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changes to our laws, I feel that it is the responsibility of Congress to fund the <br />additional cash portion of this program. <br />This program, given adequate funding and the participation of the Fish and <br />Wildlife Service in a truly cooperative fashion, has the ability to provide <br />meaningful management for the endangered species in question, to preserve and <br />protect the people, social systems, and economics of the basin, and also to serve as <br />a model for the entire nation. However, it is only when the leaders of the Fish and <br />Wildlife Service and its sister agencies can communicate effectively their vision of <br />how the Act was intended to work for the benefit of the species and people, to the <br />field representatives of the agencies, that a program such as this can work. <br />Often times, it appears to me, the best intentions of all the parties <br />notwithstanding, that individuals within the participating groups misuse the <br />powers granted to them by the people of the United States, and ultimately thwart <br />what is best for all. It would be a tragedy if this potentially, "landmark" program <br />were destroyed by a few individuals, who feel very strongly that their opinions and <br />visions are what is best for everyone. It seems that these individuals would rather <br />have continuous legal battles instead of a program built upon mutual trust and a <br />goal of finding the truth through adaptive management and good scientific <br />investigation. <br />It is exactly this apparent use of individual opinions rather than sound, <br />measured scientific knowledge that disturbs me as I read about and hear from my <br />