President's Budget Proposes $25.5 Million Increase for National Wildlife Refuges; Second Major Increase in Two years

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: February 5, 2003 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President Bush marked the 100th anniversary of America's National Wildlife Refuge System by proposing a $25.5 million increase in the system's budget for FY 2004, the second major increase in two years. Last year, the President proposed an historic $56.5 million budget increase for the refuge system, which was founded by President Theodore Roosevelt on March 14, 1903 and now includes 95 million acres on 540 refuges in all 50 states.

The $402 million request for FY 2004 would represent more than a doubling of the refuge systems' budget since 1997. The ...

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