Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008

S. 2834 Washington County Land Bill, Title III. Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Title VII. Land Disposal, Issue: Federal Acquisition of Private Land in the Red Cliffs Reserve, HCP, Washington County, Utah.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

Action on S. 1949, 100th Meridian Invasive Species State Revolving Loan Fund, including specific provisions relating to invasive species; S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to fire and restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land (now a part of S. 3213, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008); Conservation Learning Network Assistance Agreement status and budget; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; Endangered Species Program regarding Section 7 Program Implementation; Endangered Species Act Rule (revising Section 6 consultation processes) 1.1 Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; H.R. 1205/S. 1580, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; Possible Bush Administration Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of Mexico and the Central Pacific; H.R. 1907/S. 1142, The Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; S. 2834, Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008; S. 802, Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007; H.R. 6311, Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; Habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; S. 3366, Refuge Ecology Protection Assistance an Immediate Response Act; Executive Order Number 13443, Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation and implementation on Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake MOU; Bureau of Land Management offset mitigation policy; NOAAs Coral Reef Conservation Program and revisions to the guidelines for NOAAs Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program; Administrative actions to restore and protect shellfish reefs; the revision of Quarantine-37; proposed forest legislation by Senator Rob Wyden and proposed forest legislation by Congressman Peter DeFazio; Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Expansion, Conte Conservation Plan; Department of the Interior Bison Plan; develop proposal to reauthorize the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; and in conjunction with Americas Energy Coast, a project of Americas Wetlands, promoted conservation, restoration and sustainability of coastal AL, MS, LA, and TX. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Assistant Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Capital, Performance and Partnerships, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife Service , Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Acting Assistant Secretary for Science and Water, Department of the Interior; Director of Wildland Fire Coordination, Department of the Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief of Staff, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; National Fire Plan Director, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture; Director of Legislative Affairs, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Policy Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Legislative Affairs Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Acting Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Assistant Administrator for the National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Program Examiners, Office of Management and Budget; Branch Chief, Commerce Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Director, Counsel on Environmental Quality; and Acting Associate Director, Counsel on Environmental Quality.

HR.222, Central Idaho Economic Development and REcreation Act S. 802, Owyhee Initiative Implementation ACt HR 2334, Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Expansion Act S. 1380, Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Expansion Act S. 3017, Beaver Basin Wilderness Act S. 2834, Washington County Growth and Conservation Act H.R. 6162, Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act S. 3065, Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act S. 3066, Browns Canyon Wilderness Act S.3213/S.Amdt. 5662, Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2008 H.R. 3682 California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act S. 2109 California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act H.R. 2632 Sabinoso Wilderness Act H.R. 3022 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness Act S. 1774 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness Act H.R. 6156 Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act S. 3069 Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act H.R. 860 California Wild Heritage Act S. 493 California Wild Heritage Act H.R. 1011 Virginia Ridge and Valley Wilderness and National Scenic Area Act S. 570 Virginia Ridge and Valley Wilderness and National Scenic Area Act H.R.5151 Wild Monongahela Act S. 2581 Wild Monongahela Act H.R. 3513 Copper Salmon Wilderness Act S. 2034 Copper Salmon Wilderness Act H.R. 6290 Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act S. 647 Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act S. 2833 Owyhee Public Lands Management Act of 2008 S. 2379 Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Voluntary and Equitable Grazing Conflict Resolution Act S. 3089 - Spring Basin Wilderness Act S. 3088 - Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act H.R. 6291 - Oregon Treasures Act of 2008 Direct contact with House and Senate staff on a proposal to designate wilderness and direct forest projects on the Colville National Forest in Washington State. Direct contact with Senate members and staff on a proposal to designate wilderness and direct forest restoration projects on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in Montana. Direct contact with House staff on a proposal to designate wilderness on the Olympic National Forest in Washington State. Direct contact with House and Senate staff on a proposal to designate wilderness and conservation areas in Clark County, Nevada.

