THE CONSERVATION FUND for THE CONSERVATION FUND

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

American Rescue Plan Act (implementation)- U.S. Department of Agriculture: business technical assistance for farm and food businesses; U.S. Economic Development Administration: community-centered economic development related to outdoor recreation Bureau of Land Management - confirmation of Tracy Stone-Manning as Director Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (S. 2256/H.R. 4164) Chesapeake Bay National Recreation Area designation - potential legislation Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator Act (H.R. 806) COVID-19 economic recovery and relief package (future potential legislation) - local park projects; greening of federal buildings and other buildings that receive federal funding; end water shutoffs and restore water to households; Environmental Protection Agency: Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Wetland Program Development Grants, assistance to households and utilities to ensure water service; Federal Emergency Management Agency: Building Resilience Infrastructure and Communities Program, Resilience Revolving Loan Fund; USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service: Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, Regional Conservation Partnership Program, Environmental Quality Incentive Program, Conservation Stewardship Program, Conservation Reserve Program; U.S. Department of Transportation: establish a Pre-Disaster Infrastructure Program, and adopt resilience provisions within Americas Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019. Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad - maintaining and expanding forest cover; improving forest practices for carbon, adaptation and resilience; advancing markets for forest carbon, forest products and skilled labor; enhancing climate data and applied science; use of federal governments buying power and real property and asset management; empowering workers through rebuilding our infrastructure; advancing conservation, agriculture and restoration; and revitalizing energy communities; and securing environmental justice and spurring economic opportunity. U.S. Department of Agriculture: non-industrial private forest land; Forest Conservation Easement Program; Land and Water Conservation Fund; USFS-Forest Legacy Program; USFS-National Forest System land acquisition; Heirs Property Relending Program; utilization of NGO partners provide technical/financial assistance and outreach. Forest Conservation Easement Program - proposed legislation Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Act (S. 470/H.R. 1154) Infrastructure package (future potential legislation, such as the American Jobs Plan) - Environmental Protection Agency: Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Sec. 221 Sewer Overflow and Storm Reuse Municipal Grants, Lead Service Line Replacement Program, Public Water System Supervision Grant Program, Small and Disadvantaged Communities Program, Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program; U.S. Department of Agriculture: Farm Bill conservation programs; USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance; USDA-Rural Development. Migratory Bird Protection Act National 30x30 goal - to conserve 30% of lands, waters, and ocean by 2030 National Climate Bank Act (S. 283) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (H.R. 4350) National Park Service Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program - letter opposing elimination of program and urging legislation to permanently authorize program New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2021 (S. 456/H.R. 1321) Paycheck Protection Program Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act Real Estate Like-kind Exchanges (1031 exchanges) Recovering Americas Wildlife Act (S. 2372/H.R. 2773) Small Business Access to Capital Act (S. 258) State and Local Tax limitation: legislation (proposed) to exempt conservation donations from the State and Local Tax limitation Urban Waters Federal Partnership - letter urging member agencies to strengthen U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Urban Waters Program initiatives. U.S. Department of Agriculture - confirmation of Robert Bonnie as Under Secretary of Farm Production and Conservation U.S. Department of the Interior - confirmations of: Tommy Beaudreau as Deputy Secretary; Shannon Estenoz as Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; Robert Anderson as Solicitor U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - confirmation of Radhika Fox as Assistant Administrator for Water White House Inter-Agency Council - representation of rural and Indigenous communities in membership, funding, and programmatic opportunities. White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council - representation of rural and Indigenous communities in membership, funding, and programmatic opportunities.

Contacted: White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Natl Park Service (NPS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Forest Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2773 (117th), S. 470 (117th), S. 258 (117th), S. 2372 (117th), H.R. 4350 (117th), H.R. 4164 (117th), S. 456 (117th), H.R. 1321 (117th), S. 2256 (117th), H.R. 806 (117th), S. 283 (117th), H.R. 1154 (117th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY2022 Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Agricultural Research Service; Natural Resources Conservation Service: Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, Regional Conservation Partnership Program, Environmental Quality Incentive Program, Conservation Stewardship Program, Healthy Forest Reserve Program, Conservation Innovation Grants, and Conservation Technical Assistance; U.S. Department of Agriculture: Farm Bill conservation programs (in general). Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, Great Lakes Observing System, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act program, Sea Grant College Program, Coastal Zone Management Grants, Marine Debris Program. Defense Appropriations Bill. Department of Defense: Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. Appalachian Regional Commission; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: efforts to combat Asian carp. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations. U.S. Department of Treasury: Community Development Financial Institution Fund, State Small Business Credit Initiative. Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Interagency efforts to combat Asian carp; Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management: land acquisition; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: land acquisition, North American Wetlands Conservation Act programs, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act grant program, aquatic invasive species monitoring, control, and eradication, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program, Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Program; National Park Service: land acquisition, State Assistance Grants Program, Chesapeake Gateways and Watertrails Program; Federal land acquisition programs, generally - reprogramming; U.S. Geological Survey - Great Lakes Science Center, research into early detection of aquatic invasive species; DOI administrative funding; Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration Program. Department of Agriculture - U.S. Forest Service: National Forest System land acquisition, State and Private Forestry-Forest Legacy Program, Community Forest and Open Space Program. Environmental Protection Agency - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Advisory Board, Great Lakes National Program Office, Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Monitoring Program, Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants program, Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management, Section 106 program, Small and Disadvantaged Communities Grant Program, Chesapeake Bay Program.

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Natl Park Service (NPS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Treasury, Dept of