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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1615 M Street, NW Suite 100 |
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City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 41385-00012
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6. House ID# 316320000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Michael A. Francis, Acting Vice President, Public Policy |
Date | 07/19/2010 |
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
Appropriations timing, budget timing co-sponsorship on S.2747
Discussed green budget, and community funding priorities.
Discussed FY'11 Appropriations bill - (Forest Service budget)
Discussed Omnibus legislation
Discussed strategy/timing for BP oil spill legislation funding mechanisms
S. 2747 Land and Water Conservation Reauthorization and Funding Act 2009
S. 3516 Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010
Discussed strategy for potential appropriations amendment on exempting manure farms from green house gas accounting
Discussed land acquisition criteria, America's Great Outdoors, and LWCF appropriations
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Alan |
Rowsome |
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Conservation Advocacy Associate |
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David |
Alberswerth |
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Senior Policy Advisor |
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Cecilia |
Clavet |
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Policy Analyst, National Forest |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Discuss stimulus funded transmission planning initiative
Discuss biomass within Kerry Lieberman climate bill
Discuss renewable energy development on public lands
Discuss transmission and wind energy issues
HR 2766 Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2009
Discuss Natural gas development policy
S. 1462 - American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009
S.1733 Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
S.2877 Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act
S. 3329 Clean fields Act
S. 3482 - American Solar Energy Pilot Leasing Act of 2010
Bureau of Land Management oil and gas best management practices
Discuss Carbon Trust Idea
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Energy - Dept of, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Michael |
Francis |
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Acting Vice President, Public Policy |
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David |
Alberswerth |
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Senior Policy Advisor |
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Cecilia |
Clavet |
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Policy Analyst, National Forest |
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Alan |
Rowsome |
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Conservation Advocacy Associate |
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Justin |
Leous |
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Climate Change Policy Advisor |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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
Climate Change and Adaptation Policy
Climate change and energy legislation
Colorado Roadless Petition
Discuss Forest Service Subpart A progress
Discuss proposal for wilderness legislation for San Gabriel Mountains
Discussed roads rightsizing initiative
Discussed Sacramento River legislation
Discussed Stehekin Road in North Cascades National Park
Discussed upcoming Berryessa Snow Mountain legislation
Discussed wind and solar development on public lands
Discussion with Forest Service regarding land acquisition criteria in FY11 and FY12
HR 1769 - Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act
HR 2099 Southeast Alaska Native Land entitlement Finalization Act
HR 2806 - To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park Issue
HR 2807 Americas Wildlife Heritage Act
HR 3534 - Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009
HR 39 Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act
HR 4040 - Big Sur Forest Service Management Unit Act of 2009
HR 4304 Beauty Mountain and Agua Tibia Wilderness Act of 2009
HR 4588- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act
HR 5009 - Wasatch Wilderness and Watershed Protection Act of 2010
HR 5194 - Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2010
HR 5388 Cibola National Forest Boundary Expansion
Letter to Senate asking Senators to encourage the Administration to delay new exploratory drilling in the Arctic
Maine Wilderness Issues
Oregon Wilderness bills
Rogue River and Monongahela National Forest
RS2477 Issues
S 721 - Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act
S. 1470 - Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2009
S. 1689 The Organ Mountains Desert Peaks Wilderness Act
S. 1933 Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act
S. 2921 California Desert Protection Act 2010
S. 2976 - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act
S. 3294 - Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act
S. 874 - Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act
S. 881 Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act
S.J. Res. 26 A joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the EPA relating the endangerment finding and the cause or contribute finding for green house gases.
San Juan Wilderness Issue
Discussed Utah Legislation
Washington Wilderness and federal land issues
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Forest Service, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Michael |
Francis |
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Acting Vice President, Public Policy |
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Alan |
Rowsome |
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Conservation Advocacy Associate |
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Justin |
Leous |
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Climate Change Policy Advisor |
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David |
Alberswerth |
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Senior Policy Advisor |
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Cecilia |
Clavet |
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Policy Analyst, National Forest |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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2 | 4 | 6 |
FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
1 | 5 | 9 |
2 | 6 | 10 |
3 | 7 | 11 |
4 | 8 | 12 |