HR 6176 To authorize the expansion of the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, and for other purposes. S 1816 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes. S 3253 A bill to provide for the administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. HR 3114 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes. HR 3111 To provide for the administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. S 3499 An original bill to protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks. S 1380 A bill to designate as wilderness certain land within the Rocky Mountain National Park and to adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho National Recreation Area of the Arapaho National Forest in the State of Colorado. S 2834 A bill to establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, and improve public land in Washington County, Utah, and for other purposes. S 2535 A bill to revise the boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, and for other purposes. HR 3063 To revise the boundary of Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, and for other purposes. HR 2815 To expand the boundary of the Minute Man National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to include Barrett's Farm, and for other purposes. S 2513 A bill to modify the boundary of the Minute Man National Historical Park, and for other purposes. HR 6291 To adjust the boundary of Oregon Caves National Monument, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river segments in Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for other purposes. S 3340 A bill to provide for the resolution of several land ownership and related issues with respect to parcels of land located within the Everglades National Park.

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2008, S.2750 Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007, H.R.2262 National Landscape Conservation System Act, H.R. 2016 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, S.3182, Unnumbered House bill Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Unnumbered House bill National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2007, S. 725 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, H.R. 415 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 868 Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2007, S.1281 Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007, S. 647 Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act of 2007,H.R.199 Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act of 2007, S. 86 Perquimans River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2007, H.R.3139 Perquimans River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2007, S. 2357 New River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2007, S.1057 Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007, S.802 Owyhee Public Land Management Act of 2008, S. 2833 Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2007, H.R.3224 Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 200, S. 2238 Salmon Economic Analysis and Planning Act, H.R. 1507 Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act, H.R. 1769 California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act, H.R. 3682 California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act, S. 2109 Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Wild Pratt River Act of 2007, H.R. 4113 Copper Salmon Wilderness Act, H.R. 3513 Copper Salmon Wilderness Act, H.R. 2034 Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2007, S. 2093 Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2007, H.R.3667 Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge and Wilderness Enhancement Act of 2007, S.1680 Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act, S.1281 Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Wild Pratt River Act of 2007, H.R. 4113 Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2008, H.R. 6290 Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2008, S. 647 Lower Rogue Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2008, S. 3149 Oregon Caves National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2008, S. 3148 Oregon Treasures Act of 2008, H.R. 6291 Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2007, H.R. 3830 Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2007, S. 1522 Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008, S. 2834 Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, H.R. 6577 A joint resolution expressing the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin. - S.J.RES. 45 Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2008, S.3608

S. 2834 Washington County Land Bill, Title III. Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Title VII. Land Disposal, Issue: Federal Acquisition of Private Land in the Red Cliffs Reserve, HCP, Washington County, Utah.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

S. 2834 Washington County Land Bill, Title III. Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Title VII. Land Disposal, Issue: Federal Acquisition of Private Land in the Red Cliffs Reserve, HCP, Washington County, Utah.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

HR 6176 To authorize the expansion of the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, and for other purposes. S 1816 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes. S 3253 A bill to provide for the administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. HR 3114 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes. HR 3111 To provide for the administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. S 3499 An original bill to protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks. S 1380 A bill to designate as wilderness certain land within the Rocky Mountain National Park and to adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho National Recreation Area of the Arapaho National Forest in the State of Colorado. S 2834 A bill to establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, and improve public land in Washington County, Utah, and for other purposes. S 2535 A bill to revise the boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, and for other purposes. HR 3063 To revise the boundary of Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, and for other purposes. HR 2815 To expand the boundary of the Minute Man National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to include Barrett's Farm, and for other purposes. S 2513 A bill to modify the boundary of the Minute Man National Historical Park, and for other purposes. HR 6291 To adjust the boundary of Oregon Caves National Monument, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river segments in Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for other purposes. S 3340 A bill to provide for the resolution of several land ownership and related issues with respect to parcels of land located within the Everglades National Park.

