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Fish and Wildlife Service: Agency Needs to Inform Congress of Future Costs Associated With Land Acquisitions

T-RCED-00-89 Published: Feb 15, 2000. Publicly Released: Feb 15, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed its recent report on how the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decides to establish and expand refuges, focusing on: (1) the financial effect of establishing refuges by means other than appropriations; and (2) differences in the priority-setting processes for acquiring land using the land and water and migratory bird funds.

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Appropriated fundsFunds managementInternal controlsLand managementManagement information systemsMigratory birdsPrioritizingReal property acquisitionWildlife conservationWildlife