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Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018
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Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 This bill establishes the San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic Mining National Conservation Area, consisting of 336,467 acres in Utah. The bill also amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a 54-mile segment of Green River, which is located in the area, as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Over 500,000 acres in Utah are designated as national wilderness areas, including Candland Mountain, Crack Canyon, Desolation Canyon, Devil's Canyon, Horseshoe Canyon (North), Mexican Mountain, Muddy Creek, Nelson Mountain, San Rafael Reef, and Sid's Mountain. With respect to the newly established conservation area and wilderness areas, the bill: allows for commercial services to the extent necessary to fulfill the areas' recreational or other purposes; allows the grazing of livestock, if already established, to continue; allows for the "casual collection" (for noncommercial use) of plants, rocks, and minerals; and otherwise provides for management by the Department of the Interior. In addition, with respect to other land in Utah, the bill provides for: the cooperative (state and federal) management of the Temple Mountain Cooperative Management Area (7,792 acres); the management of the Goblin Valley State Park Expansion as a state park; the establishment and management of the Jurassic National Monument (2,534 acres); and public purpose conveyances, by Interior to the applicable local government entity, of the Huntington Airport (1,400 acres), the Emery City Recreation Area (640 acres), the State Road 6 Emery Sheriff's Office substation site (640 acres), and the Buckhorn Information Center (65 acres).
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 832.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1071.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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In support of rollout of the Public Lands Package, Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account for Bureau of Economic Analysis,); S. 2550, Public Lands Recreational Opportunities Act S.2335; Get Outdoors Act, Recreation Not Red-Tape Act (H.R. 3400 & S.1633); Omnibus spending deal and budget deal for FY18 and FY19; House and Senate Outdoor recreation caucus; Land and Water Conservation Fund (S.896, H.R. 502, S.569, H.R. 2863); Restore our Parks Act (S. 3172 / HR 2584); - development of satellite account to define and measure the outdoor recreation economy; Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act (S. 941 / H.R. 4644); Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 (S. 2809 / H.R. 5727); 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act (S.1403, H.R. 2987); Every Kid Outdoors Act (S. 1522, H.R. 3186); Target Marksmanship and Support Training Act (S. 593); Farm Bill Section 6122 and 8626.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 6410 -Antiquities Act of 2018 H.R.6687 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes. H.R. 302 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6939-Restoring Local Input & Access to Public Lands Act of 2018 H.R. 5727-Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) S. 3333 -- Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018 S. 2354 - Antiquities Act of 2018 S. 47 - Public lands package, including S. 785, the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment program S. 2078-Advancing Conservation and Education Act H.R. 2-Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders BLM draft Environmental Assessment for a 30 day public comment period for renewing hardrock mineral leases near the Boundary Waters. (December 20, 2018) Department of Interior proposed rule to change Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Regulations, limiting FOIA. 83 FR 67175 (December 28, 2018) Executive Order On promoting active management of Americas Forests, Rangelands, and aother Feeral lands to Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk (December 21, 2018) Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska, 83 Federal Register 44252-53 (August 30, 2018) Draft Bears Ears National Monument Indian Creek and Shash Jaa Units Monument Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41111 (August 17, 2018) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument that are excluded from the boundaries draft resource management plans and associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41108 (August 17, 2018) Proposed rulemaking RIN 1024-AE45 revising the National Park Services protest permitting process regarding demonstrations at the National Mall, Memorial Parks, and Presidents Park. (August 7, 2018) Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)
Client expense: $74,132 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Support for: H.R. 502/S. 569 which amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund; H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act; H.R.5636 - Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act; S.441 - Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act; S.483 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; S.941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act; S.1403 - 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act of 2017; S.1522 - Every Kid Outdoors Act; S.2078 - Advancing Conservation and Education Act; S.2249 - Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2017; S.2889 - Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act; S.3287 - Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument Act; S.3550 - Public Land Recreational Opportunities Improvement Act; America's Public Lands Act (no bill number); HR 5911 Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act; Public Lands Recreational Opportunities Improvement Act; Land Water Conservation Fund reauthorization; H.R.1889 - Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act; Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act S. 507; HR 2323 San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act; HR 3039 San Gabriel Mountains Forever Act of 2017; H.R.2943 - Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant Program Act; S.3333 - Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018; S.2337 - Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act; H.R.6596 - Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act. Expressed