Restoration of National Forests
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack
December 7, 2009
Letters/Testimony
Priority clean and diverse energy legislation
WGA Chair, Vice Chair and Energy Co-Leads
House Speaker Pelosi & Senate Majority Leader Reid
January 29, 2007
Controlling Wildfire Suppression Costs (see also testimony of James Caswell, Director, ID Office of Species Conservation)
Kirk Rowdabaugh, State Forester of Arizona, on behalf of WGA
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
January 30, 2007
Controlling Wildfire Suppression Costs (see also testimony of James Caswell, Director, ID Office of Species Conservation)
Introduction of ESA legislation
Governors Freudenthal, Napolitano & Richardson
Senator Crapo
March 28, 2007
Presidential candidate debates and forums in the West
Leadership of WGA, CSG-WEST, WIR-NACo & WML
Chairmen, Democratic National Committee & Republican National Committee
April 11, 2007
Presidential candidate debates and forums in the West
Land-Use Issues Associated with Onshore Oil and Gas Development
John Emmerich, Deputy Director, Wyoming Game & Fish Department
Joint Congressional Oversight Hearing
April 26, 2007
Land-Use Issues Associated with Onshore Oil and Gas Development
Agriculture appropriations priorities Interior and Environment appropriations priorities Commerce and Justice appropriations priorities Energy and Water appropriations priorities
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Appropriations Committee Chairs & Ranking Members
May 2, 2007
Agriculture appropriations priorities
Interior and Environment appropriations priorities
Commerce and Justice appropriations priorities
Energy and Water appropriations priorities
Interior and Environment appropriations priorities
Commerce and Justice appropriations priorities
Energy and Water appropriations priorities
Federal climate change research
Sarah Bittleman, D.C. Director for Gov. Kulongoski testified on behalf of WGA
House Committee on Science and Technology
May 3, 2007
Funding for PILT and Secure Rural Schools programs
13 Governors
House and Senate leadership and leadership of Appropriations committees
May 17, 2007
Analysis of options for allowing Good Samaritan cleanups of abandoned mines
Govs. Rounds, Napolitano, Richardson and Ritter
Attorney General Gonzales and EPA Administrator Johnson
May 15, 2007
Analysis of options for allowing Good Samaritan cleanups of abandoned mines
Presidential candidate debates
WGA Chairman Governor Rounds
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. & Paul G. Kirk, Jr. -- Commission on Presidential Debates
May 18, 2007
Use of coal AML funds to restore hardrock AML sites
WGA Chairman
Interior Secretary Kempthorne
May 21, 2007
funding for U.S. Global Change Research Program
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Representatives Udall and Inglis
June 5, 2007
support of revision to categorical exclusion for oil and gas exploration and development activities
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Representatives Rahall and Young
June 5, 2007
Support of revision to categorical exclusion for oil and gas exploration and development activities
legislation conditioning siting of wind energy facilities
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Representatives Rahall and Young
June 6, 2007
proposed shift of mineral lease administrative costs to states
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Senate Interior Appropriations Chair and Ranking Member
June 12, 2007
proposed shift of mineral lease administrative costs to states
timetable for development of oil shale industry
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Rep. Rahall, Chairman of House Resources Committee
June 12, 2007
Wilfire Preparedness: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Kirk Rowdabaugh, Arizona State Forester
Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
June 19, 2007
Wilfire Preparedness: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Immigration reform legislation
Governors Huntsman, Napolitano & Schwarzenegger
Senator Reid
June 22, 2007
EPA's new administrative tools to encourage abandoned mine cleanup
Govs. Rounds, Napolitano, Richardson and Ritter
EPA Administrator
June 26, 2007
EPA's new administrative tools to encourage abandoned mine cleanup
2007 Farm Bill
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
House Agriculture Committee chairman and ranking member
June 26, 2007
Secure Rural Schools and the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
The Honorable Nick Rahall, Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources
July 31, 2007
Secure Rural Schools and the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program
Wildfire funding
Secure Rural Schools and PILT funding
Funding for NIDIS
American Indian/Alaskan Native Healthcare
Govs. Gregoire & Rounds
Interested parties
November 1, 2007
Support for Good Samaritan cleanup bill (HR4011)
Govs. Napolitano, Rounds, Ritter & Richardson
Rep. Udall & Rep. Pearce
November 12, 2007
Pending energy legislation
Pending energy legislation
Wildfire suppression funding
WGA Chair, Vice Chair and Lead Governor
President, Administration officials, Congressional Committees of jurisdiction
February 1, 2008
FY09 Funding for Wildfire Programs
Multiple organizations, including WGA
House Appropriations Committee
March 13, 2008
Authorization for federal biomass partnership program
Four Regional Organizations, including WGA
Representative Jay Inslee
April 4, 2008
Support for FLAME Act
Multiple organizations, including WGA
House Appropriations Committee
April 7, 2008
H-1B, H-2B and H-2A visas for foreign workers
Governors Ritter, Napolitano & Huntsman
Congressional leadership
April 9, 2008