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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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J.R. 19
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Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, U.S.
Congress, 1632 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; the
Honorable Constance A. Morella, U.S. Congress, 2228 Rayburn House Office
Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; the Honorable Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the
Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20240;
Mr. Marshall Jones, Director (Acting), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street
NW, Washington, D.C 20240; and Mr. Jon Andrew, Chief, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Division of Migratory Bird Management, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington,
VA 22203.
Signed May 16, 2002.
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Joint Resolution No. 19
(House Joint Resolution No. 12)
A House Joint Resolution concerning
Natural Resources - Mute Swans - Federal Agency Control Measures
FOR the purpose of urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to act with expedience
to craft and conduct appropriate regulatory processes which will allow
Maryland to establish a method of controlling the mute swan population and to
mitigate the mute swan population's impact permanently and statewide; urging
the U.S. Department of the Interior to appeal a certain holding; and generally
relating to certain federal agency measures to control the mute swan population.
WHEREAS, The bird species known as the mute swan is not native to the
Chesapeake Bay; and
WHEREAS, Surveys of the Chesapeake Bay indicate that the mute swan
population is growing at an alarming rate, increasing from less than 100 birds in
1973 to nearly 4,000 in 1999; and
WHEREAS, Mute swans negatively impact native species and habitats in parts
of the Chesapeake Bay by displacing State-listed nesting waterbirds and removing
large amounts of submerged aquatic vegetation which is vital to all life in the Bay;
and
WHEREAS, Mute swans have repeatedly disrupted efforts to restore submerged
aquatic vegetation, obstructing progress toward the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement goal
of restoring 114,000 acres of the vegetation by 2010; and
WHEREAS, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that
mute swans are protected by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulations governing
activities involving direct contact with protected birds under the Migratory Bird
Treaty Act; and
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