To protect our reservation, we ask the committee to, one, maintain funding for Great Lakes Restoration Initiatives at $300 million; increase the fiscal year 2018 funding for BIA's Trust-Natural Resource Management Programs above $201 million and protect funding for Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Thompson requests increased funding for various environmental and resource management programs.
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