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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







No. 16
GARRISON DIVERSION PROJECT


               
The proposed Garrison Diversion Project is an ill-conceived irrigation project which threatens to destroy 70,000 acres of North Dakota marshlands and 61,000 acres of grassland.

North Dakota produces more wild ducks than any state other than Alaska.  Two major flyways for migratory waterfowl converge onto shallow lakes and marshes which provide breeding and nesting areas.  The loss of birds will be noticeable in the U.S. and Canada.  Also the canals would allow non-native species of fish to pass into Canadian rivers, thereby threatening the Manitoba fishing industry.

The Garrison Diversion Project has a benefit/cost ratio of 50 cents per dollar and would produce crops which are already in over-supply.  The U.S. Senate restored funding in 1983.  New studies are being made by the U.S. House of Representatives.
            
Therefore be it resolved by the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs that no more funding be provided to continue the Garrison Diversion Project.














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