National Biological Service Faces Extermination

[Ell-Piret Multer]

In article <3r7jj9$ilu at rs10.tcs.tulane.edu> Randall Legeai <rlegeai at mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu> writes:
>From: Randall Legeai <rlegeai at mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu>
>Subject: Re: National Biological Service Faces Extermination
>Date: 8 Jun 1995 19:38:17 GMT

>kcowing at aibs.org (Keith L. Cowing) wrote:
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>> National Biological Service Faces Extermination
>> 
>> The Department of Interior's National Biological Service is facing a
>> critical juncture in the coming weeks as Congress  considers agency
>> budgets for 1996.  NBS, which combined the  biological research efforts of
>> DOI's agencies in 1993, may face  elimination under current budget
>> proposals.  

>Isn't that the National Biological _Survey_ ??  I don't think there's
>such a thing as the National Biological Service.

"Survey "was changed to "Service" to more accurately reflect the mission of 
the organization.













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