2nd Quarter - Report

THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY for THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$89,000
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

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID ALBERSWERTH Senior Policy Advisor
CECILIA CLAVET Policy Analyst, National Forest
ALAN ROWSOME Conservation Advocacy Associate

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

Bills named: S. 2747 (111th), S. 3516 (111th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID ALBERSWERTH Senior Policy Advisor
CECILIA CLAVET Policy Analyst, National Forest
MICHAEL ANTON FRANCIS Acting Vice President, Public Policy
JUSTIN P LEOUS Climate Change Policy Advisor
ALAN ROWSOME Conservation Advocacy Associate

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

Bills named: S. 1733 (111th), S. 3329 (111th), H.R. 2766 (111th), S. 1462 (111th), S. 2877 (111th), S. 3482 (111th)

Natural Resources NAT

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID ALBERSWERTH Senior Policy Advisor
CECILIA CLAVET Policy Analyst, National Forest
MICHAEL ANTON FRANCIS Acting Vice President, Public Policy
JUSTIN P LEOUS Climate Change Policy Advisor
ALAN ROWSOME Conservation Advocacy Associate

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

Bills named: S. 3294 (111th), H.R. 4304 (111th), H.R. 2806 (111th), H.R. 2807 (111th), H.R. 4040 (111th), H.R. 5388 (111th), S. 874 (111th), S. 1689 (111th), H.R. 5194 (111th), S. 1933 (111th), H.R. 39 (111th), S. 881 (111th), H.R. 1769 (111th), H.R. 5009 (111th), S.J.Res. 26 (111th), S. 2976 (111th), H.R. 2099 (111th), H.R. 3534 (111th), S. 2921 (111th), H.R. 4588 (111th), S. 1470 (111th)

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.