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 AGR

16. Specific lobbying issues

Americas Great Outdoors initiative for conservation in the U.S. consisting primarily of new ways to organize, coordinate and use existing conservation programs;
2012 Farm Bill Reauthorization, particularly the Conservation Title; Rulemakings and other policy directives by US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, including regulations governing imports of live plants ("Q-37" regulation"), imports of wood packaging (e.g., crates and pallets), imports of craft and decor items made from wood or bamboo (all APHIS) and the proposed amendment to US Forest Service planning regulations; US Department of Agriculture support for acquiring and restoring Mississippi River floodplain in the wake of historic floods; S220, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection and Jobs Act of 2011; Tongass National Forest plan to resolve longstanding land use conflicts; Rulemaking, US Department of Agriculture, Forest Plan.

COVERED OFFICIALS: Special advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, USDA; Associate Director, CEQ; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA; Deputy Administrator, Plant Protection and Quarantine, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Deputy Administrator, Plant Protection and Quarantine, US Department of Agriculture; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, USDA, Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; USFS, Legislative Affairs; USDA, Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Advisor, Climate Change, US Department of Agriculture; USDA Forest Service, Deputy Chief National Forest System, USDA Forest Service; Assistant Regional Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Department of Agriculture; State Conservationist, Florida, Natural Resources Conservation Services, US Department of Agriculture.

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

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

16. Specific lobbying issues

[No bill number yet] The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, including specific provisions relating to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Program relating to energy, conservation, climate change and climate change adaptation;
[No bill number yet] Issues regarding the potential revision to the Sikes Act for the management of lands under the jurisdiction of Department of Defense, Department of Interior, and the Department of Agriculture; Americas Great Outdoors Initiative, including Appropriations for 2011 and 2012 Land and Water Conservation Fund; FY12 U.S. Department of Agriculture Appropriations Bill, specifically relating to the "plant health" program under Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine; FY12 U.S. Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to funding for the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Protection Program and Research Program; US Fish and Wildlife Service funding for Resource Management and Land Acquisition Accounts; FY11 Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act relating to Land Water Conservation Fund, North American Wetlands Conservation Act projects, and the Department of Homeland Security mitigation for the impacts of border security measures; FY11 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding; FY12 Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development relating to S. 158, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011 and conservation provisions; H.R. 1 FY11 Continuing Resolution, issues specifically relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund projects (including Hells Canyon and Table Rock), funding for Forest Legacy, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Farm Bill conservation programs ( including Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration Programs, NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program ( including Big Creek), Army Corps Sustainable Rivers projects, Environmental Protection Agency and US Forest Service climate and carbon-related programs ( especially related to US forest carbon); NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, Appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Budget;Senate 2012 Appropriations bill including specific provisions relating to NOAAs budget, support for coastal and marine spatial planning, community-based restoration, coral reef program funds, Open Rivers, and Coastal Estuarine Land Protection Program funds; H.AMDT.33 and 121 to HR1, Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 regarding funding for the Klamath Dam Removal and Sediment Study; FY12 Presidents budget relating to funding $40 million for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and funding for the Integrated Resource Restoration budget for the USDA Forest Service, Farm Bill Conservation programs (Wetlands Reserve Program and Grassland Reserve Program), NOAA Coral Reef and Community-based Restoration programs, Flood control project under Council on Environmental Equality (Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration);Funding for Mill River in Massachusetts within Natural Resources Conservation Services or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Funding for Function 300 Natural Resources and Environment Budget Reconciliation for a wide variety of programs whose primary purpose is to develop, manage and maintain the nations natural resources and environment. Land and Water Conservation Fund; FY11, FY12, FY13 Energy and Water Appropriations, including specific provisions relating to Connecticut River watershed funding within the Army Corps of Engineers; HR4959 The Global Conservation Act including specific provisions relating to a global conservation plan; H.R. 1 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, FY 2011 (balance) - Appropriations for the Department of Defense and other Agencies , various riders regarding the Environmental Protection Agency authority and other regulatory issues and Partial Continuing Resolution for extending negotiating time.; [Budget Bills without numbers yet] - FY11 & FY12 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of upcoming FY 2011 & FY 2012 Appropriations Legislation for Land and Water Conservation Fund (Including specific provisions relating to Forest Legacy within US Department of Agriculture) and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; FY2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including discussion of upcoming FY 2011 Appropriations for conservation programs; FY11 & FY12 Energy and Water Appropriations, including Appropriations for Water Resources Development Act, funding for invasive species barrier feasibility study in NY (provides North Atlantic Division-wide authority for coastal management by USACOE); FY11 & FY12 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invasive species funding levels to be determined; San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and Border Mitigation funding.

COVERED OFFICIALS: Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Environment, Department of Defense; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations & Environment, Department of Defense; Rear Admiral, Director, Navy N-45 and Task Force Energy; Deputy Director of N-45 and Navy Task Force Energy, US Navy; Director of Environmental Readiness, Department of Defense; Director Training Readiness and Strategy, Department of Defense;Director, Climate Change and State Stability, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Director, Center for Climate Change, Central Intelligence Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior;
COVERED OFFICIALS CONT: Airspace and Range Manager, Department of the Air Force; Secretary, US Department of Agriculture; Assistant Secretary, Department Of Interior; Director, Forest Health Protection, US Forest Service; Associate Chief, US Forest Service; USDA, Deputy Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment; USDA Forest Service, Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry; Associate Chief, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture;; Associate Director for Natural Resources Programs, Office of Management and Budget; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Chief, United States Forest Service; Associate Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior.

