Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code BUD

16. Specific lobbying issues

FY 2021 Appropriations
1.Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill: Agricultural Research Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service (Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, Regional Conservation Partnership Program, Environmental Quality Incentive Program, Conservation Stewardship Program, Healthy Forest Reserve Program, Conservation Innovation Grants, and Conservation Technical Assistance), Rural Business-Cooperative Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Agriculture and Food Research Initiative); Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production, and urban agriculture data collection initiative.
2.Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Community-based Restoration Program; Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab; Great Lakes Observing System; Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act program; Competitive External research grants; Sea Grant; Coastal Zone Management Grants; Marine Debris Program; Regional Coastal Resiliency Grants; and Estuary Restoration Program); Economic Development Administration; National Institute of Standards and Technology-Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.
3.Defense Appropriations Bill. Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration
4.Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. Appalachian Regional Commission; Southeast Crescent Regional Commission; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Missouri River Recovery Program, Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan, and Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study, and Upper Mississippi River Restoration-Environmental Management Program; South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study; Hamilton Wetlands Restoration Project in San Pablo; Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Plan; Bay and the Long Term Management Strategy (LTMS) for Dredged Material; Estuary Restoration Program
5.Financial Services and General Government Appropriations. U.S. Department of Treasury: Community Development Financial Institution Fund programs, New Markets Tax Credit Program, State Small Business Credit Initiative; Small Business Administration Regional Innovation Cluster Program.
6.Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Department of Interior: Bureau of Land Management land acquisition, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: land acquisition, Coastal Program, Cooperative Landscape Conservation Program, National Coastal Wetlands Grant, North American Wetlands Conservation Act programs, Joint Ventures, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act grant program, Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Monitoring Program; aquatic invasive species monitoring, control, and eradication National Park Service: land acquisition, Everglades restoration initiative, Centennial Challenge, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; Department of Agriculture: U.S. Forest Service: National Forest System land acquisition, State and Private Forestry-Forest Legacy Program and Community Forest and Open Space Program; Environmental Protection Agency: Geographic Programs, National Estuary Program, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Monitoring Program, Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants program, and Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management, Section 106 program; U.S. Geological Survey: National Water Quality Program; Great Lakes Science Center, research into early detection of aquatic invasive species; DOI administrative funding.
7.Labor, Health and Human Service, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Corporation for National and Community Service.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), White House Office, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Treasury - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code RES

16. Specific lobbying issues

Agricultural Conservation Easement Program: Submitted comments to the Interim Rule
America's Conservation Enhancement Act (H.R. 9025/S. 3051)
Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2019 (H.R. 1992)(S. 170)
Forest Recovery Act (H.R. 1444)(S. 1686)
Forest Renewal Act (H.R. 5311)
Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Act (H.R. 5853)
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2019 (S. 2295/H.R. 4031).
Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act (H.R.3195/S. 1081)
Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422)
Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020 (H.R.5552)
Migratory Bird Treaty Act: submitted comments to the proposed rule
Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrows Needs Act of 2017 (H.R. 877)
National Defense Authorization Act for FY21 (H.R. 6395)
National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act (S. 754) and (H.R. 1747; S. 754)
New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2019 (S. 750/H.R. 1680)
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Extension Act (H.R. 926; S. 261)
Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act (H.R. 580)
Recovering Americas Wildlife Act (H.R. 3742)
Restore Our Parks (and Public Lands) Act (H.R. 1225).
Restore Our Parks Act (S. 500).
Thirty by Thirty Resolution to Save Nature (H. Res. 835/S. Res. 372)

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Treasury - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
No Yes