H.R. 3682 California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act S. 2109 California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act H.R. 2632 Sabinoso Wilderness Act H.R. 3022 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness Act S. 1774 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness Act H.R. 6156 Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act S. 3069 Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act H.R. 860 California Wild Heritage Act S. 493 California Wild Heritage Act H.R. 1011 Virginia Ridge and Valley Wilderness and National Scenic Area Act S. 570 Virginia Ridge and Valley Wilderness and National Scenic Area Act H.R.5151 Wild Monongahela Act S. 2581 Wild Monongahela Act H.R. 3513 Copper Salmon Wilderness Act S. 2034 Copper Salmon Wilderness Act H.R. 6290 Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act S. 647 Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act H.R. 2334 Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act S. 1380 Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act S. 2833 Owyhee Public Lands Management Act of 2008 S. 2379 Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Voluntary and Equitable Grazing Conflict Resolution Act S. 3213 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 S. Amendment 5662 - Title I, provisions related to designating new wilderness areas in West Virginia and Oregon. S. 3089 - Spring Basin Wilderness Act, to designate wilderness in the Spring Basin area, Upper John Day River, Oregon. S. 3088 - Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act, to designate wilderness in the Badlands area, Deschutes County, Oregon. H.R. 6291 - Oregon Treasures Act of 2008, to designate wilderness on the Mount Hood National Forest and extend Wild and Scenic River protection to the tributaries of the Rogue River, Rogue-Siskiyou National Monument. HR.222 - Central Idaho Economic Development and REcreation Act S. 802 - Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act S. 3017 - Beaver Basin Wilderness Act S. 2834 - Washington County Growth and Conservation Act H.R. 6162 - Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act S. 3065 - Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act S. 3066 - Browns Canyon Wilderness Act Direct contact with House and Senate staff on a proposal to designate wilderness and direct forest projects on the Colville National Forest in Washington State. Direct contact with Senate members and staff on a proposal to designate wilderness and direct forest restoration projects on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in Montana. Direct contact with House staff on a proposal to designate wilderness on the Olympic National Forest in Washington State. Direct contact with House and Senate staff on a proposal to designate wilderness and conservation areas in Clark County, Nevada.

HOUSE H.R. 39 - The Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 359 - Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act (All Sections) H.R. 860 - California Wild Heritage Act (All Sections) HOUSE (continued) H.R. 886 - Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 1187 - Guld of the Farallones & Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Act (All Sections) H.R. 2016 - National Landscape Conservation System Act (All Sections) H.R. 2593 - Borderless Conservation & Security Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3022 - Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3287 - Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3513 - Copper Salmon Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 3682 - California Desert & Mountain Heritage Act (All Sections) H.R. 4292 - Superior National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2007 (Sections: Polymet Land-Swap) H.R. 6156 - Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act (All Sections especially boundary issues) H.R. 6566 - American Energy Act. - (All Sections) H.R. 6728 - Everglades National Park Land Exchange Act of 2008- (All Sections) H.R. 6830 - Healthy Forests, Healthy Planet Act of 2008- (All Sections) SENATE S. 570 - Virginia Ridge & Valley Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 647 - Lewis & Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 802 - Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 1170 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 1774 - Sequoia Kings Canyon Wilderness (All Sections) S. 2204 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act (aka: Whitehouse-Boxer) (All Sections) S. 2229 - Wyoming Range Legacy Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 2284 - Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 2568 - Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (aka: Kerry Polar Bear Bill) (All Sections) S. 2635 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act (All Sections) S. 2739 - Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (All Sections) (aka: Senate Wilderness Package 3 Wild Sky Wilderness & Chavez National park) S. 2834 - Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008 (All Secitons - Oppose) S. 3069 - Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act (All Sections) S. 3202 - Gas Price Reduction Act (All Sections) S. 3213 - Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 (All Sections) NYI (Not Yet Introduced) Mining (All Sections) Interior Appropriations Bill Funding for National Parks, Funding for Tongass national forest, Funding Limitations for Teshekpuk Lake, Limitations for Oil Shale Developments and Offshore Drilling Preston Amdt Nevada Wilderness (All Sections) Utah Wilderness (All Sections) Western Arctic (All Sections) Softwood lumber agreements/ forests (All Sections)

