DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE for DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Convention of Biological Diversity ratification Law of the Sea Ratification

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Animals ANI

H.R. 1464 and S. 1033 - The Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007 The Lacey Act - invasive animal legislation H.R. 3663 - the Protect America's Wildlife Act

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: S. 1033 (110th), H.R. 1464 (110th), H.R. 3663 (110th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 3663 - The protect America's Wildlife Act National Wildlife Refuge System Issues H.R. 1551 and S. 919 - Healthy Farms, Foods and Fuels Act H.R. 1600 - EAT Healthy America Act Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act (REPAIR) - not yet introduced in Senate; H.R.767 in House Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge and Wildnerness Enhancement and King Cove Safe Access Act - H.R. 2801, S1680 H.R. 2593 - Borderlands Conservation and Security Act of 2007 Removal of northern Rockies wolves from the Endangered Species Act Refuge policy Endangered Species Act - oversight on expected new regulations, integrity of science, and wolf delisting rule H.R. 1422 and S. 700 - The Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007 H.R. 2338 Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act provisions H.R. 1464 and S. 1033 - The Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007 H.R. 3459 - Transparent Reporting under ESA Listing Act H.R. 3847 and S. 2165 - a bill to amend the Endangered Species Act Implementation of the Endangered Species Act H.R. 2515 and S. 300 - a bill to authorize appropiations for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program General polar bear protection H.R. 1497 - The Legal Timber Protection Act Combat Illegal logging Act/Prevention of Illegal Logging Practices Aquatic invasive species legislation Global warming/tropical deforestation National Forest Management Act regulations H.R. 39 - Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness S. 2316 - Permanent Protection for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge H.R. 4088 - Save Act of 2007 - Border Fencing and Studies H.R. 5610 - Protecting America's Wild Places Act S. 2739 - Consolidated National Resources Act of 2007 H.R. 2338, H.R. 2337, H.R. 322 and S. 2204 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act and provisions S. 2483 National Forests, Parks, Public Land and Recreation Projects Act of 2007 Oversight on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wolf Delisting Rule (House) H. Con Res 70 - Sessions Amendment (S.A. 4231) to fund the border fence

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: H.R. 2515 (110th), H.R. 2593 (110th), H.R. 3459 (110th), S. 700 (110th), H.R. 2337 (110th), H.R. 2338 (110th), S. 919 (110th), H.R. 1600 (110th), S. 2316 (110th), H.R. 3847 (110th), H.R. 1551 (110th), H.R. 39 (110th), H.R. 1497 (110th), H.Con.Res. 70 (110th), H.R. 4088 (110th), S. 2204 (110th), H.R. 767 (110th), S. 2483 (110th), S. 1033 (110th), S. 2165 (110th), H.R. 322 (110th), H.R. 1464 (110th), S. 300 (110th), S. 2739 (110th), H.R. 2801 (110th), H.R. 1422 (110th), H.R. 3663 (110th), H.R. 5610 (110th)

Agriculture AGR

H.R. 2419 - Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007, Conservation and Energy titles and funding levels H.R. 2419 E.A.S. and S. 2302 - Food Energy Security Act of 2007 H.R. 1551 and S. 919 - Healthy Farms, foods and Fuels Act H.R. 1600 - EAT Healthy America Act

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1600 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th), S. 2302 (110th), H.R. 1551 (110th), S. 919 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 2515 and S. 300 - A bill to authorize appropiations for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Fiscal Year 2009 budget for the U.S. Geological Survey H.R. 2593 - Borderlands Conservation and Security Act Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge; to remove an appropiation funding a study to facilitate a land exchange for oil/gas development H.R. 1585 - National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 National Forest Management Act Regulations Fy 2009 Interior, Environmental and Related Agencies Appropiations bill, particularily issues relating to funding for the Endangered Species Act, National Wildlife Refuges, state Wildlife grants, Southwest Borderlands Conservation, LWCF, General FWS Operations and Wildlife Funding in BLM and Forest Service H. Con Res 312 - Function 300 conservation funding levels H. Con Res 70 - Function 300 Conservation Funding Levels also Barasso Amendment S Amendment 4206 OCS - S Con. Res. 70, S Amdt 4207 FY 2009 Dept of Homeland Security Appropiations borderland security and natural resources issues

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1585 (110th), S.Con.Res. 70 (110th), H.R. 2593 (110th), H.R. 2515 (110th), H.Con.Res. 312 (110th), H.Con.Res. 70 (110th), S. 300 (110th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 2191 - America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (Lieberman/Warner) H.R. 6 EAH/EAS2 - CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 - biofuels, CAFE, RFS, RES H.R. 2338, H.R. 2337, H.R. 322 and S. 2204 - Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act and provisions Global Warming/tropical deforestation H.R. 1590 - Safe Climate Act of 2007 S. 309 - Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2007 S. 1419 - Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007 S. 1776 - Low carbon Economy Act of 2007 H.R. 5058 - OCS Lease Sale 193 Prohibition S. 2568 - Beaufort and Chukchi Sea Leasing Prohibition S. 2076 - Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act - focused on habitat impacts of designating certain geographical areas as national renewable energy zones, and definition of renewable biomass H.R. 6 EAH/EAS2 - Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (final vehicle for eneregy bill) - focused on biofuels provisions, renewable fuels standard H.R. 5236 - Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2008, focused on opposing weakening lands protectiosn for sourcing woody biomass signed into law as part of EISA of 2007 S. 2558 - Bill introduced by Sen. Thune to amend biomass definition in EISA of 2007, focused on opposing weakening lands protections

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 1590 (110th), S. 2568 (110th), S. 1419 (110th), H.R. 2338 (110th), H.R. 2337 (110th), S. 2204 (110th), H.R. 5058 (110th), S. 309 (110th), S. 2191 (110th), H.R. 5236 (110th), H.R. 6 (110th), S. 2558 (110th), S. 2076 (110th), H.R. 322 (110th), S. 1776 (110th)