2nd Quarter - Report

THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY for THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$62,000
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

Advocacy and Support for Land and Water Conservation Funding FY 2012 Interior Appropriations Legacy Roads and Trails Initiative in the Appropriations Bill of 2012 Discussed 2012 Budget Strategy Advocacy in opposition of HR 1 Full year continuing appropriations act 2011 Discussed Adaptation Policy and Appropriations Defense Discussed Budget and Appropriations Strategy Discussed Land Water Conservation Funding Reserve Fund Forest Service Restoration Funding Land Water Conservation Funding projects and strategy for Senate Interior Appropriations for 2012 Land Water Conservation Funding strategy for White House Interior Bill Appropriations for 2012 Requested support of the Antiquities Act and National Monuments in July Appropriations bill S.1265 Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID ALBERSWERTH Senior Policy Advisor
MICHAEL ANTON FRANCIS Director, National Forest Program
JUSTIN P LEOUS Climate Change Policy Advisor
ALAN ROWSOME Director, Conservation Funding Program

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service

Bills named: H.R. 1 (112th), S. 1265 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Discussed The Wilderness Society Biomass Principles that will be important for future biomass briefing and a possible Clean Energy Standard. Energy Legislation Energy Policy Issues Oil and Gas Subsidies Discussed Renewable Energy S. 351 No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act S.1027 American Energy and Western Jobs Act S.916 Oil and Gas Facilitation Act of 2011 S.917 Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2011 Discussed Solar Program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID ALBERSWERTH Senior Policy Advisor
MICHAEL ANTON FRANCIS Director, National Forest Program
JUSTIN P LEOUS Climate Change Policy Advisor
ALAN ROWSOME Director, Conservation Funding

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: S. 1027 (112th), S. 917 (112th), S. 351 (112th), S. 916 (112th)

Natural Resources NAT

Discussed Bureau of Land Management Wildlands Policy Discussed 2012 Farm Bill Discussed Forest Service Integrated Resources Restoration Proposal Discussed Forest Service Legacy Roads Dear Colleague Letter Discussed the Antiquities Act Forest Service Integrated Resources Restoration Budget line item Forest Service Legacy Roads Funding H.R. 977 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act H.R. Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act H.R. 608 - Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions & Pratt & Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act H.R.1581 - Wilderness and Roadless Release Act of 2011 National Forest Management Act Rulemaking National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Management Plan S. 140 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act S.322 Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions & Pratt & Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act S.730 Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act Wilderness Legislation in general Wildlands Policy and the Antiquities Act HR 139 Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act HR 1408 Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID ALBERSWERTH Senior Policy Advisor
MICHAEL ANTON FRANCIS Director, National Forests Program
JUSTIN P LEOUS Climate Change Policy Advisor
ALAN ROWSOME Director, Conservation Funding

Contacted: SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Forest Service; White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1581 (112th), S. 730 (112th), H.R. 1408 (112th), H.R. 977 (112th), S. 322 (112th), H.R. 608 (112th), S. 140 (112th), H.R. 139 (112th)

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.