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Special Forest Products Communication Plan
September 2007
Account Manager: Norene Blair
Subject Matter Expert: Richard Fitzgerald
Subject Matter Expert: Sharon Nygaard-Scott
Subject Matter Expert: Marsha Butterfield
Legislative Affairs: Judi Henry
National Strategic Communications Plan
for
Special Forest Products
SIGNATURE PAGE
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Director, Forest Management Date
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Director, External Affairs Date
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 4
Background 5
Key Messages 6
Questions & Answers 7
Goals 15
Objectives 15
Audiences 15
Activity Schedule 18
Washington Office Contacts 18
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Forest Service is issuing a proposed final rule that governs the disposal of special forest products from National Forest System lands. Special forest products include, but are not limited to, wildflowers, mushrooms, moss, nuts, seeds, tree sap, firewood, and Christmas trees. These regulations will allow the Forest Service to better manage its special forest products program through commercial harvest and sale, through free use, and for the implementation of a pilot program, under PL 108-108, Title III, Section 335, 117 Stat. 1312 (16 U.S.C. 528 Note), to charge and collect fees for forest botanical products. Forest botanical products are a subset of special forest products; those naturally occurring and excluding timber products such as but not limited to Christmas trees, firewood, and fence materials.
Historically, the Forest Service has used the timber sale regulations and certain parts of the Forest Service Manual and Handbook to sell special forest products. Public demand for both timber and non-timber special forest products has increased. The current regulations do not adequately address the sale of non-timber forest products. Given the growing demand and the need to ensure sustainability, the Forest Service feels that it is impractical to continue to rely on timber sale regulations for special forest products. Therefore, the Forest Service has developed regulations that specifically apply to special forest products.
The proposed final rule addresses fees, bidding, sustainability, and other issues with commercial harvest and sale of special forest products. The new rule reflects existing procedures and practices.
The Forest Service has traditionally charged the Special Forest Products program against the timber sale program, but timber program volumes and funding have decreased significantly over the past 15 years, and the Special Forest Products program has been constrained by limited funding, not something we want to happen when demand for special forest products and forest botanical products is increasing. In addition, Congress has not allocated funds to the Forest Service for a Special Forest Products program. By implementing the rule and the pilot program, the Forest Service:
Provides uniform direction to properly and effectively administer the program service-wide.
Increases the ability of Forest Service units to meet the demand for special forest products, while assuring a sustainable supply.
Establishes a mechanism to obtain funds to administer and operate the Special Forest Products program.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR PROPOSED RULE
The Forest Service presently sells special forest products from National Forest System lands under the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960, as amended (16 U.S.C. 528-531), the National Forest Management Act of 1976, as amended (16 U.S.C. 472a et seq.), and the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1600-1614), and the current regulations at 36 CFR part 223. These authorities, however, do not adequately address the sale and harvest of forest botanical products on National Forest System lands. Historically, most sales have been comprised of timber-related products such as firewood, posts, poles, and Christmas trees. However, the Forest Service also sells smaller amounts of non-timber special forest products such as boughs, mushrooms, berries, and floral greeneries. On an annual basis, the total revenue from the sale of special forest products sold from National Forest System lands is approximately $3 million.
Sales of special forest products are relatively small-scale in comparison to timber sales. Those who purchase special forest products are frequently individuals and small businesses, and most special forest product sales are under $10,000. Generally, these smaller sales are not sold through competitive bidding, rather, a prospective purchaser asks to harvest certain forest products and either enters into a simplified contract with Forest Service or buys a permit that allows them to conduct operations. If the special forest products are valued at more than $10,000, the Forest Service follows competitive bidding procedures. It uses standard documents that contain standard conditions of the sale and allow the addition of approved provisions for specific situations. The Forest Service plans to continue to use these documents for sales over $10,000 after the final rule is issued.
The rule also allows for free use of special forest products. Historically, the Forest Service has granted limited free use of these products to individuals and to members of federally recognized Indian tribes holding reserved treaty gathering rights. The regulations will ensure that responsible Forest Officers will administer free use of forest products uniformly across the National Forest System.In recent years, bio-prospecting activities have increased on National Forest System lands. Bio-prospecting is the gathering of natural products that have innate nutritional or medicinal properties for commercial development and sale. Historically, the Forest Service has used special forest products authorities and regulations to address bio-prospecting. However, under Public Law 108-108, Title III, Section 335, 117 Stat. 1312 (16 U.S.C. 528 Note), Congress directed the Secretary to initiate a pilot program to charge and collect fees for harvesting and selling of forest botanical products such as mosses, fungi, bryophytes, roots, bulbs, berries, seeds, and wildflowers which are often the focus of bio-prospecting activities. This rule establishes a new regulation which will formally govern the pilot program including bio-prospecting activities.
