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Anonymous (not verified)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 12:53pm
Dear Undersecretary Sherman and Chief Tidwell,
We are writing to express our strong support for the Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program ("Community Forest Program") that was authorized in Title VIII, Section 8002 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. This important program now awaits implementation and funding through U.S. Forest Service State and Private Forestry.
The Community Forest Program will provide matching funds to help local government entities, Indian...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 12:00am
Dear Chairmen and Ranking Members:
Our organizations appreciate your efforts to help shape the House-passed American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) so as to capture the immense potential for U.S. forests to help drive climate solutions. Achieving reductions of greenhouse gas emissions during a time of economic hardship will be a major challenge. We encourage you to continue your efforts to develop climate policy that achieves necessary reductions in a manner that is cost-effective...
Anonymous (not verified)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 1:43pm
Dear Appropriators,
As the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee considers the FY2011 budget for the USDA Forest Service(USFS) and the Department of the Interior (DOI), we the undersigned request your support to:
• Fully fund the FLAME Funds created for the USFS and DOI in the Federal Land Assistance,Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME Act);• Restore other agency budgets that have been negatively impacted by rising suppression costs;• Enforce the quarterly reporting requirements to...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 12:40pm
July 15, 2010
Dear Majority Leader Reid:
The undersigned forest, agriculture, and conservation organizations, representing over 2.2 million landowners, conservationists, and natural resource professionals, are writing to urge you to include the Carbon Conservation Program and the necessary funding for this program in any climate and energy legislation moving through the Senate.
We were pleased to see authorizing language for the Carbon Conservation Program ("the Program") in the Kerry-...
Anonymous (not verified)
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 12:15pm
June 7, 2010
Re: Forest-Climate Working Group Comments on Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill
Dear Senators Kerry and Lieberman:
We the undersigned forestry and conservation organizations are writing to thank you for your work on the Kerry-Lieberman climate and energy legislation, and look forward to continued collaboration with you to improve the legislation with respect to the U.S. forest sector. The U.S. forest sector has immense potential to drive cost-effective carbon mitigation and adaptation,...
Anonymous (not verified)
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 12:00am
May 26, 2010
Dear Senator Wyden:
We the undersigned organizations are writing to express our strong support for HR 4509 and S.3279, the Small Business Environmental Stewardship Assistance Act of 2010. We standtogether in our interest to advance urban forestry-related policies that provide multiple benefitsfor the public, wherever they live.
We support policies that assist local governments and local partners in developing the capacityfor long-term management of their urban forests, trees, and...
Anonymous (not verified)
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 12:00am
May 26, 2010
Dear Congressman Schrader:
We the undersigned organizations are writing to express our strong support for HR 4509 and S. 3279, the Small Business Environmental Stewardship Assistance Act of 2010. We stand together in our interest to advance urban forestry-related policies that provide multiple benefits for the public, wherever they live.
We support policies that assist local governments and local partners in developing the capacity for long-term management of their urban forests,...
Anonymous (not verified)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:19pm
May 18, 2010
Re: U.S. Forest Sector Opportunities in Climate and Energy Legislation
Dear Majority Leader Reid:
We the undersigned forestry and conservation organizations are writing to encourageyou, as you work on the Kerry-Lieberman climate and energy legislation, to ensure astrong role for the U.S. forest sector. The U.S. forest sector has immense potential todrive cost-effective carbon mitigation and adaptation, which will in turn create neweconomic opportunities for forest products...
Anonymous (not verified)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 12:00am
May 11, 2010
Dear Senators Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman:
We the undersigned forestry and conservation organizations are writing to thank you foryour careful consideration of the Carbon Conservation Program language from S. 2729for potential inclusion in your next discussion draft. Our organizations strongly supportthe inclusion of this language, and encourage you to provide dedicated funding for thisimportant program through an allocation of emissions allowances.
Establishing a supplemental...
Anonymous (not verified)
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 12:00am
April 6, 2010
Dear Chairwoman DeLauro and Ranking Member Kingston:
The tight budget climate has forced some tough choices regarding the amount and location of domestic federal spending during the upcoming fiscal year. We believe it is critically important to continue making solid investments in key federal programs that help provide the science, education and incentives necessary to conserve the nation's private forests. Investing in various research and forest conservation initiatives within...