views on: H.R. 5727: Emery County Public Lands Act; H.R.6682 - Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act; H.R.6365 - Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018; S.414 - Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act; S.785 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act; S.1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017; S.1987 - Pottawattamie County Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act; H.R.2075 - Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act; S.2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act; S.2297 - Custer County Airport Conveyance Act; S.3245 - Lake Fannin Conveyance Act; S.1222 - La Paz County Land Conveyance Act; S.2809 - Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018; H.R.2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; H.R.6939 - Restoring Local Input and Access to Public Lands Act of 2018; H.R.3593 - Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act; S.32 - California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2018;
Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
S.936 - 115th Congress (2017-2018: A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. It creates about 24 million acres of wilderness from public lands. Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (Introduced 04/25/2017) S.33 by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski which improves the National Monument Designation Process Act by providing for involvement of local governments in the designation. H.R. 289 by U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act of 2017 amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to specify the circumstances in which the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may: (1) issue special recreation permits for federal recreational lands and waters, and (2) charge a special recreation permit fee for them. H.R.1913 Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta[D-CA-20] establishes the 63,000 acre Clear Creek National Recreation Area with 21,000 acre Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in San Benito and Fresno California counties. HR 2135 introduced by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney applies vista view land planning approach with the "Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." S.J.Res.15 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management relating to resource management planning. HR 2044-America's Red Rock Wilderness Act sets aside additional wilderness H.R. 717 by Rules Committee member Pete Sessions (R-TX32) that calls for economic considerations in endangered species actions. H.R. 1274 Natural Resource Committee member Daniel Newhouse (R-WA04) that amends the Endangered Species Act to require: (1)Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination. (2)The appropriate department must use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination. (3) The federal agencies to use the best scientific and commercial data. H.R. 3131 by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI2) that amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. H.R. 2603 by Natural Resource Committee member Louie Gohmert (R-TX01) that amends the Endangered Species Act to prohibit the listing of non-native species in the United States as endangered or threatened. HR 424 by Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson (D-MN07) that directs the Department of Interior to delist the grey wolf in the Western Great Lakes area and Wyoming as endangered. HR 2936 by U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman is a bill(H.R. 2936) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes. -Recreational Opportunities for motorized recreation was discussed with the Department of Interior HR 2365-U.S. Rep. Paul Cook (REP-CA8) The Desert Community Lands Act directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the town of Apple Valley in California the surface estate of specified land, to be known and designated as the Apple Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area.The conveyed land may be used by the town to provide: (1) a suitable location for the establishment of a centralized, off-road vehicle recreation park; (2) the public with opportunities for off-road vehicle recreation; and (3) a designated area and facilities that would discourage unauthorized use of off-highway vehicles in areas that have been identified by the federal government, the state of California, or San Bernardino County, California, to contain environmentally sensitive land. It is supported by the AMA. HR 857 - Rep. Paul Cook (REP-CA8) Title: California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act: This bill amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to, among other things: establish or designate wilderness areas, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, and a national scenic area; release specified wilderness study areas; adjust national park and preserve boundaries; and specify land withdrawals and conveyances. Specified federal land shall be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. Lands and interests in land, including improvements, outside the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park in California, may be acquired for the purpose of operating a visitor center. The bill makes amendments to the California Desert ... HR 6147 an appropriation measure which was targeted for an increase in the Recreational Trails Program. The attempt failed with substitute language asking for a study on how the RTP money is allocatted. HR 5727 Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 sponsored by U.S. Rep. John Curtis (R-UT3) to establish the San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic Mining National Conservation Area in the state of Utah. S.2809 To establish the San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic Mining National Conservation Area in the State of Utah, to designate wilderness areas in the State, to provide for certain land conveyances, and for other purposes.Sponsored by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch S.6939 To protect and ensure multiple use and public access to public lands in Wyoming per the request of the respective counties, and for other purposes. This legislation releases wilderness study areas in Wyoming that have been studies and found to not meet the definition of wilderness. It was introduced by U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney.