Proposed actions to harvest special forest products are subject to the National Environmental Policy Act. The rule provides the Forest Service a mechanism to fund the environmental analyses and administrative tasks necessary to implement the pilot program for forest botanical products, which are a subset of special forest products. Generally, the law requires the Forest Service to charge and collect a fee covering at least a portion of the fair market value of the products and a portion of the costs the agency incurs in administering the program. Public Law 108-108, Section 335 (16 U.S.C. 528 Note) specifies funds collected and retained through September 30, 2009, be available to spend for activities associated with the pilot program without further appropriation from Congress through September 30, 2010.
The pilot program also directs the Forest Service to permit limited free use of forest botanical products. It says that the Forest Service establish a "personal use harvest level" for each product. It directs that a person is exempt from fees if that personbs harvest of a product is below the "personal use harvest level"; the law allows these fees to be waived.
SPECIAL FOREST PRODUCTS KEY MESSAGES
These regulations will allow the Forest Service to better manage its Special Forest Products through commercial harvest and sale, through free use, and by implementing a pilot program for forest botanical products.
The Forest Service is developing regulations that will better govern the harvest and sale of Special Forest Products.
The Forest Service has traditionally used the timber sale regulations and directives to sell Special Forest Products.
Public demand for both timber and non-timber special forest products has increased.
The current regulations do not adequately address the sale of non-timber forest products.
Given the increased demand for special forest products, relying on the timber sale regulations has become impractical.
The use of forest botanicals and medicinals from National Forest System lands has significantly increased over the years.
There are now large-scale operations to harvest and sell forest botanicals and medicinals.
The current regulations do not adequately address the sale of forest botanicals and medicinals.
The Forest Service has traditionally charged the Special Forest Products Program against the timber sale program.
But the timber program volumes and funding have decreased significantly over the past 15 years.
The Special Forest Products program has been constrained by limited funding from the timber sales program, yet demand is rapidly increasing.
The forest botanical products pilot program law (PL 108-108, Section 335 (16 U.S.C. 528 Note)) provides a mechanism for funding the environmental analyses and administrative tasks necessary for its implementation.
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Generally, the law requires the agency to charge and collect a fee covering at least a portion of the fair market value of the forest botanical products and a portion of the costs incurred by the agency in administering the program.B7
The law specifies that funds retained through September 30, 2009 shall be available for expenditure without further appropriation for activities associated with the program, including determining sustainable levels of harvest, through September 30, 2010.The Forest Service wants to assure the sustainability of special forest products.
SPECIAL FOREST PRODUCTS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the purpose of the proposed rule?
It is intended to ensure the sustainable harvest of special forest products and forest botanical products.
What does the final rule propose to do?
The rule will allow the Forest Service to better manage its special forest products program through commercial harvest and sale, through free use, and through implementing a program for charging and collecting fees for forest botanical products.
How does this differ from what we are doing now?
The rule will allow funds collected under the forest botanical products pilot program to be spent without further appropriation at National Forest System units in proportion to the fees collected at that unit. Funds would pay for the costs of:
Conducting inventories of forest botanical products.
Determining sustainable levels of harvest, monitoring and assessing the impacts of harvest levels and methods.
Conducting restoration activities, including any necessary vegetation, and
Covering those costs of the Department of Agriculture described in the act (Public Law 108-108, Title III, Section 335, 117 Stat. 1312 (16 U.S.C. 528 Note).
Where is the Forest Service in the rule process? When will the rule be issued?
The Forest Service has drafted a Proposed Rule for public comment. The rule will be published in the fall of 2007. Based upon public comments, a Final Rule will be published in the spring of 2008.
What are special forest products and what are forest botanical products?
Special forest products are: Products collected from National Forest System lands for commercial, personal, tribal, educational, or scientific purposes, including without limitation, bark, berries, bryophytes, bulbs, burls, Christmas trees, cones, ferns, firewood, forbs, fungi, (including mushrooms), grasses, mosses, nuts, pine straw, roots, sedges, seeds, shrubs, transplants, tree sap, wildflowers, fence material, mine props, posts and poles, rails, and shingle and shake bolts.
