3rd Quarter - Report — ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCI… for ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCI… (2026)

Firm

ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES

Client

ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES

Income

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Expenses

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY26 and FY27 Agriculture Appropriations all provisions FY26 and FY27 Commerce Appropriation - NOAA FY26 and FY27 Interior Appropriations all provisions State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Dingell-Johnson, Sportfish Restoration Boating Trust Fund Pittman-Robertson, Wildlife Restoration USGS, Cooperative Research Unit funding and staffing

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS BEAUREGARD BADON New	Agriculture Conservation Policy Program Manager
DAVID LIND	Government Affairs - Wildlife Policy Contractor
ALI SCHWAAB	Fisheries Policy Manager
COREY SCOTT	Director of Government Affairs
KURT AUGUST THIEDE	Chief Operating Officer
NICOLE VENKER New	Wildlife Resources Policy Program Manager

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Agriculture AGR

Farm Bill Implementation and reauthorization Wild Horse and Burro Chronic Wasting Disease Domestic/Wildlife Disease Issues Aquatic animal health Big Beautiful Bill Act New World Screwworm VPA-HIP

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS BEAUREGARD BADON New	Agriculture Conservation Policy Program Manager
DAVID LIND	Government Affairs Contractor - Wildlife Policy
ALI SCHWAAB	Fisheries Policy Manager
COREY SCOTT New	Director of Government Affairs
KURT AUGUST THIEDE	Chief Operating Officer

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnership Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Aquatic invasive species Aquaculture

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID LIND	Government Affairs Contractor - Wildlife Policy
ALI SCHWAAB	Fisheries Policy Manager
COREY SCOTT New	Director of Government Affairs
KURT AUGUST THIEDE	Chief Operating Officer

Contacted: Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Natural Resources NAT

Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund Endangered Species Act Wildlife Restoration Program, state authority to manage fish and wildlife; wildlife dependent recreation, fish and diseases Lacey Act, Migratory Treaty Bird Act, Access to public lands for hunting and fishing, North American Wetland Conservation act Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Wildlife Migration/Movement Fix our Forests Act Mississippi River Basin Cormorants Rotenone Farm Bill Conservation Title programs NRCS VPA-HIP

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS BEAUREGARD BADON New	Agriculture Conservation Policy Program Manager
DAVID LIND	Government Affairs Contractor - Wildlife Policy
ALI SCHWAAB	Fisheries Policy Manager
COREY SCOTT New	Director of Government Affairs
KURT AUGUST THIEDE	Chief Operating Officer
NICOLE VENKER New	Wildlife Resources Policy Program Manager

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Forest Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Safety Trust Fund; Wildlife Restoration Program Bipartisan Sporting Goods Excise Tax Modernization Act Wetland Conservation and Access Improvement Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID LIND	Government Affairs Contractor - Wildlife Policy
ALI SCHWAAB	Fisheries Policy Manager
COREY SCOTT New	Director of Government Affairs
KURT AUGUST THIEDE	Chief Operating Officer

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Transportation TRA

Infrastructure WRDA; resiliency; natural infrastructure; fish passage. Transporation BIL/IRA Wildlife crossings Wildlife Corridor Aquatic Organism Passage/Fish Passage Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID LIND	Government Affairs Contractor - Wildlife Policy
ALI SCHWAAB	Fisheries Policy Manager
COREY SCOTT New	Director of Government Affairs
KURT AUGUST THIEDE	Chief Operating Officer

Contacted: SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Science/Technology SCI

USGS Cooperative Research Units program/program staffing

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
COREY SCOTT	Director of Government Affairs
KURT AUGUST THIEDE	Chief Operating Officer

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.