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
In support of rollout of the Public Lands Package, Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account for Bureau of Economic Analysis,); S. 2550, Public Lands Recreational Opportunities Act S.2335; Get Outdoors Act, Recreation Not Red-Tape Act (H.R. 3400 & S.1633); Omnibus spending deal and budget deal for FY18 and FY19; House and Senate Outdoor recreation caucus; Land and Water Conservation Fund (S.896, H.R. 502, S.569, H.R. 2863); Restore our Parks Act (S. 3172 / HR 2584); - development of satellite account to define and measure the outdoor recreation economy; Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act (S. 941 / H.R. 4644); Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 (S. 2809 / H.R. 5727); 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act (S.1403, H.R. 2987); Every Kid Outdoors Act (S. 1522, H.R. 3186); Target Marksmanship and Support Training Act (S. 593); Farm Bill Section 6122 and 8626.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 6410 -Antiquities Act of 2018 H.R.6687 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes. H.R. 302 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6939-Restoring Local Input & Access to Public Lands Act of 2018 H.R. 5727-Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) S. 3333 -- Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018 S. 2354 - Antiquities Act of 2018 S. 47 - Public lands package, including S. 785, the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment program S. 2078-Advancing Conservation and Education Act H.R. 2-Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders BLM draft Environmental Assessment for a 30 day public comment period for renewing hardrock mineral leases near the Boundary Waters. (December 20, 2018) Department of Interior proposed rule to change Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Regulations, limiting FOIA. 83 FR 67175 (December 28, 2018) Executive Order On promoting active management of Americas Forests, Rangelands, and aother Feeral lands to Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk (December 21, 2018) Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska, 83 Federal Register 44252-53 (August 30, 2018) Draft Bears Ears National Monument Indian Creek and Shash Jaa Units Monument Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41111 (August 17, 2018) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument that are excluded from the boundaries draft resource management plans and associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41108 (August 17, 2018) Proposed rulemaking RIN 1024-AE45 revising the National Park Services protest permitting process regarding demonstrations at the National Mall, Memorial Parks, and Presidents Park. (August 7, 2018) Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 33/HR 1489, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act HR 827, Imperial Valley Desert Conservation and Recreation Act HR 857, California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act HR 1913, Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act S 837, HR 1961, Southern Utah Open OHV Areas Act S 22/HR 243, Nevada Land Sovereignty Act S 32, California Desert Protection and Recreation Act S 33, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act S 132, National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017 S 273/HR 527, Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2017 S 375, Endangered Species Act of 1973 Amendments S 509/HR 1330, Invasive Species Control Act S 751, National Park Service Legacy Act S 1417/HR 3543, Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S 1633/HR 3400, Recreation Not Red Tape Act S 1863, Native Species Protection Act S 2335/HR 289, Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act S 3803/S 2809/HR 5727, Emery County Public Land Management Act S 2509/HR 5210, National Park Restoration Act HR 360, Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument Act S 376/HR 1273, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act Restoration of the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT (no legislation to date) HR 2074, Public Input for National Monuments Act HR 2284, National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act HR 2365, Desert Community Lands Act HR 3990, National Monument Creation and Protection Act HR 6510, Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act HR 6939, Restoring Local Input and Access to Public Lands Act of 2018 S 3172, Restore Our Parks Act S 3193, Protect Utah's Rural Economy Act S3604/HR 7202, RTP Full Funding Act of 2018
Client expense: $245,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · fourth_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
Legislative and regulatory activities affecting federally recognized Indian tribes, including: fee-to-trust and jurisdiction, natural and water resource management, public safety, protection of sacred sites, clean water, environmental mitigation, energy development and funding for programs and services. H.R.6147/S.3073, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019. H.R.5727/S.2809, Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
Support for: Land Water Conservation Fund reauthorization; H.R. 502/S. 569 which amends the Land and Water; H.R.4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act; H.R.5636 - Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act; S.441 - Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act; S.483 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; S.941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act; S.1403 - 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act of 2017; S.1522 - Every Kid Outdoors Act; S.3550 - Public Land Recreational Opportunities Improvement Act; S.3333 - Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018; S.2078 - Advancing Conservation and Education Act; S.2249 - Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2017; S.2889 - Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act; S.3287 - Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument Act; restore Our Parks Act (HR 6510), and support inclusion of, or action on, LWCF legislation within that markup (HR 502); America's