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

- FY25 Interior/Environment appropriations bills- U.S. House & U.S. Senate
- FY25 Agriculture appropriations bills- U.S. House & U.S. Senate
- FY24/FY25 budget items for USFS, BLM, USFWS, NRCS

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

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Interior - Dept of (DOI)

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 CAW

16. Specific lobbying issues

- drought issues
- regulatory items - Clean Water Act (Navigable Waters Protection Rule, WOTUS)
- greenhouse gas emissions and reporting mechanisms

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

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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 NAT

16. Specific lobbying issues

- Bureau of Land Management rule on Conservation and Landscape Health
- BLM grazing regulations and guidance
- BLM West-wide solar plan revision and draft programmatic EIS
- Sage Grouse plan revision
- USFS Range Futuring planning exercise
- USDA Wildfire Commission Recommendations
- Endangered Species Act, including species listing and habitat considerations for: gray wolf, grizzly bear, sage grouse, lesser prairie chicken, assorted desert species
- Endangered Species Act rules: Sections 4, 7
- Endangered Species Act take rule, practices
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act amendment, funding, and species-specific issues, including black vulture and raven
- National Environmental Policy Act rules and legislative revision
- Natural resources bills, including: North American Grasslands Conservation Act, River Democracy Act, CORE Act, assorted wilderness bills
- revisions to the National Wildlife Refuge System policy
- routine appropriations provisions related to natural resources issues: sage grouse, bighorn sheep, grazing, research, BLM proposed rule, funding prohibitions, lesser prairie chicken
- Wild and Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act funding, implementation, program revision, advisory board work
- collection of wildfire related bills including parochial bills related to grazing
- Federal Land Management and Policy Act, Taylor Grazing Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and execution of those processes for grazing activities
- parochial grazing issues for federal grazing permittees - both BLM and USFS (Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada)
- Wildlife migration corridor and legislative language proposals

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

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)

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 AGR

16. Specific lobbying issues

- Farm Bill: Conservation programs, targeted grazing, risk management, industry suports
- US Forest Service grazing handbooks and directives, cooperative monitoring MOU, wildfire preparedness, handbook revisions, vacant allotments, range futuring, guidance documents
- BLM grazing regulations, cooperative monitoring MOU, wildfire preparedness, industry sustainability, guidance documents, policy amendments, land use plan revisions
- Climate change and sustainability and effect on agriculture industry
- Control and take practices for black vultures, coyotes, other predators; Depredation verification standards for Mexican gray wolves
- Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act

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

Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Forest Service

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

- Land and Water Conservation Fund, acquisitions, land transfers
- Conservation program availability to private and public lands grazing managers
- Bureau of Land Management Conservation and Landscape Health/Public Lands Rule
- National Environmental Policy Act implementation
- Permittee grazing issues (Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota)
- Endangered Species Act (species specific: sage grouse, lesser prairie chicken, sage grouse, gray wolf, grizzly bear, larger Act, monarch butterfly)
- wilderness and land designation bills (all western states)
- BLM West-Wide Solar Plan draft programmatic EIS
- revision to a variety of land use plans, including those related to sage grouse
- Wild Horse and Burro adoption program, scheduled roundups, fertility control treatments
- National Environmental Policy Act rulemaking (Phase II)

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

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

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 ANI

16. Specific lobbying issues

- Wild and Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act
- wildlife conservation measures, including habitat prioritization/management of contiguous parcels
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act; regulatory changes and implementation
- Endangered Species Act implementation; species specific listing statuses and critical habitat designations; rulemakings
- Depredation verification standards (Mexican gray wolves, gray wolves, other large predators)
- depredation payments and funding allocations

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)

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 ENV

16. Specific lobbying issues

- National Environmental Policy Act final rule and agency-specific activities
- Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Act and Inflation Reduction Act funding for environmental goals, including land conservation, restoration, wildlife habitat management
- Bureau of Land Management rule on Conservation and Landscape Health
- mitigation banking
- forest and grassland management - wildfire mitigation funding, prioritization of targeted treatment areas

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

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)

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