Policy Letters Archive

AFS Urges Biden Administration to Boost Funding for National Wildlife Refuges

October 4, 2022 President Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, We are writing to request that you prioritize the National Wildlife Refuge System in your Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget proposal by including a robust increase for the Operations and Maintenance accounts of the National Wildlife Refuge System, accounting for inflationary costs, salary increases, and the significant increase in visitation and land base of the Refuge System since 2010. The

October 4, 2022

AFS Supports EPA Restrictions on Pebble Mine

September 6, 2022 Mr. Michael S. Regan Administrator Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20460 via regulations.gov Re: Proposed determination to restrict the use of certain waters in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed as disposal sites for discharge of dredged or fill material in association with mining the Pebble deposit; Docket No. EPA-R10-OW-2022-0418-0001 (Proposed Determination) Dear Administrator Regan: On behalf of the members of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) and the Alaska Chapter of AFS,

September 7, 2022

Considerations for Conservation Translocation Policies

August 8, 2022 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service MS: PRB/3W 5275 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 via regulations.gov Re: Endangered and Threatened Species: Designation of Experimental Populations, Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0033-0001 Dear Sir or Madam: The American Fisheries Society (AFS) respectfully submits the following comments in response to the proposed changes to section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0033-0001, submitted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for public comment on June 7, 2022. AFS represents

August 8, 2022

AFS and TWS Urge Senate Environment Committee to Approve the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY ● THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY 06 April 2022 Senator Tom Carper, Chair Senate Environment and Public Works Committee 410 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Ranking Member Senate Environment and Public Works Committee 456 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chairman Carper and Ranking Member Capito, The Wildlife Society and the American Fisheries Society thank you and your colleagues for your consideration of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (S. 2372) –

April 6, 2022

AQUAA Act Builds Framework for US Marine Aquaculture Development

(Letter sent to all U.S. Senators) February 14, 2022 United States Senate Constitution Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator, We write to request your support for increasing U.S. production of healthful, sustainable, and affordable seafood through marine aquaculture. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Reps. Ed Case (D-HI) and Steve Palazzo (R-MS) have introduced an updated version of the “Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture Act” or the “AQUAA Act”. This bipartisan

March 28, 2022

Conservation Considerations for Infrastructure Implementation

March 2, 2022 The Honorable Deb Haaland Secretary U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 The Honorable Tom Vilsack Secretary U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20250 The Honorable Pete Buttigieg Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590 The Honorable Gina Raimondo Secretary U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20230 The Honorable Mike Conner Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)

March 3, 2022

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