Public Lands Act (No bill number); H.R.6410 - ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018; HR 5911 Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act; S.2721 - San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act; HR 2323 San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act; HR 3039 San Gabriel Mountains Forever Act of 2017; Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act S. 507; S. 1959 Central Coast Heritage Protection; S.2907 - Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2018; Expressed views on: H.R. 5727: Emery County Public Lands Act; H.R.6682 - Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act; S.414 - Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act; H.R.6365 - Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018; S.785 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act; S.1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017; S.1987 - Pottawattamie County Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act; H.R.2075 - Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act; S.2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act; S.2297 - Custer County Airport Conveyance Act; S.3245 - Lake Fannin Conveyance Act; S.1222 - La Paz County Land Conveyance Act; HR 2 (Farm Bill); H.R.5513 - Big Bear Land Exchange Act; H.R.6299 - Nevada Lands Bill Technical Corrections Act of 2018; H.R.6678 - Claude Moore Farm Land Conveyance Act; S.3297 - Washington County, Utah, Public Land Act; ; HR 5515 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; H.R.5347 - Lyon County Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Act; H.R.2630 - La Paz County Land Conveyance Act; S.3172 - Restore Our Parks Act
2018 · third_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 33/HR 1489, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act HR 827, Imperial Valley Desert Conservation and Recreation Act HR 857, California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act HR 1913, Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act S 837, HR 1961, Southern Utah Open OHV Areas Act S 22/HR 243, Nevada Land Sovereignty Act S 32, California Desert Protection and Recreation Act S 33, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act S 132, National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017 S 273/HR 527, Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2017 S 375, Endangered Species Act of 1973 Amendments S 509/HR 1330, Invasive Species Control Act S 751, National Park Service Legacy Act S 1417/HR 3543, Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S 1633/HR 3400, Recreation Not Red Tape Act S 1863, Native Species Protection Act S 2335/HR 289, Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act S 2809/ HR 5727, Emery County Public Land Management Act S 2509/HR 5210, National Park Restoration Act HR 360, Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument Act S 376/HR 1273, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act Restoration of the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT (no legislation to date) HR 2074, Public Input for National Monuments Act HR 2284, National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act HR 2365, Desert Community Lands Act HR 3990, National Monument Creation and Protection Act HR 6510, Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act HR 6939, Restoring Local Input and Access to Public Lands Act of 2018 S 3172, Restore Our Parks Act S 3193, Protect Utah's Rural Economy Act
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · third_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
H.R.538 - Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act H.R.1992 - Camp Nelson Heritage Park Study Act H.R.2415 - Everglades FIRST Act H.R.4086 - Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act H.R.5420 - FDR Historic Preservation Act H.R.5727 - Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 H.R.5979 - Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act H.R.6078 - To provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and for other purposes H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R.6344 - LOCAL Act of 2018 H.R.6678 - Claude Moore Farm Land Conveyance Act H.R.6687 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes S.135 - Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act S.483 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act S.569 - Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act S.599 - Indiana Dunes National Park Designation Act S.1644 - Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Parity Act S.1993 - Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act S.2015 - National Scenic Trails Parity Act S.2604 - Oil Region National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act S.2797 - White Sands National Park Establishment Act S.2809 - Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 S.2831 - Golden Spike 150th Anniversary Act S.2870 - Amache Study Act S.2889 - Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act S.3176 -Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act S.3287 - Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument Act
2018 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
In support of rollout of the Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account for Bureau of Economic Analysis,); S. 2550, Public Lands Recreational Opportunities Act S.2335; Get Outdoors Act, Recreation Not Red-Tape Act (H.R. 3400 & S.1633); Omnibus spending deal and budget deal for FY18 and FY19; House and Senate Outdoor recreation caucus; Land and Water Conservation Fund (S.896, H.R. 502, S.569, H.R. 2863); Restore our Parks Act (S. 3172 / HR 2584); - development of satellite account to define and measure the outdoor recreation economy; Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act (S. 941 / H.R. 4644); Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 (S. 2809 / H.R. 5727); 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act (S.1403, H.R. 2987); Every Kid Outdoors Act (S. 1522, H.R. 3186); Target Marksmanship and Support Training Act (S. 593); Farm Bill Section 6122 and 8626. In opposition to: DOI-2017-0002 Executive Order on National Monuments Review, 82 FR 28818
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