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

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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

[No bill number yet] The Water Resource Development Act of 2011 (WRDA), relating to issues of water resources, environmental and flood protection;
HR1 Resolution relating to the Environmental Protection Agencys enforcement authority for regulating carbon and increased monitoring and regulation of sulfur and nitrogen water, re-enforce total maximum daily water loads, depletion of conservation funding ( including bills relating to ballast water and aquatic invasive species legislation relevant to Environmental Protection Agency and Coast Guard rule making); [Not introduced yet] Clean Water Act, relating to specific provisions to civil penalties to be dedicated to the restoration of the Gulf of Mexico; S405 Gulf Stream Protection Act, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide a requirement for certain lessees, and for other purposes; S973 National Endowment for the Oceans Act (ENTIRE ACT); S493 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Reauthorization Act of 2011 relating to the Environmental Protection Agency Energy Tax Prevention Act; S. 861, Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to the dedication of Clean Water Act Fines to Gulf of Mexico Restoration in conjunction with S 862, Comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Recovery, Restoration and Resiliency Act; S. 1140, HR 56 Gulf Coast Restoration Act; HR480, Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act; The Environmental Protection Agencys Healthy Watersheds Program including support for pilot projects; Water Resource Development Act including specific provisions relating to the authorization for Sustainable Rivers Program.

COVERED OFFICIALS: Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Chief of Staff, Interior Department; Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Interior; Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, DOI; Counselor to Assistant secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department Of Interior.

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

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

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 ENG

16. Specific lobbying issues

Rider to HR1 to establish, expand or replenish energy conservation measures including research;
S.1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to (1) amounts appropriated for administrative expenses to implement a loan guarantee program that provides incentives for innovative technologies; and (2) amounts deposited in or appropriated for the Fund; Rulemaking on Federal Guidelines by US Fish and Wildlife Service for Golden Eagle and Wing siting and public lands mitigation; US Fish and Wildlife Service draft wind guidelines and eagle conservation plan; Smart from the Start Initiative, Department of Interior, wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable source; H. AMDT.378 Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force; National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy; USG International Adaptation Strategy; National Ocean Adaptation Strategy; National Freshwater Adaptation Strategy; FY12 Land Water Conservation Fund projects, in specific, Delores River, Tongass legislation; Siting and mitigation of renewable energy and effective mitigation on public lands; Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance; Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines.

COVERED OFFICIALS: Chief, Natural Resources, Conservation Resource, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Interior; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Acting Assistant Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Special Assistant to the Chief of Strategic Natural Resources Issues, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Senior Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Department of Defense; Climate Change Advisor to the Chief, US Forest Service; Climate Change Coordinator, Fisheries Service, NOAA; National Climate Change Policy Advisor, Office of the Science Advisor, US Fish and Wildlife Service.

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), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 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 NAT

16. Specific lobbying issues

Americas Great Outdoors; Land Water Conservation Fund, including specific provisions relating to funding and the creation of a National Wildlife Refuge, e.g. the Alligator River National Refuge, acquisition of 854 acre parcel;
Endangered Species Act, Section 4d Rules relating to Protective Regulations for tortoises and Section 10 Habitat Conservation Plans relating to critical habitat designation; Farm Bill conservation programs including the creation of a National Wildlife Refuge.

COVERED OFFICIALS: Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture.

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

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

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 Water Conservation Fund; S. 714, The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011; Americas Great Outdoors, including funding source authorization within the Department of the Interior and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide;
[No bill number yet] Transportation Reauthorization Act, including specific provisions relating to climate adaptation and aquatic connectivity;[No bill number yet.] 2012 Farm Bill including specific provisions relating to possible amendments to the Plant Protection Act to strengthen Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service programs aimed at preventing pest introductions; Everglades Headwaters National Refuge System Initiative; HR 892 Stop Asian Carp Act - To require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi; Bill without number yet] National Fish Habitat Conservation Act including funding for fisheries protection and restoration, authorization of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan for funding and authority through the US Fish and Wildlife Service; [no bill number yet] Long Island Stewardship Act, including provisions relating to the permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act.

COVERED OFFICIALS: Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Assistant Director for Wildlife, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of Interior; Assistant Director, Endangered Species Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Under Secretary, Natural Resources and the Environment, USDA; Chief of Lands and Realty Division, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Counselor to Assistant secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department Of Interior; Deputy Director, US Fish and Wildlife Services, Department of Interior; Assistant Director for National Environmental Policy Act, Office of the Vice President ,Center for Environmental Quality; Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Acting Assistant Director, CEQ; Ecosystem Policy Advisor, Council on Environmental Quality; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior; Special Advisor to Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture.

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

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Forest Service, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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 TAX

16. Specific lobbying issues

S339 Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2011 and HR 1964 Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2011, including specific provisions relating to permanent incentives for donated conservation easements.COVERED OFFICIALS:Counselor to Assistant secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department Of Interior.

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

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, 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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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

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ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

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