Letter to Congressional Forest Health Caucus (12/11/09)
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Congressional Forest Health Caucus
December 11, 2009
Letters/Testimony 2009
Letter to Sec. Salazar & Vilsack on Forest Health (12/11/09)
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Secretaries Vilsack and Salazar
December 11, 2009
Letter to Sec. Salazar & Vilsack on Forest Health (12/11/09)
Restoration of National Forests
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack
December 7, 2009
Collaboration on western electricity issues
WGA Chair & Vice Chair
Western electric utility CEOs
January 6, 2009
National energy policy and answers to Committee follow up questions (1/30/09)
Dianne R. Nielson (UT) on behalf of the Western Governors' Association
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
January 8, 2009
National energy policy and answers to Committee follow up questions (1/30/09)
Policies to encourage building new transmission lines
WGA Chair & Vice Chair
Senate and House Leadership
January 27, 2009
Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act
Indian Water Rights Settlements
Ad Hoc Committee on Indian Water Rights
Interior Secretary Salazar
April 2, 2009
The Impacts of Climate Change on America’s National Parks
John Harja, Director, Public Lands Policy Coordination, Utah on behalf of the Western Governors’ Wildlife Council
House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
April 7, 2009
Support for continuation of the Wildland Fire Leadership Council
Western Governors’ Association, National Association of Counties & National Association of State Foresters
Secretaries Salazar, Vilsack & Napolitano
May 1, 2009
Support for continuation of the Wildland Fire Leadership Council
Transmission legislation
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
May 1, 2009
Nuclear waste transportation policy
Governors Bill Richardson and Butch Otter
Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu
May 21, 2009
Vehicle mileage standards
Co-lead Governors for Alternative Transportation Fuels
President Barack Obama
May 26, 2009
FY2010 Interior Appropriations for Hazardous Fuels Reduction and the Forest Landscape Restoration Program
WGA and 67 other organizations
Chair and Ranking Memnber of Senate Appropriations Committee
June 3, 2009
Proposals for Reforming National Transmission Policy
Rich Halvey, WGA
U.S. House Committee On Energy And Commerce Subcommittee On Energy And Environment
June 12, 2009
Endorsement of Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. to be next U.S. Ambassador to China
Western Governors
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
June 24, 2009
Endorsement of Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. to be next U.S. Ambassador to China
Appropriations for agriculture programs
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership
July 2, 2009
Appropriations for energy and water programs -- House -- Senate
Refuting false claims about relationship between WGA and Western Climate Initiative
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Duane Parde, President, National Taxpayers Union
July 6, 2009
Refuting false claims about relationship between WGA and Western Climate Initiative
Tax credit for conservation easements
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman
August 20, 2009
Comments on Mercury Storage Notice of Intent
Commerce appropriations, Interior and EPA appropriations, Homeland Security appropriations
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
House & Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership
September 22, 2009
Commerce appropriations, Interior and EPA appropriations, Homeland Security appropriations
Support for WECC "synchrophaser" proposal
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Secretary Chu, USDOE
October 12, 2009
Water Management and Climate Variability
Tony Willardson, Western States Water Council
House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power
October 27, 2009
Renewable Energy Siting and Transmission
Rich Halvey, WGA
U.S. House Subcommittees On Energy And Mineral Resources / Water And Power
November 5, 2009
Renewable Energy Siting and Transmission
Good Samaritan cleanups of abandoned mine waste
WGA Lead Governors -- Otter, Rounds, Ritter & Richardson
Sens. Udall, Risch & Bennet
November 13, 2009
Good Samaritan cleanups of abandoned mine waste
status of implementation of June 2009 wildlife Memorandum of Understanding
WGA Chair & Vice Chair
Secretaries Vilsack, Chu and Salazar
October 28, 2009
status of implementation of June 2009 wildlife Memorandum of Understanding