Letters and Testimony

Letters/Testimony 2009

Author:	WGA Chair and Vice Chair
To:	Congressional Forest Health Caucus
Date:	December 11, 2009
Subject:	Letter to Forest Health Caucus (12/11/09)

Author:	WGA Chair and Vice Chair
To:	Secretaries Vilsack and Salazar
Date:	December 11, 2009
Subject:	Letter to Sec. Salazar & Vilsack on Forest Health (12/11/09)

Author:	WGA Chair and Vice Chair
To:	Agriculture Secretary Vilsack
Date:	December 7, 2009
Subject:	Letter to Secretary Vilsack on Forest Roads (12/7/09)

Author:	WGA Lead Governors -- Otter, Rounds, Ritter & Richardson
To:	Sens. Udall, Risch & Bennet
Date:	November 13, 2009
Subject:	Good Samaritan cleanups of abandoned mine waste

Author:	Rich Halvey, WGA
To:	U.S. House Subcommittees On Energy And Mineral Resources / Water And Power
Date:	November 5, 2009
Subject:	Renewable Energy Siting and Transmission

Author:	WGA Chair & Vice Chair
To:	Secretaries Vilsack, Chu and Salazar
Date:	October 28, 2009
Subject:	status of implementation of June 2009 wildlife Memorandum of Understanding

Author:	Tony Willardson, Western States Water Council
To:	House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power
Date:	October 27, 2009
Subject:	Water Management and Climate Variability

Author:	WGA Chair and Vice Chair
To:	Secretary Chu, USDOE
Date:	October 12, 2009
Subject:	Support for WECC "synchrophaser" proposal

Author:	WGA Chair and Vice Chair
To:	House & Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership
Date:	September 22, 2009
Subject:	Commerce appropriations, Interior and EPA appropriations, Homeland Security appropriations

Author:	WGA Chair and Vice Chair
To:	USDOE
Date:	August 24, 2009
Subject:	Comments on Mercury Storage Notice of Intent

Author:	WGA Chair and Vice Chair
To:	House Ways and Means Committee Chairman
Date:	August 20, 2009
Subject:	Tax credit for conservation easements

Author:	WGA Chair and Vice Chair
To:	Duane Parde, President, National Taxpayers Union
Date:	July 6, 2009
Subject:	Refuting false claims about relationship between WGA and Western Climate Initiative

Author:	WGA Chair and Vice Chair
To:	House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership
Date:	July 2, 2009
Subject:	Appropriations for energy and water programs -- House -- Senate

Author:	WGA Chair and Vice Chair
To:	House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership
Date:	July 2, 2009
Subject:	Appropriations for agriculture programs

Author:	Western Governors
To:	Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Date:	June 24, 2009
Subject:	Endorsement of Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. to be next U.S. Ambassador to China

Author:	Rich Halvey, WGA
To:	U.S. House Committee On Energy And Commerce Subcommittee On Energy And Environment
Date:	June 12, 2009
Subject:	Proposals for Reforming National Transmission Policy

Author:	WGA and 67 other organizations
To:	Chair and Ranking Memnber of Senate Appropriations Committee
Date:	June 3, 2009
Subject:	FY2010 Interior Appropriations for Hazardous Fuels Reduction and the Forest Landscape Restoration Program

Author:	Co-lead Governors for Alternative Transportation Fuels
To:	President Barack Obama
Date:	May 26, 2009
Subject:	Vehicle mileage standards

Author:	Governors Bill Richardson and Butch Otter
To:	Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu
Date:	May 21, 2009
Subject:	Nuclear waste transportation policy

Author:	WGA Chair and Vice Chair
To:	Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Date:	May 1, 2009
Subject:	Transmission legislation

Author:	Western Governors’ Association, National Association of Counties & National Association of State Foresters
To:	Secretaries Salazar, Vilsack & Napolitano
Date:	May 1, 2009
Subject:	Support for continuation of the Wildland Fire Leadership Council

Author:	John Harja, Director, Public Lands Policy Coordination, Utah on behalf of the Western Governors’ Wildlife Council
To:	House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Date:	April 7, 2009
Subject:	The Impacts of Climate Change on America’s National Parks

Author:	Ad Hoc Committee on Indian Water Rights
To:	Interior Secretary Salazar
Date:	April 2, 2009
Subject:	Indian Water Rights Settlements

Author:	Partner Caucus On Fire Suppression Funding Solutions (WGA & 64 organizations)
To:	House & Senate bill sponsors
Date:	March 20, 2009
Subject:	Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act

Author:	WGA Chair & Vice Chair
To:	Senate and House Leadership
Date:	January 27, 2009
Subject:	Policies to encourage building new transmission lines

Author:	Dianne R. Nielson (UT) on behalf of the Western Governors' Association
To:	Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Date:	January 8, 2009
Subject:	National energy policy and answers to Committee follow up questions (1/30/09)

Author:	WGA Chair & Vice Chair
To:	Western electric utility CEOs
Date:	January 6, 2009
Subject:	Collaboration on western electricity issues