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Date:         Sun, 11 Oct 1992 09:43:30 EDT
Reply-To:     "Norman C. Saunders" <NYS@NIHCU.BITNET>
From:         "Norman C. Saunders" <NYS@NIHCU.BITNET>
Subject:      F&WS Bureacracy Shifts

Fish and Wildlife Service
For Release: October 6, 1992

Hugh Vickery  202-208-5634

           Michael J. Spear Named Fish and Wildlife Service's
         Assistant Director  For Fish And Wildlife Enhancement

     The Director  of the  Interior Department's  U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, John  Turner, announced  today the  appointment of  Michael  J.
Spear as  Assistant Director  for Fish  and Wildlife Enhancement.  Spear
brings to  his new  position more than 19 years experience with the Ser-
vice, including the last 10 years as Regional Director for the Southwest
Region, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

     "Mike Spear  exemplifies the  highest degree  of professionalism in
the management  of our  Nation's fish  and wildlife  resources,"  Turner
said.   "He has  a distinguished  record with the Service and will do an
outstanding job  overseeing many  of the  agency's most significant con-
servation programs."

     As Assistant  Director for  Fish and Wildlife Enhancement, Spear is
to direct  the Service's endangered species, environmental contaminants,
and habitat conservation programs.   He also will be responsible for the
Federal Aid program which apportions Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
funds to  the states.   In  addition, Spear  will oversee  the Office of
Management Authority,  which  issues  import/export  permits  under  the
Convention on  International Trade  in Endangered  Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora.

     After graduating  from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1963, Spear served
as a  nuclear submarine  officer.   In 1973,  he  joined  the  Fish  and
Wildlife Service as Assistant Director for Planning & Budget.  Later, he
served as  Associate Director  for Environment   before  moving  to  the
Southwest Region.

     A native  of San  Francisco, Spear also earned an M.B.A. from Stan-
ford University.  He was presented the Interior Department's Meritorious
Service Award  in 1986 and the Distinguished Service Award, the Interior
Department's highest honor, this past May.

     Spear replaces  Ralph Morgenweck,  who moved  to Denver  to  become
Regional Director   of  the Service's  Mountain-Prairie Region.  John G.
Rogers, Jr., formerly Deputy Assistant Director for Refuges and Wildlife
in Washington, DC, replaces Spear as Regional Director in Albuquerque.

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