been used to harass wildlife like bears and bighorn sheep. the park service disapproves of such harassment and also fields noise complaints and safety concern with good reason. this 2001 military drone operated by highly trained personnel have had more than 400 accidents and 194 of the 400 accidents caused $2 million in damage in each of these. this alarming drone action could be a forecast of coming havoc next year. with commercial drone use allowed under a new federal law. >> question, should drones be banned on beaches, in parks, over wilderness areas, over crime scenes or emergencies, where first responders are working, at funerals? who should decide? >> it depends on the particular area and incident. what these are are fundamentally instruments of surveillance. they can do tremendous good on watching our border, watching the seas against threats, helping police, and people speeding and things like that. but at the same time they can also be instruments of harassment and invasion of privacy. and so what we're

programs, including the north american wetlands conservation act, the federal land transaction facilitation act and the national fish and wildlife foundation. our bill also includes regulatory reforms and enhancements that will benefit sportsmen and women across our country. for example, states will be able to allocate a greater portion of federal pittman-robertsonson funding. this is important because we're currently facing a shortage of public shooting ranges across the country. we will also enable hunters to purchase an electronic duck stand. i can personally vouch for the benefits of this provision. our son-in-law came to visit one year. my husband planned to take him duck hunting towards the end of the season. unfortunately, three different places had sold out of duck stamps. so 2340u whe now when my husbans duck stamp for the season, he actual lit purchases extra just in case family or friends come to visit during duck season. this provision will allow my husband and other hunters to purchase duck stamps online. this is 2014 -- instead of traveling from post office to post office in search of a duck stamp. the bipartisan s

national wildlife refuge to drilling. the congressional budget office estimates such an effort will increase gross federal seat recs by $5 billion over 10 years. that's a lot more than we need to make this payment. there are other possibilities for offsets as well but that's one that's rather meaty and that is more than enough to pay the funds that were stolen from wyoming over 10 years and to pay for two years' worl worth of transportation projects. not just a short-term fix on the transportation. i know my colleagues will see the importance of this matter to wyoming and to all the coal producing states. it's important that we take a look at this and protect the -- the validity of trust funds that we set up and not redo them without adequate debate or an actual vote on the trust fund that we're violating. and we've done that on a couple of other trust funds as well. one of the ones that we also did was to impose an additional tax on those companies that have private pension funds. because we have a pension benefit guaranty trust fund that's designed so that if a company goes out of business, a worker that works for one

federal listings or delistings are final. it's troubling that hundreds of sweeping listing decisions by the national wildlife service and the marine service cite studies that are inaccessible to the public. yet this data should be used -- would be used to reck late the very people who don't have access to this information. this secrecy goes against the grain of good science and transparency. data transparency is not only good for the american public in that it makes our government more accountable, it is also good for species because it allows for an open conversation about improving species science. as biologist rob roy rainey testified at the natural resources committee hearing, and i'll quote directly, quote, when the data are not publicly accessible, legitimate scientific inquiry and debate is eliminated and no independent third party can reproduce the results this puts the basis of some e.s.a. decisions outside the rem of science and species recovery is no better off. withholding data does not further the goal of species recovery, end quote. now i couldn't agree more with that statement. especially when over 700 species could