May 12, 1982 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9759 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS FUTURE UNCERTAIN FOR among the thousands of Missourians who monitoring and computer analysis, is an im COOPERATIVE RESEARCH UNITS recently floated our Ozark National Scenic portant part of many unit projects. Riverways, you may have seen him an Marteney was accompanied on his night chored near a lazy river bend or prowling floats by two other fishery unit students. HON.HAROLDL. VOLKMER the shaded backwater pools across a gravel One investigated and compared the rivers' bar. Chances are he was scribbling in a note smallmouth bass populations. The other OF MISSOURI book or peering through binoculars, his at studied the characteristics of black and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tention rooted to a blue- and rust-colored golden redhorse sucker populations and how Wednesday, May 12, 1982 wading bird familiar to any Ozark canoe these rough fish are affected by gigging, a ist-the green heron. fall and winter sport with many devotees in e Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, along Kaiser has much more than a casual inter the Ozarks. Marteney also did some daytime with its cuts in many education and re est in these herons. A graduate student in floating and even snorkeling to find out search programs, the administration the Missouri Cooperative Wildlife Research what kind of habitats rock bass use. has once again proposed the elimina Unit, a part of the School of Forestry, Fish These projects may sound like more fun tion of Cooperative Wildlife and Fish eries and Wildlife at the University of Mis than work. Many of the students would eries Research Units. Two such units souri-Columbia, he is investigating the ecol agree the field work is an enjoyable necessi are located at the University of Mis ogy of green herons on Ozark streams. His ty of most wildlife and fisheries research. souri-Columbia, and are of particular float trips involved long hours of quiet, But for every hour a student spends out concern to me. I rise today to urge the careful observation and painstaking record doors, at least one hour, and often more, is ing of everything he saw relating to his sub spent indoors in order to compile, organize Appropriations and Budget Commit jects. Kaiser's master's degree thesis will and analyze the data. The final product, tees to provide the necessary funds to provide needed basic information to wildlife thesis or dissertation, is far more than an operate this useful, productive pro biologists about the feeding behavior and academic exercise. The three riverways fish gram. nesting habitats of these aquatic birds. eries studies, like the green heron research, The cooperative program began in That's the pure research part of the will provide National Park Service biologists 1935, and there are now 50 of these re project, describing how the green heron fits and managers with detailed information search units nationwide. These units into an Ozark stream ecosystem. Like most they want and need but otherwise could not utilize the combined physical and fi projects undertaken by the Missouri wildlife afford to gather. The benefits of coopera unit, Mark's study also has a practical, prob tive unit projects are mutual for both grad nancial resources of the U.S. Fish and lem-solving side. The question here is: How uate student and government agency. Wildlife Service, State conservation does man's recreational use of these streams The Missouri cooperative units' oldest and departments, and State land grant uni affect feeding and nesting of the heron, a closest association has been with the Mis versities. In addition to training wild colorful and necessary member of these souri Department of Conservation. The as life and fishery personnel, these pro rivers' wildlife? sociation began July 2, 1937, when the grams support valuable research in re Kaiser's research found that green herons newly created Conservation Commission, in source management. stop feeding and loafing along the river its first official action, authorized participa The Missouri units have been espe channel in direct proportion to the number tion in a Cooperative Wildlife Research cially useful in meeting local and na of disturbances, primarily canoeists. Some Unit to be located at the University of Mis times the birds will fly to nearby backwaters souri. A wildlife conservation building, one tional needs. Graduates have held im and return after the floaters pass. Constant of the first in the nation, had been complet portant positions in the Missouri Con disturbance, which is common on summer ed on the Columbia campus the previous servation Department, the University weekends as flotillas of canoes blanket year. e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 89-059 0-85-44 89-059 0 - 85 - 45 (Pt.7) 9768 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 12, 1982 "They've got the go," Roberto said. He "I belong to no clubs. I must attend some He'll do business with them if he gets made a fist and jabbed the air. ceremony most every evening, but I don't them into the Bum Bum, and they like te Walking around the executive office, Ro stay. I limit speeches to 12 or 15 minutes quila.e berto plainly looked like a man of great vi and I don't show up until time to talk. tality and much younger than his 60 years. When that is finished, I leave. I never eat.'' "I take a two-hour workout early each One Bum Bum waiter poured three glass OPPOSES SUGAR PROGRAM morning," he said. "Otherwise, I couldn't es of white wine and another served the take the pressure. I see 300 to 400 people a main course: baked sea bass and totuava, day. green beans and three-inch ears of corn. "Anybody who has a problem wants to see
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