1st Quarter - Report

THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY for THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$190,000
Expense method
B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Expressed views on: Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations Bill; FY 2017 Budget; Sage Grouse riders on approps bill; Forest Service appropriations; forthcoming House budget resolution; appropriations for Legacy Roads and Trails Bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LYDIA WEISS —
ANDREW CAMERON WITTEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Expressed views in support of: reintroduction of S.1794 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2015; H.R.825/S.282 - PLREDA; and issues related to carbon measurement on public lands. Expressed views on: HJ Res 36/S.J.Res.11 - BLM Methane CRA resolution of disapproval for BLM venting and flaring rule; H.J.Res.34 - the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf; proposed legislation to amend the Federal Power Act to improve the siting of interstate electric transmission.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALAN ROWSOME —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.J.Res. 36 (115th), S. 1794 (115th), S.J.Res. 11 (115th), S. 282 (115th), H.J.Res. 34 (115th), H.R. 825 (115th)

Natural Resources NAT

Expressed views in support of: H. Con Res. 47 - Expressing the sense of Congress that America's Federal public lands are national treasures that belong to all Americans; H.R. 502 which amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund; S. 502, A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the Land and Water Conservation Fund to maximize the effectiveness of the Fund for future generations, and for other purposes; Blackwater Clearwater Stewardship Act; Gold Butte National Monument; Forthcoming Arctic Refuge wilderness bill in Senate; soon to be introduced legislation on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Arctic Ocean. Expressed views on: S.33 Improved National Monument Designation Process Act; Land and Water Conservation Fund FY Appropriations; Antiquities Act; S. 569 - LWCF; H.R.1015 - Complete America's Great Trails Act; H.J. Res 69/S. J. Res. 18 - Predator Rule, the CRA to rescind the US Fish and Wildlife Services Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Rule; H.J.Res. 44/ S.J. Res. 15 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (also known as CRA resolution on Planning 2.0); HJ 9, a resolution supporting the release of Montana's Wilderness Study Areas; CRA resolutions on NW California, Central Coast and San Gabriel monument designation proposals; discussions on possible farm bill, forest reform and fire policies; H.R. 289 - Guides and Outfitters Act; Permitting legislation (no bill number yet); H.R. 527 & S. 273 Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2017; S. 101 - King Cove Road Land Exchange Act; H.R. 1157 - to clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge; San Juan Mountains Legislation; H.R. 621 Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017; and H. Res. 5, Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DANIEL S HARTINGER —
ALAN ROWSOME —
LYDIA WEISS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S.J.Res. 15 (115th), S. 502 (115th), H.R. 527 (115th), H.R. 621 (115th), S. 101 (115th), H.R. 502 (115th), H.R. 1157 (115th), H.R. 1015 (115th), S. 33 (115th), H.Con.Res. 47 (115th), H.R. 289 (115th), H.J.Res. 44 (115th), H.Res. 5 (115th), H.J.Res. 69 (115th), S. 273 (115th), S. 569 (115th), S.J.Res. 18 (115th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.