Action on S. 1949, 100th Meridian Invasive Species State Revolving Loan Fund, including specific provisions relating to invasive species; S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land (now a part of S. 3213, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008); Conservation Learning Network status and budget; Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; Endangered Species Program regarding Section 7 Program Implementation; H.R. 1205/S. 1580, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; Possible Bush Administration Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of Mexico; H.R. 1907/S. 1142, The Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; H.R. 247, To designate a forest service trail at Waldo Lake in the Williamette National Forest in the state of Oregon as a national recreation trail in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives; S. 2834, Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008; S. 802, Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007; H.R. 6311, Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; Habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; S. 1930, Combat Illegal Logging Act of 2007; S. 3366, Refuge Ecology Protection Assistance an immediate Response Act; H.R. 1463, Federal Lands Repair Act; Executive Order Number 13443, Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation; Bureau of Land Management offset mitigation policy; NOAAs Coral Reef Conservation Program and revisions to the guidelines for NOAAs Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program; Administrative actions to restore and protect shellfish reefs; and the revision of Quarantine-37. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the US Fish and Wildlife Service Director, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Capital, Performance and Partnerships, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant, Programs and Budget, Department of the Interior; Acting Assistant Secretary for Science and Water, Department of the Interior; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Chief of Staff, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Senior Policy Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Legislative Affairs Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Assistant Administrator for the National Marine Fishery Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Counsel on Environmental Quality; and Associate Director, Counsel on Environmental Quality.

Action on S. 1949, 100th Meridian Invasive Species State Revolving Loan Fund, including specific provisions relating to invasive species; S. 2593/ H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to restoration of forest landscapes on Public Land; Washington County Lands Bill; Jonah and Wamsutta mitigation projects; Conservation Learning Network status and budget; Fish and Wildlife collaborative efforts to eradicate invasives on islands; S. 1498/H.R. 2964, Captive Primate Safety Act; H.R. 767, Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act (REPAIR); Wildland Fire Leadership Council Meeting; H.R. 5541, FLAME Act; H.R. 5648, Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008, including specific provisions relating to emergency funding to address fire suppression; H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; National Fish Habitat Initiative Implementation, funding and legislation; S. 700/H.R. 1422, Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; Endangered Species Program regarding Section 6 Program Implementation; H.R. 1205/S. 1580, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to protection of coastal and marine resources; Possible Bush Administration Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of Mexico; H.R. 1907/S. 1142, The Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act, including specific provisions relating to acquisition and conservation of coastal and estuarine lands; H.R. 247, To designate a forest service trail at Waldo Lake in the Williamette National Forest in the state of Oregon as a national recreation trail in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives; S. 2834, Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008; S. 802, Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007; H.R. 1949, Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act; Habitat acquisition and restoration to protect Pacific salmon; NOAAs Coral Reef Conservation Program and revisions to the guidelines for NOAAs Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program; the revision of Quarantine-37. Covered Officials Contacted: Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Capital; Performance and Partnerships, DOI; Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture; Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resources, Bureau of Land Management; Deputy Associate Director, Planning and Natural Resource, Bureau of Land Management; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Policy Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Legislative Affairs Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Acting Program Director, Coral Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Deputy Assistant, Programs and Budget, DOI; Deputy Chief, US Forest Service, USDA; Acting Assistant Secretary for Science and Water, DOI; and Acting Assistant Administrator for the National Marine Fishery Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce.

