WASHINGTON: The Interior Department has announced plans to undertake a nationwide survey of plants, animals and natural habitat.
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said Saturday the project would compile information on biological resources, determining what the species are, where they exist and the condition of their habitual. The information would be used in developing policy, especially regarding endangered species.
Much of the information already exists within government agencies on a regional basis but has not been collected for use in overall policymaking officials said.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 19, 1993