Forest botanical products are naturally occurring and a subset of special forest products such as bark, berries, boughs, bulbs, burls, cones, ferns, fungi (including mushrooms), forbs, grasses, mosses, nuts, pine straw, roots, sedges, seeds, shrubs, transplants, tree sap, and wildflowers. Public Law 108-108, Title III, Section 335, 117 Stat. 1312 (16 U.S.C. 528 Note) pertains specifically to forest botanical products.
What are not special forest products?
Special forest products do not include sawtimber, pulpwood, non-sawlog material removed in log form, cull logs, small roundwood, house logs, telephone poles, derrick poles, minerals, animals, animal parts, insects, worms, rocks, water, and soil.
What are not forest botanical products?
Animals, animal parts, Christmas trees, fence material, firewood, insects, mine props, minerals, posts and poles, rails, rocks, shingle and shake bolts, sawtimber, pulpwood, non-sawlog material removed in log form, cull logs, small roundwood, houselogs, telephone poles, derrick poles, minerals, animals, animal parts, insects, worms, rocks, water, and soil.
Why are we changing the process for special forest products now?
The demand for special forest products and forest botanical products has increased over the years. Forest Service timber sale regulations and procedures were used for special forest products; this is no longer adequate, appropriate, or practical. Procedures need to be developed specifically for special forest products and forest botanical products. The Forest Service Timber Sale program has traditionally funded the Special Forest Products program. With the decrease in timber volumes and timber sales over the last 15 years, the funding available for special forest products has also decreased, while the demand for special forest products and forest botanical products has significantly increased. The Forest Service is piloting a program to charge and collect fees for forest botanical products, under Public Law 108-108, Section 335 (16 U.S.C. 528 Note).
What regulations does the Forest Service use for the larger sales of special forest products now?
It uses regulations and processes used for the Forest Servicebs timber sale program including those at 36 CFR part 223.
Who selects the document used to sell special forest products?
The responsible Forest Officer selects a permit, or contract depending on the value of the sale and other considerations.
Will the documents that are used to sell special forest products change when this rule is issued?
No - the permits or contracts will not change as a result of this rule.
What happens when a purchaser of special forest products canbt live up to the permit or contract?
The Forest Service reserves the right to unilaterally revoke a permit for Permittee's noncompliance with its terms and conditions or when revocation is in the public's interest.
All activities, requirements, and responsibilities are stated in the appropriate instrument, whether permit or contract. Permits and contracts are subject to all applicable Federal statutes and regulations and State and local laws. Permits are non-transferable and non-refundable.
Before a special forest product or forest botanical product is offered for sale or free use, the responsible officer shall determine the sustainable harvest level for such a product. How does she or he do that?
The sustainable harvest level for a special forest product or forest botanical product is the total quantity of the product that can be harvested in perpetuity on a sustained-yield basis. In determining the sustainable harvest level, the responsible officer may consider the productbs harvest levels for the previous three years, if such information is available.
Why is the Forest Service starting to charge for forest botanical products?
The Forest Service has already been charging for the sale of special forest products, including the subset of forest botanical products, as directed by 36 CFR 223.1 and FS Manual 2467.
The Forest Service is going to be implementing a program to charge for and collect fees for commercial use of forest botanical products. What law authorizes this?
The Forest Servicebs pilot program for the disposal of forest botanical products was authorized by the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2000, as amended in 2003 by Section 335 of Public law 108-108 (16 U.S.C. 528 Note). The pilot program shall be in effect through September 30, 2010.
What does the pilot program law do?
The pilot program law (PL 108-108, Section 335 (16 U.S.C. 528 Note)) provides a mechanism to fund the environmental analyses and administrative tasks necessary to implement it. Generally, the law requires the agency to charge and collect a fee covering at least a portion of the fair market value for the harvest of forest botanical products and a portion of the costs the agency incurs in administering the program.
The fees collected may also be used to:
Pay for the costs of conducting inventories of forest botanical products,
Determine sustainable levels of harvest,
Monitor and assess the impacts of harvest levels and methods, and
Conduct restoration activities, including any necessary vegetation.
How long will the pilot program last and what will happen when the pilot program is over?
The regulation allows collection of fees until September 30, 2009, and expenditures of fees collected until September 30, 2010. After September 30, 2010, all remaining collected fees will be returned to the Treasury, unless Congress extends or makes the pilot program permanent.
How will the Forest Service determine fees for special forest products for personal use?
The Forest Service must establish a "personal use harvest level" for special forest products. If an individual personbs use is below that level, that person will be exempt from fees; if itbs above the "personal use harvest level" they will be charged a fee.
Can the Forest Service waive the fees for personal use of forest botanical products?
Yes. The pilot program (PL 108-108, Section 335 (16 U.S.C 528 Note) directs the Forest Service to permit limited free use of forest botanical products for personal use. It mandates that the Forest Service establish a "personal use harvest level" for each product and directs that a person shall be exempt from fees if that personbs harvest of a product is below the "personal use harvest level." The law also allows that these fees be waived.
Why arenbt we doing NEPA on the proposed rule?
The rule has no direct or indirect effect on the environment, nor do regulations or policies to establish Forest Service administrative procedures or instructions have a significant effect on the human environment, therefore, the Departmentbs assessment is that the proposed final rule falls within this category of actions, and that no extraordinary circumstances exist that would require the preparation of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
How does the Forest Service plan to maintain sustainability of special forest products?
The regulation requires that the Forest Service determine the sustainable harvest level for each naturally occurring special forest product before offering it for use or sale.
What happens if a sustainable harvest level hasnbt been determined yet?
The Forest Service may sell or offer the product for free use under measures designed to protect its renewable resource values. Those measures may include consideration of past harvest levels and regular monitoring of the product, the site, and the harvest operation.
How are quantities of products measured?
By weighing, measuring, or counting or other reliable means.
With the rule, how will other resources be protected during the harvest of special forest products or forest botanical products?
The harvest or disposal of special forest products from National Forest System lands shall be consistent with applicable land and resource management plans. Each contract, permit, or other instrument shall require the purchaser or user to:
Provide fire prevention and suppression.
Protect cultural resources.
Regenerate harvested species after harvesting.
Minimize soil erosion.
Maintain favorable water flow and quality.
Minimize adverse effects on, protect, or enhance other national forest resources, uses, and improvements, and
For all permits authorizing bioprospecting, deposit a specimen to a curator of a nationally recognized herbarium in North American as identified in the Index Herbariorum.
Are levels of special forest products use monitored? Can harvest levels be adjusted?
At least once every three fiscal years, the Forest Service shall monitor the effects of harvesting a product on its sustainability. Such monitoring may include on-site examination of the product, including both harvested and non-harvested areas, and a review of past and projected harvest levels depending on available information. The sustainable harvest level may be increased or decreased based upon monitoring.
When will the directives that pertain to the proposed rule be issued and what will they contain?
The Forest Service has drafted a Proposed Rule for public comment. The rule will be published in the fall of 2007. Based upon public comments a Final Rule will be published in the spring of 2008. The directives will amend current Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 2409.18 Timber Sale Preparation Handbook, Chapter 80 Uses of Timber other than Commercial Timber Sales.
The rule has many parts that look like the Forest Servicebs timber sale regulations and procedures; are these the same regulations tweaked so that they will apply to special forest products and forest botanicals?
Historically, the Forest Service has used the timber sale regulations and certain parts of the FS Manual and Handbook to sell special forest products. Public demand for both timber and non-timber special forest products has increased. The current regulations do not adequately address the sale of non-timber forest products. Given the growing demand and the need to restore sustainability, the Forest Service feels that it is impractical to continue to rely on timber sale regulations for special forest products. Therefore, the Forest Service has developed regulations that specifically apply to special forest products.
How will the rule affect Alaska Native subsistence?
The proposed rule is not intended to affect Alaska Native subsistence.
If I as an individual want to go out on the forest and pick a small bouquet of buttercups and five morels for dinner, do I need to contact the local Ranger District for a permit?
The Forest Service must establish a "personal use harvest level" for special forest products. If an individual personbs use is below that level, the individual will be exempt from fees. If itbs over the "personal use harvest level" they will be charged. Your local Forest Service office will help you determine what products and level of use will be exempt from fees.
How does a person apply for a free use permit?
A person who wants to harvest a special forest product for personal, non-commercial use must submit an application to the Forest Service officer and obtain a free use permit before they harvest, unless these requirements have been waived to allow harvesting of a special forest product from a designated free use area.
What does the permit contain? Can a free use permit be denied?
The permit indicates the type, amount, and/or value of the product to be harvested, and contains other restrictions and requirements. The Forest Service officer may set conditions on the proposed harvest, or deny the harvest, to:
Ensure the personal safety of the individual,
Prevent interference with Forest Service and/or commercial operations on the forest,
Protect the product as a sustainable resource, or
Otherwise protect the forest.
Your local Forest Service office can help you determine what special forest products are available for harvest in your area and answer any questions you may have regarding the permitting process.
Can a free use permit be terminated?
Yes, the issuing officer can terminate a free use permit for the convenience of the government, without compensation for a number of reasons including:
Threatened, endangered, or sensitive species,
Weather conditions such as fire season or road access,
Conflicts with other users, or
Violations of permit requirements.
How will the rule affect American Indian and Alaska Native gathering rights?
Reserved rights under American Indian treaties must be honored in the management of the special forest products program. Indian tribes with reserved treaty gathering rights or other adjudicated rights may harvest special forest products in accordance with the terms of the treaty. Tribes will not have to apply for or obtain a permit; however, the Regional Forester may set harvest conditions to protect the product as a sustainable resource, or to otherwise protect the forest. The Regional Forester may only deny harvest for purposes of health and safety and, in some instances, in order to conserve the species or the resources used. Any decision restricting tribal off-reservation treaty rights needs to be well documented. Consultation with affected tribe(s) and local Office of General Counsel on how to exercise such regulatory authority is found in FSM 1563.1 and FSH 1509.13, chapter 10.
How does the rule affect tribes or individual Indians?
The Chief can waive applicable fees for the harvest of forest botanical products by federally recognized Indian tribes when the use is non-commercial, and for cultural, ceremonial and/or traditional purposes. Individual members of those tribes will adhere to procedures established for harvest under these provisions. Individual Indians who are not members of federally recognized tribes are subject to the same procedures as the general public.
How does this rule affect tribal treaty rights?
The rule does not affect treaty rights. The FS will honor valid treaty rights.
Has the government-to-government consultation with federally recognized tribes taken place for this rule?
The Forest Service conducted a preliminary assessment of the impact of this rule on Indian tribal governments and determined that this rule does have tribal implications; therefore, advanced government-to-government consultation was required.
Consultation in the form of an opportunity to review and comment on these regulations and accompanying Forest Service Handbook direction was provided to all interested tribes in all Forest Service regions. Regional Foresters and Forest Supervisors determined which tribes could be affected by these regulations and initiated consultation with tribal government representatives for those tribes. A 60-day comment period was established, however, many tribes asked for additional time for consultation, which was granted. Recommendations from the tribes have been incorporated, as appropriate, into this rule, which is being published in the Federal Register now for public comment.
What kind of feedback did the FS receive through consultation?
During consultation it became apparent that the tribes were concerned about their existing statutory authority, or lack thereof, to gather special forest products for cultural, ceremonial, and/or traditional purposes at no charge. Some tribes believe that current laws do not meet their needs. In October 1999, the Forest Servicebs Chief Operations Officer commissioned a National Tribal Relations Task Force to develop recommendations to improve the Forest Servicebs working relationships with the tribes. The report recommended development of legislation that would enable the Forest Service to provide free use of forest products to tribes for traditional and cultural purposes. A legislative proposal was transmitted to the 109th Congress which would provide the Forest Service with the authority to dispose of trees, portions of trees, or forest products to tribes free of charge for traditional and cultural purposes.
What happened to that legislative proposal?
The legislative proposal which would provide the Forest Service with the authority to dispose of trees, portions of trees, or forest products to tribes free of charge for traditional and cultural purposes, was transmitted to the 109th Congress. Although the proposal was not introduced as legislation in the 109th Congress, the Administration continues to have discussions regarding the proposal with Congressional staff.
What happens if a tribe wants to harvest forest botanicals and medicinals and sell them commercially?
Forest products that are reserved by treaty rights may be permitted to be removed under free use. Products harvested for commercial purposes may be removed under either a charge permit or product sale contract.
Is the Chief authorized to waive the fees for botanicals collected by federally recognized Indian tribes?
Yes, for Federally Recognized tribes seeking forest botanical products for cultural, ceremonial, and/or traditional purposes. Such purposes must be non-commercial and any such harvest may be conditioned or denied.
What other occasions may fees be waived for users?
On any occasion when a Regional Forester or Forest Supervisor, with proper authorization from the Chief, can make a determination in writing that the harvest facilitates scientific research or is for salvage because other management activities will destroy or damage it.
What will be the disposition of fees that are collected under the pilot program?
Funds collected through September 30, 2009, under the pilot program for harvest and sale of forest botanical products, will be deposited into a special account in the U.S. Treasury. These funds shall be made available for expenditure at National Forests and Grasslands where the funds were collected until September 30, 2010 in proportion to the fees collected at the unit to pay for costs of:
Conducting inventories of forest botanical products.
Determining sustainable harvest levels for each species or type of forest botanical product.
Monitoring and assessing the impact of harvest levels and methods.
Conducting restoration activities, including vegetation restoration, necessitated by the collection. harvest, and removal of forest botanical products, or
Administering the pilot program including environmental or other analyses.
How will the Forest Service dispose of Special Forest Products that have been illegally obtained from National Forest System land?
The Forest Service can offer them for sale or free use, but may not sell such products to the entity that took them illegally.
What happens if the seized products are threatened or endangered species?
These may be donated to a recognized scientific institution or university for educational or research purposes.
GOALS
The goal of this communication plan is to increase public and employee understanding of:
The need for the Forest Service to develop Special Forest Products regulations.
What changes will be made in current procedures and why.
Increase a spokespersonsb ability to explain complex messages in simple, consistent terms.
OBJECTIVES
To inform external groups, tribes, and stakeholders about the Forest Servicebs proposal to develop Special Forest Products regulations especially about the Forest Botanicals Pilot program.
To inform internal and external audiences about what changes need to be made to procedures and why.
To announce a pilot program for collecting fees for commercial sales of forest botanicals.
AUDIENCES
INTERNAL
Senior leadership
Washington Office and Regional Directors of Forest Service functional areas
Field line officers
Research Stations, Northeast Area and IITF
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Marla Emery, Research Geographer, Northern Research Station, 802-951-6771 X 1060.All employees, including seasonal, temporary, and part-time workers
Retirees
Contractors
Volunteers
EXTERNAL
Congress
House of Representatives
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Congressman David R. ObeyB'
Will Painter, Staffero
House Standing CommitteesB'
Natural ResourcesB7
Meghan Conklin - majority; Jason Knox - minorityB7
Indian Affairs Staffo
Tracey Porter - majority; Chris Fluhr - minorityB'
AgricultureB7
Lisa Shelton - majority; Rita Neznek - minorityB'
AppropriationsB7
Appropriationsb Subcommitteeo
Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesB'
Mr. Chris Topik - majority; Dave LesStrang - minoritySenate
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Senate Standing CommitteesB'
AppropriationsB7
Rachael Taylor - majorityB7
Appropriationsb Subcommitteeo
Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesB'
Peter Keifhaber - majority; Leif Fonnesbeck- minorityB'
Energy and Natural ResourcesB7
Scott Miller - majority; Frank Gladics - minorityB'
Agriculture, Nutrition and ForestryB7
Todd Batta - majority; Kate Coler - minorityB'
Indian AffairsB7
Sara Garland - majority; David Mullon- minorityTribal Governments and Organizations
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Vicki Forrest, Director, Trust Services, 1849 C. Street NW, Mail Stop: 4620, Washington DC 20240o
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 1849 C. Street NW, Mail Stop: 4141, Washington DC 20240o
Patricia Parker, Chief, American Indian Liaison Office, National Park Service, 1201 Eye St. NW Org 2560, 9th Floor, Washington DC 20005-5905, 202-354-6965o
Jacqueline Johnson, Executive Director, National Congress of American Indian (NCAI), 1301 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington DC 20036, 202-466-7767o
Nolan C. Colegrove Sr., President, Intertribal Timber Council (ITC), 1112 NE 21st Ave. Suite 2114, Portland, OR 97232-2114, 503-282-4296, www.itcnet.orgo
Executive Director, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, P.O. Box 9, Odanah, WI 54861, 715-682-6619o
David Lester, Executive Director, Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT), 695 S. Colorado Blvd. Suite 10, Denver, CO 80246, 303-282-7576o
Executive Director, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc (USET), 711 Stewarts Ferry Pike 100, Nashville, TN 37214, 615-872-7900o
Karen Allston, Tribal Attorney, Quinault Indian Nation, (KALLSTON@quinault.org)NGOs
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Institute for Culture and Ecology (IFCAE) - Mr. Eric T. Jones (etj@ifcae.org)
ACTIVITY SCHEDULE
Time Frame Code:
(BR) Before rollout; (R) Rollout proposed revised rule; (AR) After rollout.