HOUSE H.R. 39 - The Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 359 - Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act (All Sections) H.R. 860 - California Wild Heritage Act (All Sections) HOUSE (continued) H.R. 886 - Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 1187 - Guld of the Farallones & Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Act (All Sections) H.R. 1919 - America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 2016 - National Landscape Conservation System Act (All Sections) H.R. 2593 - Borderless Conservation & Security Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 2632 - Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3022 - Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3287 - Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) H.R. 3513 - Copper Salmon Wilderness Act (All Sections) H.R. 3682 - California Desert & Mountain Heritage Act (All Sections) H.R. 4292 - Superior National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2007 (Sections: Polymet Land-Swap) H.R. 6156 - Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act (All Sections especially boundary issues) SENATE S. 570 - Virginia Ridge & Valley Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 647 - Lewis & Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 802 - Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 1170 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 1680 - Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge and Wilderness Enhancement Act of 2007 (Sections: Izembek Road - Oppose) S. 1774 - Sequoia Kings Canyon Wilderness (All Sections) S. 2204 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act (aka: Whitehouse-Boxer) (All Sections) S. 2229 - Wyoming Range Legacy Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 2284 - Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 (All Sections) S. 2568 - Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (aka: Kerry Polar Bear Bill) (All Sections) S. 2635 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act (All Sections) S. 2739 - Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (All Sections) (aka: Senate Wilderness Package 3 Wild Sky Wilderness & Chavez National park) S. 2833 - Owyhee Public Land Management Act of 2008 (All Sections) S. 2834 - Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008 (All Secitons - Oppose) S. 3069 - Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act (All Sections) NYI (Not Yet Introduced) Mining (All Sections) Interior Appropriations Bill Funding for National Parks, Funding for Tongass national forest, Funding Limitations for Teshekpuk Lake, Limitations for oil shale developments and offshore drilling Preston Amdt Nevada Wilderness (All Sections) Utah Wilderness (All Sections) Western Arctic (All Sections) Softwood lumber agreements/ forests (All Sections)

S. 2834 Washington County Land Bill, Title III. Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Title VII. Land Disposal, Issue: Federal Acquisition of Private Land in the Red Cliffs Reserve, HCP, Washington County, Utah.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 2834 Washington County Land Bill, Title III. Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Title VII. Land Disposal, Issue: Federal Acquisition of Private Land in the Red Cliffs Reserve, HCP, Washington County, Utah.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 3682 California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act S. 2109 California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act H.R. 3287 Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act H.R. 2632 Sabinoso Wilderness Act H.R. 3022 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness Act S. 1774 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness Act H.R. 6156 Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act S. 3069 Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act H.R. 860 California Wild Heritage Act S. 493 California Wild Heritage Act H.R. 1011 Virginia Ridge and Valley Wilderness and National Scenic Area Act S. 570 Virginia Ridge and Valley Wilderness and National Scenic Area Act H.R.5151 Wild Monongahela Act S. 2581 Wild Monongahela Act H.R. 3513 Copper Salmon Wilderness Act S. 2034 Copper Salmon Wilderness Act H.R. 886 Wild Sky Wilderness Act S. 520 Wild Sky Wilderness Act H.R. 6290 Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act S. 647 Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act H.R. 2334 Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act S. 1380 Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act S. 2833 Owyhee Public Lands Management Act of 2008 S. 2379 Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Voluntary and Equitable Grazing Conflict Resolution Act S. 2739 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 S. 2180 Natural Resource Projects and Programs Authorization Act S. 3213 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 H. R.222 - Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act S. 802 - Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act S. 3017 - Beaver Basin Wilderness Act S. 2834 -Washington County Growth and Conservation Act H.R. 6162 - Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act S. 3065 - Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act S. 3066 - Browns Canyon Wilderness Act S. 2179 - National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007 H.R. 4113 - Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Wild Pratt River Act S. 3089 - Spring Basin Wilderness Act S. 3088 - Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act H.R. 6291 - Oregon Treasures Act of 2008 Issues lobbied on: Direct contact with House and Senate staff on a proposal to designate wilderness and direct forest projects on the Colville National Forest in Washington State. Direct contact with House and Senate members, staff, and administration officials on a proposal to designate wilderness and direct forest restoration projects on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in Montana. Direct contact with House and Senate staff on a proposal to designate wilderness on the Olympic National Forest in Washington State. Direct contact with Senate staff on a proposal to designate wilderness and conservation areas in Clark County, Nevada.

S. 2834 Washington County Land Bill, Title III. Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Title VII. Land Disposal, Issue: Federal Acquisition of Private Land in the Red Cliffs Reserve, HCP, Washington County, Utah.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 2834 Washington County Land Bill, Title III. Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Title VII. Land Disposal, Issue: Federal Acquisition of Private Land in the Red Cliffs Reserve, HCP, Washington County, Utah.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE