B-137063: Mar 21, 1966

A Senator requested that GAO examine the propriety of certain expenditures by the Department of the Interior in the propagation and conservation of the Hawaiian nene goose. GAO was also asked to furnish information on the amount expended, per goose, by the Federal Government and the State of Hawaii.GAO found that the restoration program was being maintained at about the same financial level as com...

B-137063: Mar 21, 1966

The Honorable Norris Cotton United States Senate Dear Senator Cotton: Reference is made to your letter of January 19. The Congress recognized the fact that there then existed less than 50 rare Hawaiian nene geese in the wild state in the Territory of Hawaii and that such species of native waterfowl was threatened with extinction. 000 for each of the two fiscal years involved were appropriated by t...

B-137063: Mar 21, 1966

In enacting Public Law 85-891, the Congress recognized the fact that there then existed less than 50 rare Hawaiian nene geese in the wild state in the territory of Hawaii and that such species of native waterfowl was threatened with extinction. As a consequence, the Congress authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior the sum of $15,000 per year for a period of five years to be...