In support of rollout of the Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account for Bureau of Economic Analysis,); S. 2550, Public Lands Recreational Opportunities Act S.2335; Get Outdoors Act, Recreation Not Red-Tape Act (H.R. 3400 & S.1633); Omnibus spending deal and budget deal for FY18 and FY19; House and Senate Outdoor recreation caucus; Land and Water Conservation Fund (S.896, H.R. 502, S.569, H.R. 2863); Restore our Parks Act (S. 3172 / HR 2584); DOI-2017-0002 Executive Order on National Monuments Review, 82 FR 28818 - development of satellite account to define and measure the outdoor recreation economy; Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act (S. 941 / H.R. 4644); Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 (S. 2809 / H.R. 5727); 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act (S.1403, H.R. 2987); Every Kid Outdoors Act (S. 1522, H.R. 3186); Target Marksmanship and Support Training Act (S. 593); Farm Bill Section 6122 and 8626
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · third_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
Legislative and regulatory activities affecting federally recognized Indian tribes, including: fee-to-trust and jurisdiction, natural and water resource management, public safety, protection of sacred sites, clean water, environmental mitigation, energy development and funding for programs and services. H.R.6147/S.3073, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019. H.R.5727/S.2809, Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
S.936 - 115th Congress (2017-2018: A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. It creates about 24 million acres of wilderness from public lands. Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (Introduced 04/25/2017) S.33 by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski which improves the National Monument Designation Process Act by providing for involvement of local governments in the designation. H.R. 289 by U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act of 2017 amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to specify the circumstances in which the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may: (1) issue special recreation permits for federal recreational lands and waters, and (2) charge a special recreation permit fee for them. H.R.1913 Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta[D-CA-20] establishes the 63,000 acre Clear Creek National Recreation Area with 21,000 acre Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in San Benito and Fresno California counties. HR 2135 introduced by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney applies vista view land planning approach with the "Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." S.J.Res.15 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management relating to resource management planning. HR 2044-America's Red Rock Wilderness Act sets aside additional wilderness H.R. 717 by Rules Committee member Pete Sessions (R-TX32) that calls for economic considerations in endangered species actions. H.R. 1274 Natural Resource Committee member Daniel Newhouse (R-WA04) that amends the Endangered Species Act to require: (1)Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination. (2)The appropriate department must use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination. (3) The federal agencies to use the best scientific and commercial data. H.R. 3131 by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI2) that amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. H.R. 2603 by Natural Resource Committee member Louie Gohmert (R-TX01) that amends the Endangered Species Act to prohibit the listing of non-native species in the United States as endangered or threatened. HR 424 by Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson (D-MN07) that directs the Department of Interior to delist the grey wolf in the Western Great Lakes area and Wyoming as endangered. HR 2936 by U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman is a bill(H.R. 2936) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes. -Recreational Opportunities for motorized recreation was discussed with the Department of Interior HR 2365-U.S. Rep. Paul Cook (REP-CA8) The Desert Community Lands Act directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the town of Apple Valley in California the surface estate of specified land, to be known and designated as the Apple Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area.The conveyed land may be used by the town to provide: (1) a suitable location for the establishment of a centralized, off-road vehicle recreation park; (2) the public with opportunities for off-road vehicle recreation; and (3) a designated area and facilities that would discourage unauthorized use of off-highway vehicles in areas that have been identified by the federal government, the state of California, or San Bernardino County, California, to contain environmentally sensitive land. It is supported by the AMA. HR 857 - Rep. Paul Cook (REP-CA8) Title: California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act: This bill amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to, among other things: establish or designate wilderness areas, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, and a national scenic area; release specified wilderness study areas; adjust national park and preserve boundaries; and specify land withdrawals and conveyances. Specified federal land shall be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. Lands and interests in land, including improvements, outside the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park in California, may be acquired for the purpose of operating a visitor center. The bill makes amendments to the California Desert ... HR 6147 an appropriation measure which was targeted for an increase in the Recreational Trails Program. The attempt failed with substitute language asking for a study on how the RTP money is allocatted. HR 5727 Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 sponsored by U.S. Rep. John Curtis (R-UT3) to establish the San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic Mining National Conservation Area in the state of Utah.
