1 Federal Drive, Ft. It is a familiar dilemma for anyone who owns a home, is raising a family, or struggling with a restricted budget.
Tough choices have to be made every day in running a household.
Here, it is not fixing the roof or buying a minivan, it is focusing federal money and effort where it is needed the most. Some are sliding toward extinction, some are treasured for recreational, economic, or aesthetic values, some are nuisance species, and there are many we still need to study. There are also hundreds of resource problems to be addressed, from managing public lands on national wildlife refuges to surveying fish populations to assessing contaminants and their effects on native species. The Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region has taken the Service's first step in deciding how to prioritize the spending of its limited budget. In doing so, the Region has given Service refuge managers, fisheries biologists, wildlife biologists and scientists a blueprint for making decisions about where to spend time, effort, and money.