2018 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
Support for: Land Water Conservation Fund reauthorization; H.R. 502/S. 569 which amends the Land and Water; Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water; Conservation Fund; draft legislation for the protection of public lands; H.R.4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act; Efforts to amend Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program; HR 1731 RECLAIM Act of 2017; HR 5911 Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act; H.R.4257 - Advancing Conservation and Education Act; H.R.4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act; House companion to S. 2354 (ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018); Draft recreation bill (no legislation yet); S.2337 - Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act; S.2721 - San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act; Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act S. 507; HR 2323 San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act; HR 3039 San Gabriel Mountains Forever Act of 2017; Recreation Not Red Tape Act S 1633; H.R. 4086 Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act; H.R. 4072 Central Coast Wild Heritage Protection Act; H.R. 1026 North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act; H.R. 3997 Free Veterans from Fees Act and forthcoming Northern California Conservation and Recreation Act by Rep. Huffman. Expressed views on: HR 5210 National Park Restoration Act; H.R. 5170, the Federal Lands Investment Partnership (FLIP) Act; H.R.2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; H.R.2365 - Desert Community Lands Act; S.2809 - Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018; H.R. 5727: Emery County Public Lands Act; HR 6087 Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act; HR 6088 SPEED Act; HR 6106 Common Sense Permitting Act; HR 6107 Ending Duplicative Permitting Act; HR 3744 - Tribal Recognition Act of 2017; HR 3990 National Monument Creation and Protection Act; HR 4532 Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act; HR 4558 Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act; HR 4824 Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018; HR 5597 Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah; HR 5515 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; H.R. 5148: Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act; H.R. 5149: Unlocking Public Lands Act; H.R.3 - Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act; Risch Amendment 3087 to HR 2 (Farm Bill); S.2720 - Clean Coasts Act; S. 414/H.R. 1107 Pershing County Economic Development & Conservation Act; and H.R. 3392 Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act
2018 · second_quarter · Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
S 33/HR 1489, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act HR 827, Imperial Valley Desert Conservation and Recreation Act HR 857, California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act HR 1913, Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act S 837, HR 1961, Southern Utah Open OHV Areas Act S 22/HR 243, Nevada Land Sovereignty Act S 32, California Desert Protection and Recreation Act S 33, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act S 132, National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017 S 273/HR 527, Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2017 S 375, Endangered Species Act of 1973 Amendments S 509/HR 1330, Invasive Species Control Act S 751, National Park Service Legacy Act S 1417/HR 3543, Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S 1633/HR 3400, Recreation Not Red Tape Act S 1863, Native Species Protection Act S 2335/HR 289, Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act S 2809/ HR 5727, Emery County Public Land Management Act S 2509/HR 5210, National Park Restoration Act HR 360, Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument Act S 376/HR 1273, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act Restoration of the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT (no legislation to date) HR 2074, Public Input for National Monuments Act HR 2284, National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act HR 2365, Desert Community Lands Act HR 3990, National Monument Creation and Protection Act
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Client expense: $77,132 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $199,450 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
Client expense: $338,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service